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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab

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1. Aka subcortical leukoencephalopathy - assoc with HTN - multiple lacunar infarcts and progressive demyelination in subcortical area






2. 45 XO - female hypogonadism - hypothyroid - short - webbed neck - 1* amenorrhea p52






3. Triad of ovarian fibroma - ascites - hydrothorax






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






5. Hereditary nephritis associated with nerve deafness and ocular disorders - mutation in gene for the a5 chain of type IV collagen






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






7. Vasosmasm of small vessels - most often in fingers - seen with autoimmune dx like SLE - scleroderma and others (R in CREST) - recurrent vasospasm - always secondary to underlying disorder






8. Aka hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia - telangectasias in skin and mucous membranes - epistaxis - GI bleeds






9. Malignant lymphoma with features resembling inflammatory disorder - young men - Reed Sternburg cells






10. Autosomal recessive - conj hyperbilirubinemia - defect in bili transport - black color to liver






11. Mucinous cell - characteristic of stomach CA met to ovary (krukenberg tumor)






12. Iron deficient anemia associated with upper::esophageal web






13. Associated with Wegener granulomatosis






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






15. DsDNA antibodies and Sm Smith antigen = highly specific for SLE






16. Impaired tubular reabsorption of tryptophan - pellagra::like manifestations






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






18. Deficient glucocerebrosidase - accumulation of glucocerebroside in cells of mononuclear phagocyte system 3 types ::






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






20. Variant of rheumatoid arthritis - aka juvenile rheumatoid arthritis






21. Myc :: neuroblastoma amplicatiion correlates inversely with degree of differentiation






22. Small round eosinophilic masses found in dieing hepatocytes often containing chromatin remnants seen in viral hepatitis






23. Deficient glucose -6- phosphatase - accumulation of glycogen in liver and kidney - hepatomegaly - hypoglycemia






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






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






26. Ovarian tumor resembling bladder transitional epith






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






28. Autoimmune hypothyroid - hurthle cells common






29. Oligohydramnios causes fetus to be smashed






30. Autosomal recessive - unusually large platelets - lack of 'GPIb IX V'






31. Burkitts c::myc is on 8 - IG heavy chain is on 14






32. Defective cilia - sinusitis - bronchiectasis - situs inversus - sometimes hearing loss and male sterility






33. Autosomal recessive - neutropenia - albinism - cranial and peripheral neuropathy - tendency to develop repeated infections - abnormal WBCs (abnormal mictotubul formation and large cytoplasmic granules = lysosomes)






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






35. Aka IgA nephropathy - deposition of IgA in mesangium - benign recurrent hematuria in kids following infection






36. = MEN2a






37. Downward displacement of cerebellar tonsils and medulla through foramen magnum






38. Variant of rheumatoid arthritis - splenmegally - neutropenia - RA






39. Aka trisomy 18 - mental retardation - prominent occiput - micrognathia (small jaw) - low::set ears - rocker::bottom feet - finger deformities - congenital heart dx






40. Aggressive B- cell lymphoma - EBV - starry sky appearance - c myc






41. Vaginal epithelial cell with stippled appearance due to adherent coccobacilli






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






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






44. Aka infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy - autosomal recessive - LMN disease - infants






45. Chromosome 19 - allele common in alzheimers






46. Seen in Down synd - small white spots on periphery of iris






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






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






49. Peripheral neuropathy - atrophy of muscles - wet - high output cardiac failure - DCM - AV shunting - hypervolemia






50. Unknown etiology - necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of small to medium sized vessels of the respiratory tract - kidneys - and other organs - circulating C- ANCAs