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USMLE Diseases And Findings

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Thyroid papillary carcinoma (Orphan Annie's eyes)






2. Trisomy 21 or translocation


3. PKU






4. Thalassemia






5. Calcification of the media (usually radial & ulnar aa.) - pipestem arteries


6. Rheumatic fever






7. Xeroderma pigmentosum






8. Bacterial meningitis






9. Hypersensivity vasculitis






10. Down's






11. Renal agenesis oligohydramnios hypoplastic lungs - defects in extremities


12. Crohn's






13. Alcoholism






14. Sporotrichosis






15. Malakoplakia - an abnormal tissue response to kidney infection






16. Chronic Bronchitis






17. Chronic active hepatitis (periportal hepatocytes)






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


19. Thyroid medullary carcinoma (calcitonin)






20. X- linked Brutons agammaglobulinemia - and common variable immunodeficiency






21. Deficiency of dystrophin protein * MD X- linked recessive






22. Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS trauma


23. Neisseria meningitidis impressive rash with bugs






24. Clinically insignificant remnant of healed pericarditis






25. Digeorge (3rd and 4th pharyngeal pouch)






26. Phagocyte Deficiency: neutropenia - albinism - cranial & peripheral neuropathy






27. PKU






28. Multiple sclerosis






29. Factitious disorder (consciously creates symptoms - but doesn't know why)






30. 1 Adrenal Cushings surgical removal of adrenals loss of negative feedback to pituitary Pituitary Adenoma


31. Acidosis






32. Asbestosis






33. Chronic cholecystitis (scarring)






34. Congenital hyperbilirubinemia (conjugated) - similar to Dubin - Johnson - but no discoloration of the liver






35. Multiple myeloma RBC's stacked as poker chips






36. Parkinson's (eosinophilic inclusions in damaged substantia nigra cells)






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






38. Trisomy 18 - rocker - bottom feet - low ears - heart disease


39. Malignant vascular tumor (HHV8 in homosexual men)






40. Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) thrombosis 'Medullary Syndrome' - Ipsilateral: ataxia - facial pain & temp; Contralateral: body pain & temp


41. Associated with gallbladder adenocarcinoma






42. Adenocarcinoma with signet - ring cells (typically originating from the stomach) metastases to the ovaries






43. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (AML type M3)






44. Bleeding from esophagogastric lacerations 2* to wretching (alcoholics)






45. Post - hepatic venous thrombosis






46. Laxative abuse






47. Arsenic (or lasagna)






48. Catastrophic adrenal insufficiency 2 to hemorrhagic necrosis (eg - DIC) - often 2 to meningiococcemia






49. Decreased alpha - L- iduronidase


50. 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.)