USMLE Buzzwords

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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.

1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis -
Lack color: Microbiology
Cord factor: Microbiology
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Blue - domed cysts


2. 'A29Indirect - Goes through deep & superficial inguinal ring Lateral to inferior epigastric artery' -
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
Brushfield's spots
RBC casts in urine


3. Corynebacterium diphtheriae -
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Positive testicular transillumination
Only ssDNA: microbiology


4. Mitral valve prolapse -
Calcinosis
Debranching enzyme deficiency
Kayser Fleischer rings
Mid systolic click


5. Alzheimer's disease -
Encapsulated bacteria: Microbiology
Gray- baby syndrome
Neurofibrillary tangles
Obese female with headache takes OCPs


6. Pseudomonas aeroginosa -
Milk
Betel nuts
McBurney's sign
Contact lensa


7. Leydig cell tumor
Reinke crystals
Defect in platelet aggregation
Iron/cysteine supplement (charcoal -yeast agar) : Microbiology
Kayser Fleischer rings


8. CAPEat Cholera Anthracis (Poly D glutamate capsule) Pertusis (via Gi) E.coli (LT enterotoxin) -
- cAMP: Microbiology
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
Peau d'orange
Podagra


9. Cori's disease -
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Alpha - hemolytic: Microbiology
Jarisch - Herxheimer reaction
Debranching enzyme deficiency


10. Staphylococcus aureus
HbF -
Endocarditis associated with SLE
Apple - green birefringence
Protein A: Microbiology


11. Asbetosis -
Rice water stool
Ferruginous bodies
Factors X and V: Microbiology
Reinke crystals


12. Diabetic ketoacidosis -
Cat Bites
Currant - jelly sputum
Kussmaul hypernea
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation


13. CMV -

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14. A07Sarcoidosis -
Crescent's in Bowman's capsule
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis


15. Acute glomerulonephritis
Sandpaper rash
Lines of Zahn
RBC casts in urine
neonateal meningitis


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

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17. A05Streptococcus pyogenes -
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
Bacitracin sensitive: Microbiology
Gray- baby syndrome


18. Osteosarcoma -

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19. Libman - Sacks disease -
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Mallory bodies
Endocarditis associated with SLE
Gastric ulcer: Acute


20. A05Rheumatoid arthritis -

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21. Haemophilus influenzae -
Babinski sign
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
Lucid interval
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts


22. Arterial thrombus -
Farmer's Lung
Lines of Zahn
Diphyllobothrium latum
Acid Fast Organisms: Microbiology


23. A07Anthrax -
Black eschar on skin
Rhomboid crystals
Bad canned foods
Mousy body odor


24. Peyronie's Disease
Albuminocytologic dissociation
Penile fibrosis
Honey coloured crust
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate


25. McArdle's disease -
Blueberry muffin spots
Elastic skin
Ash leaf spots
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency


26. Staph A & Yersenia pestis -
Podocyte Effacement
Sandpaper rash
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Bloody diarrhea agents: Microbiology


27. Liquefied TB lesions similar to pyogenic abscesses but lacking acute inflammation -
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
Cold abscesses
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility


28. A04Acute post - streptococcal GN (due to bHGASrtep) Anti streptolysin O -
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
ASO
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Kaposi's sarcoma


29. Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis -
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
HGPRT deficiency e
Lytic bone lesions on XR


30. A02Goodpasture's Syndrome -
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
Gray- baby syndrome
Red urine in the morning
Anti basement membrane antibodies


31. Pancreatic cancer (head) -
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons
Acute Cold Agglutination
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Painless jaundice


32. Plasmodium
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
Currant Jelly appearance
Protozoa: Microbiology
Down syndrome


33. A08Osteogenesis imperfecta -
Rice water stool
Blue sclera
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Dimorphic Fungi: Microbiology


34. Pyrazinamide
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics
Heinz bodies
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
Pseudorosettes


35. Cor pulmonale
blebs (large subpleural bullae)
HbF -
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Antigliadin antibodies


36. A00Peptic ulcer disease -
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
Marble Bone
Coagulase (+): Microbiology


37. A07EIEC EHEC Shigella - Yersenia enterocolitica Entaemeba histolytica Salmonella Campylobacter jejuni -
Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation
No lactation postpartum
Bloody diarrhea agents: Microbiology
Hypersegmented neutrophils


38. Pityriasis rosea -
Christmas tree patterned rash
Bloody tap on LP
Friction Rub
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities


39. Parkinson's Disease Symptoms
Kaposi's sarcoma
Continuous machinery murmur
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
Anti - IgG antibodies


40. Bartonella henselae. Leion can resemble Kaposi's sarcoma. Toxoplasmosis -
Blueberry muffin spots
Cat Scratch Disease
Burton's lines
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)


41. G6pd deficiency -
Heinz bodies
Iduronidase deficiency
Naked RNA: Microbology
HbF -


42. 'A27Iron - deficiency anemia - lead poisoning' -
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
Friction Rub
Increased Uric acid levels
Hypochromic microcytosis


43. Malaria -
Infection by Anopheles Mosquito: Microbiology
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Filamentous hemagglutinin: Microbiology


44. Granuloma inguinale -
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
Dog or cat bite
Donovan bodies
Hypochromic microcytosis


45. A03Drug - induced SLE -
Antihistone antibodies
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Holosystolic murmur


46. Atrophic glossitis - iron - deficiency anemia - A18Plummer - Vinson syndrome -
Pick bodies
Asymptomatic shiny patches / red - brown with yellow / Diabetic
Apple - green birefringence
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)


47. Female - forty and fertile) - A21Acute cholecystitis -
Fat
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Reed - Stenberg cells
Infant on cow's milk diet


48. Multiple Sclerosis (Charcot's Triad) -
Nystagmus - Intention Tremor - Scanning Speech
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Resistant: Microbiology
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia


49. 'A00In cases of metastatic carcinoid - txt w/ Methysergide (5HT antagonist)' -
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
Bamboo spine on x- ray


50. Duchenne's -

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