USMLE Buzzwords

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1. A06IgA Nephropathy -

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2. Malignant hyperthermia -
Hyperreninemia
High fever/ rigidity after anaesthesia
Endospores G(+): Microbiology
Calf pseudohypertrophy


3. Legionella pneumophila -
Diminished absent lower limb pulses
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology


4. mitral stenosis -
Penile fibrosis
Acid Fast Organisms: Microbiology
Rib notching
opening snap in heart


5. PDA -
Machinery like murmur
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Ascending weakness/paralysis


6. 'A14Seen in atypical pneumonia (Mycoplasma pneumoniae) - It is IgM Ab with specificity for I Ag on adult RBCs' -
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
Cold agglutinins
Oto - and nephrotoxicity due to antibiotics
eating raw fish


7. TIA -
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Erythema chronicum migrans
Lactose formers: Microbiology
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day


8. A00Lead poisoning -
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules


9. Down syndrome -
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Palmar crease/simian crease
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting
Myxedema


10. Fanconi' syndrome
B Prophage: Microbiology
Butterfly rash
Agent Orange
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect


11. Splenectomy (or nonfunctional spleen) -
Need Cysyeine for growth: Microbiology
Howell - Jolly bodies
Basophilic stippling of RBC's
Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion


12. McArdle's disease -
Encapsulated bacteria: Microbiology
Intussusseption dt hyperplasia of Peyer's Patches
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency


13. Adenovirus (type 8)
Pink Eye
Curschmann's spirals
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Sabourauda Agar


14. 'A23Methionine - Threonine - Valine - Arginine - Histadine' -
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Diminished absent lower limb pulses
Glucogenic amino acids


15. Dry mouth - arthritis - A18Sjogren's syndrome -
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Dry eyes
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Naked RNA: Microbology


16. A07Paraseptal emphysema - can rupture and cause pneumothorax -
Painless jaundice
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
blebs (large subpleural bullae)
Hypertension


17. Pyrazinamide
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
B Prophage: Microbiology
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics
Radiating Back Pain


18. 'A37Clostridium - Actinomyces - Bacteroides' -
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Donovan bodies


19. Sheep - A19Fasciola Hepatica. Txt: Praziquantel -
eating raw fish
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Diphyllobothrium latum
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology


20. Small erythematous or haemorrhagic macular or nodular lesions on the palms or soles) - A29Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis -
Janeway lesions - (non - tender
Cotton wool spots
Basophilic stippling of RBC's
hCG elevated


21. Neural cest cells From which carcinoids arise = of the Bronchi
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
Kulchitsky cells
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Hypertension


22. 'A35Mycoplasma - Smallest living bacteria. - P1 protein inhs ciliary action Fried egg colonies Atypical pneumonia young adults' -
- ANCA
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
Blue - domed cysts
High fever/ rigidity after anaesthesia


23. Interstitial Fibrosis -
Heinz bodies
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
Auer Rods
Honeycomb lung on X- ray


24. CMV -

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25. A07Lyme disease -

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26. A05Rheumatoid arthritis -

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27. Amphotericin B -
Pink Eye
Heat intolerance / palpitations
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
Infusion - related toxicity due to antibiotics


28. Job's syndrome -
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Periosteal elevation on XR


29. Glanzmann's thrombasthenia -
Defect in platelet aggregation
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology


30. Von Recklinghausen's disease -
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Osler's nodes - Tender lesions of fingers & toes.
Niacin production: Microbiology
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness


31. G6P Deficiency - (or a - thalassemia with bite cells) -
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
Defect in platelet aggregation
Crescent's in Bowman's capsule
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)


32. Klebsiella -
Kulchitsky cells
Currant - jelly sputum
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Podagra


33. 'A29Indirect - Goes through deep & superficial inguinal ring Lateral to inferior epigastric artery' -
Panlobular Emphysema
Rice water stool
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Protein A: Microbiology


34. Bacilus Cerues -
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Sandpaper rash
Boot - shaped heart on XR
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice


35. Yolk - sac tumor
Schiller - Duval bodies
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
Dry eyes
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities


36. A06Strep. Agalactiae (Diabetes predisposes to infection) -
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Podagra
Autosplenectomy
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever


37. Endocarditis -

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38. Diabetic ketoacidosis -
Marble Bone
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
Kussmaul hypernea
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons


39. Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema -
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Kerley B lines
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Bag of worms NB. Can be secondary to obstruction of left renal vein (such as with a renal cell carcinoma / a renal vein thrombus /or retroperitoneal adenopathy)'


40. Giant intestinal flukes -'A19Fasciola Biski - Txt: Praziquantel' -
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
Councilman bodies
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
eating raw fish


41. Aortic dissection - joint hypermobility - A31Marfan's syndrome (fibrillin deficit) -
Defective Dystrophin less severe
Hyperreninemia
Lens dislocation
Infection by Anopheles Mosquito: Microbiology


42. E. Coli -
Currant - jelly sputum
Polyneuropathy
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
neonateal meningitis


43. A02Goodpasture's Syndrome -
Anti basement membrane antibodies
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Diminished reflexes


44. Toxic or viral hepatitis -
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Antigliadin antibodies
Councilman bodies
Radiating Back Pain


45. Parkinson's Disease Symptoms
Infection by Ixodes Tick: Microbiology
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect
Pick bodies
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia


46. A09Down syndrome -

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47. A03Rheumatoid Arthritis -
Acute Cold Agglutination
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
Anti - IgG antibodies
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules


48. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Protein A: Microbiology
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
RBC Osmotic Fragility


49. Sezary Syndrome -
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Mousy body odor
Pulseless disease


50. Pityriasis rosea -
Elastic skin
Defect in platelet aggregation
Birds beak on barium swallow
Christmas tree patterned rash