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Most Common
Most common | Answer |
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Tumor arising from bone in adults | Osteosarcoma |
Adrenal Medullary Tumor – Adults | Pheochromocytoma: 5 P’s: Pressure; Pain (Headache); Perspiration; Palpitations; Pallor/Diaphoresis |
Adrenal Medullary Tumor – Children | Neuroblastoma |
Agent of severe viral encephalitis | Herpes simplex |
Aggressive lung tumor | Small cell or oat cell |
Associated with gallstones | Adenocarinoma |
Bacterial Meningitis – adults | Strep pneumoniae & in young adults = Neisseria meningitidis |
Bacterial Meningitis – elderly | Neisseria meningitidis |
Bacterial Meningitis – newborns | E. coli / Group BStrep. |
Bacterial Meningitis – toddlers | Hib |
Benign epithelial tumor of oral mucosa | Papilloma |
Benign fallopian tube tumor | Adenomatoid |
Benign ovarian tumor | Mature(Native) Teratoma = benign dermatoid |
Benign tumor of soft tissue | Lipoma |
Benign tumor of the breast <25yoa | Fibroadenoma |
Benign tumor of the liver | Hemangioma |
Benign tumor of the vulva | Hidroadenoma |
Benign uterine tumor | Leiomyoma: estrogen sinsitive: changes size during pregnancy & menopause |
Bone Tumors | Metasteses from Breast & Prostate |
Brain Tumor – Child | Medulloblastoma (cerebellum) |
Brain Tumor –Adult | Astrocytoma (including Glioblastoma Multiforme) then: mets, meningioma, Schwannoma |
Breast Carcinoma | Invasive Duct Carcinoma |
Breast Mass | Fibrocystic Change: premenopausic women (Carcinoma is the most common in post-menopausal women) |
Bug in Acute Endocarditis | Staph aureus |
Bug in debilitated, hospitalized pneumonia pt | Klebsiella |
Bug in Epiglottitis | Hib |
Bug in GI Tract | Bacteroides (2nd – E. coli) |
Bug in IV drug user bacteremia / pneumonia | Staph aureus |
Bug in PID | N. Gonnorrhoeae |
Bug in Subacute Endocarditis | Strep Viridans |
CA of urinary collecting system | Transitional cell CA (assoc. w/ benzidine; naphthylamine; analine dyes; long term txt w/ cyclophosphamide) |
Cardiac 1ry Tumor – Adults | Myxoma: “Ball Valve” |
Cardiac 1ry Tumor – Child | Rhabdomyoma – associated w/ Tuberous sclerosis |
Cardiac Tumor – Adults | Metasteses |
Cardiomyopathy | Dilated (Congestive) Cardiomyopathy: Alcohol, BeriBeri, Cocaine use, Coxsackie B, Doxorubicin; Systolic Dysfunction |
Cause of 2ry HTN | Renal Disease |
Cause of Addison’s | Autoimmune (2nd – infection) |
Cause of breast lumps | CA of the breast |
Cause of chronic endometriosis | TB |
Cause of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia | 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency: NaCl lost & Hypotension (then, 11- NaCl retention & HTN) |
Cause of Cushings | Exogenous Steroid Therapy (then, 1ry ACTH, Adrenal Adenoma, Ectopic ACTH) |
Cause of Death in Alzheimer pts | Pneumonia |
Cause of Death in Diabetics | MI |
Cause of Death in premature | NRDS = hyaline membrane disease |
Cause of Death in SLE pts. | Lupus Nephropathy Type IV (Diffuse Proliferative) = Renal Disease |
Cause of Dementia | Alzheimer’s |
Cause of Dementia (2nd most common) | Multi-Infarct Dementia |
Cause of Dwarfism | Achondroplasia |
Cause of Food poisoning | Staph aureus |
Cause of Hematosalpynga | Ectopic pregnancy |
Cause of Hypoparathyroidism | Throidectomy |
Cause of Hypothyroidism | Corrective surgery I31 treatment |
Cause of Kidney infections | E. coli |
Cause of Liver disease in US | Alcohol consumption |
Cause of Malignancy in children | Acute leukemia |
Cause of Mental retardation | Down’s |
Cause of Mental retardation (2nd most common) | Fragile X |
Cause of NaCl loss and Hypotension | 21 hydroxylase deficiency |
Cause of PID | N. ghonorrhea |
Cause of Portal cirrhosis | Alcohol |
Cause of Preventable Blindness | Chlamydia (serotypes A,B,Ba,C) |
Cause of Pulmonary HTN | COPD |
Cause of Secondary Hypertension | Renal disease |
