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Causes of pneumococcus infxn in HbSS   autosplenectomy or functional asplenia  
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Vessels in esophageal varices   left gastric and azygous veins  
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Congenital adhesion molecule (integrin) defects   failure of umbilical cord to separate at birth; no adhesion of PMNs to endothelial cells, no inflammatory cells in umbilical stump  
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Mechanism of spread of Cryptococcus neoformans   hematogenous; mc cause of meningitis in AIDS and other immunocompromised states  
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Diagnosis of rotavirus infxn   rotazyme in stool; ELISA test with antibodies against virus  
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Normal times for gynecomastia   newborn, puberty, old age...it may be unilateral in a young boy  
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Treatment of astrocytoma   radiation  
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Absence seizures   abrupt onset; impaired LOC (staring); 3-Hz spike and wave on EEG  
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Treatment of absence seizures   ethosuximide - treatment of choice  
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Achalasia   absence of myenteric ganglion  
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Hirschsprung disease   achalasia with loss of both submucosal (Meissner's) and Myenteric (Auerbach's) plexuses  
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Sjogren's syndrome   dry mouth/eyes d/t destruction of minor salivary and lacrimal glands d/t antibodies  
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Mitochondrial DNA disorder   mother gives dz to all kids (male children lose maternal cytoplasm in tail of sperm and do not pass it on)  
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Hormones that increase after removal of testes or ovaries   FSH and LH  
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Diabetes insipidus   hypernatremia, very dilute urine, thirsty, polyuria (not [ ])  
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Treatment of Central Diabetes Insipidus   vasopressin (does not work for nephrogenic)  
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Adult polycystic kidney disease   relation with CNS berry aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage  
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MCC of rabies in US   skunk bites!  
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Treatment of pseudomembranous colitis   metronidazole (cheaper than oral vancomycin)  
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Treatment of CMV retinitis in AIDS if ganciclovir doesn't work   foscarnet (has renal toxicity)  
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Primary treatment of CMV retinitis   ganciclovir  
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MCC of blindness in AIDS   CMV retinitis  
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Treatment of ERA and PRA positive breast cancer   Tamoxifen (anti-estrogen); protects against CAD and osteoporosis; can produce endometrial cancer  
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Next step with an SLE patient that is positive RPR (syphilis) test   do an FTA-ABS to rule out a true from a false positive (d/t anti-cardiolipin Abs)  
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Progressive systemic sclerosis   1st sign is Raynauds; smooth muscle replaced by collagen; sclerodactyly, tight face, dysphagia for solids (no peristalsis, relaxed LES); restrictive lung dz, renal dz, anti-Scl-70; CREST varient  
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SLE   Libman Sachs endocarditis, immunocomplex GN (anti-dsDNA), fibrinous pericarditis, pleural/pericardial effusions, false+ syphilis serology, AI hemolytic anemia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, butterfly rash, joint pain/am stiffness; anti-Sm, ANA+  
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Effect of metyrapone   blocks adrenal cortex 11-hydroxylase to decrease cortisol, increase ACTH, and increase 11-deoxycortisol proximal to block; GOOD TEST for ACTH reserve and adrenal function  
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Hypercalcemia and multiple myeloma   secretion of osteoclast activating factor from myeloma cells  
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Obstructive jaundice   fat soluble vit deficiency from reduction in bile salts leading to malabsorption  
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Contents of bile   cholesterol and bile salts/acids  
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Effects of methotrexate   megaloblastic anemia from block in dihydrofolate reductase; myelosuppression  
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MCC of Drug-induced SLE   Procainamide (no renal dz, anti-histone and anti-ssDNA)  
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Heberden's nodes   osteophytes in DIP joints in osteoarthritis  
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Amebiasis   flask shaped ulcers in cecum  
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mc AMI complication w/in 3-7 days   rupture  
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AMI complication w/in 6-8wks   Dressler's syndrome (autoimmune pericarditis)  
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Goodpasture's Syndrome   anti-pulmonary and glomerular capillary BM antibodies; begins with hemoptysis and ends with renal failure (cresenteric GN); linear immunofluorescence  
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MCC of Sepsis and Death in AIDS pts   disseminated Mycobacterium avium intracellularae  
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MCC of post-transfusion hepatitis   HCV  
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mc post-transfusion infection   CMV (located in donor lymphocytes)  
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MCC of septic arthritis   N. gonorrheae (knee, wrist, feet)  
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Rusty colored sputum   Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia (also d/t chronic CHF, mitral stenosis, Goodpastures)  
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Problems in CF pts a/w Pseudomonas aeruginosa   pneumonia, bronchiectasis, sepsis  
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Tetralogy of Fallot   mc cyanotic CHD (level of cyanosis is related to degree of infravalvular pulmonary stenosis)  
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Viral cause of a baby with icterus and edema   congenital CMV infxn  
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EM of hepatocyte   glycogen present in fed state (black granules); disappears in 6hrs (fasting)  
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MCC of Abdominal abscess   Bacteroides fragilis (below diaphragm)  
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Tuberous sclerosis   AD; MR, astrocyte hamartomas in CNS (candlestick drippings on ventricle); adenoma sebaceum; angiomyolipoma (hamartoma) of kidneys; rhabdomyoma of heart  
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Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor   protein A attaches to Fc receptor of MQs (blocks oponization of bacteria)  
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Acute intermittent porphyria   AD; inc ALA synthase activity when heme is low AND dec activity of uroporphyrinogen synthase; NET: inc in ALA, porphobilinogen (oxidized to porphobilin by light - wine color urine); intermittent psychosis/neuropathies, colicky abdominal pain  
