USMLE Buzzwords

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
Intussception
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Benign polyposis


2. Granulosa - theca cell tumor of the ovary -
B Prophage: Microbiology
Kulchitsky cells
Autosplenectomy
Call - Exner bodies


3. ACL injury
Positive anterior drawer sign
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Dimorphic Fungi: Microbiology
Boutonniere deformity


4. Neurofibromatosis -

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5. Bacterial vaginosis -
M protein: Microbiology
Clue cells on wet mount
Antibiotics Inducing cytochrome P450
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology


6. A04Tuberous sclerosis - White or lighter patches of skin that may appear anywhere on the body and are caused by a lack of melanin. -
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Ash leaf spots
hCG elevated
Bronze skin


7. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
Auer Rods
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii


8. A08Congenital rubella -
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency associated with cardiomegaly
Blueberry muffin spots


9. Corneybacterium diphtheriae -

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10. Budd - Chiari syndrome
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Keto & Gluco amino acids
Koplik spots


11. All -
Hypochromic microcytosis
Down syndrome
Heat intolerance / palpitations
No arm pronation


12. A00Mycobacterium
Fatty liver
Acid Fast Organisms: Microbiology
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Niacin production: Microbiology


13. A01Waterhouse - Friderichsen syndrome -
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Cerebriform nuclei
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Ejection click


14. Hydrocele
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Hypertension
Positive testicular transillumination


15. A07Kluver - Bucy syndrome -
Bagassosis
Bilateral amygdala lesions
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)
Benign polyposis


16. A08Tetralogy of Fallot / RVH -
Boot - shaped heart on XR
Keratin pearls
Holosystolic murmur
Basophilic stippling of RBC's


17. 'A45Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis'

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18. MEN type IIa (Sipple's syndrome)
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology
Kussmaul hypernea
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma


19. Acute glomerulonephritis
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
S3 in Heart Auscultation
RBC casts in urine
Honeycomb lung on X- ray


20. Pseudomonas
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims
Branching rods in oral infection
Cold abscess in spine


21. Female - forty and fertile) - A21Acute cholecystitis -
eating raw fish
Positive Murphy's
Fat
Grows in Rice: Microbiology


22. A01Klebsiella -
Infant on cow's milk diet
Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
Dimorphic Fungi: Microbiology


23. Neural Tube Defects - Spina Bifida - Anencephaly -
neonateal meningitis
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Reed - Stenberg cells


24. Vibrio parahemolyticus
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
Diminished reflexes
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Benign polyposis


25. Post mortem clots -
Currant Jelly appearance
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
Debranching enzyme deficiency
Heat intolerance / palpitations


26. Pasteurella multocida -
Ptosis
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Cat Bites
Cold Nodules


27. Hereditary Spherocytosis
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
Cold agglutinins


28. Diabetic ketoacidosis -
Neurofibrillary tangles
Oral ulcers / genital ulcers / arthritis
Kussmaul hypernea
Kayser Fleischer rings


29. Streptococcus pneumoniae -
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Quellung reaction: Microbiology
Infection by Anopheles Mosquito: Microbiology
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology


30. Pityriasis rosea -
Herald patch
Auer Rods
Protein A: Microbiology
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies


31. 2nd syphilis Rocky Mountain Spotted fever - Meningitis
eating raw fish
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Bagassosis
Rash on palms and soles


32. Osteosarcoma -

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33. Lipid laden macrophages seen in villi of Erythroblastosis Fetalis -
Hofbauer Cells
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Resistant: Microbiology
Relapsing Fever
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia


34. Mycoplasma pneumoniae has fried egg colonies on Eaton agar (needs cholesterol) -
Needle - shaped
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Cold Nodules
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)


35. TIA -
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
Crescent's in Bowman's capsule
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
Cogwheel rigidity


36. Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Reed - Stenberg cells
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Keto & Gluco amino acids


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

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38. Eating honey - A21Infant Botulinum -
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Blue sclera
Floppy Baby
Christmas tree patterned rash


39. Syphilis -
- ANCA
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
Painless genital ulcer/chancre
Councilman bodies


40. Cardiac pathology - and edema -'A41Dry beriberi (Thiamine - B1 deficiency)'
Polyneuropathy
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
Pulseless disease


41. A09Haemochromatosis -
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology
Arachnodactyly
Bronze skin


42. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Pink Puffer
Bilateral bell's palsy with target lesion on skin


43. Chronic pancreatitis
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Radiating Back Pain
Holosystolic murmur
Betel nuts


44. Hypoplastic Goiter nodules that do not take up radio active iodine. [Opposite: hot & do take up iodine] -
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium
Cold intolerance / weight gain
Cold Nodules
Only ssDNA: microbiology


45. Ehlers - Danlos syndrome -
Hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with hemorrhagic urticaria and URI's
Elastic skin
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain


46. A05Upper Motor Neuron Lesion -
Babinski sign
Lactose formers: Microbiology
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
eating raw fish


47. G6P Deficiency - (or a - thalassemia with bite cells) -
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
Ejection click
Occupational exposure to Asbestos


48. A07Sarcoidosis -
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
Hypochromic microcytosis


49. Staphylococcus aureus
Protein A: Microbiology
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Alcoholic retching then haematemesis


50. A05Clostridium Botulinum -
Mid systolic click
Protein A: Microbiology
Koiliocytes
Bad canned foods