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. Tension headache -
(+) Frei Test
Charcot's triad: (jaundice
Aspirin - Asthma Triad
Headache in band - like distribution


2. Aortic stenosis -
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
Owl's eye
Chancroid (painful)
Red urine in the morning


3. DM type 1 (caused by autoimmune destruction of B cells) -
Hypochromic microcytosis
Nephritis
HLA- DR3 or DR4
Chancre (not painful)


4. Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease) -
Relapsing Fever
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Red - man syndrome due to antibiotics
Cowdry type A bodies


5. Duchenne's -

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6. 'A26Ptosis - miosis - and anhidrosis' -

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7. A02Pemphigus Vulgaris -
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Owl's eye
Grows in Rice: Microbiology


8. E. Coli -
Charcot's triad: (nystagmus
Relapsing Fever
Bad canned foods
neonateal meningitis


9. 'A45Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis'

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10. A05Rheumatoid arthritis -

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11. Chloramphenicol -
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Gray- baby syndrome
Osler's nodes - Tender lesions of fingers & toes.
Asymptomatic shiny patches / red - brown with yellow / Diabetic


12. A05OBEDat O = Salmonella B = Botulinum E = Erythrogenic strep D = Diptheria -
Cobblestoning
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Hypersegmented neutrophils
B Prophage: Microbiology


13. A09Down syndrome -

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14. Parkinson's disease -
Codman's triangle on XR
Cogwheel rigidity
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology


15. Bordetella pertussis -
Filamentous hemagglutinin: Microbiology
Contact lensa
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology
Calcinosis


16. Cardiac pathology - and edema -'A41Dry beriberi (Thiamine - B1 deficiency)'
Kaposi's sarcoma
Polyneuropathy
Lack color: Microbiology
Currant - jelly sputum


17. Neiserria and most Gram (-)s including Pseudomonas aeruginosa -
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis


18. Raynaud's Syndrome
Loffler's Medium: Microbiology
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology


19. PDA -
Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation
Neurofibrillary tangles
Machinery like murmur
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate


20. Diabetic ketoacidosis -
Kussmaul hypernea
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Agent Orange
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility


21. Phenylketonuria -
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)


22. Secondary syphilis -
Esophageal webs with iron deficiency
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
Condylomata lata
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots


23. mitral stenosis -
Gastric ulcer: Acute
opening snap in heart
Niacin production: Microbiology
Anti basement membrane antibodies


24. Staphylococcus aureus -
Babinski sign
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Howell - Jolly bodies


25. A09Haemochromatosis -
Bronze skin
Chancroid (painful)
Ptosis
Howell - Jolly bodies


26. Associated with CNS injury - A22Cushing's ulcers -
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Obligate Intracellular Bacteria: Microbiology
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)


27. Adenovirus (causes hyperplasia of Peyer's patches) -
Apple - green birefringence
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
Acid Fast Organisms: Microbiology
Intussception


28. Borrelia recurrentis
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect
Relapsing Fever
Renal cell carcinoma


29. A06Strep. Pyogenes (pharyngitis
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)


30. Minimal change disease
Podocyte fusion
McBurney's sign
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence


31. Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (also known as slipped capital femoral epiphysis) -
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)
Night blindness leading to tunnel vision
eating raw fish
Chubby teen male with knee pain


32. Corenybacterium D & Nocardia -
Hypertension
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology
Blue - domed cysts
Sail sign


33. Kartagener's syndrome -
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Berger's Disease
Dynein defect


34. 'A26VSD - tricuspid regurgitation - mitral regurgitation' -
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
Holosystolic murmur
Dimorphic Fungi: Microbiology
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect


35. H. Influenzae (needs factors V & X for growth) Strep. Pneumoniae N. meningitidis N. gonnorhoae W/ this activity these bugs are able to colonize the oral mucosa. -
Contact lensa
Roth's Spots in Retina - (hemorrhage w/ pale center)
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology


36. Staph. Epidermidis -
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology
Ketogenic amino acids
Niacin production: Microbiology
Neurofibrillary tangles


37. Alport's syndrome -
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Hofbauer Cells
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
blebs (large subpleural bullae)


38. Vibrio parahemolyticus
dramatic
Negri bodies
Chancre (not painful)
Raw seafood intoxicaiton


39. Plasmodium
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology
Renal cell carcinoma
Blurred yellowing vision headache
Protozoa: Microbiology


40. Wegener's granulomatosis
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Positive C- anca
Benign polyposis
Auer Rods


41. G6pd deficiency -
eating raw fish
Monoclonal antibody spike
Heinz bodies
Ptosis


42. A02Pemphigous vulgaris -
Cold agglutinins
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies


43. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Ejection click
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology


44. Pseudomonas aeroginosa. -
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
Hair - on - end appearance on XR
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)
Alpha Feto Protein increase


45. Ascending cholangitis - This is known as Reynold's Pentad
Ptosis
Koplik spots
Kussmaul hypernea
RUQ pain / fever / jaundice + altered mental state and shock


46. Actinomycetes = Nocardia
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology
M protein: Microbiology
Machinery like murmur
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii


47. Mycoplasma pneumoniae -
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology
Panlobular Emphysema
Bamboo spine on x- ray


48. Filovirus & Bunyavirus (Hantavirus) -
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology
Dog or cat bite
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)


49. Measles -
Lewy Bodies
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever


50. Ewing's sarcoma
Pseudorosettes
Burkitt's lymphoma
Dog or cat bite
Increased Uric acid levels