USMLE Buzzwords

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1. Gardner's syndrome -
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)
Charcot's triad: (jaundice
Gastric ulcer: Acute


2. A01Severe cellular immune deficiency SCID -
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
ADA Deficiency
Bamboo spine on x- ray
Lewy Bodies


3. Mycoplasma pneumoniae -
Bloody diarrhea agents: Microbiology
Kussmaul hypernea
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology
Fried egg shaped colony: Microbiology


4. Some killers have pretty nice capsulesat Strep. Pneumoniae Klebsiella HiB Pseudamona Aeroginosa Neisseria meningitis Cryptococcus neoformans (only encapsulated fungal pathogen) -
Positive anterior drawer sign
Encapsulated bacteria: Microbiology
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics
Cowdry type A bodies


5. A08Fibrocystic change of the breast -
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology
Intussception
Naked RNA: Microbology
Blue - domed cysts


6. Staph A & Yersenia pestis -
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Herald patch
Currant - jelly sputum
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology


7. Bronchial Asthma -
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
Lisch nodules
Calcinosis


8. Bronchial Asthma (whorled mucous plugs) -

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9. Dry mouth - arthritis - A18Sjogren's syndrome -
Hair - on - end appearance on XR
Cold abscesses
Friction Rub
Dry eyes


10. Perioral pigmentation - A06Puetz - Jeghers syndrome -
Increased Uric acid levels
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Renal epithelial casts in urine
Benign polyposis


11. 'A26Ptosis - miosis - and anhidrosis' -

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12. Haemophilus influenzae -
Clue cells on wet mount
Heat intolerance / palpitations
Branching rods in oral infection
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology


13. Wilson's disease -
RUQ pain / fever / jaundice + altered mental state and shock
Kayser Fleischer rings
Black eschar on skin
Relapsing Fever


14. A09SLE -
Lactose formers: Microbiology
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Butterfly rash
Barr Body


15. PCOS -
Painless jaundice
Chancroid (painful)
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Holosystolic murmur


16. Primary TB -
Ghon focus
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever


17. Streptococcus pneumoniae -
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)


18. Neurofibromatosis (Von Recklinghausen's disease) -
Lisch nodules
Herpangina: Microbiology
Nephritis
Defect in platelet aggregation


19. Takayasu arteritis - stenosis of aortic arch and its large branches with ischemia to upper part of the body
Blue sclera
Postpartum pituitary necrosis
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Pulseless disease


20. Fanconi' syndrome
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton
Iduronidase deficiency
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect
Russell Bodies


21. A02Scleroderma (CREST) -
Anticentromere Antibodies
Heat intolerance / palpitations
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Painless jaundice


22. 'A33Multiple myeloma - (called the M protein
Monoclonal antibody spike
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
RUQ pain / fever / jaundice + altered mental state and shock
Agammaglobulinemia: X- linked


23. Job's syndrome -
Keratin pearls
Heberden's nodes
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality


24. A00Peptic ulcer disease -
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
Podocyte fusion
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies
Koiliocytes


25. Becker's Muscular Dystrophy -
Berger's Disease
Defective Dystrophin less severe
Red urine in the morning
Brushfield's spots


26. A01Mallory Weiss tear -
Cerebriform nuclei
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Alcoholic retching then haematemesis
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton


27. Acanthamoeba -
Ascending weakness/paralysis
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Contact lens solution infection
Herald patch


28. A01Bruton's disease -
Monoclonal antibody spike
Podagra
Positive C- anca
Agammaglobulinemia: X- linked


29. Hand - Schuller - Christian Disease -
Sail sign
Reiter's Syndrome
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation


30. Pseudomonas & Mycobacterium -
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology
Fatty liver
Owl's eye
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology


31. A07Paraseptal emphysema - can rupture and cause pneumothorax -
blebs (large subpleural bullae)
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton
Infection by Ixodes Tick: Microbiology
Lactose formers: Microbiology


32. Leucine & Lysine -
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Ketogenic amino acids
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency
Rotor's Syndrome


33. Chronic Hypertension -
Donovan bodies
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Cotton wool spots
Rhomboid crystals


34. Wilson's disease -
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Low serum ceruloplasmin
Lines of Zahn


35. Female - forty and fertile) - A21Acute cholecystitis -
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Fat
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology


36. hepatocarcinoma -
Friction Rub
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton
Heinz bodies
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus


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

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38. Ethambutol -
S4 in Heart Auscultation
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
No arm pronation
Basophilic stippling of RBC's


39. Ehlers - Danlos syndrome -
Elastic skin
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
Ferruginous bodies
Chronic progressive histiocytosis


40. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Pick bodies


41. Neural Tube Defects - Spina Bifida - Anencephaly -
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Lucid interval
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum


42. Diabetic nephropathy -
Night blindness leading to tunnel vision
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules
Lines of Zahn
Bilateral amygdala lesions


43. A04Acute post - streptococcal GN (due to bHGASrtep) Anti streptolysin O -
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
ASO
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
HbF -


44. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology
Auer Rods


45. Eating honey - A21Infant Botulinum -
Cheyne - Stokes respirations
Floppy Baby
Betel nuts
Lack color: Microbiology


46. A098:14 translocations associated with EBV -

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47. Thallasemia major -
High - output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
HbF presence
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
Antigliadin antibodies


48. A06IgA Nephropathy -

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49. Alcoholic liver disease -
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology
Mallory bodies
Pulseless disease
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics


50. aortic/pulmonic stenosis -
Ejection click
Calcinosis
Cat Bites
Schiller - Duval bodies