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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab
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1. 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
Potter sequence
Raynaud phenomenon
Klinefelter syndrome
Sipple syndrome
2. Aka subcortical leukoencephalopathy - assoc with HTN - multiple lacunar infarcts and progressive demyelination in subcortical area
Gardner syndrome
Cori dx
Binswanger dx
Gerstmann Straussler
3. Seen in Down synd - small white spots on periphery of iris
Brushfield spots
Orphan annie nuclei
Von economo encephalitis
Addison disease
4. Aka hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia - telangectasias in skin and mucous membranes - epistaxis - GI bleeds
Krukenberg tumor
Arnold Chiari formation
Osler Weber Rendu syndrome
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
5. Nystagmus - intention tremor - scanning speech - seen in MS
Charcot triad
Smudge cells
Clue cell
Langhans giant cell
6. Aka polycystic ovary syndrome - young women - amenorrhea - infertility - obesity - hirsutism
Rotor syndrome
Edwards syndrome
Negri bodies
Stein Leventhal syndrome
7. Eczematoid lesion of nipple areola - large cells with clear 'halo like' area - invade epidermis - underlying ductal CA
Hand Schuller Christian dx
Paget dx of breast
Goodpasture syndrome
Turner syndrome
8. 2/neu :: oncogene (aka c - erbB2) - in breast cancer = poor prognosis
Raynaud disease
Arthus reaction
HER
Wilms tumor
9. Aka neurofibromatosis - neurofibromas in skin - schwannomas of CN VIII - caf
Brutons Agammaglobulinemia
Von Recklinhousen dx
Budd Chiari
Bcl2
10. Protooncogene mutated in medulary thyroid CA (MENII)
Li Fraumeni syndrome
ret
Conn syndrome
Libman Sacks endocarditis
11. Triad of ovarian fibroma - ascites - hydrothorax
Meigs syndrome
Hand Schuller Christian dx
Henoch Schonlein Purpura
Conn syndrome
12. B1 thiamine - B2 riboflavin - B3 niacin - B6 pyridoxine - B12 cobalamin - C ascorbic acid - D calciferol - E a::tocopherol
Names of Vitamins
ret
Plummer Vinson syndrome
Albers SCHonberg dx
13. Autosomal recessive - unusually large platelets - lack of 'GPIb IX V'
Brutons Agammaglobulinemia
Chromosome 10
Simmonds dx
Bernard Soulier dx
14. Adenomatous polyps with tumors of CNS
Smudge cells
Wilson dx
Turcot syndrome
Von Gierke dx
15. Radiologic appearance of periostium in bone tumors
Peutz Jeghers syndrome
Codman triangle
Smudge cells
Von Gierke dx
16. This comes in a wet variety and a dry one - they are both Vit B1 thiamine deficiency
Hurler syndrome
Beriberi
HER
Gerstmann Straussler
17. Hemorrhagic urticaria of extensor surgaces of arms - legs - and buttocks - with fever - arthralgias - and GI renal involvement similar to IgA nephropathy - associated with URIs
Cori dx
Henoch Schonlein Purpura
Berger dx
Plummer dx
18. Variant of rheumatoid arthritis - splenmegally - neutropenia - RA
Bernard Soulier dx
Graves dx
Bowenoid papulosis
Felty syndrome
19. Tumor suppressor mutated in Von Recklinhousen
Krukenberg tumor
Beckwith Weidemann syndrome
NF1
Hirano bodies
20. 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
Budd Chiari
Niemann Pick dx
Letterer Siwe dx
Bense Jones protein
21. Lots of tumors - breast CA - soft tissue sarc - brain tumors - leukemias - has loss of p53 tumor suppressor gene
Wermer syndrome
Takayasu arteritis
Dry beriberi
Li Fraumeni syndrome
22. Osteophytes at DIP joints
Prader willi syndrome
Ewing sarcoma
Reye syndrome
Heberden nodes
23. Malabsorption syndrome - Tropheryma wippelii bacilli - small intestine commonly affected - arthralgias - cardiac - and neuro symptoms
Whipple dx
HER
Reidel thyroiditis
Btk gene
24. Abnormal WT 1 gene - intersexual disorders - nephropathy - wilms tumor
APC
Charcot triad
Sturge Weber syndrome
Denys Drash syndrome
25. Deficient debranching enzyme amylo -1 -6- glucosidase - glycogen in liver - heart - skeletal muscle - stunted growth - hepatomegaly - hypoglycemia
