USMLE Buzzwords

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1. A06Multiple myeloma (kappa or lambda Ig light chains in urine) - Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM) -
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Bence Jones proteins
Lancet - shaped diplococci: Microbiology


2. A03Drug - induced SLE -
Increased Uric acid levels
Antihistone antibodies
Radiating Back Pain
Sandpaper rash


3. A07Subarachnoid hemorrhage -
Bloody tap on LP
Auer Rods
Factors X and V: Microbiology
Benign polyposis


4. A01Bruton's disease -
Need Cysyeine for growth: Microbiology
Erythropoietin
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Agammaglobulinemia: X- linked


5. Pityriasis rosea -
Acute Cold Agglutination
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
Christmas tree patterned rash
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology


6. Staphylococcus aureus -
Herald patch
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology


7. K- F Circle - Ataxia - A24Wilson's disease -
Ejection click
Agent Orange
Eburnation
Hepatolenticular degeneration


8. Multiple myeloma -
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
Lytic bone lesions on XR
S4 in Heart Auscultation
Aspirin - Asthma Triad


9. AF -
Headache in band - like distribution
Pruritus after bath/shower
Irregularly irregular rhythm
Alpha - hemolytic: Microbiology


10. 'A14Seen in atypical pneumonia (Mycoplasma pneumoniae) - It is IgM Ab with specificity for I Ag on adult RBCs' -
Pseudorosettes
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
Russell Bodies
Cold agglutinins


11. Ribs - skull - A47Multiple Myeloma
Hypertension
Asymptomatic shiny patches / red - brown with yellow / Diabetic
dramatic
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae


12. rabies -
Mousy body odor
Ptosis
Parasites & CA: S. mansoni
Negri bodies


13. Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (also known as slipped capital femoral epiphysis) -
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
Condylomata lata
Osler's nodes - Tender lesions of fingers & toes.
Chubby teen male with knee pain


14. Chaga's Disease (Trypanosoma infection) -
Glucogenic amino acids
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Sabrands: Microbiology


15. Appendicitis -

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16. A08Chronic Bronchitis -
Blue - bloater
HbF -
Baker's cyst in popliteal fossa
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia


17. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)


18. CML
ADA Deficiency
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Pseudorosettes
eating raw fish


19. Rapidly progressive GN nephritic syndrome Associated w/ multi system disease or post - strep/post infectious glomerular nephritis -

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20. A06Ankylosing spondylitis -
Bamboo spine on x- ray
Black eschar on skin
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)


21. Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Reed - Stenberg cells
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot


22. Vibrio parahemolyticus
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Rhomboid crystals
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)
Elastic skin


23. A08Tetralogy of Fallot / RVH -
Condylomata lata
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
Boot - shaped heart on XR


24. Benign intercranial hypertension - also known as Pseudotumour cerebri -
Ptosis
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology
Sabourauda Agar


25. A04Mononucleosis -
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Hair - on - end appearance on XR
Atypical lymphocytosis
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules


26. Negatively birefringent crystals - A34Gout -
Needle - shaped
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)


27. Pasteurella multocida -
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
S4 in Heart Auscultation
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Cat Bites


28. Splenectomy (or nonfunctional spleen) -
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons
Howell - Jolly bodies
Lactose formers: Microbiology
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors


29. Staph. Saprophyticus -
Janeway lesions - (non - tender
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Neurofibrillary tangles
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases


30. Perioral pigmentation - A06Puetz - Jeghers syndrome -
Ash leaf spots
Benign polyposis
Agent Orange
RBC Osmotic Fragility


31. Thallasemia major -
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
HbF presence


32. Narcolepsy -
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
HGPRT deficiency e
Howell - Jolly bodies


33. Acute cholecystitis

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34. B. Anthracis & C. Perfringens -
HLA- DR3 or DR4
Non Motile Bacilli & Clostridium: Microbiology
Blue sclera
Factors X and V: Microbiology


35. A05Sickle cell anemia -
Autosplenectomy
Pick bodies
Friction Rub
Chocolate agar: Microbiology


36. Precocious puberty - cafe - au - lait spots - short stature - young girls - A41Albright's syndrome -
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Coagulase (+): Microbiology


37. RUQ pain - fever) - A12cholangitis -

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38. Borrelia recurrentis
Relapsing Fever
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Ketogenic amino acids
Antibiotics Inducing cytochrome P450


39. 'A28Leishmaniasis: Mucocutaneous Diseases by L. braziliensis & Visceral Disease by L. donovani & Dermal Leishman by L. tropica - mexicana - peruviana' -
Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Infection by Sandfly: Microbiology
Elastic skin


40. Behcet's syndrome - a form of vasculitis that can lead to ulceration and other lesions. (Not Reiters!) -
Infusion - related toxicity due to antibiotics
eating raw fish
Oral ulcers / genital ulcers / arthritis
Ash leaf spots


41. Hemangioma
Port - wine stain
Bloody diarrhea agents: Microbiology
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Kaposi's sarcoma


42. A05Varicocele - -

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43. Cryptococcus neoformans -
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Berger's Disease
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase


44. Type II Membrano Proliferative GN -
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Chancroid (painful)
Kayser Fleischer rings
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts


45. Putamen - thalamus - A42Sydenhama Chorea
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)
Asymptomatic shiny patches / red - brown with yellow / Diabetic
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate


46. Fibrin - globulin - pro) - and - Russel Bodies - (eosinophillic Ig containing inclusions) - A46Multiple Myeloma -

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47. Sheehan's syndrome
Dynein defect
Postpartum pituitary necrosis
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities


48. Goes through superficial inguinal ring. Medial to inferior epigastric artery - A29-
Blue - bloater
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct
Cold agglutinins
Lisch nodules


49. A02Scleroderma (CREST) -
Infection by Anopheles Mosquito: Microbiology
Nutmeg liver
Rash on palms and soles
Anticentromere Antibodies


50. Zollinger - Ellison syndrome -
Cat Scratch Disease
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Gastrin - secreting tumor associated with ulcers