USMLE Buzzwords

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1. Aortic stenosis -
Debranching enzyme deficiency
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
Fast vs. slow acetylators due to antibiotics


2. Sezary Syndrome -
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Cutaneous T- cell lymphoma
Continuous machinery murmur
hCG elevated


3. Crigler - Najar syndrome -
Roth's Spots in Retina - (hemorrhage w/ pale center)
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
HGPRT deficiency e
Pseudorosettes


4. A03Primary Biliary Sclerosis -
Peau d'orange
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)
Russell Bodies
Antimitochondrial antibodies


5. Measles -
Endocarditis associated with SLE
Dimorphic Fungi: Microbiology
Koplik spots
Cartilage damage


6. A04Neurosyphillis -

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7. Common peroneal lesion -
Optic neuritis due to antibiotics
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Cold abscess in spine
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:


8. Neuroblastoma -
Brushfield's spots
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
Holosystolic murmur
Lysosomal glucosidase deficiency associated with cardiomegaly


9. Staphylococcus aureus -
Focal neurologic deficits < 1 day
Exfoliatin (scalded skin syndrome) : Microbiology
Pigment Producing Bacteria: Microbiology
Howell - Jolly bodies


10. Tay- Sachs - Niemann Pick Disease - Central Retinal Artery Occlusion -
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Clue cells on wet mount
Cherry- Red spot on Macula
Berger's Disease


11. Bronchial Asthma -
Headache in band - like distribution
Charcot - Leyden Crystals - (eosinophil membranes)
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Cerebriform nuclei


12. Plummer - vinson syndrome -
Raw seafood intoxicaiton
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)
Esophageal webs with iron deficiency


13. Coarctation of the aorta
Rib notching
Naked RNA: Microbology
Boutonniere deformity
HLA- DR3 or DR4


14. A08Digoxin toxicity -
Cold Nodules
Curschmann's spirals
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Blurred yellowing vision headache


15. Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)
Sail sign
Dog or cat bite
Agent Orange
HbF presence


16. Endocarditis - Type III Immune complex mediated

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17. Diphtheria toxin & Pseudomonas exotoxon A -
Auer Rods
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Bulla in lung


18. A06Lead poisoning -

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19. Malignant HTN & Kidneys
Defect in platelet adhesion
Petehial hemorrhages are seen on kidney surfaces = Flea - Bitten surface = young black men
Rash on palms and soles
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors


20. Mycobacterium tuberculosis -
Irregularly irregular rhythm
Niacin production: Microbiology
Heberden's nodes
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin


21. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -

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22. Pericarditis association -
Friction Rub
Increased Uric acid levels
Gray- baby syndrome
Posthepatic venous thrombosis


23. Yolk - sac tumor
Schiller - Duval bodies
Black eschar on skin
Monoclonal antibody spike
Curschmann's spirals


24. A03Marfan's Syndrome -
Coagulase (+): Microbiology
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Arachnodactyly
Pannus


25. Pityriasis rosea -
Osler's nodes
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)
Herald patch
Keratin pearls


26. A09Pancoast's tumor -

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27. Small erythematous or haemorrhagic macular or nodular lesions on the palms or soles) - A29Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis -
Hypertension
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)'
Janeway lesions - (non - tender
Heat intolerance / palpitations


28. % of gas gangrene (myonecrosis) cases: Microbiology - A18Clostridium Perfringens -
Double Zone b Hemolysis (test)
Charcot's triad: (nystagmus
blebs (large subpleural bullae)
Grows in Rice: Microbiology


29. A08Rheumatoid Arthritis -
Machinery like murmur
Burton's lines
Pseudorosettes
Boutonniere deformity


30. A08Fibrocystic change of the breast -
Honeycomb lung on X- ray
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Blue - domed cysts
Rash on palms and soles


31. Asbetosis -
Negri bodies
Bamboo spine on x- ray
Ferruginous bodies
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium


32. Hand - Schuller - Christian disease -
Headache in band - like distribution
Alcoholics - Aspiration pneumonia Abscesses in the lungs
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
Chronic progressive histiocytosis


33. Bernard - Soulier disease -
Defect in platelet adhesion
dramatic
No lactation postpartum
Micro Aerophilic: Microbiology


34. 'A26VSD - tricuspid regurgitation - mitral regurgitation' -
Positive C- anca
Holosystolic murmur
Reiter's Syndrome
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility


35. McArdle's disease -
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium
Panlobular Emphysema
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology


36. DIC -
D- Dimers
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
eating raw fish
Ptosis


37. Filovirus & Bunyavirus (Hantavirus) -
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology
Cord factor: Microbiology
eating raw fish


38. Liver -'A19Clonorchichis - Chinese liver fluke. Txt: Praziquantel' -
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
eating raw fish
Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement
Boot - shaped heart on XR


39. A06Multiple myeloma (kappa or lambda Ig light chains in urine) - Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM) -
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
eating raw fish
Bence Jones proteins
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)


40. A00Abs to I blood group Ag. Mediated by IgM Abs - Complication of EBV or Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections -
ASO
Gower's Maneuver (use of patient arms to help pick legs up off the floor)
Niacin production: Microbiology
Acute Cold Agglutination


41. A07Subarachnoid hemorrhage -
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Bloody tap on LP


42. 'A25Reiter's syndrome - ankylosing spondylitis' -
HLA- B27
Basophilic stippling of RBC's
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (Black liver)
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia


43. A05Clostridium Botulinum -
Machinery like murmur
Orphan Annie nuclei
Bad canned foods
Reid index (increased)


44. E. Coli -
HbS presence
Only dsRNA: Microbiology
neonateal meningitis
Cord factor: Microbiology


45. Legionella pneumophila -
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology
Infection by Reduviid Bug: Microbiology
Only ssDNA: microbiology
Donovan bodies


46. Associated with severe burns - A22Curling's ulcer -
Gastric ulcer: Acute
Pseudomembranous colitis due to antibiotics
Pink Eye
Cold agglutinins


47. Cystic fibrosis
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Endocarditis associated with SLE
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Kerley B lines


48. A03Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic purpura -
Charcot's triad: (jaundice
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Antiplatelet antibodies
Anti - IgG antibodies


49. Staph. Saprophyticus -
Sabourauda Agar
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Monoclonal antibody spike
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)


50. A06IgA Nephropathy -

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