USMLE Buzzwords

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1. Sezary Syndrome -
Antihistone antibodies
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
Barr Body


2. Pasteurella multocida -
Eburnation
Red - man syndrome due to antibiotics
Cat Bites
Aspirin - Asthma Triad


3. Pityriasis rosea -
eating raw fish
Herald patch
Iduronidase deficiency
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)


4. Takayasu arteritis - stenosis of aortic arch and its large branches with ischemia to upper part of the body
Fatty liver
Reiter's Syndrome
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Pulseless disease


5. Peyronie's Disease
Orphan Annie nuclei
Penile fibrosis
Radiating Back Pain
Aschoff bodies - (painless fibrinoid nodule in myocardium)


6. Minimal change disease
Podocyte fusion
Naked RNA: Microbology
Erythropoietin
Hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with hemorrhagic urticaria and URI's


7. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Increased Uric acid levels
Bamboo spine on x- ray
Anticentromere Antibodies
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology


8. A07Anthrax -
Black eschar on skin
Hypochromic microcytosis
Increased Uric acid levels
Blueberry muffin spots


9. Trypansoma cruzi: Chagasa
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections


10. Iron deficiency anaemia -

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11. Hypocalcemia -

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12. Ethambutol -
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
High fever/ rigidity after anaesthesia
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
Pulseless disease


13. Wilson's disease -
Dynein defect
Naked RNA: Microbology
Low serum ceruloplasmin
Penile fibrosis


14. A03Streptococcus pyogenes -
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology


15. A02Goodpasture's Syndrome -
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
Berger's Disease
Anti basement membrane antibodies
Irregularly irregular rhythm


16. Isoniazid -
Fast vs. slow acetylators due to antibiotics
Russell Bodies
Bulla in lung
Farmer's Lung


17. A01Waterhouse - Friderichsen syndrome -
Port - wine stain
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Radiating Back Pain
Boutonniere deformity


18. 'A29Indirect - Goes through deep & superficial inguinal ring Lateral to inferior epigastric artery' -
Inguinal hernia Seen in young boys processus vaginalis did not close
Heat intolerance / palpitations
Bilateral bell's palsy with target lesion on skin
Hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with hemorrhagic urticaria and URI's


19. B. Anthracis & C. Perfringens -
Ash leaf spots
Lines of Zahn
Non Motile Bacilli & Clostridium: Microbiology
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology


20. 'A44Streptococcus pneumoniae - Haemophilus influenzae - Neisseria meningitidis'
Antineutrophil antibodies
Diminished absent lower limb pulses
Infant on cow's milk diet
Quellung reaction: Microbiology


21. Osteoarthritis (DIP swelling 2nd to osteophytes) -

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22. A09small/medium artery vasculitis -

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23. Nocardia -
Arachnodactyly
Schiller - Duval bodies
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology


24. Haemophilus ducreyi -
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Chancroid (painful)
Periosteal elevation on XR


25. A09Down syndrome -

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26. A09Associated w/ Emphysema = Blebat = outpouching - If it ruptures causes Pneumothorax -
Diminished reflexes
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Bulla in lung
Agammaglobulinemia: X- linked


27. 'A27Neisseria - Haemophilus - S. pneumoniae' -
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics


28. Neural Tube Defects - Spina Bifida - Anencephaly -
Increased alpha - feto protein in amniotic fluid or maternal serum
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology


29. Chloramphenicol -
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
Gray- baby syndrome
Antineutrophil antibodies
Podocyte fusion


30. Pyrazinamide
Acid Fast Organisms: Microbiology
Polyarthralgia due to antibiotics
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Bell's Palsy


31. Bronchial Asthma -
Blueberry muffin spots
Bloody tap on LP
Anti - IgG antibodies
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)


32. Parkinson's disease -
Keratin pearls
Lewy Bodies
Nystagmus - Intention Tremor - Scanning Speech
Radiating Back Pain


33. A00Lead poisoning -
Factors X and V: Microbiology
Horner's syndrome
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Butterfly rash


34. A02SLE (type 3 hypersensitivity) -
Lowenstein - Jensen medium: Microbiology
Positive testicular transillumination
eating raw fish
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)


35. A03Marfan's Syndrome -
Lens dislocation
Arachnodactyly
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
Crescendo decrescendo murmur


36. Scarlet fever (disease caused by an exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes)
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Sandpaper rash


37. Patent ductus arteriosus -
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Continuous machinery murmur
Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion


38. Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease) -
Hyperpigmentation of skin
Panlobular Emphysema
Lines of Zahn
Ejection click


39. Crohn's disease -
Cobblestoning
Ejection click
No arm pronation
Honey coloured crust


40. Phenylketonuria -
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Kayser Fleischer rings
Ant - epithelial cell antibodies
Mallory bodies


41. Streptococcus throat infection -
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate


42. Camphylobacter & Helicobacter -
Headache in band - like distribution
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology


43. A00Mycobacterium
Acid Fast Organisms: Microbiology
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Roth's Spots in Retina - (hemorrhage w/ pale center)


44. A00Peptic ulcer disease -
Howell - Jolly bodies
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
Koiliocytes


45. A03Rheumatoid Arthritis -
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Bloody tap on LP
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Anti - IgG antibodies


46. A07Histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma) -
Radiating Back Pain
Birbeck granules on EM
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)'
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia


47. Precocious puberty - cafe - au - lait spots - short stature - young girls - A41Albright's syndrome -
Heinz bodies
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
Owl's eye
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia


48. Tapeworm infection causing megaloblastic anemia by consuming large amount of vit B12 in the host -
Diphyllobothrium latum
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
eating raw fish


49. Wegener's and Goodpasture's (Hemoptysis and glomerular disease) -
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Ketogenic amino acids
Agent Orange
Cold abscess in spine


50. A08Congenital rubella -
Blueberry muffin spots
Calcinosis
Needle - shaped
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts