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1. Alcoholic liver disease -
Mallory bodies
Niacin production: Microbiology
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology
Honey coloured crust

2. PCOS -
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Diminished reflexes

3. Aortic stenosis -
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
Cord factor: Microbiology
Chronic atrophic gastritis
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass

4. Becker's Muscular Dystrophy -
Defective Dystrophin less severe
Defect in platelet aggregation
Antibiotics Inducing cytochrome P450
Honeycomb lung on X- ray

5. A07Histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma) -
Birbeck granules on EM
Deleted dystrophin gene (X- linked recessive)
Ghon focus
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology

6. Trimethoprim - sulfamethoxazole -
Megaloblastic anemia (supplement with vitamin B6) due to antibiotics
Negri bodies
Debranching enzyme deficiency
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase

7. Streptococcus throat infection -
Elastic skin
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Night blindness leading to tunnel vision
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate

8. Hand - Schuller - Christian disease -
Donovan bodies
Agent Orange
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation

9. Down syndrome -
Milk
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
Painless jaundice
Palmar crease/simian crease

10. Pyloric stenosis -
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)
Clue cells on wet mount

11. A02SLE (type 3 hypersensitivity) -
Podocyte fusion
Irregularly irregular rhythm
Schiller - Duval bodies
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)

12. Hypoplastic Goiter nodules that do not take up radio active iodine. [Opposite: hot & do take up iodine] -
Cold Nodules
Bloody tap on LP
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
Cat Scratch Disease

13. Wilson's disease -
Kayser Fleischer rings
Fat
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Blurred yellowing vision headache

14. Eisenmenger's syndrome -
Orphan Annie nuclei
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Resistant: Microbiology
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)

15. Fanconi' syndrome
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect
HbF presence
Bamboo spine on x- ray
Rib notching

16. Mycoplasma pneumoniae has fried egg colonies on Eaton agar (needs cholesterol) -
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
Heterophil antibodies
Pruritus after bath/shower

17. Rheumatoid Arthritis -
Exotoxin A: Microbiology
Oto - and nephrotoxicity due to antibiotics
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
Pannus

18. 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. -
Factors X and V: Microbiology
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)
Hypochromic microcytosis
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology

19. 'A25Wet beriberi (thiamine - vitamin B1 deficiency)' -
Reid index (increased)
Port - wine stain
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Posthepatic venous thrombosis

20. Leydig cell tumor
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Positive Murphy's
Reinke crystals
Ferruginous bodies

21. Cystic fibrosis
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Agammaglobulinemia: X- linked

22. AF -
Russell Bodies
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology
Reduviid bug bite: Microbiology
Irregularly irregular rhythm

23. Phenylketonuria -
Horner's syndrome
Blue - domed cysts
Ketogenic amino acids
Mousy body odor

24. Primary TB -
Condylomata lata
Agammaglobulinemia: X- linked
Ghon focus
Bamboo spine on x- ray

25. Leucine & Lysine -
Ketogenic amino acids
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
Osler's nodes

26. Nocardia -
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Alcoholic retching then haematemesis
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology

27. Pityriasis rosea -
Osler's nodes - Tender lesions of fingers & toes.
Antihistone antibodies
Herald patch
Rice water stool

28. A05Streptococcus pyogenes -
Bacitracin sensitive: Microbiology
Kussmaul hypernea
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Holosystolic murmur

29. Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease) -
Benign polyposis
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Koplik spots
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics

30. Hand - Schuller - Christian Disease -
Bagassosis
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
Chronic progressive histiocytosis

31. Galactosemia -
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Naked RNA: Microbology
RUQ pain / fever / jaundice + altered mental state and shock

32. 'A00Chlamydia trachomatis types L1 - L2 - L3 = Lymphogranuloma venereum' -
(+) Frei Test
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
Oral ulcers / genital ulcers / arthritis
Podagra

33. 'A17Pellagra - (Vitamin B3 - Niacin Deficiency)' -
Deleted dystrophin gene (X- linked recessive)
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Cogwheel rigidity
Branching rods in oral infection

34. Gout
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Peau d'orange
Holosystolic murmur
Podagra

35. Acute cholecystitis

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36. Bacillus Cereus -
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Burton's lines

37. Trypansoma brucei gambiense & rhodiense: African Sleeping Sickness -
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
B Prophage: Microbiology
Red urine in the morning
Atypical lymphocytosis

38. Chronic pancreatitis
Positive Murphy's
Antihistone antibodies
Sail sign
Radiating Back Pain

39. A08Rheumatoid Arthritis -
opening snap in heart
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology
Boutonniere deformity
Mid systolic click

40. Zollinger - Ellison syndrome -
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
Gastrin - secreting tumor associated with ulcers

41. A03Marfan's Syndrome -
Cotton wool spots
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
Agent Orange
Arachnodactyly

42. Pasteurella multocida -
Dynein defect
Jarisch - Herxheimer reaction
Howell - Jolly bodies
Cat Bites

43. Whipple's disease -
Fatty liver
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Currant - jelly sputum

44. Staphylococcus aureus -
Cherry- Red spot on Macula
Antiplatelet antibodies
Enterotoxin: Microbiology
Ejection click

45. Type II Membrano Proliferative GN -
Cold agglutinins
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Cold abscess in spine
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase

46. Rifampin -
Positive C- anca
Antigliadin antibodies
Ferruginous bodies
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics

47. Parkinson's Disease Symptoms
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
Sabrands: Microbiology
Iduronidase deficiency
Rash on palms and soles

48. Corneybacterium diphtheriae -

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49. A03Vasculitis -
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons
Koplik spots
Mid systolic click
Antineutrophil antibodies

50. Type I Membrano Proliferative GN -
Intussusseption dt hyperplasia of Peyer's Patches
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Painless genital ulcer/chancre