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USMLE Diseases And Findings

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Scarlet fever - Kawasaki's






2. Glycogen storage disease (debranching enzyme deficiency)


3. Ptosis - miosis - anhidrosis (lesion of cervical sympathetic nerves often 2* to a Pancoast tumor)


4. Tuberculous osteomyelitis of the vertebrae


5. Hypersensivity vasculitis






6. Lead poisoning






7. Clostridia (gas forming)






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






9. Down's






10. Myelofibrosis






11. Primary aldosteronism


12. Granulosa cell tumor






13. HPV






14. Gas emboli






15. Rheumatic fever






16. Ulcerative colitis






17. Virilism - no cortisol - salt retention - hypertension






18. Wilson's






19. Klebsiella






20. Glycogen storage disease (G6Pase deficiency)


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


22. Whipple's disease






23. Giant cell tumor of bone






24. Syphilis






25. Paramedian Infarct of Midbrain - Ipsilateral: mydriasis; Contralateral: UMN paralysis (lower face & body)


26. Microvesicular fatty liver change & encephalopathy - 2* to aspirin ingestion in children following viral illness


27. 1* Syphilis - painless firm ulcers






28. Chronic progressive histiocytosis






29. 1 Adrenal Cushings surgical removal of adrenals loss of negative feedback to pituitary Pituitary Adenoma


30. Supraclavicular node enlargement by metastatic carcinoma of the stomach


31. Intraductal papilloma






32. Thyroid medullary carcinoma (calcitonin)






33. Rapidly progressive (crescentic glomerulonephritis)


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






35. Gout






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


37. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (absence of rheumatoid factor)


38. Chronic pyelonephritis






39. Familial Hypercholesterolemia






40. Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns


41. SLE - staining pattern with anti - double stranded DNA antibodies






42. 2* Syphilis






43. CNVII palsy (entire face; recall that UMN lesion only affects lower face)


44. Renal agenesis






45. Grave's






46. Decreased alpha - L- iduronidase


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






48. CHF; hemosiderin - laden macrophages in lungs






49. Abnormal bone architecture (thickened - numerous fractures * pain) - woven and lamellar bone mosaic


50. DiGeorge