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Porphyria cutanea tarda   acquired; dec activity of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase; NET: inc uroporphyrin-I urine (wine color on voiding); normal porphobilinogen levels; photosensitive skin lesions (hyperpigmented, fragile skin w/inc vellus type hair (hypertrichosis))  
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Group A streptococcus pharyngitis   predisposes to Rheumatic Fever (less commonly glomerulonephritis)  
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Group A streptococcus skin infection   predisposes mainly to glomerulonephritis (less commonly rheumatic fever)  
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EM findings in all primary causes of nephrotic syndrome   fusion of podocytes  
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Glomerular cresents   sign of inc severity of glomerulonephritis; MCC of GN to progress to chronic renal failure  
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Monosodium urate crystals in synovial fluid   needle shaped and yellow when parallel to slow axis of compensator  
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2yo w/94% HbF   indicative of hereditary presence (variant of b-thalessemia); compatible with life b/c it is uniform in all RBCs; absent HbA and HbA2  
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Mechanism of acute pyelonephritis in females   vesicoureteral reflux  
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Pneumothorax in skin diver   sudden onset of pleuritic chest pain; collapsed lung with elevation of diaphragm and shift of trachea to side of collapse  
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Reactivation TB   located in apex of lung where O2 is greatest; strict aerobe  
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Shift of mediastinum   tension pneumo where air enters pleural cavity and cannot exit; diaphragm depressed on affected side; mediastinum shifts to opposite side  
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Elderly male smoker w/painless jaundice and weight loss   carcinoma of head of pancreas  
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Resting tremor   Parkinson's dz  
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Intentional tremor   multiple sclerosis  
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Lou Gehrig's Dz/Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis   destruction of upper and lower motor neurons; defective superoxide dismutase; neuron damage by superoxide free radicals; starts in intrinsic muscles of hand  
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Superficial dermatophytes   located in stratum corneum  
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Hyperplasia of JG apparatus w/inc BP   renal artery stenosis  
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Exostosis   mc benign bond tumor capped with cartilaginous tissue  
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Cause of gallstones   too much cholesterol or too little bile salts/acids  
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PG-I2 functions   vasodilation, decreased platelet aggregation  
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Sx/Sx of anemias   exercise intolerance, dyspnea, high output failure  
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Black spot on leg: ecthyma (pyoderma) gangrenosum   d/t Pseudomonas aeruginosa; forms black ulcers; a/w ulcerative colitis  
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Mechanism of fever in malaria   coincides with rupture of RBCs  
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Primaquine   precipitates hemolysis in G6PD deficiency  
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Best protection against Syphilis   condom  
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Meningitis in newborns <1month   Group B strep (#1), E. coli (#2), L. monocytogenes (#3)  
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Meningitis 1mo - 18yo   N. meningitidis (#1), S. pneumoniae (#2)  
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Meningitis >18yo   S. pneumoniae (#1), N. meningitidis (#2)  
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Osteomyelitis in HbSS   Staphylococcus areus (mc); Salmonella (only in this population)  
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MC CHD in Downs Syndrome   endocardial cushion defect (ASD + VSD); also most cause of premature death  
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Ankylosing spondylitis   HLA-B27; young man w/low back pain (sacroiliitis); progresses to bamboo spine; aortitis and uveitis; (also a/w Reiter's syndrome, psoriasis, enterocolitis (Campylobacter, Yersinia, Shigella) ulcerative colitis  
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MCC of esophageal cancer   smoking (alcohol is synergistic)  
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Philadelphia chromosome   chrom 22, bcr:abl fusion gene in chronic myelogenous leukemia  
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cause of familial hypercholesterolemia   AD; absence of LDL receptor  
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Defect in b-chain in sickle cell trait/dz   valine --> glutamic acid at 6th position  
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Osteogenic sarcoma   tumor located in metaphysis (knee)  
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Ulcerative colitis   targets rectum; pseudo/inflammatory polyps (residual delicate mucosa); ulcers/hemorrhage; no skips; crypt abscess; dysplasia/cancer; left sided cramping; diarrhea w/blood mucus; lead pipe appearance; toxic megacolon complication  
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Crohn's dz   ileum/colon/anus; fat creeping serosa; narrow lumen; SKIP areas; FISTULAS; deep linear ulcers, cobblestone; non-caseating granulomas; transmural inflammation w/lympho infiltrates; obstruction;colicky RLQ pain w/diarrhea & blood; string sign narrowing  
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Cause of thrombosis after angioplasty   localized dissection  
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Mitral valve prolapse   earliest valvular lesion in Marfans; can cause sudden death; inc myxomatous CT in valve d/t inc in mucopolysaccharides; click/murmur closer to S1 w/anxiety (short diastole) and S2 while supine (inc venous return)  
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Congestive cardiomyopathy   previous myocarditis (coxsackie); drugs (doxyrubicin, tricyclics), postpartum, alcohol  
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Tricuspid valve in IVDA   infective endocarditis  
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H. pylori   urease producer, Gram (-) coccobacillus  
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Treatment for recurrent ulcers   vagotomy  
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Cave explorer in Arizona w/respiratory infxn   coccicidiomycosis  
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Cave explorere in Ohio/midwest with respiratory infxn   histoplasmosis  
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Postductal coarctation   unequal pulses btw upper and lower extremity; rib notching; systolic murmur btw shoulder blades  
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Coarctation a/w Turner's syndrome   preductal  
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Treatment of DKA   1st is volume replacement  
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Galactorrhea in 3 month old girl   probable influence of maternal hormones  
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Child with scrotal enlargement and transilluminations   hydrocele d/t persistence of tunica vaginalis  
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Indirect inguinal hernia   mc type; lateral to lateral border of Hesselbach's triangle  
