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1. Sheep - A19Fasciola Hepatica. Txt: Praziquantel -
eating raw fish
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
Antihistone antibodies
Antiplatelet antibodies

2. A09Pancoast's tumor -

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3. aortic/pulmonic stenosis -
Ejection click
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection
Erythema chronicum migrans
Hypersegmented neutrophils

4. Wilson's disease -
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Kayser Fleischer rings
Butterfly rash

5. CMV -

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6. Hypersexuality - Hyperorality - Hyperdocility - A26Kluver - Bucy syndrome (amygdala) -
Codman's triangle on XR
Hyperphagia
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct

7. Guillain - Barre syndrome -
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Milk
Buerger's disease

8. 'A14Seen in atypical pneumonia (Mycoplasma pneumoniae) - It is IgM Ab with specificity for I Ag on adult RBCs' -
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
Cold agglutinins
Cold abscesses
Chronic atrophic gastritis

9. Sickle cell anemia -
Mallory bodies
HbS presence
Pink Eye
Lytic bone lesions on XR

10. Gas emboli -
Caisson disease
Heberden's nodes
Asymptomatic shiny patches / red - brown with yellow / Diabetic
Low serum ceruloplasmin

11. Endocarditis -

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12. A09Associated w/ Emphysema = Blebat = outpouching - If it ruptures causes Pneumothorax -
Bulla in lung
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Pulseless disease
Lisch nodules

13. Arnold - Chiari Malformation -
Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation
Intussception
Bacitracin sensitive: Microbiology
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology

14. A04Nasal polyps Rhinitis bronchoconstriction -
Sail sign
Aspirin - Asthma Triad
Atypical lymphocytosis
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims

15. A09Lead poisoning -

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16. Dry mouth - arthritis - A18Sjogren's syndrome -
Orphan Annie nuclei
Infant on cow's milk diet
Dry eyes
Idiopathic polyneuritis

17. Vibrio Cholera: metabolic acidosis
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology
Osler's nodes
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting

18. A06Strep. Pyogenes (pharyngitis
Nephritis
Kernicterus due to antibiotics
Rash on palms and soles
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology

19. McArdle's disease -
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency
Ascending weakness/paralysis
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Howell - Jolly bodies

20. Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease) -
Cat Bites
Rib notching
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis

21. Serratia
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Condylomata lata
Red urine in the morning
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology

22. Chediak - Higashi Disease
ADA Deficiency
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology
Herpangina: Microbiology
Phagocyte Deficiency

23. Giardia lamblia -
Intussception
Fast vs. slow acetylators due to antibiotics
Nutmeg liver
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites

24. Bronchial Asthma (whorled mucous plugs) -

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25. Papovavirus.
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Sensitive: Microbiology
Protozoa: Microbiology
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology

26. Lesch - Nyhan syndrom -
Horner's syndrome
Hypersegmented neutrophils
Kulchitsky cells
HGPRT deficiency e

27. 2nd syphilis Rocky Mountain Spotted fever - Meningitis
Rash on palms and soles
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
Fatty liver
Bamboo spine on x- ray

28. 'A33Multiple myeloma - (called the M protein
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Monoclonal antibody spike
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology
Grows in Rice: Microbiology

29. Clindamycin
Protozoa: Microbiology
hCG elevated
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
Alpha - hemolytic: Microbiology

30. A06Lead poisoning -

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31. A05Rheumatoid arthritis -

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32. Bordetella pertussis -
Rouleaux Formation (stacked RBC's dt inc ESR
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Filamentous hemagglutinin: Microbiology

33. Epidural hematoma -
Baker's cyst in popliteal fossa
Lucid interval
Herald patch
Alpha - hemolytic: Microbiology

34. B. Anthracis & C. Perfringens -
Non Motile Bacilli & Clostridium: Microbiology
Rash on palms and soles
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Bronchogenic apical tumor associated with Horner's syndrome

35. Trypansoma cruzi: Chagasa
Basophilic stippling of RBC's
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology

36. Trypansoma brucei gambiense & rhodiense: African Sleeping Sickness -
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Sandpaper rash
Lisch nodules

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

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38. A05Upper Motor Neuron Lesion -
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Boutonniere deformity
Roth's Spots in Retina - (hemorrhage w/ pale center)
Babinski sign

39. Benign intercranial hypertension - also known as Pseudotumour cerebri -
Bronchogenic apical tumor associated with Horner's syndrome
Aschoff bodies - (painless fibrinoid nodule in myocardium)
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Chancre (not painful)

40. Pseudomonas aeroginosa. -
Currant Jelly appearance
Red urine in the morning
Barr Body
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)

41. Osteoarthritis (DIP swelling 2nd to osteophytes) -

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42. Duchenne's -

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43. A08Congenital rubella -
Reid index (increased)
Blueberry muffin spots
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
Red urine in the morning

44. A06Strep. Agalactiae (Diabetes predisposes to infection) -
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Burkitt's lymphoma
Cat Bites
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies

45. MEN type IIa (Sipple's syndrome)
Bell's Palsy
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology

46. All -
Down syndrome
Radiating Back Pain
Keto & Gluco amino acids
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:

47. Leydig cell tumor
Diphyllobothrium latum
Reinke crystals
Podocyte fusion
Rotor's Syndrome

48. Toxic or viral hepatitis -
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Councilman bodies
Machinery like murmur
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility

49. Pott's disease (Vertebral Tuberculosis) -
Hypertension
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics
Heterophil antibodies
Cold abscess in spine

50. A04Acute post - streptococcal GN (due to bHGASrtep) Anti streptolysin O -
Cerebriform nuclei
Ghon focus
Mallory bodies
ASO