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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Deficient sphingomyelinase - accumulation of sphingomyelin in phagocytes - foamy histiocytes in liver - spleen - lymph nodes - skin - hepatosplenomegaly - anemia fever - occasional neuro degeneration - half have cherry red spot macula






7. Gene product facilitates apoptosis






8. Associated with Wegener granulomatosis






9. Primary adrenal failure






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






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






12. Osteophytes at PIP joints






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






14. Small follicles filled with eosinophilic secretion - diagnostic feature of granulose cell tumor






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






16. This comes in a wet variety and a dry one - they are both Vit B1 thiamine deficiency






17. Aka allergic granulomatous angiitis - necrotizing vasculitis - variant of polyarteritis nodosa - involves pulmonary vasculature - peripheral eosinophilia - and asthma






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. Parkinsonism with autonomic dysfunction and orthostatic hypotension






26. Intracytoplasmic inclusions seen in leydig cell tumors p283






27. Chromosome 19 - allele common in alzheimers






28. 2/neu :: oncogene (aka c - erbB2) - in breast cancer = poor prognosis






29. 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






30. On lymph node biopsy - seen with Burkitt lymphoma






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






32. Aka pituitary cachexia - generalized panhypopituitarism






33. Small round blue cell tumor of bone - long bones - kids - 11:22 transloc






34. Also seen in urine of MM - stacks of RBCs - will have high ESR






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






36. Dysplastic cell seen in HPV






37. Different in that it is the primary disorder - recurrent vasospasm of small arteries and venules - pallor - cyanosis - fingers and toes - young healthy women






38. Infectious disorder - caused postencephalitic parkinsonism






39. Aneurysm at small artery bifurcations






40. Protooncogene mutated in medulary thyroid CA (MENII)






41. Paraneoplastic synd looks like myasthenia gravis - often small cell lung CA






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






43. 45 XO - female hypogonadism - hypothyroid - short - webbed neck - 1* amenorrhea p52






44. Triad of ovarian fibroma - ascites - hydrothorax






45. Associated with papillary thyroid CA






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






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






48. Renal tubular dysfunction - impaired reabsorption of glucose - amino acids - phosphate - and bicarb thus glycosuria - hyperphosphaturia - hypophosphatemia - aminoaciduria - systemic acidosis






49. Tumor suppressor mutated in wilms tumor






50. Gene product facilitates apoptosis - decreases bcl::2 and increases Bax







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