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1. Glioblastoma Multiforme
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
Ferruginous bodies
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
2. Mycoplasma pneumoniae has fried egg colonies on Eaton agar (needs cholesterol) -
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Infection by Sandfly: Microbiology
Reid index (increased)
Kussmaul hypernea
3. Streptococcus pneumoniae -
PICA Thrombosis
Cotton wool spots
Phagocyte Deficiency
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
4. Bartonella henselae. Leion can resemble Kaposi's sarcoma. Toxoplasmosis -
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Cat Scratch Disease
Call - Exner bodies
5. A02Rifampin -
Mallory bodies
Antibiotics Inducing cytochrome P450
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
Panlobular Emphysema
6. Hypothyroidism -
Cold intolerance / weight gain
Burn patients & Cystic fibrosis
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
Infant on cow's milk diet
7. Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)
Peau d'orange
Chancre (not painful)
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Sail sign
8. Crohn's disease -
Keratin pearls
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
Cobblestoning
Pannus
9. Positively birefringent - A45Pseudogout
Rhomboid crystals
Ejection click
Milk
opening snap in heart
10. Haemophilus influenzae -
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Down syndrome
Acute Cold Agglutination
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
11. A03Streptococcus pyogenes -
Down syndrome
Call - Exner bodies
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
12. Budd - Chiari syndrome
Lack color: Microbiology
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Bad canned foods
13. A02Vitelline Yolk Sac Tumor - Hepatocellular CA -
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Lines of Zahn
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
14. Liver -'A19Clonorchichis - Chinese liver fluke. Txt: Praziquantel' -
Infection by Sandfly: Microbiology
Erythema chronicum migrans
eating raw fish
Burn patients & Cystic fibrosis
15. Ella likes cysteineat: Francisella Brucella Legionella Pasturella -
Bulla in lung
Painless jaundice
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
Need Cysyeine for growth: Microbiology
16. Crigler - Najar syndrome -
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
Chubby teen male with knee pain
17. A09Associated w/ Emphysema = Blebat = outpouching - If it ruptures causes Pneumothorax -
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
Bulla in lung
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
Niacin production: Microbiology
18. Krukenberg tumor -
Relapsing Fever
Cord factor: Microbiology
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases
Crescent's in Bowman's capsule
19. Impetigo -
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Boot - shaped heart on XR
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Honey coloured crust
20. Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (also known as slipped capital femoral epiphysis) -
Iduronidase deficiency
hCG elevated
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Chubby teen male with knee pain
21. Small erythematous or haemorrhagic macular or nodular lesions on the palms or soles) - A29Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis -
Ghon focus
blebs (large subpleural bullae)
Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency associated with cardiomegaly
Janeway lesions - (non - tender
22. Glanzmann's thrombasthenia -
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Cord factor: Microbiology
Call - Exner bodies
Defect in platelet aggregation
23. 'A04Wernicke's encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency = ataxia - opthalmoplegia - confusion)' -
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
Machinery like murmur
24. A07Lyme disease -
25. Granulosa Theca Cell Tumor of the Ovary -
Infusion - related toxicity due to antibiotics
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
No arm pronation
26. Intention tremor - scanning speech) - A12Multiple sclerosis -
27. Tapeworm infection causing megaloblastic anemia by consuming large amount of vit B12 in the host -
Diphyllobothrium latum
Lactose formers: Microbiology
Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
28. 'A47L -> R shunt (VSD - ASD - PDA) mitral regurgitation - LV failure (CHF)'
Only ssDNA: microbiology
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
29. A00Papovavirus & Hepadnavirus -
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Protein A: Microbiology
Lancet - shaped diplococci: Microbiology
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
30. Pseudomonas aeruginosa -
McBurney's sign
Radiating Back Pain
Birds beak on barium swallow
Exotoxin A: Microbiology
31. Clostridium Difficile -
Blueberry muffin spots
Owl's eye
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
32. Parkinson's Disease Symptoms
Rouleaux Formation (stacked RBC's dt inc ESR
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Peau d'orange
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
33. Pompe's disease -
Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency associated with cardiomegaly
Factors X and V: Microbiology
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)'
Iduronidase deficiency
34. Hypokalemia - A27Conn's syndrome -
Hypertension
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
Cotton wool spots
35. Kartagener's syndrome -
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Dynein defect
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting
Myxedema
36. A00Hepatocarcinoma Neural tube defects -
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Encapsulated bacteria: Microbiology
Hofbauer Cells
Alpha Feto Protein increase
37. Ewing's sarcoma
Marble Bone
Ferruginous bodies
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Pseudorosettes
38. Down syndrome -
Palmar crease/simian crease
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Fatty liver
39. Pityriasis rosea -
Herald patch
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Kussmaul hypernea
Machinery like murmur
40. A08Fibrocystic change of the breast -
Blue - domed cysts
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Erythema chronicum migrans
Ptosis
41. 'A23Methionine - Threonine - Valine - Arginine - Histadine' -
HLA- B27
Glucogenic amino acids
Machinery like murmur
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
42. P- ANCA -'A10Wegener's granulomatosis - polyarteritis nodosa' -
hCG elevated
- ANCA
Infection by Ixodes Tick: Microbiology
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
43. 'A33Multiple myeloma - (called the M protein
- cAMP: Microbiology
Monoclonal antibody spike
Naked RNA: Microbology
Radiating Back Pain
44. Ehlers - Danlos syndrome -
Rice water stool
Elastic skin
Lancet - shaped diplococci: Microbiology
Naked RNA: Microbology
45. Guillain - Barre syndrome -
Nystagmus - Intention Tremor - Scanning Speech
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Reiter's Syndrome
46. A03Primary Biliary Sclerosis -
Antimitochondrial antibodies
eating raw fish
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Rouleaux Formation (stacked RBC's dt inc ESR
47. 'A37Clostridium - Actinomyces - Bacteroides' -
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Donovan bodies
Megaloblastic anemia (supplement with vitamin B6) due to antibiotics
Needle - shaped
48. McArdle's disease -
Antiplatelet antibodies
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency
Palmar crease/simian crease
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
49. Rotor's syndrome -
Clue cells on wet mount
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
Low serum ceruloplasmin
50. Pityriasis rosea -
Dry eyes
RUQ pain / fever / jaundice + altered mental state and shock
Christmas tree patterned rash
Contact lensa