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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab
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1. Binucleated or multinucleated giant cell seen in Hodgkin dx
Hodgkin dx
PIG A
Reed Sternburg cell
Hunter syndrome
2. 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
Nelson syndrome
Kawasaki dx
Paget dx of vulva
Pompe dx
3. Defective cilia - sinusitis - bronchiectasis - situs inversus - sometimes hearing loss and male sterility
11:22
Kartagener syndrome
BRCA2
Hutchinson freckle
4. Aka subcortical leukoencephalopathy - assoc with HTN - multiple lacunar infarcts and progressive demyelination in subcortical area
Lambert Eaton syndrome
Bowen dx
Binswanger dx
Hirschsprung dx
5. Autosomal recessive - conj hyperbilirubinemia - defect in bili transport - black color to liver
Dubin Johnson syndrome
Cri du chat syndrome
11:22
Birbeck granule
6. Appears as multiple wart - like lesions resembling condyloma accuminatum
Bowenoid papulosis
ret PTC
Names of Vitamins
Beriberi
7. Impaired tubular reabsorption of tryptophan - pellagra::like manifestations
Hartnup dx
Paget dx of bone
Peutz Jeghers syndrome
Von Gierke dx
8. 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
Hand Schuller Christian dx
E4 allele of apoprotein E
Lynch syndrome
Brutons Agammaglobulinemia
9. Aka congenital megacolon - dilation of colon due to absence of ganglion cells
Brushfield spots
Hirschsprung dx
Starry sky appearance
Plummer Vinson syndrome
10. Materal transmission del(15)(q11q13) - aka happy puppet syndrome - mental retardation - ataxia - seizures - inappropriate laughter
Wegener granulomatosis
Brushfield spots
Angelman syndrome
Plummer Vinson syndrome
11. Catastrophic adrenal insuff and vascular collapse - hemorrhagic necrosis of adrenal cortex
APC
Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome
9:22
HLA B27 antigen
12. Oligohydramnios causes fetus to be smashed
Smudge cells
Potter sequence
Kayser Fleischer ring
PIG A
13. Aka thromboangiitis obliterans - acute inflame of small and med arteries of extremities - extending to adjacent veins and nerves - young jewish men - painful ischemic dx - worse with smoking
Paget dx of vulva
Krukenberg tumor
Clue cell
Buerger dx
14. Clear cell renal tumor seen in kids
Krukenberg tumor
Wilms tumor
Rouleaux formation
Reye syndrome
15. Aka neurofibromatosis - neurofibromas in skin - schwannomas of CN VIII - caf
Lisch nodule
Hfe gene
Von Recklinhousen dx
Rotor syndrome
16. Tumor suppressor mutated in breast and ovary
Reiter syndrome
Binswanger dx
WT1 and WT2
BRCA1
17. Downward displacement of cerebellar tonsils and medulla through foramen magnum
Reiter syndrome
Arnold Chiari formation
NF1
Signet ring cell
18. Aka pituitary cachexia - generalized panhypopituitarism
9:22
Arnold Chiari formation
Simmonds dx
Patau syndrome
19. Tumor suppressor mutated in Von Recklinhousen
Wilson dx
NF1
Fanconi syndrome
Chediak Higashi syndrome
20. Deficient a1 -4 glucosidase - accumulation of glycogen in liver - heart - skeletal muscle - cardiomegaly - muscle hypotonia - spelnomegaly - intractable hypoglycemia - death from cardiorespiratory failure before age 3
Charcot Bouchard aneurysm
Raynaud phenomenon
Pompe dx
Hartnup dx
21. Different in that it is the primary disorder - recurrent vasospasm of small arteries and venules - pallor - cyanosis - fingers and toes - young healthy women
FGFR3
Raynaud disease
C ANCA
Lynch syndrome
22. Seen in CLL - leukemic B- cells that are fragile
Smudge cells
C ANCA
Alport syndrome
Tay Sachs dx
23. Variant of rheumatoid arthritis - splenmegally - neutropenia - RA
Li Fraumeni syndrome
Felty syndrome
Paget dx of breast
Brenner tumor
24. This comes in a wet variety and a dry one - they are both Vit B1 thiamine deficiency
Charcot triad
Beriberi
Whipple dx
APC
25. Deficient debranching enzyme amylo -1 -6- glucosidase - glycogen in liver - heart - skeletal muscle - stunted growth - hepatomegaly - hypoglycemia
