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1. Transmits Trypanoma cruzi (Chagas’ disease): Romanaa Sign
Protozoa: Microbiology
Cowdry type A bodies
Reduviid bug bite: Microbiology
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency

2. Mallory- Weiss syndrome -
Benign polyposis
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting
Penile fibrosis

3. Staphylococcus aureus -
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Enterotoxin: Microbiology

4. CML
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting

5. Crigler - Najar syndrome -
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Phagocyte Deficiency
Panlobular Emphysema
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia

6. Narcolepsy -
Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons
Iduronidase deficiency
HLA- B27

7. Culture for all Fungi ie…Culture Cryptococcus neofromans which is found in pigeon droppings
Sabourauda Agar
Heterophil antibodies
Buerger's disease
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever

8. A08Bordetella pertusis ID -
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Bordet Gengou Agar: Microbiology
Auer Rods
Chubby teen male with knee pain

9. Mitral valve prolapse -
Mid systolic click
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies
RBC casts in urine
Kayser Fleischer rings

10. Associated w/lymphoid neoplasms. See agglutination & hemolysis in tissue exposed to cold. IgM Abs -
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
Podagra
Brown teeth

11. 'A04Wernicke's encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency = ataxia - opthalmoplegia - confusion)' -
Chancroid (painful)
Kerley B lines
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Monoclonal antibody spike

12. Hydrocele
Heinz bodies
Positive testicular transillumination
Mousy body odor
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)

13. Herpes virus -
Niacin production: Microbiology
Painless jaundice
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Cowdry type A bodies

14. A05Mycoplasma pneumoniae -
McBurney's sign
Owl's eye
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology

15. A03Marfan's Syndrome -
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Relapsing Fever
Arachnodactyly
Endocarditis associated with SLE

16. Acute toxic/viral nephrosis
Renal epithelial casts in urine
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Sandpaper rash
Brown teeth

17. A08Rheumatoid Arthritis -
Cold abscesses
Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
Boutonniere deformity
Curschmann's spirals

18. Legionella pneumophila -
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Iron/cysteine supplement (charcoal -yeast agar) : Microbiology
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
D- Dimers

19. Von Recklinghausen's disease -
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Clue cells on wet mount
Curschmann's spirals

20. Bacterial vaginosis -
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
Palmar crease/simian crease
Clue cells on wet mount

21. Adenovirus (causes hyperplasia of Peyer's patches) -
Painless genital ulcer/chancre
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement
Intussception

22. A06Gilbert's syndrome -
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Janeway lesions - (non - tender
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting
Non Motile Bacilli & Clostridium: Microbiology

23. A05Varicocele - -

24. Cholangitis - (Charcot's Triad) -
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever
Lucid interval
Herald patch
RBC Osmotic Fragility

25. Trichomoniasis -
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Bronchogenic apical tumor associated with Horner's syndrome
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Agent Orange

26. CHF -
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Resistant: Microbiology
eating raw fish
Nutmeg liver
Penile fibrosis

27. Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid -
Orphan Annie nuclei
Factors X and V: Microbiology
Birbeck granules on EM
Contact lens solution infection

28. Eisenmenger's syndrome -
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)
Niacin production: Microbiology
Contact lens solution infection

29. Perioral pigmentation - A06Puetz - Jeghers syndrome -
Kerley B lines
Antineutrophil antibodies
Benign polyposis
Panlobular Emphysema

30. Endocarditis -

31. Glioblastoma Multiforme
Howell - Jolly bodies
Postpartum pituitary necrosis
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement

32. PCOS -
Owl's eye
HbF presence
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules

33. All -
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Down syndrome
Machinery like murmur
Infant on cow's milk diet

34. 'A41Emphysema (centroacinar[smoking] - panacinar [alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency]'
Branching rods in oral infection
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
Pink Puffer
Protein A: Microbiology

35. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -

36. Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema -
Rotor's Syndrome
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Kerley B lines
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors

37. Malignant mesothelioma -
Call - Exner bodies
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
Occupational exposure to Asbestos
Renal cell carcinoma

38. Hyperthyroidism -
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
HLA- DR3 or DR4
Heat intolerance / palpitations
Antiplatelet antibodies

39. Atrophic glossitis - iron - deficiency anemia - A18Plummer - Vinson syndrome -
Basophilic stippling of RBC's
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Bloody tap on LP
Podocyte Effacement

40. A09Down syndrome -

41. Huntington's disease -
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)
Pruritus after bath/shower

42. 'A25Reiter's syndrome - ankylosing spondylitis' -
Mid systolic click
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
HLA- B27
HbF presence

43. Haemophilus influenzae -
Schiller - Duval bodies
Sail sign
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
Bilateral amygdala lesions

44. Ribs - skull - A47Multiple Myeloma
Condylomata lata
Anti - IgG antibodies
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Gastric ulcer: Acute

45. A09SLE -
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Bag of worms NB. Can be secondary to obstruction of left renal vein (such as with a renal cell carcinoma / a renal vein thrombus /or retroperitoneal adenopathy)'
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Butterfly rash

46. Gardner's syndrome -
Relapsing Fever
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Continuous machinery murmur
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors

47. A08Congenital rubella -
Blueberry muffin spots
Lack color: Microbiology
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
Schiller - Duval bodies

48. Parkinson's disease -
Dynein defect
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Cogwheel rigidity
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii

49. A03Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic purpura -
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Polyneuropathy
Needle - shaped
Antiplatelet antibodies

50. Female - forty and fertile) - A21Acute cholecystitis -
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
Fat
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology