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USMLE Diseases And Findings

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Maternal rubella and prematurity






2. Progressive degeneration of caudate nucleus - putamen & frontal cortex; AD


3. Von Hippel - Lindau






4. Hypocalcemia facial spasm in tetany


5. Decreased alpha - L- iduronidase


6. Down's






7. Multiple sclerosis (nystagmus - intention tremor - scanning speech)






8. Gout (MP joint of hallux)






9. Rheumatic heart disease






10. Splenectomy - remnant of nuclear DNA






11. Urethritis - conjunctivitis - arthritis non - infectious (but often follows infections) - HLA- B27 - polyarticular


12. Multiple myeloma this is called the M protein (usually IgG or IgA)






13. IBD; ileocecum - transmural - skip lesions - lymphocytic infiltrate - granulomas - (contrast to UC: limited to colon - mucosa & submucosa - crypt abscesses - pseudopolyps - * colon cancer risk)


14. Thiamine deficiency in alcoholics; bilateral mamillary bodies (confusion - ataxia - ophthalmoplegia)






15. Cor pulmonale






16. Bronchial asthma


17. Juvenile melanoma (always benign)






18. Involuntary actions - both motor and vocal


19. Thyroid teratoma of ovary






20. PKU






21. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria






22.






23. Whipple's disease






24. Gastrin - secreting tumor of pancreas (or intestine) acid * intractable ulcers






25. Chicken pox






26. Pulmonary Hamartoma






27. Progressive dementia; tau proteins - neurofibrillary tangles - apolipoprotein E4 allele - narrow gyri and wide sulci (atrophy) - occipital sparing - hydrocephalus ex vacuo - plaques in hippocampus and cortex - ? Acetylcholine - Hiramo bodies (inrtace


28. L ->R Shunt (VSD - PDA); Mitral Regurg; LV Failure






29. Glycogen storage disease (debranching enzyme deficiency)


30. Idiopathic fibrous replacement of thyroid


31. Gangliosidosis (hexosaminidase A deficiency * GM2 ganglioside)






32. Multiple myeloma free light chains (either kappa or lambda) Waldenstrom's macroglobinemia






33. Downs - DiGeorge - Trisomy 18 (Edwards)






34. Portal hypertension






35. Meningitis






36. Adenomatous polyps of colon plus CNS tumors


37. Leptospirosis


38. Bradycardia and in white people rose spots on abdomen






39. 1 Adrenal Cushings surgical removal of adrenals loss of negative feedback to pituitary Pituitary Adenoma


40. Type I collagen defect






41. Hyperestrinism: liver failure - pregnancy






42. Sporotrichosis






43. Osteitis fibrosa cystica ('brown tumor') 2* to hyperparathyroidism


44. Osteogenesis imperfecta






45. Mycoplasma pneumoniae; infectious mononucleosis






46. ?- cell islet tumor






47. Progressive dementia similar to Alzheimer's - knife - edged gyri


48. Wilsons - alcoholic - hemochromatosis - primary biliary cirrhosis






49. Celiac sprue






50. Variant of Reed - Sternberg cell seen in nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's Disease