Cori dx
Bouchard nodes
Hurler syndrome
ret
26. Similar to paget breast - sometimes related to underlying adenoCA of sweat glands
Osler Weber Rendu syndrome
Paget dx of vulva
BRCA2
Niemann Pick dx
27. Transloc seen in ewing sarcoma
APC
Patau syndrome
11:22
Reidel thyroiditis
28. Defective in x- linked brutons agammaglobulinemia - B- cell tyrosine kinase
Berger dx
Von Hippel Lindau dx
Koilocyte
Btk gene
29. Aka chronic progressive histiocytosis - not as bad as Letterer Siwe
Bernard Soulier dx
BRCA1
Hand Schuller Christian dx
Guillain Barre syndrome
30. Small round eosinophilic masses found in dieing hepatocytes often containing chromatin remnants seen in viral hepatitis
Beckwith Weidemann syndrome
Bowen dx
Councilman body
Fabry dx
31. Dysplastic cell seen in HPV
Koilocyte
Starry sky appearance
Binswanger dx
Virchow node
32. Aka angiokeratoma corporis diffusum universal - deficient a::galactosidase A - accumulate ceramide trihexoside - skin lesions angiokeratomas - fever - burning pain in extremities - cardiovascular and cerebrovascular involvement - death as adult by re
Ras oncogenes
PIG A
Virchow node
Fabry dx
33. Subcutaneous fibrosis of dorsum of penis
Aschoff body
Peyronie dx
Brushfield spots
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
34. Gene product inhibits apoptosis
Btk gene
Hashimoto thyroiditis
Bcl2
Werdnig Hoffman syndrome
35. Hereditary nephritis associated with nerve deafness and ocular disorders - mutation in gene for the a5 chain of type IV collagen
Bense Jones protein
Potter sequence
Alport syndrome
14:18
36. Aneurysm at small artery bifurcations
Pompe dx
Turner syndrome
Von Gierke dx
Charcot Bouchard aneurysm
37. Mutation here causes pseudohypoparathyroidism
GNAS1
Brenner tumor
9:22
Hirschsprung dx
38. Aka acute disseminated langerhans cell histiocytosis - aggressive - usually fatal - kids hepatosplenomegaly - LAD - pancytopenia - pulmonary involvement - recurrent infections
Hurler syndrome
Brenner tumor
Letterer Siwe dx
Smudge cells
39. Tumor suppressor mutated in breast and ovary
Turcot syndrome
p53
GNAS1
BRCA1
40. Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis - associated with venereal or intestinal infection
Denys Drash syndrome
Reiter syndrome
Bcl2
Hutchinson freckle
41. 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
Kawasaki dx
Alport syndrome
Bowenoid papulosis
BRCA1
42. Asbestosis - yellow - brown - rod shaped body with clubbed ends - stain with Prussian blue
Beriberi
Ferruginous body
Hirschsprung dx
Fanconi syndrome
43. 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
Tay Sachs dx
Sipple syndrome
Gerstmann Straussler
Hirschsprung dx
44. Diffuse nodular diabetic glomerulosclerosis
Peutz Jeghers syndrome
Kimmelsteil Wilson dx
Plummer dx
Von Gierke dx
45. Catastrophic adrenal insuff and vascular collapse - hemorrhagic necrosis of adrenal cortex
Hurthle cell
Lisch nodule
Klinefelter syndrome
Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome
46. Manifestation of lymphplasmocytic lymphoma - B cell neoplasm
Names of Vitamins
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Alport syndrome
Libman Sacks endocarditis
47. Appears as multiple wart - like lesions resembling condyloma accuminatum
Wernicke Korsakoff syndrome
Hurler syndrome
Donovan bodies
Bowenoid papulosis
48. 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
Werdnig Hoffman syndrome
Buerger dx
Reinke crystal
Bense Jones protein
49. 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)
Ewing sarcoma
Brenner tumor
Aschoff body
Dry beriberi
50. Aka velocardiofacial syndrome and CATCH 22 syndrome - micro deletion of 22q11 - Cardiac abnormalities - Abnormal facies - T cell deficit due to thymic hypoplasia - Cleft palate - Hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism - from poor development of 3rd a
Plummer Vinson syndrome
Ras oncogenes
DiGeorge syndrome
Whipple dx