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1. Precocious puberty - cafe - au - lait spots - short stature - young girls - A41Albright's syndrome -
Boutonniere deformity
Oral ulcers / genital ulcers / arthritis
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Kernicterus due to antibiotics

2. A04Guillain - Barre syndrome -
Calcinosis
Ascending weakness/paralysis
Endospores G(+): Microbiology
Infection by Ixodes Tick: Microbiology

3. A06Lead poisoning -

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4. Leydig cell tumor
Reinke crystals
Horner's syndrome
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Ejection click

5. Vibrio parahemolyticus
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Bouchard's nodes
Headache in band - like distribution

6. 'A25Reiter's syndrome - ankylosing spondylitis' -
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Needle - shaped
HLA- B27

7. M. tuberculosis ID -
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
Intussception
Rose Bush Thorns
Fast vs. slow acetylators due to antibiotics

8. Papovavirus.
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics
Reed - Stenberg cells
Diminished reflexes
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology

9. P- ANCA -'A10Wegener's granulomatosis - polyarteritis nodosa' -
- ANCA
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Bad canned foods
RBC casts in urine

10. CMV -

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11. A01Klebsiella -
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
Iduronidase deficiency
Mousy body odor
Idiopathic polyneuritis

12. Rotor's syndrome -
Megaloblastic anemia (supplement with vitamin B6) due to antibiotics
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Erythema chronicum migrans
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts

13. A00Papovavirus & Hepadnavirus -
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Ferruginous bodies

14. A01Cushing's ulcer (increased ICP that stimulates vagal gastric secretion) -
Esophageal webs with iron deficiency
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Curschmann's spirals

15. Eisenmenger's syndrome -
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)
Bamboo spine on x- ray
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
Ascending weakness/paralysis

16. Parkinson's disease -
Cogwheel rigidity
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Marble Bone
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge

17. Cataracts - hearing loss - A34Alport's syndrome -
Call - Exner bodies
Nephritis
Floppy Baby
Currant - jelly sputum

18. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Cartilage damage
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Lactose formers: Microbiology

19. A03SLE (Type III hypersensitivity) -
Down syndrome
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Bacitracin sensitive: Microbiology

20. Intention tremor - scanning speech) - A12Multiple sclerosis -

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21. AF -
Eburnation
Irregularly irregular rhythm
Headache in band - like distribution
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting

22. Serratia
HGPRT deficiency e
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion
Schiller - Duval bodies

23. Atrophic glossitis - iron - deficiency anemia - A18Plummer - Vinson syndrome -
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Indian Ink: Microbiology
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Down syndrome

24. Neural Tube Defects - Spina Bifida - Anencephaly -
Basophilic stippling of RBC's
Continuous machinery murmur
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Sandpaper rash

25. Ribs - skull - A47Multiple Myeloma
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Lines of Zahn
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Herpangina: Microbiology

26. Female - forty and fertile) - A21Acute cholecystitis -
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
Fat
Honeycomb lung on X- ray
Heinz bodies

27. ACL injury
HGPRT deficiency e
Bouchard's nodes
Positive anterior drawer sign
Iduronidase deficiency

28. CAPEat Cholera Anthracis (Poly D glutamate capsule) Pertusis (via Gi) E.coli (LT enterotoxin) -
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Bulla in lung
- cAMP: Microbiology
Alpha Feto Protein increase

29. Epidural hematoma -
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
Lucid interval
Hyperreninemia
Endospores G(+): Microbiology

30. A00Abs to I blood group Ag. Mediated by IgM Abs - Complication of EBV or Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections -
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites
Niacin production: Microbiology
Gastrin - secreting tumor associated with ulcers
Acute Cold Agglutination

31. A03Vasculitis -
Antineutrophil antibodies
Keratin pearls
Iron/cysteine supplement (charcoal -yeast agar) : Microbiology
Quellung reaction: Microbiology

32. Clindamycin
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
Russell Bodies
No arm pronation
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)

33. A09Haemochromatosis -
Antineutrophil antibodies
Bronze skin
Podagra
Christmas tree patterned rash

34. Multiple myeloma
Russell Bodies
Cowdry type A bodies
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Nutmeg liver

35. 'A27Neisseria - Haemophilus - S. pneumoniae' -
Debranching enzyme deficiency
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
Lack color: Microbiology
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever

36. Zygomycosis: Rhizopus & Mucor. Only mycosis w/o septate. Infect Ketoacidotic Diabetics. -
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology
Protein A: Microbiology
Rib notching

37. Primary syphilis -
HbF presence
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Chancre (not painful)
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton

38. Cholangitis - (Charcot's Triad) -
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Loffler's Medium: Microbiology

39. Chloramphenicol -
Bouchard's nodes
hCG elevated
Gray- baby syndrome
Rouleaux Formation (stacked RBC's dt inc ESR

40. Staphylococcus aureus
Bagassosis
Protein A: Microbiology
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia

41. A03Primary Biliary Sclerosis -
Crescent's in Bowman's capsule
Podagra
Antimitochondrial antibodies
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology

42. Gaucher's disease -
Glucogenic amino acids
Elastic skin
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Lewy Bodies

43. A04Neurosyphillis -

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44. Vancomycin
ASO
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Phagocyte Deficiency
Red - man syndrome due to antibiotics

45. Mycoplasma pneumoniae -
S4 in Heart Auscultation
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
Ejection click

46. Nocardia -
Pick bodies
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts

47. A03Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic purpura -
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Donovan bodies
Antiplatelet antibodies
Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward

48. Acute toxic/viral nephrosis
Honey coloured crust
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
Renal epithelial casts in urine

49. Hand - Schuller - Christian Disease -
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
Elastic skin

50. Acute glomerulonephritis
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
HGPRT deficiency e
Naked RNA: Microbology
RBC casts in urine