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USMLE Buzzwords

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1. Malignant mesothelioma -
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
Penile fibrosis
Occupational exposure to Asbestos
Infant on cow's milk diet

2. Crigler - Najar syndrome -
Iduronidase deficiency
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon
Cogwheel rigidity

3. A06Lead poisoning -

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4. Pericarditis
Glucogenic amino acids
Charcot's triad: (jaundice
Protein A: Microbiology
Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward

5. Filovirus & Bunyavirus (Hantavirus) -
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology
Aspirin - Asthma Triad

6. Sheehan's syndrome (pituitary infarction) -
No lactation postpartum
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics
HbS presence
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea

7. A01Mallory Weiss tear -
Auer Rods
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology
Alcoholic retching then haematemesis
Sandpaper rash

8. % of gas gangrene (myonecrosis) cases: Microbiology - A18Clostridium Perfringens -
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Kerley B lines
Painless genital ulcer/chancre
Sandpaper rash

9. Trimethoprim - sulfamethoxazole -
Branching rods in oral infection
Atypical lymphocytosis
Megaloblastic anemia (supplement with vitamin B6) due to antibiotics
Alcoholic retching then haematemesis

10. Hypothyroidism -
Myxedema
Blueberry muffin spots
Positive testicular transillumination
eating raw fish

11. All -
Horner's syndrome
Holosystolic murmur
Bag of worms NB. Can be secondary to obstruction of left renal vein (such as with a renal cell carcinoma / a renal vein thrombus /or retroperitoneal adenopathy)'
Down syndrome

12. Cystic fibrosis
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Koplik spots
Polyneuropathy
- cAMP: Microbiology

13. Adenovirus (causes hyperplasia of Peyer's patches) -
Condylomata lata
Bulla in lung
Hyperphagia
Intussception

14. Predisposition to gastric carcinoma -
Chronic atrophic gastritis
Autosplenectomy
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge

15. Sickle Cell Anemia -
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
HbF -
Hypersegmented neutrophils
Rice water stool

16. Adenovirus (type 8)
eating raw fish
Bronze skin
Pink Eye
Podocyte Effacement

17. rabies -
Negri bodies
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Cobblestoning
Naked RNA: Microbology

18. Streptococcus throat infection -
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass

19. Whipple's disease -
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Bag of worms NB. Can be secondary to obstruction of left renal vein (such as with a renal cell carcinoma / a renal vein thrombus /or retroperitoneal adenopathy)'
Caisson disease
Black eschar on skin

20. A07Subarachnoid hemorrhage -
Bloody tap on LP
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
No lactation postpartum

21. Multiple myeloma
Russell Bodies
Intussusseption dt hyperplasia of Peyer's Patches
Cogwheel rigidity
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology

22. Rabies Negri bodies intracytoplasmic Pox virus Guarnieri intracytoplasmic & acidophilic CMV Owl's eyes intracytoplasmic & intranuclear HSV Cowdry bodies intranuclear -
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Heat intolerance / palpitations
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)

23. A09Lead poisoning -

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24. Hyperthyroidism -
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
Heat intolerance / palpitations
Endocarditis associated with SLE
Schiller - Duval bodies

25. Minimal Change (Lipoid nephrosis) disease
Bagassosis
eating raw fish
Podocyte Effacement
Anti epithelial cell Antibody

26. Pyrazinamide
Erythema chronicum migrans
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
Renal epithelial casts in urine
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics

27. Klebsiella -
Currant - jelly sputum
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
Erythropoietin

28. 'A27Iron - deficiency anemia - lead poisoning' -
Positive Murphy's
Lisch nodules
Charcot's triad: (jaundice
Hypochromic microcytosis

29. A05Sickle cell anemia -
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Autosplenectomy
Rib notching
Iduronidase deficiency

30. A03SLE (Type III hypersensitivity) -
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Rice water stool

31. Papovavirus.
Heinz bodies
Bagassosis
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Acute Cold Agglutination

32. HPV -
Koiliocytes
Nystagmus - Intention Tremor - Scanning Speech
Pick bodies
Eburnation

33. A08Actinomyces israelii -
Branching rods in oral infection
Russell Bodies
Intussception
PICA Thrombosis

34. K- F Circle - Ataxia - A24Wilson's disease -
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Sail sign
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts
HbF -

35. Mycoplasma pneumoniae -
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology
Bloody diarrhea agents: Microbiology

36. Rapid appearance of features associated with normal aging - A18Werner syndrome -
dramatic
Podocyte fusion
Dry eyes
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology

37. Ewing's sarcoma
Pseudorosettes
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
Cherry- Red spot on Macula

38. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Rash on palms and soles
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
Positive Murphy's
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

39. Pick's disease
Auer Rods
Positive testicular transillumination
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Pick bodies

40. A06Multiple myeloma (kappa or lambda Ig light chains in urine) - Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM) -
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases
Blue - bloater
Bence Jones proteins
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)

41. Colon CA -
Lancet - shaped diplococci: Microbiology
Cold agglutinins
blebs (large subpleural bullae)
Parasites & CA: S. mansoni

42. Legionella pneumophila -
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Iron/cysteine supplement (charcoal -yeast agar) : Microbiology
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:

43. Associated with CNS injury - A22Cushing's ulcers -
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia

44. Type II Membrano Proliferative GN -
Ketogenic amino acids
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Heinz bodies
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts

45. Camphylobacter & Helicobacter -
Schiller - Duval bodies
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Kaposi's sarcoma
Dog or cat bite

46. Isoniazid -
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
Red urine in the morning
Kernicterus due to antibiotics
Fast vs. slow acetylators due to antibiotics

47. Cor pulmonale
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites

48. Lesch - Nyhan syndrom -
Black eschar on skin
Blue - domed cysts
HGPRT deficiency e
Owl's eye

49. Phenylketonuria -
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology
Lactose formers: Microbiology
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Reinke crystals

50. Lyme disease -
Neurofibrillary tangles
Erythema chronicum migrans
Marble Bone
Kussmaul hypernea