USMLE Buzzwords

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1. G6pd deficiency -
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Sabrands: Microbiology
Heinz bodies
opening snap in heart


2. Cholera
Rice water stool
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
Cold abscesses
Calf pseudohypertrophy


3. DIC -
Penile fibrosis
Acute Cold Agglutination
D- Dimers
Esophageal webs with iron deficiency


4. PDA -
Renal epithelial casts in urine
Orphan Annie nuclei
Antibiotics Inducing cytochrome P450
Machinery like murmur


5. A06Lead poisoning -

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6. Staph. Epidermidis -
eating raw fish
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology
Neurofibrillary tangles
Betel nuts


7. A098:14 translocations associated with EBV -

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8. Primary syphilis -
Chancre (not painful)
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Caisson disease
M protein: Microbiology


9. ACL injury
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
Lines of Zahn
High fever/ rigidity after anaesthesia
Positive anterior drawer sign


10. Mallory- Weiss syndrome -
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Cowdry type A bodies


11. A07Histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma) -
Podocyte fusion
Birbeck granules on EM
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
Renal epithelial casts in urine


12. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology
Auer Rods
Renal epithelial casts in urine


13. Hypersexuality - Hyperorality - Hyperdocility - A26Kluver - Bucy syndrome (amygdala) -
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Hyperphagia
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology


14. A06Strep. Pyogenes (pharyngitis
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology
Basophilic stippling of RBC's
Contact lensa
Protein A: Microbiology


15. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
Koplik spots


16. 'A47Aortic stenosis - hypertrophic subaortic stenosis' -
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
Kaposi's sarcoma
Bilateral bell's palsy with target lesion on skin
S4 in Heart Auscultation


17. Intention tremor - scanning speech) - A12Multiple sclerosis -

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18. Trypansoma brucei gambiense & rhodiense: African Sleeping Sickness -
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Renal cell carcinoma
Barr Body
Atypical lymphocytosis


19. Leucine & Lysine -
Rose Bush Thorns
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Only dsRNA: Microbiology
Ketogenic amino acids


20. Rapid appearance of features associated with normal aging - A18Werner syndrome -
Hypersegmented neutrophils
Christmas tree patterned rash
Birds beak on barium swallow
dramatic


21. DM type 1 (caused by autoimmune destruction of B cells) -
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
HLA- DR3 or DR4
Donovan bodies
Black eschar on skin


22. Cardiac pathology - and edema -'A41Dry beriberi (Thiamine - B1 deficiency)'
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency
Auer Rods
Lewy Bodies
Polyneuropathy


23. Von Recklinghausen's disease -
Kussmaul hypernea
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Cold abscess in spine


24. Camphylobacter & Helicobacter -
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Ghon focus
Anti epithelial cell Antibody


25. Malignant HTN & Kidneys
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Petehial hemorrhages are seen on kidney surfaces = Flea - Bitten surface = young black men
Protozoa: Microbiology
eating raw fish


26. A07Anthrax -
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Lewy Bodies
Black eschar on skin
Butterfly rash


27. A03SLE (Type III hypersensitivity) -
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Herpangina: Microbiology
Hyperphagia


28. Clostridium Difficile -
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Heterophil antibodies
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)


29. Granulosa Theca Cell Tumor of the Ovary -
Christmas tree patterned rash
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
Pannus
Idiopathic polyneuritis


30. Type I Membrano Proliferative GN -
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Ejection click
Reid index (increased)
Deleted dystrophin gene (X- linked recessive)


31. Streptococcus throat infection -
Palmar crease/simian crease
Machinery like murmur
RUQ pain / fever / jaundice + altered mental state and shock
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate


32. A09Hyperparathyroidism - Osteitis fibrosa cystica (Von Recklinghausen's disease) -
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
ASO
Anti basement membrane antibodies
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts


33. Squamous cell carcinoma -
Fatty liver
Keratin pearls
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia


34. Ascending cholangitis - This is known as Reynold's Pentad
Occupational exposure to Asbestos
RUQ pain / fever / jaundice + altered mental state and shock
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)


35. A01Bruton's disease -
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Agammaglobulinemia: X- linked
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia


36. A08Bordetella pertusis ID -
Birbeck granules on EM
Bordet Gengou Agar: Microbiology
Apple - green birefringence
Protozoa: Microbiology


37. Vibrio parahemolyticus
Burn patients & Cystic fibrosis
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Aspirin - Asthma Triad
Cord factor: Microbiology


38. Retinitis pigmentosa -
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology
Blurred yellowing vision headache
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
Night blindness leading to tunnel vision


39. Gaucher's disease -
Antineutrophil antibodies
Cobblestoning
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Indian Ink: Microbiology


40. H. Influenzae (needs factors V & X for growth) Strep. Pneumoniae N. meningitidis N. gonnorhoae W/ this activity these bugs are able to colonize the oral mucosa. -
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Howell - Jolly bodies
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement


41. Granulosa - theca cell tumor of the ovary -
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Call - Exner bodies
Lactose formers: Microbiology


42. Lyme disease -
Erythema chronicum migrans
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon
Defect in platelet aggregation
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology


43. Corneybacterium diphtheriae -

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44. RUQ pain - fever) - A12cholangitis -

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45. Multiple myeloma
Russell Bodies
Heberden's nodes
Dog or cat bite
Burton's lines


46. A07Sarcoidosis -
Esophageal webs with iron deficiency
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Berger's Disease


47. Minimal Change (Lipoid nephrosis) disease
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Friction Rub
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Podocyte Effacement


48. 'A23B- thallasemia - sickle cell anemia (extramedullary hematopoeisis)' -
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Gastrin - secreting tumor associated with ulcers
Donovan bodies
Hair - on - end appearance on XR


49. Cavernous hemangiomas - adenomas - A45von - hippel - lindau disease
Myxedema
Honey coloured crust
Renal cell carcinoma
Bence Jones proteins


50. Haemophilus ducreyi -
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
Chancroid (painful)
Glucogenic amino acids
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology