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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab
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1. Primary aldosteronism
Osler Weber Rendu syndrome
Rouleaux formation
Conn syndrome
Wegener granulomatosis
2. Infectious disorder - caused postencephalitic parkinsonism
Ras oncogenes
Von Hippel Lindau dx
Von economo encephalitis
Paget dx of bone
3. Development of large pituitary adenomas following bilat adrenalectomy
Nelson syndrome
Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome
Hfe gene
9:22
4. Similar to Hurler - deficient L iduronosulfate sulfatase - accumulations of heparin sulfate and dermatan sulfate - hepatospenomegaly - micrognathia - retinal degeneration - joint stiffness - mental retardation - cardiac lesions
Budd Chiari
Langhans giant cell
Li Fraumeni syndrome
Hunter syndrome
5. Located on xsome 6 - mutation here = hereditary hemochromatosis
Hfe gene
Meigs syndrome
Hodgkin dx
Dry beriberi
6. Thiamine deficiency - cerebral dysfunction - aka alcoholic encephalopathy - hemorrhagic lesions in the mamillary bodies - confusion - ataxia - ophthalmoplegia - and memory loss plus confabulation p 105 and p115
Pompe dx
Arnold Chiari formation
Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome
Heberden nodes
7. Paraneoplastic synd looks like myasthenia gravis - often small cell lung CA
Chromosome 10
Lambert Eaton syndrome
NF1
11:22
8. Intracytoplasmic proximal dentritic eosinophilic inclusions consisting of actin seen in Alzheimers
Hirano bodies
Reidel thyroiditis
Birbeck granule
BRCA1
9. Deficient hexosaminidase A - GM2 ganglioside accumulation - especially in neurons - CNS degeneration - mental/motor deterioration - blindness - cherry red spot on macula - death by 4 years of age
Aschoff body
Tay Sachs dx
Bowen dx
Shy Drager syndrome
10. X linked - aka immunodeficiency with thrombocytopenia and eczema - total immunoglobulins often normal - recurrent infections
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome
Paget dx of bone
Reinke crystal
Birbeck granule
11. Aneurysm at small artery bifurcations
Beriberi
Cri du chat syndrome
Charcot Bouchard aneurysm
Negri bodies
12. Also seen in urine of MM - stacks of RBCs - will have high ESR
Rouleaux formation
FGFR3
Raynaud phenomenon
Prader willi syndrome
13. Parkinsonism with autonomic dysfunction and orthostatic hypotension
Shy Drager syndrome
HLA B27 antigen
Foamy histiocyte
Angelman syndrome
14. Thyroid replacement by fibrous tissue - unkown origin - mimics
Reidel thyroiditis
14:18
Hirschsprung dx
Burkitt lymphoma
15. Defective cilia - sinusitis - bronchiectasis - situs inversus - sometimes hearing loss and male sterility
Wegener granulomatosis
Kartagener syndrome
Dubin Johnson syndrome
Burkitt lymphoma
16. Pituitary insufficiency post - partum - low TSH ACTH
Lisch nodule
Mediterranean anemia or Cooley Anemia
Sheehan syndrome
Kayser Fleischer ring
17. Thrombotic occlusion of major hepatic veins - abnormal pain - jaundice - hepatomegaly - acites - liver failure - assoc with polycythemia vera - hepatocellular CA - and other common neoplasms - may occur as a complication of pregnancy
Budd Chiari
Gaucher dx
Kimmelstiel Wilson nodules
McArdle syndrome
18. Retinoblastoma on chromosome 13
Langhans giant cell
Kayser Fleischer ring
Rb gene
Lynch syndrome
19. Peripheral neuropathy - atrophy of muscles - wet - high output cardiac failure - DCM - AV shunting - hypervolemia
Dry beriberi
Henoch Schonlein Purpura
Birbeck granule
Simmonds dx
20. Adenomatous polyps with tumors of CNS
PIG A
Koilocyte
Turcot syndrome
Takayasu arteritis
21. Iron deficient anemia associated with upper::esophageal web
Simmonds dx
11:22
Ewing sarcoma
Plummer Vinson syndrome
22. Aka subcortical leukoencephalopathy - assoc with HTN - multiple lacunar infarcts and progressive demyelination in subcortical area
Binswanger dx
Reed Sternburg cell
Gaucher dx
Alport syndrome
23. Vaginal epithelial cell with stippled appearance due to adherent coccobacilli
Gerstmann Straussler
Lisch nodule
WT1 and WT2
Clue cell
24. Nuclei arranged in horseshoe - shaped pattern about periphery of cell - characteristic of but not specific for granulomatous TB (as opposed to a foreign body giant cell that has scattered nuclei)
Hirschsprung dx
Beriberi
Langhans giant cell
Btk gene
25. Hemangioblastoma or cavernous hemangioma of cerebellum - brainstem or retina - adenomas - cysts in liver - kidney - pancreas - and other organs - increased renal cell CA - gene = short arm of chromosome 3
