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USMLE Diseases And Findings

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Von Hippel - Lindau






2. Contain surfactant in Type II pneumocytes






3. Chronic Bronchitis






4. Rheumatoid arthritis


5. SLE (also anti - dsDNA)






6. Primary aldosteronism


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






8. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (AML type M3)






9. Syphilis over - aggressive treatment of an asymptomatic pt. that causes symptoms 2? to rapid lysis






10. Rheumatic heart disease






11. Aortic regurgitation






12. Endometriosis






13. Strep pharyngitis






14. Thyroid teratoma of ovary






15. Postpartum pituitary necrosis


16. Endocarditis with small vegetations on valve leaflets - associated with SLE






17. Tay- Sachs - 50% of Niemann - Pick






18. Bronchial asthma


19. Alzheimer's






20. Defective collagen


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






22. Thalassemia






23. Membranous glomerulonephritis






24. Median nerve entrapment






25. Dopamine depletion in nigrostriatal tracts; Cogwheel rigidity


26. Giant hypertrophic gastritis (enlarged rugae; plasma protein loss)


27. 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.)


28. Rabies






29. Chronic granulomatous disease - a deficiency of NADPH oxidase - can't kill catalase positive bugs






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






31. Osteosarcoma






32. Juvenile melanoma (always benign)






33. Iron - deficiency anemia






34. Sickle cell anemia






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






36. Trisomy 21 or translocation


37. Somatization disorder


38. Herpes






39. Duchenne muscular dystrophy






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






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






42. Chagas' Disease






43. Glycogen storage disease (muscle phosphorylase deficiency)


44. Klebsiella






45. Pulmonary fibrosis






46. Argyria (silver poisoning)






47. Apergillus






48. HIV






49. Columnar metaplasia of lower esophagus (* risk of adenocarcinoma)


50. Pyelonephritis