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1. A03Amyloidosis -
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Lisch nodules
Apple - green birefringence
Anti basement membrane antibodies
2. SHYPSat Shigella Yersinia enterolytica (AKA Pestis) Proteus Salmonella -
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)
Holosystolic murmur
3. A01Bruton's disease -
Hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with hemorrhagic urticaria and URI's
Myxedema
Agammaglobulinemia: X- linked
Cold Nodules
4. Neuroblastoma -
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Cerebriform nuclei
Ghon focus
5. DIC -
Low serum ceruloplasmin
D- Dimers
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
6. Streptococcus pneumoniae -
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
Glucogenic amino acids
Lancet - shaped diplococci: Microbiology
7. A07Kluver - Bucy syndrome -
Bilateral amygdala lesions
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
Reiter's Syndrome
M protein: Microbiology
8. 'A44Streptococcus pneumoniae - Haemophilus influenzae - Neisseria meningitidis'
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics
Anti basement membrane antibodies
Protein A: Microbiology
Quellung reaction: Microbiology
9. A04Acute post - streptococcal GN (due to bHGASrtep) Anti streptolysin O -
Elastic skin
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
ASO
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
10. Congenital Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
11. Treponema palidum & Pneumocystis Carinii (cannot be cultured on inert media but can be found extra cellularly in the body) -
Owl's eye
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Blue - bloater
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
12. McArdle's disease -
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Call - Exner bodies
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency
Dry eyes
13. Female - forty and fertile) - A21Acute cholecystitis -
Mid systolic click
Continuous machinery murmur
Fat
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
14. CML
Hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with hemorrhagic urticaria and URI's
Russell Bodies
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
15. Rotor's syndrome -
Infection by Ixodes Tick: Microbiology
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Contact lens solution infection
Bulla in lung
16. 'A04Wernicke's encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency = ataxia - opthalmoplegia - confusion)' -
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Burn patients & Cystic fibrosis
Positive anterior drawer sign
17. Type II Membrano Proliferative GN -
Koplik spots
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
18. Chediak - Higashi Disease
Phagocyte Deficiency
Betel nuts
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
19. A09Hyperparathyroidism - Osteitis fibrosa cystica (Von Recklinghausen's disease) -
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts
Floppy Baby
20. Due to Micropolyspora faeni (thermophilic actinomycetes) -
21. A06Ankylosing spondylitis -
Neurofibrillary tangles
No arm pronation
Bamboo spine on x- ray
Postpartum pituitary necrosis
22. Rifampin -
Anti basement membrane antibodies
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
23. Pityriasis rosea -
Hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with hemorrhagic urticaria and URI's
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
Contact lensa
Herald patch
24. 'A25Wet beriberi (thiamine - vitamin B1 deficiency)' -
dramatic
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
25. Corneybacterium diphtheriae -
26. Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Polyneuropathy
Cotton wool spots
Reed - Stenberg cells
27. Central apnea in CHF increased ICP -
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Infection by Sandfly: Microbiology
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium
28. Gaucher's disease -
Renal cell carcinoma
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
29. 'A17Pellagra - (Vitamin B3 - Niacin Deficiency)' -
HGPRT deficiency e
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Need Cysyeine for growth: Microbiology
Dinner fork deformity
30. Negatively birefringent crystals - A34Gout -
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Rose Bush Thorns
Needle - shaped
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
31. A00Peptic ulcer disease -
Bell's Palsy
Erythropoietin
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
Phagocyte Deficiency
32. Fanconi' syndrome
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Burn patients & Cystic fibrosis
Donovan bodies
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect
33. A01Waterhouse - Friderichsen syndrome -
Hair - on - end appearance on XR
Boot - shaped heart on XR
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with hemorrhagic urticaria and URI's
34. M. tuberculosis ID -
Roth's Spots in Retina - (hemorrhage w/ pale center)
Charcot's triad: (jaundice
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
35. Multiple myeloma -
Lisch nodules
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Lytic bone lesions on XR
36. Dressler's syndrome
Cold Nodules
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Auer Rods
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
37. Granulosa Theca Cell Tumor of the Ovary -
Aspirin - Asthma Triad
Berger's Disease
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
Hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with hemorrhagic urticaria and URI's
38. Sezary Syndrome -
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Cartilage damage
39. Hemangioma
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
Port - wine stain
Lines of Zahn
40. Chaga's Disease (Trypanosoma infection) -
Mid systolic click
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
Orphan Annie nuclei
41. Duchenne's Muscular dystrophy -
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Cold abscesses
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Deleted dystrophin gene (X- linked recessive)
42. A05Goodpasture's syndrome -
PICA Thrombosis
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
43. Guillain - Barre syndrome -
B Prophage: Microbiology
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Idiopathic polyneuritis
44. Herpes virus -
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Cowdry type A bodies
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
45. A05Sickle cell anemia -
Autosplenectomy
Sabrands: Microbiology
Caisson disease
McBurney's sign
46. A08Congenital rubella -
Albuminocytologic dissociation
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Blueberry muffin spots
Positive Murphy's
47. Coarctation of the aorta -
Ash leaf spots
Positive anterior drawer sign
Diminished absent lower limb pulses
Chediak - Higashi disease
48. Culture for all Fungi ie…Culture Cryptococcus neofromans which is found in pigeon droppings
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Protein A: Microbiology
Monoclonal antibody spike
Sabourauda Agar
49. A01Severe cellular immune deficiency SCID -
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases
Reid index (increased)
ADA Deficiency
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons
50. Trypansoma brucei gambiense & rhodiense: African Sleeping Sickness -
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Low serum ceruloplasmin