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Hesselbach's triangle   lateral border - superficial epigastric artery, inferior border - inguinal ligament, medial border - lateral aspect of rectus abdominis  
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IVDA in prison has what type of hepatitis   HBV  
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AIDS pt w/acute cholecystitis   d/t cryptosporidium or CMV  
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Traveler to Mexico who develops watery diarrhea 1wk later w/mucus, blood and colicky bowel movements   amebiasis  
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County jail outbreak of hepatitis   HAV  
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Familial polyposis; mother has it, what is chance of kids?   50% b/c it is AD; start screening at age 10 b/c of risk of cancer  
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MCC of pneumonia in CF   P. aeruginosa  
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TE fistula   d/t polyhydraminos in mother; proximal esophagus ends blindly and distal esophagus arises from trachea (air in stomach)  
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Lung findings in RDS   atelectasis (massive intrapulmonary shunting d/t lack of surfactant); hyaline membrane composed of ptns  
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Xray of emphysema   increased AP diameter; depressed diaphragms  
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Tx of PCP in AIDS pt   TMP/SMX  
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mc initial AIDS defining lesion   PCP  
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Staph aureus food poisoning   1-6hrs after eating contaminated food with PREFORMED TOXIN; self-limiting  
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Meckels diverticulum   vitelline duct remnant; "true"  
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mc cause of iron deficiency in newborn/young child   Meckel's diverticulum (GI bleeds)  
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O157:H7 serotype of E. coli   hemolytic uremic syndrome; acquired from raw hamburger  
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Complication of Primaquine Tx for Malaria   acute intravascular hemolysis in G6PD pt  
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Deficiency a/w terminal ileal resection   Vit B12 deficiency  
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Deficiency a/w duodenal resection   iron  
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Deficiency a/w jejunum resection   folate; most water reabsorption; most sodium reabsorption  
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Deficiency a/w ileum resection   B12 reabsorption; bile salt/acid reabsorption  
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Vitamin K deficiency   causes bleeding; newborns lack bacterial colonization and need injection at birth  
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Renal agenesis   a/w oligohydramnios  
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People in room w/space heater have headache   CO poisoning; treat w/100% O2  
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Xray w/multiple lytic lesions in hip in pt w/anemia and hypercalcemia   multiple myeloma  
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Girl soccer player on tetracycline develops rash   contact photodermatitis on face, neck, forearms, legs (shorts only)  
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CNS reaction in stroke   gliosis d/t proliferation of astrocytes (NOT collagen deposition)  
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Dissecting aortic aneurysm   unequal pulses in upper extremity; Left radial puls is absent  
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Pigmented lesion on diabetic leg   mecrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum  
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Wegener's granulomatosis   necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis; c-ANCA antibodies; involves lung and kidney and upper airway  
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Goodpasture's syndrome   anti-basement membrane antibodies; involve lung and kidney  
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most likely cause of an adult kidney mass   adenocarcinoma  
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One cause of hydrocephalus   colloid cyst; round object in 3rd ventricle  
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First step in menarche   breast budding (thelarche)  
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Senile purpura   normal age-dependent finding  
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Polyhydramnios congenital defects   TE fistula, anencephaly, duodenal atresia  
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Cross-section of brainstem in child w/yellowish discoloration   kernicterus from hemolytic disease of newborn  
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MCC of Esophagitis in AIDS   Type I Herpes  
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Most common Chronic hepatitis   HCV  
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URI in child followed by epistaxis and petechia   ITP (IgG Ab against platelets; type II hypersensitivity rxn)  
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Cancer most likely to be found in a roofer for 25yrs and smoker for 10   primary lung cancer  
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Bridge painter in NYC w/respiratory infxn   histoplasmosis (from starling dung) or Cryptococus (pigeon dung); Tx with amphotericin  
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Rat poison ingestion   contains warfarin and will cause bleeding; Tx with vitamin K  
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Before giving packed RBCs...   get Ab screen  
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ABO incompatibility   O mom w/A or B baby; may occur in 1st pregnancy; no inc in severity w/future pregnancies; spherocytes in cord blood; positive Direct Coombs on cord blood; mild hemolytic anemia; protects against Rh sensitization; mc cause of jaundice in first 24hrs  
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Child w/rash and skin infiltrate w/CD1 positive cells   Histiocytosis X (Letterer Siwe dz)  
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Elderly male w/low back pain   do a rectal to r/o prostate cancer before any other test; Osteoblastic Metastasis (if serum AlkPhos is elevated)  
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Tx regimen to prevent osteoporosis in menstruating woman   exercise + 1000mg Ca + 400U Vit D (no estrogen)  
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Osteoporosis prevention after total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy   exercise + 1000mg Ca + 400U Vit D + estrogen w/or w/o progesterone  
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Osteoporosis prevention in post-menopausal woman w/previous radical mastectomy that was ERA-PRA positive   exercise + 1000mg Ca + 400U Vit D (estrogen contraindicated; tamoxifen ok)  
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Oocysts that are acid-fast in pt w/AIDS   Cryptosporidium  
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Elderly man who lives w/wife at home develops pneumonia   Strep pneumoniae (mc community acquired typical pneumonia)  
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mc benign tumor of adult brain   meningioma  
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mc primary malignant tumor of brain   glioblastoma multiforme  
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mc site to evaluate in a child w/HTN   kidneys (Wilm's tumor, renal dysplasia), adrenal medulla (neuroblastoma)  
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AIDS pt w/diarrhea (which bug can be IDed w/string test)   Giardia, strongyloides, Cryptosporidium  
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elderly man, sudden onset of abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea   thrombosis/embolism of superior mesenteric artery w/small bowel infarction (common association w/heart disease and atrial fibrillation)  
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young girl with grape-like masses protruding from vagina   embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (mc sarcoma); not a/w DES  
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Crunching sound in neck and anterior chest in pt involved in head-on collision (or retching alcoholic or bulemic)   ruptured esophagus (Hamman's sign in chest d/t subcutaneous emphysema from air leaking into tissue  
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woman w/generalized muscle weakness, ptosis of right eye w/o pupillary abnormalities   myasthenia gravis (autoantibody against ACh receptors; type II hypersensitivity)  
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Schistocytes in peripheral blood   aortic stenosis (mc), prosthetic heart valve, DIC, thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura, marathon runner  
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mc bone cancer in adult   metastatic cancer (mcc - breast cancer)  
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mc location in bone for osteomyelitis   metaphysis (most vascular) d/t hematogenous S. aureus  
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Best Tx for elderly woman w/HA on side of head, diffuse muscle aches, elevated serum CK and ESR (temporal arteritis and polymyalgia)   ccsteroids  
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athlete w/jaundice, no other health probs or h/o liver dz, transfusion; w/mildly elevated serum transaminases and markedly elevated AlkPhos   d/t anabolic steroids; causing cholestatic jaundice  
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mc primary brin tumor location in kids   cerebellum (#1 is Cerebellar Astrocytoma, #2 Medulloblastoma)  
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Sturge weber   port wine nevus on face in trigeminal nerve distribution; ipsilateral arterio-venous malformation in brain  
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Cancers a/w parasitic dz   squamous cancer of bladder (Schistosoma hematobium; egg has nipple at end), Cholangiocarcinoma (Clonorchis sinensis)  
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Hepatitis a/w urticaria, fever, arthralgias, and nephrotic syndrome   HBV (serum sickness; type III immunocomplex mechanism); vasculitis a/w polyarteritis nodosa  
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Targetoid lesions on skin   erythema multiforme (a/w Herpes simplex (mc), mycoplasma, sulfonamides, NSAIDs, phenytoin); SJS involves mouth  
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Flat, hyperpigmented lesions of forehead and cheeks in woman   usu d/t oral contraceptives (or pregnancy); called "chloasma" or "melasma")  
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Axillary freckling in pt w/HTN   neurofibromatosis  
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MCC of alopecia   genetics (mc in males); telogen effluvium (all hairs enter resting phase at once: postpartum, BCPs, hi fever, crash diet)  
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Irregular patches of hair loss in child   trichotillomania (pulling out one's own hair; usu w/dominant hand)  
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young woman w/intermittent bouts of diarrhea and constipation a/w cramping R and L lower quadrant pain   irritable bowel syndrome; flexible sigmoidoscopy is negative; intrinsic bowel motility problem  
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Immunizations given at birth to baby whose mom is HBsAg positive   HBV (active immunization) and HBIG (passive immunization)  
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Farmer and wife brought to ER b/c they are weak and having blurry vision, ptosis, facial weakness, non-reacting dilated pupils, dry mucus membranes, normal DTRs   C. botulinum food poisoning (toxins inhibit release of ACh at NMJ); Treat with botulism antitoxin d/t risk of respiratory paralysis  
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Diabetic w/wet gangrene of foot, stiff jaw, neck and inc irritability and hyperreflexia   Tetanus; Treat w/tetanus immune globulin, PCN, sedation; give full immunization after pt recovers to get titers up to protective levels  
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Hyperpigmented spots on skin that turn pruritic/red when scratched d/t:   mast cells from urticaria pigmentosa (pressure releases histamine)  
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Young man w/fatigue, muscle cramps after exercise, pink urine after exercise, and no rise in lactic acid   McArdle's disease; absence of muscle phophorylase that is required to break down glycogen to glucose; muscle has no energy and lactic acid cannot accumulate if glucose isn't metabolized)  
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Patient w/dysphagia and fetid odor on breath   Zenker's diverticulum (mc type in esophagus; collects food)  
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Young man w/low back pain and limited chest movement   ankylosing spondylitis (kyphosis)  
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Mechanism of action of UV light in treatment of newborns w/physiologic jaundice   oxidation of UCB into harmless water soluble dipyrroles  
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Addison's dz - primary hypocortisolism   inc ACTH, severe hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis, no response to ACTH stimulation, hypoglycemia  
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Secondary hypocortisolism   dec ACTH, mild hyponatremia, hypoglycemia, adrenal response to ACTH stimulation  
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Cushing's   central obesity, purple striae, use low dose Dexamethasone test and 24hr urine catacholamine test  
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Carcinoid syndrome   metastasis to liver from primary in small intestine; measure 5-HIAA  
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Male w/clusters of vesicles on penis   herpes type II; treat with acyclovir to dec recurrences  
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Tx of condyloma venereum   topical podophyllin  
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Treatment of syphilis   PCN  
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Tx of gonorrhea   ceftriaxone (GC) + doxycycline (chlamydia)  
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Tx of bacterial vaginosis   metronidazole (not for the partner); clue cells; d/t Gardnerella vaginalis  
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Tx of trichomoniasis   metronidazole (treat partner) (anaerobe)  
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Treatment of pseudomembranous colitis   metronidazole  
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Cause of Graves dz   stimulating thyroid stimulating Ab against TSH receptor (type II hypersensitivity)  
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mc anemia   iron deficiency (women <50 menorrhagia; men <50 duodenal ulcer, man/woman >50 colorectal cancer)  
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Vitamin deficiency with prolonged PT   vitamin K  
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mc fracture in postmenopausal osteoporosis   vertebral (osteoclastic activity > osteoblastic activity)  
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India ink prep with narrow based bud   cryptococcus  
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Aspergillus   fungus ball in abandoned TB cavity; hemoptysis, fruiting body  
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Frontal lobe abscess in pt with DKA   mucormycosis  
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Pseudomonas related infxns   CF pneumonia (green sputum), MCC of death in burns, malignant otitis externa, ecthyma gangrenosum, step on nail w/old tennis sneakers, hot tub folliculitis, respirator infxns (loves water)  
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Legionella   water coolers, flu-like syndrome, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia (interstitial nephritis), Dieterle silver stain  
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Treatment for Legionella   Erythromycin  
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Pateurella multocida   cat bite; potential for septic arthritis/tendinitis  
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Disseminated gonococcemia   decreased C5-C8 (final common pathway complement components  
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Treatment for prolactinoma (mc pituitary tumor; 2* amenorrhea/galactorrhea)   Bromocriptine  
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MCC of myocarditis, pericarditis, aseptic meningitis (lymphocytes in mycardial tissue)   coxsackievirus  
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High AFP   open neural tube defects, hepatocellular carcinoma, yolk sac tumors of ovary or testis  
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Drugs that increase surfactant   glucocorticoids, thyroxine  
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ECG changes - hypercalcemia   short QT  
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ECG changes - hypocalcemia   prolonged QT  
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ECG changes - hypokalemia   U wave  
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ECG changes - hyperkalemia   peaked T wave  
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MCC of jaundice in first 24hrs after birth   ABO incompatibility (O mom, A or B baby; mom has anti-A and -B Abs)  
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WBC abnormalitiy in peripheral smear d/t B12/folate deficiency   hypersegmented neutrophils  
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Tear drops in peripheral blood   myelofibrosis in marrow  
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Coarse basophilic stippling in peripheral blood   Pb poisoning  
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PICA for clay and ice   symptom of iron deficiency  
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Iron overload   increased iron, % saturation, ferritin, but decreased TIBC (transferrin dec)  
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MCC of folate deficiency   alcohol abuse (not beer)  
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Leukemia <15yo   ALL (acute lymphoblastic)  
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Leukemia 15-39yo   AML (acute myelogenous)  
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Leukemia 40-60yo   AML and CML  
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Leukemia >60yo   CLL (chronic lymphoblastic)  
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Hairy cell leukemia   B cell; positive TRAP stain (tartrate resistant acid phosphatase)  
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia   t9:22 translocation (philadelphia chrom) of c-myc oncogene; low LAP (leukocyte AlkPhos) score  
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia   CALLA (common Ag) positive; pre-B cell leukemia; mc in kids  
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TdT   marker for very immature B and T cells  
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Congenital spherocytosis   AD, spectrin deficiency, inc osmotic fragility  
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Howell Jolly body   indicates absent or dysfxnl spleen  
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Heinz bodies   peroxide damage in Hb in RBCs in G6PD deficiency  
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Direct Coombs test   detects IgG/C3 on RBC; used in autoimmune hemolytic anemias  
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Indirect Coombs test   screens serum for Ab (ex: anti-D); used in autoimmune hemolytic anemias  
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Ferritin   best screen for Fe deficiency and ACD (anemia of chronic dz)  
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Blood Pb   best screen/confirmation for Pb poisoning  
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CLL   MCC of generalized lymphadenopathy in people >60yo; malignant Bcells; hypogammaglobulinemia; massive splenomegaly  
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Lactase deficiency   aka brush border/disaccharidase enzyme; osmotic diarrhea, hydrogen breath test  
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Secretory diarrhea   stimulation of cAMP; E. coli traveler's diarrhea, cholera  
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Streptococcus bovis endocarditis/sepsis   a/w colon cancer  
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Alcohol enzyme abnormalities   AST > ALT; increase in GGT (marker of induction of cytochrome system in liver); SER hyperplasia on EM  
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Hypoglycemia in newborn of diabetic mother   baby's insulin in too high since it was necessary to lower the glucose levels in uteru in respone to mother's hyperglycemia  
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Nabothian cysts   blocked endocervical glands with mucus retention  
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Chronic renal failure - why is Ca reabsorption decreased in bowel?   vit D deficiency from loss of 1alpha-hydroxylase enzyme and no second hydroxylation  
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Deviation of uvula to the opposite side in a pt w/exudative toonsilitis   peritonsillar abscess  
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Minimal change disease   MCC of nephrotic syndrome in children; loss of negative charge in GBM  
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Membranous GN   MCC of nephrotic syndreom in adults; subepithelial deposits; epimembranous spikes with silver stains; related to HBV  
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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis   MCC of nephrotic renal disease in AIDS, renal transplant pts, IVDAs  
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Diabetic nephropathy   "christmas balls" in the mesangium and hyaline arteriosclerosis in afferent/efferent arterioles  
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Prevention of diabetic nephropathy   ACE inhibitors  
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Wire looping in glomerulus   SLE glomerulonephritis  
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Type I membranoproliferative GN   nephrotic; a/w HCV; tram tracking; subENDOthelial deposits  
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Type II membranoproliferative GN   C3 nephritis factor (autoantibody against C3; very low C3 levels); dense deposits in GBM  
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Bartholin gland abscess/cyst   vulvar mass; a/w gonorrhea  
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Tzanck prep   detects viral etiology of vesicular dz (herpes); multinucleated cell with intranuclear inclusions (also for varicella)  
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Photo of Candida   pseudohypha and yeast  
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Picture of trichomonas   pear shaped w/flagella  
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Picture of Giardia   "owl eyes" with flagella  
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Picture of celiac dz   no villi present; anti-gliadin Abs  
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Picture of Whipple's dz   foamy MQs in lamina propria; infectious dz  
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Lyme dz   erythema chronicum migrans; Ixodes tick, Borrelia burgdorferi, Bell's palsy, arthritis  
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Treatment for lyme dz   early: Doxycycline; Late: Ceftriaxone  
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Role of dietary fiber in decreasing colon cancer   dec transit time in stool; lithocholic acid has less chance of producing mutations  
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Werdnig Hoffmann's dz   childhood version of ALS  
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Bisphosphonates   treatment for osteoporosis; dec osteoclastic activity; Treatment of choice for Paget's dz of bone  
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Calcitonin   marker for medullary carcinoma of thyroid; inhibits osteoclast activity  
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Orbital cellulitis vs cavernous sinus thrombosis   both have proptosis of the eye and poor eye movements; Cavernous sinus thrombosis has papilledema  
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Most common benign tumor of brain in adults   meningioma  
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mc malignant brain tumor in adults   glioblastoma multiforme  
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Acoustic neuroma   brain tumor a/w neurofibromatosis; zebra tumor w/alternating dark and light bands; (schwannoma, neurilemmoma, tinnitus, nerve deafness, sensory changes in face from trigeminal involvement  
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Toxoplasmosis   mc space occupying lesion in AIDS  
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Asymptomatic african american with hematuria   do sickle cell screen to r/o sickle cell trait  
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Osteomyelitis in HbSS   Staphylococcus is still more common than Salmonella  
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ECG of first degree block   prolonged PR interval  
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Auer rod in myeloblast   only in acute myelogenous leukemia (not chronic, not lymphocytic, not monocytic)  
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Weight lifter with weakness in hand, numbness and absent pulse   thoracic outlet syndrome (scalenus anticus muscle spasm compresses subclavian artery and brachial plexus)  
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MCC of abdominal aortic aneurysm   atherosclerosis; NOT hypertension; rupture is mc complication (left flank pain, hypotension, pulsatile mass); Diagnostic Gold Standard is ultrasound  
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Child with blue sclera   osteogenic imperfecta (brittle bone dz) d/t defect in type I collagen synthesis  
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X-ray showing osteopenia, normal AlkPhos, serum protein electrophoresis, and serum calcium   compatible with osteoporosis; rules out osteomalacia, multile myeloma and both, respectively  
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Wilm's tumor   a/w chromosome 11; aniridia, HTN; pediatric kidney cancer  
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Arrhythmia complication a/w AMI   ventricular  
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Burkitt's lymphoma   mc lymphoma in kids; abdominal cavity; B cell malignancy; high grade; a/w EBV; t8:14 translocation of c-myc oncogene  
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CXR with middle lobe pneumonia (obscuring right margin of heart)   related to obstruction by a bronchogenic carcinoma; could also be aspiration w/pt lying on R side  
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Adrenal hyperplasia a/w:   adrenogenital syndrome (low cortisol inc ACTH); pituitary Cushing's (inc in ACTH); ectopic Cushings (small cell carcinoma; inc ACTH); CONTRAST with atrophy of gland in adrenal Cushings (inc cortisol suppresses ACTH)  
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Pancoast tumor   squamous caner at lung apex involving brachial plexus and superior cervical ganglion (Horner's syndrome)  
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Tricuspid insufficiency in infective endocarditis   pansystolic murmur increases with inspiration (common in all R-sided murmurs d/t filling of R heart/negative intrathoracid pressure); giant C-V jugular venous pulse wave; pulsatile liver  
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Rheumatic fever   crossreactivity/mimicry of Ag in M proteins similar to those in heart;  
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mc sign of rheumatic fever   polyarthritis (carditis, subcutaneous nodules, erythema marginatum, chorea --> Jone's criteria); negative blood culture (not a septicemia)  
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Anterior chest pain, widening of aortic root on echocardiogram, death in 3 days by tamponade   proximal dissecting aortic aneurysm; aortic insufficiency murmur and unequal pulses can occur  
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CXR of CHF   hemosiderin-laden macrophages  
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Rhematoid factor   IgM antibody against IgG  
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Pseudogout crystal   if needle shaped; blue when parallel to slow axis of compensator; chunky crystal is always calcium pyrophosphate; a/w chondrocalcinosis of knee in primary hyperparathyroidism  
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Sterile pyuria (WBCs in urine) and negative culture after 24hrs   always thing renal TB; could also be Chlamydia trachomatis  
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Child develops rash after running in bushes   probably poison ivy; type IV contact dermatitis  
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Antimicrosomal Abs   Hashimotos thyroiditis AND Graves dz (differentiate w/stem of question)  
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Exopthalmos and pretibial myxedema   unique to Graves dz and no other cause of hyperthyroidism  
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Hepatocellular carcinoma   HBV (or HCV)  
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Trophozoite of E. histolytica phagocytizes RBCs   protozoan; pt has h/o diarrhea and ulcers  
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Neonatal neumonia, afebrile, staccato cough, eosinophilia, wheezing   C. trachomatis contracted while passing thru birth canal  
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ABO typing of mother and father to see if child is theirs   AB parents cannot have an O child; O parents cannot have an AB child  
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Pt with hemolytic anemia post dapsone and aspirin   G6PD deficiency  
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Test for infectious mononucleosis   heterophile antibody  
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Eisenmenger's syndrome   when a L ==> R shunt reverses to a R ==> L shunt owing to pulmonary HTN and RVH leading to cyanosis (cyanosis tardive)  
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Duchenne's muscular dystrophy   deficiency of dystrophin (gene deletion); inc serum CK; pseudohypertrophy of calf muscles  
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Becker's muscular dystrophy   milder variante of dystrophin deficiency (gene mutation, not deletion)  
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Jevenile polycystic kidney disease   AR; bilateral disease; oligohydramnios in mom; cysts in other organs  
