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USMLE Brs Pathology Vocab

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1. Radiologic appearance of periostium in bone tumors






2. Ring of copper deposited around iris seen in Wilson






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






4. Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer - DNA repair genes messed up






5. Hereditary nephritis associated with nerve deafness and ocular disorders - mutation in gene for the a5 chain of type IV collagen






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






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






8. 45 XO - female hypogonadism - hypothyroid - short - webbed neck - 1* amenorrhea p52






9. Osteophytes at PIP joints






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






11. Protooncogene mutated in medulary thyroid CA (MENII)






12. Aka chronic progressive histiocytosis - not as bad as Letterer Siwe






13. Retinoblastoma on chromosome 13






14. = MEN2a






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






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






17. Occurs in SLE - small vegitations on either or both surfaces of valves






18. 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






19. Epithelial cells with eosinophilc granular cytoplasm seen in hashimoto






20. Manifestation of lymphplasmocytic lymphoma - B cell neoplasm






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






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






23. Associated with 90% cases of ankylosing spondylitis - common in rheumatoid arthritis






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






25. 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)






26. Metastatic stomach CA to ovary






27. Primary adrenal failure






28. Esophageal diverticulum just above upper esoph sphincter






29. Non::neoplastic tumor like masses - fibrous replacement of resorbed bone






30. Pituitary insufficiency post - partum - low TSH ACTH






31. Diffuse nodular diabetic glomerulosclerosis






32. Associated with breast alone (isn't one of these associated with prostate? Check)






33. Severe unconj hyperbilirubinemia due to deficient glucuronyl transferase






34. 5p chromosome deletion - severe mental retardation - microcephaly - catlike cry - low birth weight - round face - hypertelorism (wide eyes)






35. Aka lentigo maligna - precursor to lentigo maligna melanoma






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






37. 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)






38. Located on xsome 6 - mutation here = hereditary hemochromatosis






39. Aggressive B- cell lymphoma - EBV - starry sky appearance - c myc






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






41. Tumor suppressor mutated in wilms tumor






42. Tennis racket shaped cytoplasmic inclusion seen in langerhans cells (so also seen in langerhan cell histiocytosis)






43. Aka IgA nephropathy - deposition of IgA in mesangium - benign recurrent hematuria in kids following infection






44. Aka osteopetrosis - marble bone dx - dense skeleton - failure of osteoclastic activity






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






46. Tumor suppressor mutated in breast and ovary






47. Tumor suppressor mutated in Von Recklinhousen






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






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






50. DsDNA antibodies and Sm Smith antigen = highly specific for SLE







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