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1. Tension headache -
Rose Bush Thorns
ADA Deficiency
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Headache in band - like distribution

2. Scarlet fever (disease caused by an exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes)
Howell - Jolly bodies
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Renal cell carcinoma
Sandpaper rash

3. Alcoholic liver disease -
Mallory bodies
Bell's Palsy
Brown teeth
neonateal meningitis

4. A06LMN CN VII palsy -

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5. Due to Micropolyspora faeni (thermophilic actinomycetes) -

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6. Impetigo -
Anti basement membrane antibodies
McBurney's sign
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology
Honey coloured crust

7. Pseudomonas aeruginosa -
Exotoxin A: Microbiology
Headache in band - like distribution
Bacitracin sensitive: Microbiology
opening snap in heart

8. A02Vitelline Yolk Sac Tumor - Hepatocellular CA -
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Bronchogenic apical tumor associated with Horner's syndrome
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
HLA- B27

9. E. Coli -
Reinke crystals
Kerley B lines
Antigliadin antibodies
neonateal meningitis

10. Mycobacterium tuberculosis -
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Niacin production: Microbiology
Bell's Palsy
Cogwheel rigidity

11. Negatively birefringent crystals - A34Gout -
Needle - shaped
Holosystolic murmur
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology

12. A09Associated w/ Emphysema = Blebat = outpouching - If it ruptures causes Pneumothorax -
Janeway lesions - (non - tender
Russell Bodies
Bulla in lung
Need Cysyeine for growth: Microbiology

13. Endocarditis - Type III Immune complex mediated

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14. Gout
Podagra
Lisch nodules
Cold abscesses
Only dsRNA: Microbiology

15. Hereditary Spherocytosis
No lactation postpartum
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
Charcot's triad: (jaundice

16. Type II Membrano Proliferative GN -
Currant - jelly sputum
Needle - shaped
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Calcium chelator of antibiotics

17. A01Klebsiella -
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Only dsRNA: Microbiology
Debranching enzyme deficiency
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs

18. Goes through superficial inguinal ring. Medial to inferior epigastric artery - A29-
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Kulchitsky cells
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct

19. Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease) -
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Keratin pearls
Kussmaul hypernea
Crescendo decrescendo murmur

20. Pseudomonas aeroginosa -
Brown teeth
Contact lensa
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
Pick bodies

21. Lipid laden macrophages seen in villi of Erythroblastosis Fetalis -
Hofbauer Cells
Howell - Jolly bodies
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
Kayser Fleischer rings

22. Pityriasis rosea -
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
Herald patch
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology

23. CEEKat Citrobacter Enterobacter E.Coli (K1 capsule most important) Klebsiella -
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases
Lactose formers: Microbiology
Rotor's Syndrome
Kulchitsky cells

24. Tetracycline -
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Naked RNA: Microbology

25. Dry mouth - arthritis - A18Sjogren's syndrome -
Dry eyes
Erythropoietin
Cat Bites
Schiller - Duval bodies

26. A03Streptococcus pyogenes -
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton
eating raw fish
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology

27. Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema -
Occupational exposure to Asbestos
Kerley B lines
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
Monoclonal antibody spike

28. A02Pemphigus Vulgaris -
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Painless genital ulcer/chancre
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Anti epithelial cell Antibody

29. Granuloma inguinale -
eating raw fish
Donovan bodies
Fatty liver
Obese female with headache takes OCPs

30. Budd - Chiari syndrome
Burton's lines
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Oto - and nephrotoxicity due to antibiotics

31. CHF -
Filamentous hemagglutinin: Microbiology
Black eschar on skin
Nutmeg liver
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)'

32. mitral stenosis -
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
opening snap in heart
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
Nutmeg liver

33. Fungal media
Mid systolic click
Dynein defect
Antiplatelet antibodies
Sabrands: Microbiology

34. HPV -
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)
Koiliocytes
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases

35. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Auer Rods

36. Whipple's disease -
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Antihistone antibodies
Deficiency of Galactose 1 Phosphate Uridyl Transferase.
Anti epithelial cell Antibody

37. A07Sarcoidosis -
ADA Deficiency
Erythropoietin
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
Cherry- Red spot on Macula

38. PCOS -
Cold intolerance / weight gain
Parasites & CA: S. mansoni
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology

39. Chloramphenicol -
eating raw fish
Ejection click
Gray- baby syndrome
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology

40. Appendicitis -

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41. A00P. aeroginosa infection -
Burn patients & Cystic fibrosis
Reduviid bug bite: Microbiology
Diminished absent lower limb pulses
Anti basement membrane antibodies

42. A01Guillain - Barre (increased protein in CSF with only modest increase in cell count) -
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Rose Bush Thorns
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology
Albuminocytologic dissociation

43. Splenectomy (or nonfunctional spleen) -
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
Nutmeg liver
Howell - Jolly bodies

44. Atrophic glossitis - iron - deficiency anemia - A18Plummer - Vinson syndrome -
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Charcot's triad: (jaundice
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics

45. All -
Machinery like murmur
Aschoff bodies - (painless fibrinoid nodule in myocardium)
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Down syndrome

46. Eisenmenger's syndrome -
Ascending weakness/paralysis
Petehial hemorrhages are seen on kidney surfaces = Flea - Bitten surface = young black men
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)

47. Hypokalemia - A27Conn's syndrome -
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Hypertension
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency associated with cardiomegaly

48. A08Bordetella pertusis ID -
Cobblestoning
Currant - jelly sputum
Bordet Gengou Agar: Microbiology
Non Motile Bacilli & Clostridium: Microbiology

49. 'A47Aortic stenosis - hypertrophic subaortic stenosis' -
Albuminocytologic dissociation
S4 in Heart Auscultation
Reinke crystals
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury

50. Klebsiella -
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)
Acute Cold Agglutination
Currant - jelly sputum
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology