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1. Sheep - A19Fasciola Hepatica. Txt: Praziquantel -
eating raw fish
Schiller - Duval bodies
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
Ptosis

2. A00Hepatocarcinoma Neural tube defects -
RUQ pain / fever / jaundice + altered mental state and shock
Cherry- Red spot on Macula
Ghon focus
Alpha Feto Protein increase

3. AIDS in MSM -

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4. Staph. Epidermidis -
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Cold Nodules

5. Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology
Diminished reflexes
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Sail sign

6. Libman - Sacks disease -
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)
Ferruginous bodies
Endocarditis associated with SLE

7. A09Pancoast's tumor -

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8. Peyronie's Disease
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection
Koplik spots
Penile fibrosis
Aspirin - Asthma Triad

9. A08Osteogenesis imperfecta -
Blue sclera
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics

10. Ewing's sarcoma
Bulla in lung
Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward
Pseudorosettes
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology

11. Sickle cell anemia -
Howell - Jolly bodies
HbS presence
Charcot's triad: (jaundice
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma

12. Ehlers - Danlos syndrome -
Elastic skin
Kerley B lines
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement
Bell's Palsy

13. Lung - -'A19Paragonimus Westermani - Lung fluke. Txt: Praziquantel' -
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
eating raw fish
B Prophage: Microbiology

14. Epidural hematoma -
Non Motile Bacilli & Clostridium: Microbiology
Contact lensa
Lucid interval
Bulla in lung

15. Pyrazinamide
Crescent's in Bowman's capsule
Currant Jelly appearance
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon

16. Treponema palidum & Pneumocystis Carinii (cannot be cultured on inert media but can be found extra cellularly in the body) -
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
Barr Body
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
Cartilage damage

17. A01Strep. Viridans (Subacute Endocarditis) -
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Resistant: Microbiology

18. A03Vasculitis -
Antineutrophil antibodies
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Bacitracin sensitive: Microbiology
Irregularly irregular rhythm

19. Parkinson's disease -
Friction Rub
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma

20. Actinomycetes = Nocardia
No lactation postpartum
High fever/ rigidity after anaesthesia
Red urine in the morning
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology

21. A03Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic purpura -
Blue sclera
Antiplatelet antibodies
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology

22. Diabetic ketoacidosis -
Kulchitsky cells
Kussmaul hypernea
Antineutrophil antibodies
M protein: Microbiology

23. A07Achalasia -
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
Birds beak on barium swallow
Idiopathic polyneuritis

24. Cystic fibrosis
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Holosystolic murmur
Pruritus after bath/shower
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections

25. Pyloric stenosis -
Factors X and V: Microbiology
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.

26. Bacilus Cerues -
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Iduronidase deficiency
Donovan bodies
Butterfly rash

27. All -
blebs (large subpleural bullae)
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
Down syndrome
D- Dimers

28. Sheehan's syndrome
Heat intolerance / palpitations
Antigliadin antibodies
Postpartum pituitary necrosis
Milk

29. Parathyroid glands in the neck and pancreatic islet cells in the pancreas - A11MEN type I (Werner's syndrome) -
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Peau d'orange
HbF -

30. GI Adenovirus infection -

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31. A05Upper Motor Neuron Lesion -
Acute Cold Agglutination
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Kerley B lines
Babinski sign

32. Borrelia recurrentis
Relapsing Fever
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Lactose formers: Microbiology
Hyperreninemia

33. Dressler's syndrome
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology
Postpartum pituitary necrosis
Honey coloured crust

34. A07Anthrax -
Machinery like murmur
Black eschar on skin
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever

35. Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema -
Erythropoietin
Painless jaundice
Kerley B lines
Farmer's Lung

36. A07oral cancer. -
Betel nuts
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever
Negri bodies

37. 'A45Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis'

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38. Rheumatoid Arthritis -
Pannus
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
Cobblestoning
Polyneuropathy

39. 'A29Indirect - Goes through deep & superficial inguinal ring Lateral to inferior epigastric artery' -
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Hypochromic microcytosis
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Calf pseudohypertrophy

40. Type I Membrano Proliferative GN -
Antineutrophil antibodies
Russell Bodies
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts

41. Granulosa - theca cell tumor of the ovary -
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Call - Exner bodies
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Ejection click

42. A03Streptococcus pyogenes -
HLA- B27
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
Neurofibrillary tangles

43. Staphylococcus aureus
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Mallory bodies
Protein A: Microbiology
Keto & Gluco amino acids

44. Crigler - Najar syndrome -
Osler's nodes
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Hair - on - end appearance on XR
D- Dimers

45. Malignant HTN & Kidneys
D- Dimers
Petehial hemorrhages are seen on kidney surfaces = Flea - Bitten surface = young black men
Reid index (increased)
Antimitochondrial antibodies

46. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever
Protozoa: Microbiology
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Auer Rods

47. Minimal Change (Lipoid nephrosis) disease
Niacin production: Microbiology
Alcoholic retching then haematemesis
Podocyte Effacement
Lack color: Microbiology

48. Budd - Chiari syndrome
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward

49. Pick's disease
Dog or cat bite
Pick bodies
Lines of Zahn
Condylomata lata

50. Pasteurella multocida -
ASO
Cat Bites
Podocyte Effacement
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology