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Epidemiology: Derm, Hem-Onc, Renal, Neuro

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Psoriasis   2.1% of US adults (4.5M); 1M psoriatic arthritis; 200K new cases/yr  
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Achrocordon most common in:   women & obese pts  
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SCC prevalence   20% of all skin ca  
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Keratoacanthoma epi:   M>F, usually patients >50 yo  
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Most common type of malig melanoma   Superficial Spreading MM (70-80% of all melanoma)  
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Superficial Spreading malig melanoma: Most common in:   Caucasians; usu seen on the trunk and extremities  
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Acral Lentiginous malig melanoma: epi   Most common MM in Asian-Americans / AA (>50% of all melanoma in these pops); Least common type of MM in Caucasians; 7% of all MM; M>F  
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__% of SLE patients have discoid lesions   25%  
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Skin involvement occurs in __% of sarcoid patients   25%  
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Rosacea epi   F>M; 30-50 yo; peak 40-50; esp Celtics  
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urticaria/angioedema most common when   3rd-4th decade  
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scleroderma epi   F>M; 20-50 yrs  
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necrobiosis (NLD) incidence:   2% of diabetics; female > male  
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Erythema nodosum: epi   18-30 year olds; F>M; poss assoc w/leukemia  
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psoriasis epi   2.1% of US adults (4.5M); 1M psoriatic arthritis; 200K new cases/yr  
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pemphigus vulgaris   middle aged; Jewish/mediterranean  
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melanoma numbers   3% of skin ca; 66% of skin ca deaths  
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Paget dz   1-2% adults; 5-11% of >80; elderly in NE; FH; 1-3% develop osteosarcoma  
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most common Male cancer   prostate ca (2d M ca COD)  
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thalassemia   alpha: SE Asian, Chinese; beta: mediterranean  
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Sickle cell dz   8% carry Hgb S gene (trait); 1 in 400 births have SCD; onset in 1st yr (Hgb F falls); 40-50 yr life exp  
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most prevalent leukemia =   CLL: 2:1 M:F; inc w/age; median onset 65 yo  
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CML epi   young & middle age (55 yo); >80% survival 6 yrs  
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Hodgkin dz epi   2 peaks: 15-45 yo (M>F) & >50 yo; 7900 new cases/yr  
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NHL epi   20-40 yo; HIV/immunodef or exp to pesticides/solvents; 50K cases/yr  
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G6PD def prevalence   >200M worldwide (usu AA men); X linked recessive; females rare  
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Most common hereditary hyper-coagulable state; mainly ltd to ?   Factor V Leiden; pts of Euro extraction  
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Myelofibrosis peak incidence & survival   50-70 yrs old; median survival is 2-5 yr from onset; occurs in 10 to 30% of pts w/P. vera  
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Factor IX def prevalence   AKA hemophilia B (Xmas dz); 1:30,000 live births; primarily in males  
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Factor VIII def prevalence   AKA hemophilia A; 1:5,000 live births; primarily in males  
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P. vera: incidence/prevalence   60-70 yrs (mean dx age 65 yo; rare <40); M:F 1.2:1  
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esoph ca epidemiology   Squamous cell AA>W (EtOH / tobacco); adenocarcinoma W>AA (Barrett esoph)  
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colorectal ca prevalence   60,000 d/yr; 3d leading COD  
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bladder ca   98% are TCC; 3% of ca deaths in US; 3:1 M:F; 40-70 yo  
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most common renal malig:   RCC (renal cell ca): 3% of all adult cancers; usu AA, M, >55 yo  
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most common peds solid tumor:   Wilms tumor  
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most common malig in young men:   testicular ca  
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CKD: 5 yr survival rate =   35%  
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glomerulonephritis   60% kids (2-12 yo)  
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most common nephritic syndrome   IgA nepropathy; uncommon in AA, common in Asians; Cirrhosis, Celiac Disease, HIV, CMV  
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ADPKD   most common PKD type (> ARPKD => neonatal M&M, short life exp); usu bilateral; sxs in 4th decade  
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MS epidemiology   F>M; 350K in US (1M world); onset 20-40 yo; most present w/relapsing form; prevalence increases with distance from equator  
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) epi   50% of Astros; >60 yo; rare <30; 1 yr survival  
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Primary CNS lymphomas: incidence increased in:   Immunodef pts; AIDS; Organ TP; older pt  
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Bell palsy   60% R sided; more often in PG, DM; assoc w/trauma, infxn, neoplasia, toxins  
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Parkinson dz: epi   500,000 in US; 58 yo ave onset  
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myasthenia gravis   younger women & older men  
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half of trauma related deaths in young people are:   head injuries  
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Spinal cord injury overall incidence   4/100,000 per year  
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kidney stones M:F   3:1 M:!  
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ARPKD prevalence   1 in 20,000 live births. Often diagnosed in neonatal period  
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Prostate cancer   Most common ca in men (no 2 cause of ca death in men). 160,000 cases/yr. AA>white.  
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Osteoscarcoma   Most common primary malignant bone tumor (20-30% of all). 70% are metastatic or hematologic origin. 3:2 M:F. Mostly adolescents. 2nd peak in 50-60 yo if hx of XRT  
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Anatomic incidence of osteosarcoma   90% in metaphyseal region of long bones (50% of these around knee).  
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Alzheimer   60-70% of dementias. 5.3M people in US (to 14M by 2040).  
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