Turcot syndrome
Von Hippel Lindau dx
Libman Sacks endocarditis
Gaucher dx
26. Mucopolysaccharidosis - deficient a L iduronidase - accumulations of heparin sulfate and dermatan sulfate in heart - brain - liver - and other organs - progressive - hepatosplenomagaly - dwarfism - gargoyle - like facies - stubby fingers - corneal cl
Hurler syndrome
Rotor syndrome
ret
Hashimoto thyroiditis
27. Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer - DNA repair genes messed up
Lynch syndrome
Peutz Jeghers syndrome
Hartnup dx
Paget dx of bone
28. Autosomal recessive - conj hyperbilirubinemia - defect in bili transport - black color to liver
Whipple triad
Dubin Johnson syndrome
APC
9:22
29. Appears as multiple wart - like lesions resembling condyloma accuminatum
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome
Bowenoid papulosis
Fanconi syndrome
NF1
30. Superclavicular lymph node identifying metastatic stomach CA
Marfan syndrome
PIG A
Virchow node
Rouleaux formation
31. Single erythematous plaque on shaft of penis or scrotum
Reidel thyroiditis
Dubin Johnson syndrome
Hunter syndrome
Bowen dx
32. Aka mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome - acute self - limited - infants and young kids - acute necrotizing vasculitis of small and medium vessels - fever hemorrhagic edema of conjunctivae - lips and oral mucosa - and cervical LAD - can cause coronary
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome
Birbeck granule
Kawasaki dx
Tay Sachs dx
33. Unknown etiology - necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of small to medium sized vessels of the respiratory tract - kidneys - and other organs - circulating C- ANCAs
Cori dx
Albers SCHonberg dx
Graves dx
Wegener granulomatosis
34. Diffuse nodular diabetic glomerulosclerosis
Bowenoid papulosis
Starry sky appearance
HLA B27 antigen
Kimmelsteil Wilson dx
35. Aka neurofibromatosis - neurofibromas in skin - schwannomas of CN VIII - caf
Btk gene
Still disease
Reiter syndrome
Von Recklinhousen dx
36. Lots of tumors - breast CA - soft tissue sarc - brain tumors - leukemias - has loss of p53 tumor suppressor gene
Kawasaki dx
GNAS1
Charcot triad
Li Fraumeni syndrome
37. Small round eosinophilic masses found in dieing hepatocytes often containing chromatin remnants seen in viral hepatitis
Addison disease
Councilman body
Buerger dx
Burkitt lymphoma
38. Paracentric inversion or translocation with 17 associated with papillary thyroid CA
Bowen dx
Beckwith Weidemann syndrome
Names of Vitamins
Chromosome 10
39. Renal tubular dysfunction - impaired reabsorption of glucose - amino acids - phosphate - and bicarb thus glycosuria - hyperphosphaturia - hypophosphatemia - aminoaciduria - systemic acidosis
Marfan syndrome
Fanconi syndrome
Turner syndrome
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
40. Autosomal recessive - hepatitis - accumulation of copper due to transport problem - low ceruloplasmin seen - kayser fleischer rings in eyes
Tay Sachs dx
Wilms tumor
Hashimoto thyroiditis
Wilson dx
41. Aka pituitary cachexia - generalized panhypopituitarism
Turcot syndrome
Simmonds dx
Sheehan syndrome
Names of Vitamins
42. Ovarian tumor resembling bladder transitional epith
Brenner tumor
Patau syndrome
BRCA1
Budd Chiari
43. Aka lentigo maligna - precursor to lentigo maligna melanoma
Hutchinson freckle
BRCA2
Mediterranean anemia or Cooley Anemia
Pancoast tumor
44. Intracytoplasmic inclusions seen in leydig cell tumors p283
Reinke crystal
Shy Drager syndrome
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Hirano bodies
45. Radiologic appearance of periostium in bone tumors
Clue cell
Hirano bodies
Codman triangle
Cori dx
46. Aka polycystic ovary syndrome - young women - amenorrhea - infertility - obesity - hirsutism
Stein Leventhal syndrome
Bouchard nodes
Burkitt lymphoma
Bax
47. Tumor suppressor mutated in breast and ovary
ANAs in SLE
Bouchard nodes
Alport syndrome
BRCA1
48. Impaired tubular reabsorption of tryptophan - pellagra::like manifestations
Kawasaki dx
Hartnup dx
Chromosome 10
FGFR3
49. Tennis racket shaped cytoplasmic inclusion seen in langerhans cells (so also seen in langerhan cell histiocytosis)
Bcl2
Birbeck granule
Brown tumor
Addison disease
50. 5p chromosome deletion - severe mental retardation - microcephaly - catlike cry - low birth weight - round face - hypertelorism (wide eyes)
Kimmelsteil Wilson dx
Churg Strauss syndrome
Cri du chat syndrome
Bcl2