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1. 'A33Multiple myeloma - (called the M protein
Abdominal pain wakes patient from sleep
Monoclonal antibody spike
Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion
Antineutrophil antibodies
2. Acute toxic/viral nephrosis
Holosystolic murmur
Kussmaul hypernea
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Renal epithelial casts in urine
3. A09Associated w/ Emphysema = Blebat = outpouching - If it ruptures causes Pneumothorax -
pneumonia in cystic fibrosis or burn victims
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
Bulla in lung
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
4. A03SLE (Type III hypersensitivity) -
Ghon focus
Naked RNA: Microbology
Monoclonal antibody spike
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
5. Giardia lamblia -
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites
eating raw fish
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Orphan Annie nuclei
6. Behcet's syndrome - a form of vasculitis that can lead to ulceration and other lesions. (Not Reiters!) -
Niacin production: Microbiology
Oral ulcers / genital ulcers / arthritis
Endospores G(+): Microbiology
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
7. A08Digoxin toxicity -
Alpha - hemolytic: Microbiology
Herald patch
Blueberry muffin spots
Blurred yellowing vision headache
8. A05Clostridium Botulinum -
Ejection click
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Blueberry muffin spots
Bad canned foods
9. SHYPSat Shigella Yersinia enterolytica (AKA Pestis) Proteus Salmonella -
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Blue - bloater
Chronic atrophic gastritis
10. Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (also known as slipped capital femoral epiphysis) -
Bacterial membrane contains cholesterol: Microbiology
Bloody diarrhea agents: Microbiology
Rose Bush Thorns
Chubby teen male with knee pain
11. Wallenberg's syndrome
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
PICA Thrombosis
Penile fibrosis
12. Ewing's sarcoma
Pseudorosettes
Ptosis
Filamentous hemagglutinin: Microbiology
Kussmaul hypernea
13. Lung - -'A19Paragonimus Westermani - Lung fluke. Txt: Praziquantel' -
Herpangina: Microbiology
Russell Bodies
eating raw fish
Alpha Feto Protein increase
14. Staphylococcus aureus -
Phagocyte Deficiency
Hofbauer Cells
Low serum ceruloplasmin
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
15. A08Bordetella pertusis ID -
Burn patients & Cystic fibrosis
Bulla in lung
Bordet Gengou Agar: Microbiology
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
16. Gardner's syndrome -
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics
Pruritus after bath/shower
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
17. Phagocyte deficiency -
Chediak - Higashi disease
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Floppy Baby
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
18. A02Goodpasture's Syndrome -
Codman's triangle on XR
Anti basement membrane antibodies
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Cerebriform nuclei
19. DM type 1 (caused by autoimmune destruction of B cells) -
Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion
Howell - Jolly bodies
S3 in Heart Auscultation
HLA- DR3 or DR4
20. Down syndrome -
Floppy Baby
Palmar crease/simian crease
eating raw fish
Lack color: Microbiology
21. Rabies Negri bodies intracytoplasmic Pox virus Guarnieri intracytoplasmic & acidophilic CMV Owl's eyes intracytoplasmic & intranuclear HSV Cowdry bodies intranuclear -
Inclusion Bodies: Microbiology
RBC casts in urine
Irregularly irregular rhythm
Pink Eye
22. Hand - Schuller - Christian disease -
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
Endocarditis associated with SLE
Chronic progressive histiocytosis
23. Granulosa Theca Cell Tumor of the Ovary -
(+) Frei Test
Call Exner Bodies - (spaces filled with eosinophilic fluid and basement membrane material)
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Blue sclera
24. Vibrio Cholera: metabolic acidosis
Pink Eye
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Hyperphagia
25. Dressler's syndrome
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Hypnagogic Hallucinaitons
Palmar crease/simian crease
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Sensitive: Microbiology
26. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Calcium chelator of antibiotics
Gray- baby syndrome
Pyocyanin & Pyoverdin: Microbiology
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites
27. Mycoplasma pneumoniae has fried egg colonies on Eaton agar (needs cholesterol) -
Heterophil antibodies
Eaton Fried Eggs: Microbiology
Rice H2O Diarrhea: Microbiology
Cobblestoning
28. A04Mononucleosis -
Heat intolerance / palpitations
- cAMP: Microbiology
Russell Bodies
Atypical lymphocytosis
29. Median nerve lesion -
No arm pronation
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Lumpy- bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Lines of Zahn
30. Macrocytic anemia -
Exotoxin A: Microbiology
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility
Birbeck granules on EM
Hypersegmented neutrophils
31. Neurofibromatosis (Von Recklinghausen's disease) -
Lisch nodules
Nutmeg liver
Bouchard's nodes
Apple - green birefringence
32. Corenybacterium D & Nocardia -
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
Bilateral amygdala lesions
Herpangina: Microbiology
33. Bacterial vaginosis -
Clue cells on wet mount
Christmas tree patterned rash
Blurred yellowing vision headache
Marble Bone
34. K- F Circle - Ataxia - A24Wilson's disease -
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Defect in platelet adhesion
Floppy Baby
Brushfield's spots
35. Parathyroid glands in the neck and pancreatic islet cells in the pancreas - A11MEN type I (Werner's syndrome) -
Cancer involving the pituitary gland under the brain
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
Burton's lines
36. Subacute bacterial endocarditis. -
37. DIC -
Anti - IgG antibodies
Autosplenectomy
Non Motile Bacilli & Clostridium: Microbiology
D- Dimers
38. Perioral pigmentation - A06Puetz - Jeghers syndrome -
Benign polyposis
Floppy Baby
Renal epithelial casts in urine
Owl's eye
39. Rotor's syndrome -
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
IgA Protease Activity: Microbiology
Cat Bites
40. Alcoholic liver disease -
Mallory bodies
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Antibiotics Inducing cytochrome P450
Donovan bodies
41. Multiple myeloma -
Non Motile Bacilli & Clostridium: Microbiology
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Rice water stool
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology
42. Chediak - Higashi Disease
Phagocyte Deficiency
Lisch nodules
Postpartum pituitary necrosis
HLA- B27
43. Actinomycetes = Nocardia
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology
Lytic bone lesions on XR
- ANCA
44. Eisenmenger's syndrome -
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots
Periosteal elevation on XR
Late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L->R shunt becomes R->L shunt)
Infusion - related toxicity due to antibiotics
45. Aortic dissection - joint hypermobility - A31Marfan's syndrome (fibrillin deficit) -
Lens dislocation
Boutonniere deformity
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
46. Small erythematous or haemorrhagic macular or nodular lesions on the palms or soles) - A29Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis -
Glucogenic amino acids
Dysphagia (due to webs in the upper esophagus)
DES (Diethylstilbesterol) Exposure in utero
Janeway lesions - (non - tender
47. Pseudomonas & Mycobacterium -
Iron/cysteine supplement (charcoal -yeast agar) : Microbiology
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology
48. E. Coli -
neonateal meningitis
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
Podocyte Effacement
Relapsing Fever
49. Camphylobacter & Helicobacter -
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology
Black eschar on skin
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Gastric ulcer: Acute
50. Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy -
Low serum ceruloplasmin
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
Calf pseudohypertrophy
dramatic