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1. A09SLE -
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Butterfly rash
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy/ granulomas / uveitis
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology

2. A09Pancoast's tumor -

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3. Parkinson's Disease Symptoms
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions
Rigidity Resting Tremor - Bradykinesia
Caisson disease
Muscle phosphorylase deficiency

4. Hypersexuality - Hyperorality - Hyperdocility - A26Kluver - Bucy syndrome (amygdala) -
Neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
Curschmann's spirals
Cogwheel rigidity
Hyperphagia

5. Streptococcus pneumoniae -
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology
Currant - jelly sputum
Factors X and V: Microbiology
Optochin sensitive: Microbiology

6. A01Severe cellular immune deficiency SCID -
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
ADA Deficiency
C3 & IgG deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Chronic Cold Agglutinaiton

7. A02Skip lesions (Crohn's disease = autoimmune) -
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Alpha - Feto Protien AFP Most Common Cause/Association:
Iduronidase deficiency

8. Pyogenic osteomyelitis
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Rouleaux Formation (stacked RBC's dt inc ESR
Orphan Annie nuclei
Periosteal elevation on XR

9. Female - forty and fertile) - A21Acute cholecystitis -
Antimitochondrial antibodies
Fat
Novobiocin Resistant (UTIs) : Microbiology
Endospores G(+): Microbiology

10. Cheese - vegetables (coleslaw) - in recent infections - A33Listeria -
No arm pronation
Milk
Mousy body odor
Basophilic stippling of RBC's

11. A07Anthrax -
McBurney's sign
Jaundice - RUQ pain - Fever
Black eschar on skin
Diabetes Insibidus - Exophthalmos - Skull Lesions

12. Phenylketonuria -
Orange bodily fluids due to antibiotics
Club - shaped bacilli in palisades: Microbiology
Mousy body odor
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology

13. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
Panlobular Emphysema
Councilman bodies

14. Liquefied TB lesions similar to pyogenic abscesses but lacking acute inflammation -
Kayser Fleischer rings
Homer Wright Rosettes - circular patterns of neoplastic cells arranged around a core of neuropil (fibrillar extensions of neuroblasts)
Cold abscesses
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)

15. 'A37Clostridium - Actinomyces - Bacteroides' -
Infection by TseTse Fly: Microbiology
Caisson disease
Obligate Anaerobes: Microbiology
Neurofibromatosis with cafe - au - lait spots

16. Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease) -
Holosystolic murmur
Cold abscess in spine
Caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)
Hyperpigmentation of skin

17. 'A47Aortic stenosis - hypertrophic subaortic stenosis' -
S4 in Heart Auscultation
No lactation postpartum
Cafe'- au - lait spots on skin
Chvostek's sign (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)

18. Secondary syphilis -
Donovan bodies
Currant Jelly appearance
Elastic skin
Condylomata lata

19. Whipple's disease -
IgM & C3 deposits in Glomerulonephririts
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
Boutonniere deformity

20. Endometriosis -
Machinery like murmur
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Chocolate Cysts on ovaries
HbS presence

21. A05Goodpasture's syndrome -
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
Obese female with headache takes OCPs
Autoantibodies against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
Call - Exner bodies

22. A01Guillain - Barre (increased protein in CSF with only modest increase in cell count) -
Blurred yellowing vision headache
Albuminocytologic dissociation
Cerebellar Tonsillar Herniation
Rib notching

23. Multiple myeloma -
S3 in Heart Auscultation
Bamboo spine on x- ray
Lytic bone lesions on XR
Post streptococcal infection. Necrotizing arteritis of the caudate

24. A02Scleroderma (CREST) -
Esophageal webs with iron deficiency
Fast vs. slow acetylators due to antibiotics
Obligate Aerobes: Microbiology
Anticentromere Antibodies

25. Multiple Sclerosis (Charcot's Triad) -
Infusion - related toxicity due to antibiotics
Green frothy foul vaginal discharge
Nystagmus - Intention Tremor - Scanning Speech
Esophagogastric lacerations during intensive vomitting

26. Pericarditis association -
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology
Recurrent vasospasm in extremities
Philadelphia Chromosome (bcr - abl)
Friction Rub

27. Leydig cell tumor
M protein: Microbiology
eating raw fish
Benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Reinke crystals

28. Sulfonamides -
Chancroid (painful)
Atypical lymphocytosis
Debranching enzyme deficiency
Kernicterus due to antibiotics

29. Crigler - Najar syndrome -
Dieterle silver stain: Microbiology
Parasites & CA: Schistosoma haematobium
Congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia

30. Streptococcus pyogenes -
M protein: Microbiology
Hemorrhagic Fevers: Microbiology
Anti - streptolysin O (ASO) : Microbiology
Need Cysyeine for growth: Microbiology

31. Pyloric stenosis -
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Nonbilious vomiting / olive size abdominal mass
RBC Osmotic Fragility
Dermatitis - Dementia - Diarrhea

32. Glanzmann's thrombasthenia -
Defect in platelet aggregation
- ANCA
Herpangina: Microbiology
Brushfield's spots

33. Eating honey - A21Infant Botulinum -
Panlobular Emphysema
Heinz bodies
ADA Deficiency
Floppy Baby

34. A09Lead poisoning -

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35. Parvovirus: Part of a virusat -
Only ssDNA: microbiology
2 circular DNAs: Microbiology
B Prophage: Microbiology
D- Dimers

36. Median nerve lesion -
Foot drop. No dorsiflexion or eversion of the foot
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology
No arm pronation
Codman's triangle on XR

37. Acute toxic/viral nephrosis
Nigrostriatal dopamine depletion
Autosplenectomy
Renal epithelial casts in urine
Betel nuts

38. Pseudomonas aeroginosa. -
Renal cell carcinoma
Codman's triangle on XR
Ecthyma Gangrenosum (Target shaped skin lesions w/ a black center and red ring surrounding the lesion)
Agent Orange

39. A03SLE (Type III hypersensitivity) -
Contact lensa
Anti - ds DNA antibodies (ANA)
Protein A: Microbiology
Gram - negative coccobacilli: Microbiology

40. Corenybacterium D & Nocardia -
Deficiency of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase.
Non Motile Gram (+) Rods: Microbiology: Microbiology
High fever/ rigidity after anaesthesia
Down syndrome

41. A08Tetralogy of Fallot / RVH -
Rash on palms and soles
Painful pharyngeal erythema with exudate
Basophilic stippling of RBC's
Boot - shaped heart on XR

42. Hypoplastic Goiter nodules that do not take up radio active iodine. [Opposite: hot & do take up iodine] -
Naked RNA: Microbology
- ANCA
Cold Nodules
Post - MI fibrinous pericarditis

43. carcinoma of the breast -

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44. 'A33Albers - Schonberd Disease = inspite of - dense bone density - many fractures' -
Marble Bone
Positive testicular transillumination
Sabrands: Microbiology
Face - Like Appearance Trophozoites

45. Budd - Chiari syndrome
Recurrent pulmonary Psuedomonas and S. Aureus infections
Heinz Bodies - (small round inclusions/extensions of RBC membrane)
Posthepatic venous thrombosis
Megaloblastic anemia (supplement with vitamin B6) due to antibiotics

46. 'A28Leishmaniasis: Mucocutaneous Diseases by L. braziliensis & Visceral Disease by L. donovani & Dermal Leishman by L. tropica - mexicana - peruviana' -
Infection by Sandfly: Microbiology
Pseudomembranous colitis (can be precipitated by clindamycin/ampicillin) : Microbiology
Chubby teen male with knee pain
Butterfly rash

47. Alcoholism -
Brushfield's spots
Peau d'orange
Fatty liver
Bagassosis

48. Positively birefringent - A45Pseudogout
Rhomboid crystals
Dynein defect
Filamentous Bacteria: Microbiology
Painless genital ulcer/chancre

49. Papovavirus.
Renal disease Seen in kidney transplant patients: Microbiology
Koplik spots
- ANCA
Acid Fast Organisms: Microbiology

50. Tapeworm infection causing megaloblastic anemia by consuming large amount of vit B12 in the host -
Chronic atrophic gastritis
Diphyllobothrium latum
Asymptomatic shiny patches / red - brown with yellow / Diabetic
Obesity / amenorrhea / hirsuitism / infertility