USMLE Buzzwords

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1. Predisposition to gastric carcinoma -
Blurred yellowing vision headache
Nonseptate Hyphae: Microbiology
Benign polyposis
Chronic atrophic gastritis


2. Malignant mesothelioma -
Occupational exposure to Asbestos
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
Infection by Anopheles Mosquito: Microbiology
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology


3. A07Sarcoidosis -
Roth's Spots in Retina - (hemorrhage w/ pale center)
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology


4. 'A39a1 antitrypsin deficiency - causing elastase - = - compliance in the lung' -
Panlobular Emphysema
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules
Lens dislocation
Kulchitsky cells


5. Alport's syndrome -
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
HLA- B27


6. Sickle cell anemia -
Kulchitsky cells
Contact lens solution infection
HbS presence
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)


7. Impetigo -
HbF presence
Honey coloured crust
Gastrin - secreting tumor associated with ulcers
Bloody tap on LP


8. A08Fibrocystic change of the breast -
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Blue - domed cysts
Negri bodies


9. Vibrio Cholera: metabolic acidosis
Parasites & CA: S. mansoni
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology
Holosystolic murmur
S3 in Heart Auscultation


10. Hyperthyroidism -
Kimmelstiel - Wilson nodules
Phagocyte Deficiency
Atrophy of the mamillary bodies
Heat intolerance / palpitations


11. Cheese - vegetables (coleslaw) - in recent infections - A33Listeria -
Mousy body odor
eating raw fish
Milk
Infant on cow's milk diet


12. A05Sickle cell anemia -
Babinski sign
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology
Autosplenectomy


13. A05Streptococcus pyogenes -
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Jarisch - Herxheimer reaction
Reinke crystals
Bacitracin sensitive: Microbiology


14. % of gas gangrene (myonecrosis) cases: Microbiology - A18Clostridium Perfringens -
Bordet Gengou Agar: Microbiology
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
HbF presence
Bronchogenic apical tumor associated with Horner's syndrome


15. Negatively birefringent crystals - A34Gout -
Needle - shaped
B Prophage: Microbiology
Orphan Annie nuclei
Agent Orange


16. Associated with CNS injury - A22Cushing's ulcers -
Infection by Anopheles Mosquito: Microbiology
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
Gastric ulcer: Acute


17. Diphtheria toxin & Pseudomonas exotoxon A -
Ptosis
(+) Frei Test
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
Birds beak on barium swallow


18. CML
Positive anterior drawer sign
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)


19. Congestive heart failure/Pulmonary oedema -
Lancet - shaped diplococci: Microbiology
Kerley B lines
Debranching enzyme deficiency
Bell's Palsy


20. 'A47L -> R shunt (VSD - ASD - PDA) mitral regurgitation - LV failure (CHF)'
Cartilage damage
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Clue cells on wet mount
eating raw fish


21. Streptococcus throat infection -
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Cherry- Red spot on Macula
eating raw fish
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate


22. Patent ductus arteriosus -
Continuous machinery murmur
Eburnation
Nystagmus - Intention Tremor - Scanning Speech
Painless jaundice


23. Down syndrome -
Blue - bloater
Pink Eye
Palmar crease/simian crease
Curschmann's spirals


24. Corynebacterium diphtheriae -
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Nephritis
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology


25. Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)
Sail sign
Bagassosis
Alpha Feto Protein increase
Fatty liver


26. Vancomycin
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Red - man syndrome due to antibiotics


27. Dubin - Johnson synrome -
Pick bodies
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Brown teeth
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)


28. A00Peptic ulcer disease -
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep


29. Pityriasis rosea -
Painless jaundice
Herald patch
Hypochromic microcytosis
IgA Proteases: Microbiology


30. Corneybacterium diphtheriae -

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31. A09Lead poisoning -

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32. Vaginal Adenosis - Some develop clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina & cervix -
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Idiopathic polyneuritis
Painless jaundice


33. Nocardia -
Rouleaux Formation (stacked RBC's dt inc ESR
Condylomata lata
No arm pronation
Multi Brain Abscess: Microbiology


34. Clindamycin
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Butterfly rash


35. Alcoholism -
Only dsRNA: Microbiology
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
Fatty liver
HbF -


36. A01Mallory Weiss tear -
Baker's cyst in popliteal fossa
Alcoholic retching then haematemesis
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement


37. Pompe's disease -
Protozoa: Microbiology
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency associated with cardiomegaly


38. A04Tuberous sclerosis - White or lighter patches of skin that may appear anywhere on the body and are caused by a lack of melanin. -
Heberden's nodes
Osler's nodes
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Ash leaf spots


39. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Nystagmus - Intention Tremor - Scanning Speech
Dinner fork deformity


40. 'A14Seen in atypical pneumonia (Mycoplasma pneumoniae) - It is IgM Ab with specificity for I Ag on adult RBCs' -
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
Bloody tap on LP
Cold agglutinins


41. 'A41Emphysema (centroacinar[smoking] - panacinar [alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency]'
Pink Puffer
Infection by Ixodes Tick: Microbiology
Ghon focus
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology


42. Klebsiella -
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
Currant - jelly sputum
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
dramatic


43. A07EIEC EHEC Shigella - Yersenia enterocolitica Entaemeba histolytica Salmonella Campylobacter jejuni -
Reiter's Syndrome
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
Bloody diarrhea agents: Microbiology


44. Due to Micropolyspora faeni (thermophilic actinomycetes) -

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45. Congenital Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia

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46. Positively birefringent - A45Pseudogout
Peau d'orange
Rhomboid crystals
Cord factor: Microbiology
Idiopathic polyneuritis


47. Whipple's disease -
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Chocolate agar: Microbiology
eating raw fish
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii


48. 'A26Ptosis - miosis - and anhidrosis' -

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49. Atrophic glossitis - iron - deficiency anemia - A18Plummer - Vinson syndrome -
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
Chancroid (painful)


50. Measles -
Honey coloured crust
Cough Coryza Conjunctivitis - Fever
Anti dsDNA Ab (ANA antibody)
Cat Bites