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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab

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1. B1 thiamine - B2 riboflavin - B3 niacin - B6 pyridoxine - B12 cobalamin - C ascorbic acid - D calciferol - E a::tocopherol






2. Aka superior sulcus tumor - seen in bronchogenic CA - often with Horner's






3. B Thalassemia major






4. Aka pituitary cachexia - generalized panhypopituitarism






5. Intracytoplasmic proximal dentritic eosinophilic inclusions consisting of actin seen in Alzheimers






6. Subcutaneous fibrosis of dorsum of penis






7. Occurs in SLE - small vegitations on either or both surfaces of valves






8. Aka osteitis deformans - increased osteoclastic and osteoblastic activity






9. Infectious disorder - caused postencephalitic parkinsonism






10. Severe unconj hyperbilirubinemia due to deficient glucuronyl transferase






11. Ovarian tumor resembling bladder transitional epith






12. Tennis racket shaped cytoplasmic inclusion seen in langerhans cells (so also seen in langerhan cell histiocytosis)






13. Nystagmus - intention tremor - scanning speech - seen in MS






14. Area of focal interstitial myocardial inflammation characterized by fragmented collagen and fibrinoid material - by large cells (Anitschkow myocytes) and occasional multinucleated giant cells (Aschoff cells)






15. Paracentric inversion or translocation with 17 associated with papillary thyroid CA






16. Port wine stain on face - ipsilateral glaucoma - vascular lesions of ocular choroidal tissue - extensive hemangiomatous involvement of meninges






17. Deficient muscle phosphorylase - glycogen in skeletal muscle - cramps with exertion






18. Aka osteopetrosis - marble bone dx - dense skeleton - failure of osteoclastic activity






19. Binucleated or multinucleated giant cell seen in Hodgkin dx






20. Associated with 90% cases of ankylosing spondylitis - common in rheumatoid arthritis






21. Hemorrhagic urticaria of extensor surgaces of arms - legs - and buttocks - with fever - arthralgias - and GI renal involvement similar to IgA nephropathy - associated with URIs






22. Clear cell renal tumor seen in kids






23. Aneurysm at small artery bifurcations






24. Aka polycystic ovary syndrome - young women - amenorrhea - infertility - obesity - hirsutism






25. Aka lentigo maligna - precursor to lentigo maligna melanoma






26. Mesangial matrix material acculmulations seen in nodular glomerulosclerosis seen in diabetic nephropathy






27. Pigmented iris hamartoma seen in neurofibromatosis






28. Aka antiglomerular basement membrane dx - antibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membranes - linear immunoflorescence






29. Asbestosis - yellow - brown - rod shaped body with clubbed ends - stain with Prussian blue






30. Autosomal dominant - numerous adenomatous polyps along with osteomas and soft tissue tumors






31. = MEN2a






32. Aspirin toxicity seen in kids after acute febrile viral dx - microvesicular fatty change in liver and encephalopathy






33. Associated with breast alone (isn't one of these associated with prostate? Check)






34. Intra::alveolar hemosiderin - laden macrophages caused by RBCs from capillary rupture 2* to pulmonary HTN






35. Tumor suppressor common in familial polyposis coli and adenoCA of colon as well as other tumors






36. Mutation here causes pseudohypoparathyroidism






37. Philadelphia chromosome - CML bcr abl fusion c - abl on 9 - bcr on 22






38. Transloc seen in ewing sarcoma






39. Abnormal WT 1 gene - intersexual disorders - nephropathy - wilms tumor






40. Associated with Wegener granulomatosis






41. At least 2 X and one Y - hypogonadism - tall - gynecomastia - low testosterone - high pituitary gonadotropins - infertility -






42. Aka trisomy 13 - mental retardation - microcephaly - micropthalmia - brain abnormalities - cleft lip/palate - polydactyly - rockerbottom feet - congenital heart dx






43. Epithelial cells with eosinophilc granular cytoplasm seen in hashimoto






44. X linked - aka immunodeficiency with thrombocytopenia and eczema - total immunoglobulins often normal - recurrent infections






45. Autosomal recessive - hepatitis - accumulation of copper due to transport problem - low ceruloplasmin seen - kayser fleischer rings in eyes






46. Deficient hypoxanthine::guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT) - low purine metabolism - high uric acid - thus gout - mental retardation - choreoathetosis - spasticity - self mutilation - aggressiveness






47. Deficient debranching enzyme amylo -1 -6- glucosidase - glycogen in liver - heart - skeletal muscle - stunted growth - hepatomegaly - hypoglycemia






48. Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer - DNA repair genes messed up






49. Located on xsome 6 - mutation here = hereditary hemochromatosis






50. Appears as multiple wart - like lesions resembling condyloma accuminatum







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