Bense Jones protein
Cori dx
Hfe gene
Binswanger dx
26. = MEN2a
Albers SCHonberg dx
Sipple syndrome
Foamy histiocyte
Addison disease
27. Asbestosis - yellow - brown - rod shaped body with clubbed ends - stain with Prussian blue
Ferruginous body
ret PTC
Angelman syndrome
Hodgkin dx
28. Autoimmune hypothyroid - hurthle cells common
Osler Weber Rendu syndrome
Kimmelstiel Wilson nodules
Rouleaux formation
Hashimoto thyroiditis
29. Autoimmune thyroiditis - hyperthyroid - exophthalmos - increased in HLA DR3 and HLA B8 pos people
Denys Drash syndrome
Brown tumor
Paget dx of breast
Graves dx
30. On lymph node biopsy - seen with Burkitt lymphoma
Hurthle cell
Beriberi
Starry sky appearance
p53
31. Development of large pituitary adenomas following bilat adrenalectomy
Plummer dx
Bernard Soulier dx
Nelson syndrome
Sipple syndrome
32. Deficient fibrillin (constituent of microfibrils) - arachnodactyly - ectopia lentis - aortic aneurysm - mitral valve prolapsed
Turner syndrome
Marfan syndrome
Reye syndrome
Hirschsprung dx
33. Autosomal dominant - numerous adenomatous polyps along with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
Letterer Siwe dx
Heberden nodes
Gardner syndrome
Arthus reaction
34. Paternal transmission del (15)(q11q13) - hypogonad - hypotonia - mental retardation - behavior probs - uncrontrolled appetite
Whipple dx
Prader willi syndrome
NF1
Li Fraumeni syndrome
35. Mucinous cell - characteristic of stomach CA met to ovary (krukenberg tumor)
Wegener granulomatosis
Stein Leventhal syndrome
Names of Vitamins
Signet ring cell
36. Superclavicular lymph node identifying metastatic stomach CA
Virchow node
p53
Patau syndrome
Birbeck granule
37. Iron deficient anemia associated with upper::esophageal web
Plummer Vinson syndrome
Pancoast tumor
Birbeck granule
Potter sequence
38. Hamartomatous polyps in colon and small intest - freckles on lips - hands - genitalia - higher incidence of adeno CA of colon and other malignancies - stomach - breast - ovaries
Budd Chiari
Dubin Johnson syndrome
Peutz Jeghers syndrome
Lesch Nyhan syndrome
39. Malignant lymphoma with features resembling inflammatory disorder - young men - Reed Sternburg cells
Hodgkin dx
Paget dx of breast
Angelman syndrome
Codman triangle
40. Small round eosinophilic masses found in dieing hepatocytes often containing chromatin remnants seen in viral hepatitis
Starry sky appearance
Marfan syndrome
Heberden nodes
Councilman body
41. Gene product facilitates apoptosis - decreases bcl::2 and increases Bax
Lambert Eaton syndrome
Codman triangle
p53
Burkitt lymphoma
42. Gene product facilitates apoptosis
Bax
HLA B27 antigen
Guillain Barre syndrome
Beriberi
43. Aka pulseless dx - inflammation and stenosis of medium and large sized arteries - often aortic arch thus aortic arch syndrome
Takayasu arteritis
Brenner tumor
Reed Sternburg cell
Pompe dx
44. Infectious disorder - caused postencephalitic parkinsonism
Codman triangle
Von economo encephalitis
Simmonds dx
Bernard Soulier dx
45. 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
Beckwith Weidemann syndrome
WT1 and WT2
Niemann Pick dx
Raynaud phenomenon
46. Philadelphia chromosome - CML bcr abl fusion c - abl on 9 - bcr on 22
9:22
Berger dx
Von Recklinhousen dx
Whipple triad
47. B1 thiamine - B2 riboflavin - B3 niacin - B6 pyridoxine - B12 cobalamin - C ascorbic acid - D calciferol - E a::tocopherol
Names of Vitamins
Birbeck granule
Cori dx
Aschoff body
48. Primary adrenal failure
Peyronie dx
Reed Sternburg cell
Buerger dx
Addison disease
49. Tennis racket shaped cytoplasmic inclusion seen in langerhans cells (so also seen in langerhan cell histiocytosis)
Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome
Kimmelstiel Wilson nodules
Reidel thyroiditis
Birbeck granule
50. Acute promyelocytic leukemia PML gene on 15 and RARa on 17
15:17
Signet ring cell
Alport syndrome
Graves dx