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USMLE Buzzwords

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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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. A06Present in Kleinfelters: Male: XXY Not present in Turner's: Female: XO -






2. Naked for CPRat: Calcivirus






3. Endocarditis - Type III Immune complex mediated


4. Trypansoma brucei gambiense & rhodiense: African Sleeping Sickness -






5. A05Rheumatoid arthritis -


6. A06LMN CN VII palsy -


7. Small erythematous or haemorrhagic macular or nodular lesions on the palms or soles) - A29Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis -






8. TIA -






9. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -






10. Leydig cell tumor






11. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -






12. Sickle Cell Anemia -






13. Primary syphilis -






14. Hand - Schuller - Christian disease -






15. A01Klebsiella -






16. A04Tuberous sclerosis - White or lighter patches of skin that may appear anywhere on the body and are caused by a lack of melanin. -






17. Rapidly progressive GN nephritic syndrome Associated w/ multi system disease or post - strep/post infectious glomerular nephritis -


18. Hereditary Spherocytosis






19. Cataracts - hearing loss - A34Alport's syndrome -






20. A08Bordetella pertusis ID -






21. Central apnea in CHF increased ICP -






22. 'A00In cases of metastatic carcinoid - txt w/ Methysergide (5HT antagonist)' -






23. Hypothyroidism -






24. 'A24Choriocarcinomas - hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo)' -






25. Herpes virus -






26. P- ANCA -'A10Wegener's granulomatosis - polyarteritis nodosa' -






27. Granuloma inguinale -






28. A09Down syndrome -


29. Malignant HTN & Kidneys






30. Rifampin -






31. Vibrio Cholera: metabolic acidosis






32. Vancomycin






33. Gas emboli -






34. A06IgA Nephropathy -


35. Positively birefringent - A45Pseudogout






36. Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)






37. HPV -






38. Pompe's disease -






39. AF -






40. Macrocytic anemia -






41. A04Necrobiosis lipoidica - Skin lesions of classic NL begin as 1- to 3- mm well - circumscribed papules or nodules that expand with an active border to become waxy atrophic round plaques centrally. Initially these plaques are red - brown in color but






42. 'A28Leishmaniasis: Mucocutaneous Diseases by L. braziliensis & Visceral Disease by L. donovani & Dermal Leishman by L. tropica - mexicana - peruviana' -






43. G6P Deficiency - (or a - thalassemia with bite cells) -






44. M. tuberculosis ID -






45. Hypoplastic Goiter nodules that do not take up radio active iodine. [Opposite: hot & do take up iodine] -






46. Staphylococcus aureus -






47. Measles -






48. 'A17Parkinson's disease (basal ganglia disorder - rigidity - resting tremor - bradykinesia)' -






49. Pyrazinamide






50. Neural Tube Defects - Spina Bifida - Anencephaly -