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USMLE Diseases And Findings

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. Macrophage in lymph node germinal centers






2. Meningitis






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


4. Tuberous sclerosis






5. Scarlet fever - Kawasaki's






6. Patau (Trisomy 13) - Edward's (Trisomy 18)






7. Specific for SLE - anti - ribonulceoprotein






8. Gynecomastia






9. Bilateral lesions of amygdala (hypersexuality; oral behavior)






10. Myelofibrosis






11. Histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)






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






13. Involuntary actions - both motor and vocal


14. Henoch - Schonlein






15. Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness - Type 4 collagen defect (basement membranes)


16. Asbestosis






17. Chronic pyelonephritis






18. 1* Syphilis - painless firm ulcers






19. Alzheimer's






20. DiGeorge






21. PKU






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






23. HGPRT deficiency - gout - retardation - self - mutilation






24. Hyperthyroidism - nodular goiter - absence of eye signs (Plummer's = Grave's - eye signs)


25. Hyaline casts (non - specific)






26. Lead poisoning






27. Gout - Lesch Nyhan - Myeloproliferative Disorders - Diuretics (Loop & Thiazides)






28. Diabetic nephropathy






29. CML






30. Malignant vascular tumor (HHV8 in homosexual men)






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






32. RSV






33. Hyperreninemia


34. 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.)


35. Wilson's - viral hepatitis - alpha -1- antitrypsin






36. Median nerve entrapment






37. Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns


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






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






40. Lobular carcinoma






41. Xeroderma pigmentosum






42. Glycogen storage disease (G6Pase deficiency)


43. Fat emboli






44. Cor pulmonale






45. Thyroid teratoma of ovary






46. Meningitis


47. Somatization disorder


48. Hyperparathyroidism






49. Leydig cell tumor






50. Pernicious anemia (antibodies to intrinsic factor or parietal cells ? ?IF ? ?Vit B12 ? megaloblastic anemia)