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1. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Neurofibrillary tangles
No arm pronation
Hepatolenticular degeneration
2. Chronic Bronchitis
Cogwheel rigidity
Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation
Encapsulated bacteria: Microbiology
Reid index (increased)
3. A00Abs to I blood group Ag. Mediated by IgM Abs - Complication of EBV or Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections -
Ferruginous bodies
Herpangina: Microbiology
Burton's lines
Acute Cold Agglutination
4. HPV -
Barr Body
Fat
Koiliocytes
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology
5. Interstitial Fibrosis -
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology
dramatic
Lancet - shaped diplococci: Microbiology
Honeycomb lung on X- ray
6. PDA -
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Machinery like murmur
7. Hand - Schuller - Christian Disease -
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
Sail sign
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology
8. Corneybacterium diphtheriae -
9. A05Clostridium Botulinum -
Bad canned foods
Heat intolerance / palpitations
- cAMP: Microbiology
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics
10. Cataracts - hearing loss - A34Alport's syndrome -
Quellung reaction: Microbiology
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
Nephritis
11. All -
Down syndrome
Exotoxin A: Microbiology
blebs (large subpleural bullae)
Fatty liver
12. Endocarditis -
13. Legionella pneumophila -
HGPRT deficiency e
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Schiller - Duval bodies
Iron/cysteine supplement (charcoal -yeast agar) : Microbiology
14. A07Histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma) -
Birbeck granules on EM
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct
Condylomata lata
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
15. Huntington's disease -
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics
Nutmeg liver
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
16. 'A25Reiter's syndrome - ankylosing spondylitis' -
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Intussusseption dt hyperplasia of Peyer's Patches
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
HLA- B27
17. Legionella pneumophila -
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology
Headache in band - like distribution
18. A05Rheumatoid arthritis -
19. Transmits Trypanoma cruzi (Chagas’ disease): Romanaa Sign
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Reduviid bug bite: Microbiology
Asymptomatic shiny patches / red - brown with yellow / Diabetic
20. 'A33Multiple myeloma - (called the M protein
Monoclonal antibody spike
Birds beak on barium swallow
Increased Uric acid levels
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
21. Lyme disease -
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
Reid index (increased)
Positive testicular transillumination
Erythema chronicum migrans
22. Sulfonamides -
Enterotoxin: Microbiology
Kernicterus due to antibiotics
Red - man syndrome due to antibiotics
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
23. Raynaud's Syndrome
Oto - and nephrotoxicity due to antibiotics
dramatic
Pink Eye
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
24. Bronchial Asthma -
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
Port - wine stain
Honeycomb lung on X- ray
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
25. A02Scleroderma (CREST) -
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
Anticentromere Antibodies
Honey coloured crust
Mid systolic click
26. Ethambutol -
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims
Bagassosis
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
Niacin production: Microbiology
27. Neiserria and most Gram (-)s including Pseudomonas aeruginosa -
HbF presence
Loffler's Medium: Microbiology
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
28. Gout
Podagra
Radiating Back Pain
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
29. Krukenberg tumor -
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
Christmas tree patterned rash
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases
30. rabies -
Contact lensa
Negri bodies
Cold Nodules
Hypersegmented neutrophils
31. Gas emboli -
Caisson disease
Honey coloured crust
HGPRT deficiency e
Burton's lines
32. Ascending cholangitis - This is known as Reynold's Pentad
Kulchitsky cells
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
HbF -
RUQ pain / fever / jaundice + altered mental state and shock
33. Naked for CPRat: Calcivirus
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency
Naked RNA: Microbology
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts
Exotoxin A: Microbiology
34. Hypersexuality - Hyperorality - Hyperdocility - A26Kluver - Bucy syndrome (amygdala) -
Erythropoietin
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology
Kaposi's sarcoma
Hyperphagia
35. Asbetosis -
ASO
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Ferruginous bodies
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
36. hepatocarcinoma -
Glucogenic amino acids
Caisson disease
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
Christmas tree patterned rash
37. A03Vasculitis -
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
Antineutrophil antibodies
Chancre (not painful)
38. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Autosplenectomy
Red urine in the morning
39. Duchenne's -
40. Dry mouth - arthritis - A18Sjogren's syndrome -
Dinner fork deformity
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons
Dry eyes
41. 'A25Wet beriberi (thiamine - vitamin B1 deficiency)' -
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Low serum ceruloplasmin
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
M protein: Microbiology
42. Bartonella henselae. Leion can resemble Kaposi's sarcoma. Toxoplasmosis -
Lack color: Microbiology
Cat Scratch Disease
Polyneuropathy
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
43. Sheehan's syndrome (pituitary infarction) -
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
No lactation postpartum
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies
44. Diabetic ketoacidosis -
Atypical lymphocytosis
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
Kussmaul hypernea
Heberden's nodes
45. G6pd deficiency -
Agammaglobulinemia: X- linked
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Heberden's nodes
Heinz bodies
46. Parkinson's disease -
Megaloblastic anemia (supplement with vitamin B6) due to antibiotics
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Lewy Bodies
Elastic skin
47. A07Sarcoidosis -
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)
Rhomboid crystals
Deleted dystrophin gene (X- linked recessive)
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
48. A03Rheumatoid Arthritis -
Lines of Zahn
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Anti - IgG antibodies
49. Granulosa Theca Cell Tumor of the Ovary -
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
Dynein defect
Alcoholic retching then haematemesis
50. Streptococcus throat infection -
Reiter's Syndrome
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Negri bodies
Diphyllobothrium latum