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USMLE Diseases And Findings

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Infective endocarditis






2. Hyaline casts (non - specific)






3. Polycystic ovary






4. S. aureus - strep. pneumo - Hemophilus aegyptius






5. Rule of 2's: 2 inches long - 2 feet from the ileocecum - in 2% of the population - embryonic duct origin; may contain ectopic tissue (gastric - pancreatic - etc.)


6. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (AML type M3)






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


8. Visceral ca - classically pancreatic (migratory thrombophlebitis) - hypocalcemia (carpal spasm) (These are two entirely different disease processes and different signs - but they unfortunately have the same name.)


9. PKU






10. X- linked agammaglobinemia


11. Sensory Aphasia impaired comprehension


12. Leptospirosis


13. Hyperestrinism: liver failure - pregnancy






14. Osteoarthritis (polished - ivory- like appearance of bone)






15. Congenital hyperbilirubinemia (conjugated) - striking brown - to - black discoloration of the liver






16. Supraclavicular node enlargement by metastatic carcinoma of the stomach


17. Grave's






18. Bradycardia and in white people rose spots on abdomen






19. Pheochromocytoma






20. TTP (fever - anemia - thrombocytopenia - renal failure - neuro problems)






21. Circle of Willis (subarachnoid bleed) - often associated with ADPKD






22. Giant cell tumor of bone






23. Lupus nephropathy - type IV






24. Minimal change disease






25. Alzheimer's






26. Hypersensitivity vasculitis (Henoch - Schonlein - serum sickness)






27. Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia - precocious puberty - caf


28. Immunodeficiency: combined B- &T- cell deficiency (thrombocytopenia & eczema)






29. Bronchial asthma


30. Down's syndorme - duodenal atresia






31. Downs - DiGeorge - Trisomy 18 (Edwards)






32. Rheumatic fever






33. Sporotrichosis






34. Alcoholic cirrhosis


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


36. Disease: recurrent vasospasm in extremities - Phenomenon: 2* to underlying disease (SLE or scleroderma)


37. Coarctation of Aorta






38. Motor Aphasia intact comprehension


39. Contain surfactant in Type II pneumocytes






40. Neurofibromatosis (von Recklinhausen's disease)






41. Caused by bacterial meningitis - leads to obstructive hydrocephalus






42. Glycogen storage disease (G6Pase deficiency)


43. Cholesterolosis






44. 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


45. Osteosarcoma


46. Multiple myeloma






47. Rheumatic heart disease






48. Proliferation of IgM- producing lymphoid cells


49. Renal agenesis oligohydramnios hypoplastic lungs - defects in extremities


50. Hemangioma