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1. ACL injury
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Positive anterior drawer sign
Bordet Gengou Agar: Microbiology

2. Malaria -
Gastrin - secreting tumor associated with ulcers
Infection by Anopheles Mosquito: Microbiology
Deleted dystrophin gene (X- linked recessive)
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)

3. Dressler's syndrome
Cold abscess in spine
Reiter's Syndrome
Birds beak on barium swallow
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis

4. PCOS -
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
opening snap in heart
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Anti - IgG antibodies

5. Bronchial Asthma (whorled mucous plugs) -

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6. Haemophilus influenzae -
Oto - and nephrotoxicity due to antibiotics
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
Factors X and V: Microbiology
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)

7. Streptococcus pneumoniae -
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Atypical lymphocytosis
Pick bodies

8. A08Osteoarthritis (PIP swelling 2nd to osteophytes) -

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9. Glioblastoma Multiforme
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Ash leaf spots

10. A01Waterhouse - Friderichsen syndrome -
Bamboo spine on x- ray
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:

11. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
Fat
Hyperphagia
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)

12. Measles -
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Endocarditis associated with SLE
Bloody diarrhea agents: Microbiology

13. Gas emboli -
Kernicterus due to antibiotics
Caisson disease
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection

14. Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid -
Factors X and V: Microbiology
Blue - domed cysts
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Orphan Annie nuclei

15. Plasmodium
HbF presence
Rash on palms and soles
Kussmaul hypernea
Protozoa: Microbiology

16. Fungal media
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Palmar crease/simian crease
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology
Sabrands: Microbiology

17. Some killers have pretty nice capsulesat Strep. Pneumoniae Klebsiella HiB Pseudamona Aeroginosa Neisseria meningitis Cryptococcus neoformans (only encapsulated fungal pathogen) -
Encapsulated bacteria: Microbiology
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Myxedema
Ejection click

18. Tendonitis due to antibiotics - A11Fluoroquinolones -
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
Farmer's Lung
Cartilage damage
Positive C- anca

19. A02Scleroderma (CREST) -
Christmas tree patterned rash
Anticentromere Antibodies
Nutmeg liver
Roth's Spots in Retina - (hemorrhage w/ pale center)

20. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Black eschar on skin
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology

21. Actinomycetes = Nocardia
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology
Blue - domed cysts
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)

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

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23. Amphotericin B -
Rouleaux Formation (stacked RBC's dt inc ESR
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Infusion - related toxicity due to antibiotics
eating raw fish

24. Naked for CPRat: Calcivirus
Reiter's Syndrome
Agent Orange
Naked RNA: Microbology
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots

25. Coarctation of the aorta
Anti basement membrane antibodies
Rib notching
D- Dimers
Ghon focus

26. Rifampin -
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics
No arm pronation
Floppy Baby

27. B. Anthracis & C. Perfringens -
Painless genital ulcer/chancre
Anti basement membrane antibodies
Non Motile Bacilli & Clostridium: Microbiology
(+) Frei Test

28. Miosis - anhidrosis - A43Horner's syndrome
Antineutrophil antibodies
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Ptosis

29. Trypansoma cruzi: Chagasa
Birds beak on barium swallow
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
Palmar crease/simian crease

30. Can Also Have Both Shapesat Cocciodes Aspergillus Histolpasma Blastomyces Sprothrix schenkii -
Kulchitsky cells
Dimorphic Fungi: Microbiology
Down syndrome
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts

31. A03Streptococcus pyogenes -
Port - wine stain
Marble Bone
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
Bell's Palsy

32. Fanconi' syndrome
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology
Palmar crease/simian crease
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect

33. Wegener's granulomatosis
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Positive C- anca

34. Alport's syndrome -
Cogwheel rigidity
Honeycomb lung on X- ray
Bamboo spine on x- ray
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness

35. 'A25Wet beriberi (thiamine - vitamin B1 deficiency)' -
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Blueberry muffin spots
Boot - shaped heart on XR
Obese female with headache takes OCPs

36. Wilson's disease -
Crescent's in Bowman's capsule
Low serum ceruloplasmin
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Sensitive: Microbiology
Parasites & CA: S. mansoni

37. Gaucher's disease -
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency associated with cardiomegaly
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
B Prophage: Microbiology

38. Zollinger - Ellison syndrome -
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Gastrin - secreting tumor associated with ulcers
Only dsRNA: Microbiology
Irregularly irregular rhythm

39. Macrocytic anemia -
Hypersegmented neutrophils
Osler's nodes
- cAMP: Microbiology
Anti basement membrane antibodies

40. 'A27Neisseria - Haemophilus - S. pneumoniae' -
Black eschar on skin
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
Caisson disease

41. Paresthesias/hypoesthesias - tabetic gait - Dementia - A17Tabes Dorsalis (Tertiary syphilis) -
Heterophil antibodies
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection
Diminished reflexes
Burton's lines

42. A04Mononucleosis -
Cogwheel rigidity
Mid systolic click
Charcot's triad: (nystagmus
Atypical lymphocytosis

43. 'A33Multiple myeloma - (called the M protein
Rice water stool
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
Monoclonal antibody spike
- cAMP: Microbiology

44. Colle's fracture? -
Palmar crease/simian crease
Dinner fork deformity
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology

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

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46. 'A28Leishmaniasis: Mucocutaneous Diseases by L. braziliensis & Visceral Disease by L. donovani & Dermal Leishman by L. tropica - mexicana - peruviana' -
Clue cells on wet mount
Babinski sign
Kussmaul hypernea
Infection by Sandfly: Microbiology

47. % of gas gangrene (myonecrosis) cases: Microbiology - A18Clostridium Perfringens -
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Burkitt's lymphoma
Lucid interval
Hair - on - end appearance on XR

48. Parathyroid glands in the neck and pancreatic islet cells in the pancreas - A11MEN type I (Werner's syndrome) -
Kulchitsky cells
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)

49. Staphylococcus aureus -
McBurney's sign
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Kulchitsky cells

50. Perioral pigmentation - A06Puetz - Jeghers syndrome -
Contact lensa
Benign polyposis
Betel nuts
HGPRT deficiency e