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Cystic fibrosis   AR; chrom7 (CF transport of Cl ions) dec Cl reabsorp in sweat glands, inc Na reabsorp/dec Cl secretion in term bronchioles; resp infxns (P. aeruginosa MCC of death), 2* biliary cirrhosis, male infertility, DM, meconium ileus in newborn; MCC bronchiectasis  
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alpha-Thalassemia   AR; blacks/asians; 4 genes control a-chain synthesis; all hemoglobins underproduced (normal Hb electrophoresis in 1 and 2 deletions); 3 deletions = Hb H dz (4 b-chains); 4 gene deletions Hb Bart dz (4-gamma chains; incompatible w/life; hydrops fetalis)  
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Cardiac myxoma   most common heart tumor; LEFT or right atrium; embolize, fever, syncope, benign  
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Cardiac rhabdomyoma   children; part of tuberous sclerosis complex  
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Colon cancer risk factors   age, tubular adenoma >2cm; familial polyposis (100% penetrance); villous adenoma, low fiber diet; Screen with stool guaiac yearly after 50yo and sigmoidoscopy every 3-5yrs  
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Chronic renal failure   loss of dilution; inc BUN/creatinine ratio; waxy/broad casts; normocytic anemia (loss of erythropoietin), VitD def (low Ca w/normal-hi PO4), 2* hyperparathyroidism, renal osteodystrophy, osteoporosis (bone buffer for acidosis), inc bleeding time (platelet  
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MCC of diabetic nephropathy   chronic renal failure  
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Essential hypertension   mc; Na retention inc plasma vol and stroke vol (inc systolic pressure); Na in smooth muscle of peripheral resistance arterioles open Ca channels (inc vasoconstriction and diastolic pressure); low renin HTN d/t inc plasma vol  
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Risks in essential HTN   blacks; MCC of death is AMI; controlling BP will reduce incidence of stroke; hyaline arteriolosclerosis small vessel dz; nephrosclerosis; LVH; intracranial bleeds (Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm near putamen)  
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HTN in young woman   birth control pills increase synthesis of angiotensinogen in liver HTN  
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Renovascular HTN   mc secondary cause of hypertension; atherosclerosis of renal artery in male; firbromuscular hyperplasia in female; high renin HTN; uninvolved kidney has suppressed renin levels; buit in epigastric area; marked inc baseline renin; Tx captopril  
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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome   disseminated meningococcemia w/adrenal hemorrhage from DIC; petechial lesions over body  
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Hemophilia A   SXR, prolonged PTT, normal PT, low VIII:C, normal VIII:antigen; normal VIII:vWF; hemarthroses, late rebleeding, mucous membrane bleeds; Treatment = recombinant factor VIII for severe cases; DDAVP for mild cases  
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Classical vWD   AD; prolonged bleeting time; prolonged PTT; normal PT; low VIII:C; low VIII:antigen; low VIII:vWF; mc genetic coagulopathy; Treatment = DDAVP, Cryoprecipitate  
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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura   small vessel damage w/consumption of platelets (d/t platelet thrombi not DIC); microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (RBCs hit platelet plugs, schistocytes); fever, CNS probs, renal failure; Brain is worst hit organ!! Tx = Plasmaphoresis  
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HUS   kids; similar to thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura except kidney failure is the worst hit organ!! a/w O157:H7 E. coli  
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Sudden death in a young athlete   probably hypertrophic cardiomyopathy  
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy   aberrent myofibers; conduction disturbance; decreased cardiac contractility to increase filling (b-blocker, CCB); Improves with increased venous return to heart (squating, lying down); Worsened with valsalva, cardiac inotropic agents and venodilators  
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Communicating hydrocephalus   CSF communicates with subarachnoid space; choroid plexus papilloma (makes too much CSF) or blocked arachnoid granulations  
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Non-communicating hydrocephalus   obstructive; no communication with subarachnoid space; block is at aqueduct of Sylvius (mc), 4th ventricle, base of brain (TB meningitis, blood), Dandy Walker or Arnold Chiari Syndome  
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AIDS dementia   mc HIV related CNS disease; multinucleated microglial cells (reservoir for virus)  
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Psoriasis   hyperkeratosis; regular rete ridge hyperplasia; munros microabscess; superfician dermis next to epithelial surface (Auspitz sign); erythematous plaques w/silvery scale, nail pitting, psoriatic arthritis (HLA-B27), elbows, scalp  
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Bone tumors in order of increasing age   Ewings ("onion skin", fever, small cells); Osteogenic sarcoma (knee, "sunburst"); Chondrosarcoma (pelvic girdle, knee, mc malignant cartilage tumor); Multiple myeloma (mc primary bone cancer)  
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Paget's Dz of Bone   male dominant; initial osteoclastic breakdown, then osteoblastic activity; thick, weak mosaic bone prone to pathologic fx; large head; A-V fisttulas in bone (high output failure); risk of osteogenic sarcoma; elevated AlkPhos; Treatment = Bisphosphonates  
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Epidural bleed   top of dura; skull fx; torn middle meningeal artery  
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Subdural bleed   convexities; tear of bridging veins; fluctuation levels of consciousness  
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Atherosclerotic stroke   usu pale infarct; no reperfusion  
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Embolic stroke   hemorrhagic infarct extends to surface of brain  
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Intracerebral bleed   a/w HTN; rupture of lenticulostriate Charco-Bouchard aneurysms; hematoma NOT infarct; globus pallidus/putamen area (mc)  
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Subarachnoid bleed   ruptured congenital berry aneurysm (jxn of communicating branch w/anterior cerebral artery); severe occipital HA; blood covers brain (may turn yellow after a week from breakdown to bilirubin  
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Hodgkin's Lymphoma   RS (reed sternberg) cell in neoplastic cell; Fever, night sweats, weight loss; death by second malignancies from alkylating agents (non-HD lymphoma)  
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MC type of Hodgkin's   Nodular Sclerosing (females, lacunar cells, involves anterior mediastinum)  
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Youngest type of Hodgkin's   Lymphocyte Predominant; very few RS cells; EXCELLENT prognosis  
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Oldest type of Hodgkin's   Lymphocyte Depletion; many RS cells; POOR probnosis  
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Breast cancer risk   overall AGE is mc risk; family history (mother and sister ONLY); h/o contralateral breast cancer; unopposed estrogen (early menarche, late menopause; h/o endometrial cancer  
