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1. 'A01Contains digoxin Implicated as a cause of Hodgkin
Agent Orange
opening snap in heart
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
Black eschar on skin

2. Measles -
Diminished absent lower limb pulses
Blurred yellowing vision headache
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
- ANCA

3. Polycythaemia (rubra) Vera
Ferruginous bodies
Pruritus after bath/shower
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)
Crescent's in Bowman's capsule

4. Budd - Chiari syndrome
Dynein defect
Rib notching
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Reid index (increased)

5. Syphilis -
Exotoxin A: Microbiology
Painless genital ulcer/chancre
Howell - Jolly bodies
Ghon focus

6. A01Waterhouse - Friderichsen syndrome -
Gastrin - secreting tumor associated with ulcers
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Pannus

7. Associated with CNS injury - A22Cushing's ulcers -
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Barr Body
Donovan bodies
Bouchard's nodes

8. Atrophic glossitis - iron - deficiency anemia - A18Plummer - Vinson syndrome -
Heberden's nodes
Rouleaux Formation (stacked RBC's dt inc ESR
eating raw fish
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)

9. Streptococcus throat infection -
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Mid systolic click
Brushfield's spots
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia

10. aortic/pulmonic stenosis -
Rice water stool
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology
Ejection click
Cheyne - Stokes respirations

11. Fibrin - globulin - pro) - and - Russel Bodies - (eosinophillic Ig containing inclusions) - A46Multiple Myeloma -

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12. Epidural hematoma -
Cobblestoning
Lucid interval
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies

13. Hypothyroidism -
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
Dynein defect
Myxedema

14. Ehlers - Danlos syndrome -
Elastic skin
Koiliocytes
Positive C- anca
Iduronidase deficiency

15. Sezary Syndrome -
Positive Murphy's
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology

16. Osteosarcoma -

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17. Dressler's syndrome
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Burkitt's lymphoma
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon
Bagassosis

18. Ewing's sarcoma
Pseudorosettes
Reed - Stenberg cells
Bence Jones proteins
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites

19. CHF -
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Nutmeg liver
Babinski sign
Diminished reflexes

20. Neuroblastoma -
Reduviid bug bite: Microbiology
Blue - bloater
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)

21. Pityriasis rosea -
Sabourauda Agar
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
Machinery like murmur
Christmas tree patterned rash

22. Wegener's and Goodpasture's (Hemoptysis and glomerular disease) -
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Dimorphic Fungi: Microbiology

23. A07Sarcoidosis -
Cold Nodules
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
Pseudorosettes

24. Mycoplasma pneumoniae -
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Intussusseption dt hyperplasia of Peyer's Patches
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology

25. Papovavirus.
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Honey coloured crust
Russell Bodies

26. 'A23Methionine - Threonine - Valine - Arginine - Histadine' -
Glucogenic amino acids
Baker's cyst in popliteal fossa
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology

27. A08Chronic Bronchitis -
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
Lens dislocation
Blue - bloater

28. 'A45Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis'

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29. Some killers have pretty nice capsulesat Strep. Pneumoniae Klebsiella HiB Pseudamona Aeroginosa Neisseria meningitis Cryptococcus neoformans (only encapsulated fungal pathogen) -
Encapsulated bacteria: Microbiology
Lines of Zahn
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)

30. Gram (+): Bacillus & Clostridium made up of dipicolinate & Keratin -
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Endospores G(+): Microbiology
Heterophil antibodies
Branching rods in oral infection

31. Glanzmann's thrombasthenia -
McBurney's sign
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
Nutmeg liver
Defect in platelet aggregation

32. A09Tetracycline -
Brown teeth
Megaloblastic anemia (supplement with vitamin B6) due to antibiotics
Rib notching
Renal cell carcinoma

33. Malignant mesothelioma -
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Agent Orange
Occupational exposure to Asbestos
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation

34. Gas emboli -
Caisson disease
Charcot's triad: (nystagmus
Apple - green birefringence
Naked RNA: Microbology

35. Malaria -
Infection by Anopheles Mosquito: Microbiology
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims
Auer Rods
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever

36. 'A33Albers - Schonberd Disease = inspite of - dense bone density - many fractures' -
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)
Blueberry muffin spots
Marble Bone

37. P- ANCA -'A10Wegener's granulomatosis - polyarteritis nodosa' -
Ketogenic amino acids
- ANCA
Bilateral amygdala lesions
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology

38. Pityriasis rosea -
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)
Herald patch
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Resistant: Microbiology

39. Bacillus Cereus -
Lack color: Microbiology
Debranching enzyme deficiency
Rash on palms and soles
Grows in Rice: Microbiology

40. 'A25Wet beriberi (thiamine - vitamin B1 deficiency)' -
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Cold intolerance / weight gain
Fat
Kerley B lines

41. A05Goodpasture's syndrome -
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Nutmeg liver
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra

42. Takayasu arteritis - stenosis of aortic arch and its large branches with ischemia to upper part of the body
Heberden's nodes
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency
RBC casts in urine
Pulseless disease

43. A03Streptococcus pyogenes -
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies
hCG elevated

44. Galactosemia -
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
Hyperphagia
Milk

45. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Reinke crystals
Red urine in the morning
Orphan Annie nuclei

46. Gaucher's disease -
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Boutonniere deformity
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency

47. Leucine & Lysine -
Ketogenic amino acids
Aspirin - Asthma Triad
Penile fibrosis
Obese female with headache takes OCPs

48. PCOS -
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Continuous machinery murmur
Exotoxin A: Microbiology
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility

49. A01Cushing's ulcer (increased ICP that stimulates vagal gastric secretion) -
Contact lens solution infection
Lens dislocation
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Nutmeg liver

50. A03Marfan's Syndrome -
Renal epithelial casts in urine
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
Arachnodactyly
Antihistone antibodies