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1. Infectious mononucleosis (EBV) -
Reed - Stenberg cells
Heberden's nodes
Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion
Heterophil antibodies
2. A04Acute post - streptococcal GN (due to bHGASrtep) Anti streptolysin O -
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
ASO
beta Hemolysis/Bacitracin Resistant: Microbiology
Heat intolerance / palpitations
3. Due to Micropolyspora faeni (thermophilic actinomycetes) -
4. Parkinson's disease -
Anti basement membrane antibodies
Defect in platelet adhesion
Cogwheel rigidity
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
5. A09Associated w/ Emphysema = Blebat = outpouching - If it ruptures causes Pneumothorax -
Bulla in lung
Blue sclera
Anti - IgG antibodies
Friction Rub
6. A09Haemochromatosis -
Ascending weakness/paralysis
Bronze skin
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
7. Adenovirus (type 8)
Pink Eye
ASO
Antigliadin antibodies
HbS presence
8. K- F Circle - Ataxia - A24Wilson's disease -
Podagra
Headache in band - like distribution
Gray- baby syndrome
Hepatolenticular degeneration
9. Chronic Bronchitis
Reid index (increased)
Cat Scratch Disease
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Diphyllobothrium latum
10. A01Strep. Viridans (Subacute Endocarditis) -
Alpha Hemolysis/Optochin Resistant: Microbiology
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate
Myxedema
Ptosis
11. Pityriasis rosea -
Nephritis
Christmas tree patterned rash
Bouchard's nodes
Lens dislocation
12. Acute cholecystitis
13. A098:14 translocations associated with EBV -
14. PDA -
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever
Brown Tumor of bone: Hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts
Floppy Baby
Machinery like murmur
15. Sheehan's syndrome
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
Postpartum pituitary necrosis
Herpangina: Microbiology
ASO
16. Splenectomy (or nonfunctional spleen) -
Keratin pearls
PICA Thrombosis
Howell - Jolly bodies
S3 in Heart Auscultation
17. A02Pemphigus Vulgaris -
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)'
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Antibiotics Inducing cytochrome P450
Anti epithelial cell Antibody
18. Chronic Hypertension -
Sabourauda Agar
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Cotton wool spots
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
19. Herpes virus -
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
Cowdry type A bodies
Koiliocytes
Lack color: Microbiology
20. Von Recklinghausen's disease of bone -
Osteitis fibrosis cystica (brown tumor)
Black eschar on skin
No arm pronation
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
21. Whipple's disease -
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
Acid fast inclusion bodies Increased urinary coproprophyrin - Anemia: microcytic/hypochromic - Stippling of the basophils Gingival line & lead line in bones: x- ray - Mental retardation
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
22. Ella likes cysteineat: Francisella Brucella Legionella Pasturella -
Need Cysyeine for growth: Microbiology
Crescendo decrescendo murmur
Protein A: Microbiology
Argyll Robertson Pupil - (accomodate but don't react to light)
23. A05Sickle cell anemia -
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium
Painless genital ulcer/chancre
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Autosplenectomy
24. 'A23B- thallasemia - sickle cell anemia (extramedullary hematopoeisis)' -
Aschoff bodies - (painless fibrinoid nodule in myocardium)
Milk
Hair - on - end appearance on XR
Bouchard's nodes
25. Streptococcus pyogenes -
EFII Ribosylation: Microbiology
Pink Eye
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
M protein: Microbiology
26. Urinary bladder CA -
Filamentous hemagglutinin: Microbiology
Ejection click
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium
27. Cryptococcus neoformans -
Indian Ink: Microbiology
Orphan Annie nuclei
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Palmar crease/simian crease
28. Haemophilus influenzae -
Factors X and V: Microbiology
Podocyte Effacement
Ptosis
Hair - on - end appearance on XR
29. A05Streptococcus pyogenes -
Bacitracin sensitive: Microbiology
Lucid interval
Lisch nodules
Bronze skin
30. Cystic fibrosis
Pleuritic chest pain relieved by sitting forward
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Herpangina: Microbiology
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
31. Primary TB -
Chancre (not painful)
Lead pipe rigidity from antipsychotics
Ghon focus
Only C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
32. Bernard - Soulier disease -
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium
Defect in platelet adhesion
Friction Rub
Obligate Intracellular Bacteria: Microbiology
33. Alport's syndrome -
Novobiocin sensitive (Endocarditis in IVDUs) : Microbiology
blebs (large subpleural bullae)
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
34. Neurofibromatosis -
35. SHYPSat Shigella Yersinia enterolytica (AKA Pestis) Proteus Salmonella -
Kernicterus due to antibiotics
Non lactose formers: Microbiology
Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or Respiratory infection
Antimitochondrial antibodies
36. Tay- Sachs - Niemann Pick Disease - Central Retinal Artery Occlusion -
Koplik spots
Cherry- Red spot on Macula
Hypersegmented neutrophils
Freshwater lake infection: Microbiology
37. Mallory- Weiss syndrome -
Baker's cyst in popliteal fossa
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting
Oxidase (+): Microbiology
Lisch nodules
38. 'A35Mycoplasma - Smallest living bacteria. - P1 protein inhs ciliary action Fried egg colonies Atypical pneumonia young adults' -
Podocyte Effacement
Ejection click
Endospores G(+): Microbiology
No cell wall. Membrane has cholesterol: Microbiology
39. Babesia microti: Babesiosis & Borrelia burgdorferi: Lyme Disease -
Periosteal elevation on XR
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Curschmann's spirals
Infection by Ixodes Tick: Microbiology
40. Hand - Schuller - Christian Disease -
RBC casts in urine
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
Pruritus after bath/shower
opening snap in heart
41. Multiple myeloma -
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Negri bodies
dramatic
Reduviid bug bite: Microbiology
42. A01Guillain - Barre (increased protein in CSF with only modest increase in cell count) -
Albuminocytologic dissociation
Heinz bodies
Reiter's Syndrome
Periosteal elevation on XR
43. Fanconi' syndrome
Proximal tubular reabsorption defect
HGPRT deficiency e
Antineutrophil antibodies
IgA Proteases: Microbiology
44. A03Celiac disease -
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Antigliadin antibodies
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
- ANCA
45. A04Nasal polyps Rhinitis bronchoconstriction -
Aspirin - Asthma Triad
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Cat Scratch Disease
Nutmeg liver
46. Multiple myeloma
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Christmas tree patterned rash
Russell Bodies
Alpha Feto Protein increase
47. Diabetic ketoacidosis -
Iron/cysteine supplement (charcoal -yeast agar) : Microbiology
Asymptomatic shiny patches / red - brown with yellow / Diabetic
Kussmaul hypernea
Rib notching
48. Gardner's syndrome -
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
opening snap in heart
Obligate Non Intracellular Parasites: Microbiology
49. Crohn's disease -
Nephritis
Buerger's disease
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma
Cobblestoning
50. Giardia lamblia -
Keratin pearls
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites
Myxedema
Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma