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1. Filovirus & Bunyavirus (Hantavirus) -
Only dsRNA: Microbiology
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology
Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
2. A08Chronic Bronchitis -
Alpha Feto Protein increase
Blue - bloater
Milk
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
3. A02Skip lesions (Crohn's disease = autoimmune) -
Benign polyposis
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon
Enterotoxin: Microbiology
4. Toxic or viral hepatitis -
Councilman bodies
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology
Kayser Fleischer rings
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
5. CHF -
Diminished reflexes
Nutmeg liver
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Continuous machinery murmur
6. Staph. Saprophyticus -
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Cold abscess in spine
Chancroid (painful)
7. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome -
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
D- Dimers
HGPRT deficiency e
8. Endocarditis -
9. Minimal Change (Lipoid nephrosis) disease
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Eburnation
Dry eyes
Podocyte Effacement
10. Libman - Sacks disease -
Endocarditis associated with SLE
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
Filamentous hemagglutinin: Microbiology
11. Ewing's sarcoma
Elastic skin
Pseudorosettes
Lens dislocation
Lisch nodules
12. 'A47Aortic stenosis - hypertrophic subaortic stenosis' -
S4 in Heart Auscultation
Butterfly rash
Need Cysyeine for growth: Microbiology
Gastric ulcer: Acute
13. Huntington's disease -
Cat Scratch Disease
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)
14. Pasteurella multocida -
Dog or cat bite
Ptosis
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Sensitive: Microbiology
15. Gram (+): Bacillus & Clostridium made up of dipicolinate & Keratin -
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Esophageal webs with iron deficiency
Endospores G(+): Microbiology
Reiter's Syndrome
16. mitral stenosis -
Lisch nodules
Reiter's Syndrome
Bloody tap on LP
opening snap in heart
17. Pseudomonas
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Lancet - shaped diplococci: Microbiology
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons
18. A02Vitelline Yolk Sac Tumor - Hepatocellular CA -
Palmar crease/simian crease
Grows in Rice: Microbiology
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
19. Hand - Schuller - Christian disease -
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics
Dinner fork deformity
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
20. A03Amyloidosis -
Hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with hemorrhagic urticaria and URI's
Apple - green birefringence
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Monoclonal antibody spike
21. Primary syphilis -
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Infection by Ixodes Tick: Microbiology
Chancre (not painful)
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
22. 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. -
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
Glucogenic amino acids
23. Wegener's and Goodpasture's (Hemoptysis and glomerular disease) -
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
Lewy Bodies
24. Down syndrome -
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology
Palmar crease/simian crease
Hyperphagia
25. 'A17Pellagra - (Vitamin B3 - Niacin Deficiency)' -
Reduviid bug bite: Microbiology
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
Ghon focus
26. 'A37Clostridium - Actinomyces - Bacteroides' -
Calf pseudohypertrophy
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Red urine in the morning
27. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -
28. 'A23Methionine - Threonine - Valine - Arginine - Histadine' -
Obligate Intracellular Bacteria: Microbiology
Cold agglutinins
Autosplenectomy
Glucogenic amino acids
29. A04Neurosyphillis -
30. A08Osteogenesis imperfecta -
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Ptosis
Blue sclera
Keratin pearls
31. Phenylketonuria -
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Reed - Stenberg cells
HbS presence
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
32. 'A28Gout - - Lesch - Nyhan syndrome - - myeloproliferative disorders - - loop and thiazide diuretics' -
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement
Red urine in the morning
Night blindness leading to tunnel vision
Increased Uric acid levels
33. Coarctation of the aorta
Dog or cat bite
Lewy Bodies
Monoclonal antibody spike
Rib notching
34. Paresthesias/hypoesthesias - tabetic gait - Dementia - A17Tabes Dorsalis (Tertiary syphilis) -
Cogwheel rigidity
Diminished reflexes
Reinke crystals
Antimitochondrial antibodies
35. G6pd deficiency -
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Heinz bodies
36. Transmits Trypanoma cruzi (Chagas’ disease): Romanaa Sign
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
Reduviid bug bite: Microbiology
Rice water stool
37. Liver -'A19Clonorchichis - Chinese liver fluke. Txt: Praziquantel' -
eating raw fish
Rhomboid crystals
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement
Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases
38. Ribs - skull - A47Multiple Myeloma
Intussusseption dt hyperplasia of Peyer's Patches
Betel nuts
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
salt & pepper lesions (Lytic lesions of flat bones) of vertebrae
39. Staph A & Yersenia pestis -
Bagassosis
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Howell - Jolly bodies
40. A07Kluver - Bucy syndrome -
Bilateral amygdala lesions
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Keto & Gluco amino acids
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
41. 'A45Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis'
42. 'A44Streptococcus pneumoniae - Haemophilus influenzae - Neisseria meningitidis'
Reed - Stenberg cells
Quellung reaction: Microbiology
Call - Exner bodies
Cat Scratch Disease
43. Atrophic glossitis - iron - deficiency anemia - A18Plummer - Vinson syndrome -
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Positive testicular transillumination
Codman's triangle on XR
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
44. 'A00In cases of metastatic carcinoid - txt w/ Methysergide (5HT antagonist)' -
Councilman bodies
Palmar crease/simian crease
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
Most Common Cause/Association: 5- HT increase
45. Goes through superficial inguinal ring. Medial to inferior epigastric artery - A29-
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
Inguinal hernia in Older men Direct
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
46. RCC - Hemangioblastoma -
Dinner fork deformity
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Erythropoietin
47. A00P. aeroginosa infection -
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology
Rotor's Syndrome
Burn patients & Cystic fibrosis
Charcot's triad: (nystagmus
48. Neuroblastoma -
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
Lisch nodules
Sabrands: Microbiology
Antineutrophil antibodies
49. Trimethoprim - sulfamethoxazole -
Parasites & CA: Aspergillus flavus
Mallory bodies
Megaloblastic anemia (supplement with vitamin B6) due to antibiotics
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
50. Haemophilus influenzae -
Niacin production: Microbiology
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology