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Most common associations - USMLE review

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Bacteremia/pneumonia (IVDA)   S. aureus  
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Bacteria associated with cancer   H. pylori  
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Bacterua found in GI tract   Bacteroides (E coli second most common)  
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Brain tumor (adult)   Mets > astrocytoma (including GBM) > meningioma > schwannoma  
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Infratentorial brain tumor (kids)   Medulloblastoma (cerebellum)  
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Supratentorial brain tumor (kids)   Craniopharyngioma  
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Breast cancer   Infiltrating ductal carcinoma (1 in 9 US women will get it)  
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Breast mass (premenopausal)   Fibrocystic change  
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Breast mass (postmenopausal)   Carcinoma  
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Breast tumor (benign)   Fibroadenoma  
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Bug in debilitated, hospitalized pneumonia pt   Klebsiella  
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Primary cardiac tumor (adults)   Myxoma (4:1 left to right atrium; "ball and valve")  
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Primary cardiac tumor (kids)   Rhabdomyoma  
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Cardiac tumor (adults)   Mets  
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Cardiomyopathy   Dilated cardiomyopathy  
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Chromosomal disorder   Down syndrome  
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Chronic arrythmia   Atrial fibrillation (high risk of emboli)  
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Congenital cardiac anomaly   VSD  
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Constrictive pericarditis   TB  
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Coronary artery involved in thrombosis   LAD > RCA > LCA  
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Early cyanosis   Tetrology of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosis  
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Late cyanosis   VSD, ASD, PDA (close with indomethacin; open with misoprostol)  
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Demyelinating disease   Multiple sclerosis  
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Dietary deficiency   Iron  
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Epiglottitis   H. influenzae type B  
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Esophageal cancer   Squamous cell carcinoma  
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Gene involved in cancer   p53 tumor suppressor gene  
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Group affected by cystic fibrosis   Caucasians  
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Gynecologic malignancy   Endometrial carcinoma  
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Heart murmur   Mitral valve prolapse  
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Heart valve affected in baterial endocarditis   Mitral  
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Heart valve affected in baterial endocarditis in IVDA   Tricuspid  
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Heart valve in rheumatic fever   Mitral (aortic 2nd)  
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Helminth infection (in US)   Enterobius vermicularis (Ascaris lumbricoides is 2nd)  
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Hereditary bleeding disorder   von Willebrand's  
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Kidney stones   Calcium (ammonium is 2nd)  
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Liver disease   Alcoholic liver disease  
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Location of brain tumors (adult)   Supratentorial  
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Location of brain tumors (kids)   Infratentorial  
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Lysosomal storage disease   Gaucher's disease  
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Male cancer   Prostatic carcinoma  
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Malignancy associated with noninfectious fever   Hodkin's lymphoma  
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Malignant skin tumor   Basal cell carcinoma  
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Mets to bone   Breast, lung, thyroid, testes, prostate, kidney  
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Mets to brain   Lung, breast, skin (melanoma), kidney (renal cell carcinoma), GI  
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Mets to liver   Colon, gastric, pancreatic, breast, and lung carcinomas  
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Motor neuron disease   ALS  
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Neoplasm (kids)   ALL (cerebellar medulloblastoma is 2nd)  
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Nephrotic syndrome   Membranous glomerulonephritis  
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Obstruction of male urinary tract   BPH  
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Opportunistic infection in AIDS   Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia  
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Organ receiving mets   Adrenal glands (due to rich blood supply), Liver 2nd  
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Orgran sending mets   Lung > breast, stomach  
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Benign ovarian tumor   Serous cystadenoma  
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Malignant ovarian tumor   Serous cystadenocarcinoma  
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Pancreatic tumor   Adenocarcinoma (head of pancreas)  
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ALL pt   Child  
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CLL pt   Adult >60yrs  
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AML pt   Adult >60yrs  
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CML pt   Adult 35-50 yrs  
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Hodkin's lymphoma pt   Young male (female in nodular sclerosis type)  
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Minimal change pt   Young child  
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Reiter's pt   Male  
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Pituitary tumor   Prolactinoma  
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Preventable cancer   Lung cancer  
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Primary bone tumor (adult)   Multiple myeloma  
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Primary hyperparathyroidism   Adenomas  
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Primary liver tumor   Hepatoma  
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Renal tumor   Renal cell carcinoma  
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism   Hypocalcemia of chronic renal failure  
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STD   Chlamydia  
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Site of diverticula   Sigmoid colon  
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Site of metastasis   Regional lymph nodes  
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Sites of atherosclerosis   Abdominal aorta > coronary > popliteal > carotid  
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Skin cancer   Basal cell carcinoma  
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Stomach cancer   Adenocarcinoma  
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Testicular tumor   Seminoma  
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Thyroid cancer   Papillary carcinoma  
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Tracheoesophageal fistula   Lower esophagus (upper esophagus is blind pouch)  
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Tumor in men   Prostate carcinoma  
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Tumor in women   Leiomyoma (estrogen dependent)  
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Tumor of infancy   Hemangioma  
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Tumor of adrenal medulla (adults)   Pheochromocytoma (benign)  
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Tumor of adrenal medulla (kids)   Neuroblastoma (malignant)  
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Type of Hodkin's   Nodular sclerotic (vs. miced cellularity, lymphocytic predominance, lymphocytic depletion)  
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Type of non-Hodkin's   Follicular, small cleaved  
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Vasculitis   Temporal ateritis (risk of ipsilateral blindness due to thrombosis of opthalmic artery)  
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Viral encephalitis   HSV  
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Vitamin deficiency (in US)   Folic acid (body only stores 3-4 months supply; pregnant women at high risk)  
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