Cause of SIADH | Small Cell Carcinoma of the Lung |
Cause of UT Obstruction in men | BPHyperplasia |
Cause Pernicious Anemia | Chronic atrophic gastritis = no production of intrinsic factor |
Chromosomal Disorder | Down’s |
Common Tumor of the Appendix | Carcinoid tumor: flushing; diarrhea; bronchospasm; RHeart valvular lesions; Txt: Methysergide (5HT antagonist) |
Congenital Cardiac Anomaly | VSD (membranous > muscular) |
Congenital Early Cyanosis | Tetralogy of Fallot =right to left shunt |
Coronary Artery Thrombosis | LAD artery: MI |
Demyelinating Disease | Multiple Sclerosis: (Charcot Triad = nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech); Periventricular plaques w/ (+) Oligodenrocytes; (+) IgG in CSF, Optic Neuritis, MLF Syndorme = Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia, bladder incontinence |
Dental Tumor | Odontoma |
Dietary Deficiency | Iron |
Disease of the Breast | Fibrocystic disease |
Disseminated Opportunistic Infection in AIDS | CMV (Pneumocystis carinii is most common overall) |
Esophageal Cancer | SCCA |
Fallopian Tube Malignancy | AdenoCA |
Fatal Genetic Defect in Caucasians | Cystic Fibrosis (chromosome 7q) |
Female Tumor | Leimyoma |
Form of Amyloidosis | Immunologic (Bence Jones protein in multiple myeloma is also called the Amyloid Light Chain) |
Form of Tularemia | Ulceroglandular |
Germ Cell Tumor of Testes | Seminoma (analogous to dysgerminoma of ovaries) |
Gynecological Malignancy | Endometrial Carcinoma |
Gynecological Finding | Endometrial CA |
Heart Murmur | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
Heart Valve in Bacterial Endocarditis | Mitral |
Heart Valve in Bacterial Endocarditis in IV drug users | Tricuspid |
Heart Valve involved in Rheumatic Fever | Mitral then Aortic |
Hereditary Bleeding Disorder | Von Willebrand’s Disease |
Hormone secreted in Pituitary Adenoma | Prolactin |
Inherited disease of the Kidney | Adult polycystic kidney disease: associated w/ polycystic liver, Berry aneurysms, Mitral prolapse; APD1 – chromosome 16 |
Intracranial tumor in adults | Glioblastoma mulitforme |
Islet Tumor | Insulinoma = cell tumor |
Liver 1ry Tumor | Hepatoma |
Liver Disease | Alcoholic Liver Disease |
Location of Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas | Head (99%) |
Location of Adult Brain Tumors | Above Tentorium |
Location of Childhood Brain Tumors | Below Tentorium |
Lung Tumor, malignant or benign | Malignant |
Lung Tumor, primary or secondary | Secondary |
Lysosomal Storage Disease | Gaucher’s |
Malignancy in Women | Lung (2nd breast) |
Malignancy of the Larynx | Glottic CA (squamous cell) |
Malignancy of the Small Intestine | Adenocarcinoma |
Malignancy Vulva | Squamous cell CA |
Malignant Eye Tumor in Kids | Retinoblastoma |
Malignant Tumor of the Liver | Hepatocellular CA |
Motor Neuron Disease | ALS |
Muscular Dystrophy | Duchenne’s: Dystrophin deletion. Presents <5yoa weakness at pelvic girdles w/ upward progression |
Nasal Tumor | Squamous cell CA |
Neoplasm – Child | Leukemia |
Neoplasm – Child (2nd most common) | Medulloblastoma of brain (cerebellum) |
Neoplasm of the West | Adeno CA of the rectum and/or colon |
Neoplastic Polyp | Tubular adenoma |
Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults | Membranous Glomerulonephritis |
Nephrotic Syndrome in Children | Minimal Change (Lipoid Nephrosis) Disease (responds well to steroid txt) |
Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma | Follicular small clear cell |
Number of Deaths per year in Women | Lung CA |
Skin tumor | Basal cell CA |
Opportunistic infection in AIDS | PCP |
Ovarian Malignancy | Serous Cystadenocarcinoma |
Ovarian Tumor | Hamartoma |
Pancreatic Tumor | Adeno (usually in the head) |
Patient with ALL / CLL / AML / CML | ALL – Child / CLL – Adult over 60 / AML - Adult over 60 / CML – Adult 35-50 |
Patient with Goodpasture’s | Young male |
Patient with Reiter’s | Male |
