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1. 'A23Methionine - Threonine - Valine - Arginine - Histadine' -
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Bouchard's nodes
Janeway lesions - (non - tender
Glucogenic amino acids
2. Clostridium Difficile -
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Albuminocytologic dissociation
3. Post mortem clots -
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Orphan Annie nuclei
Currant Jelly appearance
4. Chediak - Higashi Disease
RBC Osmotic Fragility
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Phagocyte Deficiency
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)
5. A01Curling's ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa) -
Dog or cat bite
Honeycomb lung on X- ray
Rose Bush Thorns
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
6. 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
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Osler's nodes
7. A03SLE (Type III hypersensitivity) -
Sabourauda Agar
Reiter's Syndrome
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
8. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Bagassosis
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
Basophilic stippling of RBC's
9. Haemophilus influenzae -
Gray- baby syndrome
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
Myxedema
10. Hypokalemia - A27Conn's syndrome -
Infant on cow's milk diet
Hypertension
No arm pronation
Pulseless disease
11. A098:14 translocations associated with EBV -
12. Parkinson's disease -
Cogwheel rigidity
Heberden's nodes
Obligate Intracellular Bacteria: Microbiology
Panlobular Emphysema
13. DM type 1 (caused by autoimmune destruction of B cells) -
Antiplatelet antibodies
Mousy body odor
HLA- DR3 or DR4
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology
14. Streptococcus pneumoniae -
Auer Rods
Filamentous hemagglutinin: Microbiology
Nutmeg liver
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
15. Miosis - anhidrosis - A43Horner's syndrome
neonateal meningitis
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Ptosis
16. A01Klebsiella -
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
Polyneuropathy
Charcot's triad: (nystagmus
Renal epithelial casts in urine
17. A09Pancoast's tumor -
18. Clindamycin
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Blue - domed cysts
hCG elevated
19. Pityriasis rosea -
Koiliocytes
Christmas tree patterned rash
Bronze skin
Barr Body
20. Scarlet fever (disease caused by an exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes)
Encapsulated bacteria: Microbiology
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Sandpaper rash
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology
21. Urinary bladder CA -
Ferruginous bodies
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology
22. Camphylobacter & Helicobacter -
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Negri bodies
Milk
23. Alcoholism -
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology
Fatty liver
Naked RNA: Microbology
Heberden's nodes
24. Staph A & Yersenia pestis -
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Asymptomatic shiny patches / red - brown with yellow / Diabetic
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Hyperreninemia
25. Libman - Sacks disease -
dramatic
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Endocarditis associated with SLE
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
26. Behcet's syndrome - a form of vasculitis that can lead to ulceration and other lesions. (Not Reiters!) -
Oral ulcers / genital ulcers / arthritis
Lines of Zahn
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
27. Sheep - A19Fasciola Hepatica. Txt: Praziquantel -
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies
Cord factor: Microbiology
eating raw fish
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
28. A05Mycoplasma pneumoniae -
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Infection by Sandfly: Microbiology
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology
Cold intolerance / weight gain
29. Ehlers - Danlos syndrome -
High fever/ rigidity after anaesthesia
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)
Elastic skin
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases
30. A00Peptic ulcer disease -
Phagocyte Deficiency
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Headache in band - like distribution
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
31. SHYPSat Shigella Yersinia enterolytica (AKA Pestis) Proteus Salmonella -
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Postpartum pituitary necrosis
32. A05Streptococcus pyogenes -
Sabourauda Agar
Machinery like murmur
Cat Scratch Disease
Bacitracin sensitive: Microbiology
33. 'A00Chlamydia trachomatis types L1 - L2 - L3 = Lymphogranuloma venereum' -
(+) Frei Test
Chediak - Higashi disease
Deleted dystrophin gene (X- linked recessive)
Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency associated with cardiomegaly
34. Budd - Chiari syndrome
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
Reid index (increased)
Cogwheel rigidity
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
35. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Podocyte Effacement
Auer Rods
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
36. Von Recklinghausen's disease -
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)
Monoclonal antibody spike
Lisch nodules
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
37. PCOS -
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Naked RNA: Microbology
Pseudorosettes
38. A05Clostridium Botulinum -
Bad canned foods
Cord factor: Microbiology
Painless genital ulcer/chancre
Caisson disease
39. Cor pulmonale
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Periosteal elevation on XR
Babinski sign
Hypersegmented neutrophils
40. Sulfonamides -
Bloody tap on LP
Atypical lymphocytosis
Mid systolic click
Kernicterus due to antibiotics
41. A03Primary Biliary Sclerosis -
Phagocyte Deficiency
Antimitochondrial antibodies
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
42. Sezary Syndrome -
Dimorphic Fungi: Microbiology
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Elastic skin
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma
43. Rapidly progressive GN nephritic syndrome Associated w/ multi system disease or post - strep/post infectious glomerular nephritis -
44. Adenovirus (causes hyperplasia of Peyer's patches) -
Positive anterior drawer sign
Rash on palms and soles
Painless genital ulcer/chancre
Intussception
45. Wegener's granulomatosis
Fast vs. slow acetylators due to antibiotics
Positive C- anca
Palmar crease/simian crease
Antineutrophil antibodies
46. Squamous cell carcinoma -
Keratin pearls
Blue sclera
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology
47. Amphotericin B -
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Bell's Palsy
Infusion - related toxicity due to antibiotics
Blue sclera
48. Minimal change disease
Podocyte fusion
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
49. Wegener's and Goodpasture's (Hemoptysis and glomerular disease) -
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Councilman bodies
Antihistone antibodies
Eburnation
50. Hypothyroidism -
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
Cold intolerance / weight gain
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
hCG elevated