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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab

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1. Chromosome 19 - allele common in alzheimers






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






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






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






5. 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)






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






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






8. Ring of copper deposited around iris seen in Wilson






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






10. Autoimmune hypothyroid - hurthle cells common






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






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






13. Intracytoplasmic inclusions seen in leydig cell tumors p283






14. 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






15. Osteophytes at PIP joints






16. 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)






17. Pituitary insufficiency post - partum - low TSH ACTH






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






19. Aka congenital megacolon - dilation of colon due to absence of ganglion cells






20. Materal transmission del(15)(q11q13) - aka happy puppet syndrome - mental retardation - ataxia - seizures - inappropriate laughter






21. Esophageal diverticulum just above upper esoph sphincter






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






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






24. Oncogenes that code for p21 proteins which are membrane signalers






25. Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia - precocious puberty - caf






26. Eczematoid lesion of nipple areola - large cells with clear 'halo like' area - invade epidermis - underlying ductal CA






27. Seen in insulinoma - episodic hyperinsulinemia and hypoglycemia - CNS dysfunction - reversal of CNS probs with administration of glucose






28. 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






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






30. Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis - associated with venereal or intestinal infection






31. Eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusions in hippocampus and purkinje cells seen in rabies infection






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






33. Minute neutrophilic abscesses found within parakeratotic stratum corneum in psoriasis






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






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






36. Acute promyelocytic leukemia PML gene on 15 and RARa on 17






37. Malabsorption syndrome - Tropheryma wippelii bacilli - small intestine commonly affected - arthralgias - cardiac - and neuro symptoms






38. Aka neurofibromatosis - neurofibromas in skin - schwannomas of CN VIII - caf






39. Modest elevated serum unconj bilirubin - due to decreased uptake by liver cells and reduced activity of glucuronyl transferase






40. Autosomal dominant - fatal - progressive degeneration of striatum and frontal cortex with neuronal depletion and gliosis






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






42. Ovarian tumor resembling bladder transitional epith






43. Superclavicular lymph node identifying metastatic stomach CA






44. Thyroid replacement by fibrous tissue - unkown origin - mimics






45. Binucleated or multinucleated giant cell seen in Hodgkin dx






46. Associated with papillary thyroid CA






47. Lots of tumors - breast CA - soft tissue sarc - brain tumors - leukemias - has loss of p53 tumor suppressor gene






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






49. Mutation here causes pseudohypoparathyroidism






50. Similar to paget breast - sometimes related to underlying adenoCA of sweat glands