Pituitary Tumor | Prolactinoma (2nd – Somatotropic “Acidophilic” Adenoma) |
Place for Primary Squamous Cell CA of esophagus | Mid 1/3 |
Place for Peptic Ulcer Disease | Lesser curvuture in antrum – associated w/ blood group O |
Primary Benign Salivary Tumor | Pleomorphic Adenoma (Mixed) – 90% localized to the parotid |
Primary Hyperparathyroidism | Adenomas (followed by: hyperplasia, then carcinoma) |
Primary Malignancy of Bone | Osteosarcoma |
Primary Malignancy of Small Intestine | Lymphoma |
Pt. with Hodgkin’s | Young Male (except Nodular Sclerosis type – Female) |
Pt. with Minimal Change Disease | Young Child |
Renal Malignancy | Renal cell CA |
Renal Malignancy of Early Childhood | Wilm’s tumor (neohroblastoma) – chromosome 11p |
Salivary Tumor | Pleomorphic adenoma |
Secondary Hyperparathyroidism | Hypocalcemia of Chronic Renal Failure |
Sexually Transmitted Disease | Chlamydia (sero types D-K) |
Site of Diverticula | Sigmoid Colon |
Site of Embolic Occlusion | Middle cerebral aa: contralateral paralysis; aphasias; motor & sensory loss |
Site of Metastasis | Regional Lymph Nodes |
Site of Metastasis (2nd most common) | Liver |
Sites of Atherosclerosis | Abdominal aorta > coronary > popliteal > carotid |
Skin CA of Fair Skinned People | Malignant melanoma |
Skin Cancer | Basal Cell Carcinoma |
Small Intestine Congenital Anomaly | Meckel’s diverticulum |
Stomach Cancer | Adeno – associated w/ blood group A |
Testicular Tumor | Seminoma = malignant painless testes growth |
Thyroid Anomaly | Thryoglossal duct cyst |
Thyroid CA | Papillary CA |
Tracheoesophageal Fistula | Lower esophagus joins trachea / upper esophagus – blind pouch – polyhydramnios association |
Tumor in men <20 | Germ cell tumor |
Tumor of Infancy | Benign vascular tumor = port wine stain = Hemangioma |
Tumor of the Stomach > 50 years old | CA of stomach (adenoCA) |
Type of Hodgkin’s | Mixed Cellularity (versus: lymphocytic predominance, lymphocytic depletion, nodular sclerosis) |
Type of Non-Hodgkin’s | Follicular, small cleaved |
Type of Portal Cirrhosis | Micronodular |
Type of Soft Tissue Tumor of Childhood | Rhabdomyosarcoma |
Vasculitis (of medium & small arteries) | Temporal Arteritis (branch of Carotid Artery) |
Viral Encephalitis | HSV |
Worm Infection in US | Pinworm (2nd – Ascaris) |
Worst Prognosis in Thyroid Cas | Follicular CA |
Cause of Lobar Pneumonia | Strep. Pneumoniae |
Cause of Death b/t 24-44 yoa | AIDS |
Cause of Pneumonia in Cystic Fibrosis | Pseudomonas |
Cause of Osteomyelitis in IV Drug Users | Pseudomonas |
Cause of Infection in Burn Pts | Pseudomonas |
Mental Problem in Males | Specific phobia |
Intelligence Test | Stanford Binet (ages 6 & under); WIPSI (ages 4-6); WISK-R (for ages 6-17); WAIS-R (for > 17 year old) |
Paraphilia | Pedophilia |
Metabolite seen w/ Pheochromocytoma | VMA: vanillylmandelic acid (NE metabolite) |
Severe Shigella | Dysenteriae |
Bug in Otitis Media & Sinusitis in Kids | Strep. Pneumoniae |
Cause of a Solitary Brain Abscess | A. Israelli |
Cause of Bacterial Diarrhea in U.S. | Campylobacter jejuni |
Shigella Type | S. Sonnei |
Cause of Non-Ghonococcal Urethritis | Chlamydia trichomonas |
Pneumonia | Strep. Pneumoniae |
Urethritis | N. ghonorrhea |
Cause of Glomerulonephritis | IgA Nephropathy = Berger’s Disease |
Cause of Viral Pneumonia | RSV – infants; Parainfluenza – kids; Influenza virus – adults; Adeno virus – military recruits |
Complication of COPD | Pulmonary infections |
Cause of Death w/ SLE | Renal failure |
Atrial Septal Defect | Ostium Secundum Type |
Warm Antibody | Most common form of immune hemolytic anemia; IgG auto antibodies to RBC; See spherocytosis; (+) Coombs’ test; complication to CLL |
Immunodeficiency | IgA Deficiency |
Congenital GIT Anomaly | Meckel’s Diverticulum: persistence of vitelline duct/yolk sac stalk |
Cause of Congenital Malformation | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |