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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab
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1. Acute promyelocytic leukemia PML gene on 15 and RARa on 17
Tay Sachs dx
15:17
Reed Sternburg cell
9:22
2. Autosomal dominant - fatal - progressive degeneration of striatum and frontal cortex with neuronal depletion and gliosis
HER
Huntington dx
Hurthle cell
Henoch Schonlein Purpura
3. Catastrophic adrenal insuff and vascular collapse - hemorrhagic necrosis of adrenal cortex
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome
Krukenberg tumor
Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome
Binswanger dx
4. Mutation here causes pseudohypoparathyroidism
Donovan bodies
Nelson syndrome
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
GNAS1
5. Malignant lymphoma with features resembling inflammatory disorder - young men - Reed Sternburg cells
Hodgkin dx
Rotor syndrome
Bouchard nodes
HLA B27 antigen
6. Esophageal diverticulum just above upper esoph sphincter
Call Exner bodies
Sheehan syndrome
11:22
Zenker diverticulum
7. X linked - absence of plasma cells and serum immunoglobulins - cell mediated immunity still ok - no germinal centers - recurrent bacterial infections - resistances to fungal and viral still - btk gene defect
Raynaud disease
Bowen dx
Brutons Agammaglobulinemia
Whipple triad
8. Seen in Down synd - small white spots on periphery of iris
Hurler syndrome
Paget dx of vulva
Brushfield spots
Henoch Schonlein Purpura
9. Ovarian tumor resembling bladder transitional epith
Brenner tumor
Werdnig Hoffman syndrome
Rb gene
Gaucher dx
10. Subcutaneous fibrosis of dorsum of penis
Kartagener syndrome
Rotor syndrome
Osler Weber Rendu syndrome
Peyronie dx
11. Manifestation of lymphplasmocytic lymphoma - B cell neoplasm
Wilms tumor
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Peyronie dx
WT1 and WT2
12. 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
Raynaud phenomenon
Buerger dx
Charcot triad
BRCA1
13. Intracytoplasmic proximal dentritic eosinophilic inclusions consisting of actin seen in Alzheimers
McArdle syndrome
Hirano bodies
Hodgkin dx
NF1
14. Asbestosis - yellow - brown - rod shaped body with clubbed ends - stain with Prussian blue
Turner syndrome
Heart failure cells
Ferruginous body
Guillain Barre syndrome
15. Seen in insulinoma - episodic hyperinsulinemia and hypoglycemia - CNS dysfunction - reversal of CNS probs with administration of glucose
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome
14:18
Whipple triad
ANAs in SLE
16. 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
DiGeorge syndrome
Krukenberg tumor
Budd Chiari
Bernard Soulier dx
17. Pigmented iris hamartoma seen in neurofibromatosis
Bowen dx
Raynaud disease
Libman Sacks endocarditis
Lisch nodule
18. Hemihypertrophy - macroglossia - organomegaly - neonatal hypoglycemia - various embryonal tumors - deleted WT 2 gene
Pompe dx
Names of Vitamins
Tay Sachs dx
Beckwith Weidemann syndrome
19. 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
Denys Drash syndrome
Von Hippel Lindau dx
Wilson dx
Klinefelter syndrome
20. B1 thiamine - B2 riboflavin - B3 niacin - B6 pyridoxine - B12 cobalamin - C ascorbic acid - D calciferol - E a::tocopherol
Zenker diverticulum
Charcot triad
Hurthle cell
Names of Vitamins
21. 2/neu :: oncogene (aka c - erbB2) - in breast cancer = poor prognosis
Hashimoto thyroiditis
ret PTC
HER
Smudge cells
22. Retinoblastoma on chromosome 13
Albers SCHonberg dx
Birbeck granule
Rb gene
Dry beriberi
23. Occurs in SLE - small vegitations on either or both surfaces of valves
Pancoast tumor
Libman Sacks endocarditis
Werdnig Hoffman syndrome
Bouchard nodes
24. Associated with papillary thyroid CA
Paget dx of vulva
ret PTC
Donovan bodies
Reed Sternburg cell
25. 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
Guillain Barre syndrome
NF1
Tay Sachs dx
Hartnup dx
26. Tumor suppressor mutated in Von Recklinhousen
Lisch nodule
ANAs in SLE
NF1
Paget dx of vulva
27. Autoimmune hypothyroid - hurthle cells common
Munro abscesses
Hashimoto thyroiditis
Albers SCHonberg dx
ret PTC
28. Thyroid replacement by fibrous tissue - unkown origin - mimics
Burkitt lymphoma
Crigler Najjar syndrome
Reidel thyroiditis
Langhans giant cell
29. Tennis racket shaped cytoplasmic inclusion seen in langerhans cells (so also seen in langerhan cell histiocytosis)
GNAS1
Dubin Johnson syndrome
Birbeck granule
Btk gene
30. Aggressive B- cell lymphoma - EBV - starry sky appearance - c myc
Wiskott Aldrich syndrome
BRCA2
Burkitt lymphoma
Wilms tumor
31. Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis - associated with venereal or intestinal infection
Sheehan syndrome
Reiter syndrome
Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome
Chediak Higashi syndrome
32. Autosomal recessive - hepatitis - accumulation of copper due to transport problem - low ceruloplasmin seen - kayser fleischer rings in eyes
Wilson dx
Stein Leventhal syndrome
Brushfield spots
Klinefelter syndrome
33. Ring of copper deposited around iris seen in Wilson
Kayser Fleischer ring
Niemann Pick dx
Ewing sarcoma
Beriberi
34. Non::neoplastic tumor like masses - fibrous replacement of resorbed bone
Peyronie dx
Reiter syndrome
Brown tumor
Lesch Nyhan syndrome
35. Hereditary nephritis associated with nerve deafness and ocular disorders - mutation in gene for the a5 chain of type IV collagen
Reed Sternburg cell
Von Gierke dx
Alport syndrome
Pancoast tumor
36. Aka osteopetrosis - marble bone dx - dense skeleton - failure of osteoclastic activity
Budd Chiari
Fabry dx
Albers SCHonberg dx
Edwards syndrome
37. Variant of rheumatoid arthritis - aka juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Still disease
Bernard Soulier dx
Crigler Najjar syndrome
Albers SCHonberg dx
38. = MEN2a
Sipple syndrome
Addison disease
Brown tumor
Gaucher dx
39. Seen in granuloma inguinale - multiple organisms filling large histiocytes
GNAS1
Heart failure cells
Wermer syndrome
Donovan bodies
40. Combination of hyperthyroidism - nodular goiter - absence of exophthalmos
Budd Chiari
Beckwith Weidemann syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome
Plummer dx
41. At least 2 X and one Y - hypogonadism - tall - gynecomastia - low testosterone - high pituitary gonadotropins - infertility -
Klinefelter syndrome
Mediterranean anemia or Cooley Anemia
BRCA2
Patau syndrome
42. Seen in papillary thyroid CA
Orphan annie nuclei
Charcot triad
Bouchard nodes
Kawasaki dx
43. Mutation = paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Sipple syndrome
Alport syndrome
PIG A
Chediak Higashi syndrome
44. Minute neutrophilic abscesses found within parakeratotic stratum corneum in psoriasis
Munro abscesses
Li Fraumeni syndrome
Virchow node
Heart failure cells
45. Oncogenes that code for p21 proteins which are membrane signalers
Birbeck granule
Ras oncogenes
Von Recklinhousen dx
Bernard Soulier dx
46. Dysplastic cell seen in HPV
Lesch Nyhan syndrome
Turner syndrome
Koilocyte
Clue cell
47. On lymph node biopsy - seen with Burkitt lymphoma
Reinke crystal
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Starry sky appearance
BRCA2
48. Diffuse nodular diabetic glomerulosclerosis
Kimmelsteil Wilson dx
ret PTC
14:18
Hurthle cell
49. Downward displacement of cerebellar tonsils and medulla through foramen magnum
Hfe gene
Pompe dx
Wermer syndrome
Arnold Chiari formation
50. Radiologic appearance of periostium in bone tumors
Von Gierke dx
Heberden nodes
ANAs in SLE
Codman triangle