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Silicosis   risk for TB; not cancer; NODULES in lung w/crystals; Foundry (iron/steel) worker, Sandblaster  
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Asbestosis   pipefitter in shipyard, roofer; NO risk for TB; Smoker has greatest risk for primary lung cancer Vs. Non-smoker risk for Mesothelioma; Ferruginous body looks like dumbbell (fiber covered w/iron)  
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Firbrocystic change   mc breast mass <50yo  
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Atypical ductal hyperplasia   only risk factor for cancer  
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Bloody nipple discharge <50yo   benign intraductal papilloma in lactiferous duct  
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Breast tumor <35yo   fibroadenoma  
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Breast mass >50yo   infiltrating ductal cancer  
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Infiltrating ductal breast cancer   most common  
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Paget's disease of the breast   nipple involvement by underlying cancer  
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Medullary breast cancer   bulky tumor with pushing margins  
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Inflammatory carcinoma of the breast   peau du orange; plugging of subepidermal lymphatics by tumor, worst prognosis  
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Lobular carcinoma of breast   mc cancer of terminal lobules; occurs BILATERALLY  
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Comedocarcinoma of the breast   central area of necrosis in ducts resembling a zit  
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Acute versus Chronic Leukemia   bone marrow >30% blasts is ACUTE (lower levels a/w chronic)  
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The only leukemia that may have thrombocytosis   Chronic Myelongenous Leukemia  
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Diagnosis of leukemia   bone marrow biopsy; PAS stain (ALL), Specific esterase stain (AML), LAP score (CML), Non-specific Esterase (Monocytic leukemia); TRAP stain (hairy cell)  
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What do you do about a hemangioma on a child's face   leave it alone  
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Osteopetrosis   too much bone; anemia; marble bone dz; pathologic fx; entraptment of cranial nerves; deafness  
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome   obesity, hirsutism, irregular menses, inc LH (ovary produces testosterone &17-ketosteroid androgens); Inc adipose aromatizes androgens to estrogens (endometrial hyperplasia/cancer); inhib FSH (follicle atresia); stim LH; Tx = BCP or Clomiphene (fertility)  
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Pituitary Cushings   Suppression only with HIGH dose Dexamethasone (indicates only partial autonomy)  
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Cushing's types that cannot be suppressed with Dexamethasone   adrenal and ectopic  
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Anemia since birth with splenomegaly   congenital spherocytosis...Tx = splenectomy  
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CT with enlarged internal acoustic meatus in pt with tinnitus, nerve deafness, vertigo   Acoustic neuroma (schwannoma, neurilemoma)  
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Hemoptysis w/foul smelling stools or pneumonia w/foul smelling stools in a child   d/t malabsorption; cystic fibrosis; diagnose with sweat test  
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Child tastes salty   Cystic fibrosis; do sweat test  
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Photo of atherosclerosis of coronary vessel   slit like spaces  
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Dystrophic calcification in coronary vessel   dystrophic calcification (blue blotches)  
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Fibrofatty plaques in coronary vessels   located beneath intimal surface  
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Picture with acute inflammation   numerous neutrophils (squiggle nuclei) and small capillaries  
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Picture with chronic inflammation   numerous round cell nuclei (lymphocytes) and plasma cells (eccentric nucleus w/perinuclear clearing)  
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Picture of healed myocardial infarction   blotchy fibrosis unlike sheets of pale staining tissues as in a pale infarction  
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Heart softest and prone to rupture post-MI   3-10th day  
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Rupture with tamponade   pericardial sac filled w/blood  
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Posteromedial papillary muscle rupture   murmur of mitral insufficiency; pansystolic, apical, systolic; RCA thrombosis  
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Interventricular septal rupture   systolic murmur, hole in IVS  
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ypersengemented neutrophil   folate/B12 deficiency  
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Microcytic hypochromic cells   iron deficiency, ACD, thalassemia, sideroblastic anemia  
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Spherocytes   no central area of pallor  
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Macroovalocytes   Pernicious anemia, folate deficiency  
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Tear drop RBCs   myelofibrosis  
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Howell Jolly body RBCs   spleen surgically removed or dysfunctional (ex: HbSS dz)  
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Platelets   small, red, anucleate cell  
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Lymphocyte   black dot with a thin rim of cytoplasm  
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Auer rod   myeloblast with immature nucleus and splinter-like structures in cytoplasm  
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Smudge cells with lymphocytes   CLL; fragile lymphocytes that rupture  
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Hairy cells   projections from cytoplasm; HCL; B cell malignancy  
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Atypical lymphocyte   big cell with abundant sky blue cytoplasm  
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Eosinophil   large red granules that do no cover the nucleus; same color as RBCs  
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Basophil   large purple granules that DO cover the nucleus  
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Rouleau   RBCs with stack of coins effect  
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Schistocytes   fragmented RBCs  
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Reticulocyte   special stain; thin filaments representing RNA  
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Heinz bodies   special stain; large blue inclusions with involvment of RBC membrane  
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Course basophilic stippling   routine stain; looks like measles of the RBC  
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Megaloblastic marrow   all cells are big; giant band; B12/folate deficiency  
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Myelofibrosis   marrow is composed of fibrous tissue; large cells represent megakaryoctyes  
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Aplastic anemia   empty marrow with predominantly fat and islands of lymphocytes  
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Multiple myeloma   plasmablasts with bright blue cytoplasm, eccentric nuclei, perinuclear halo  
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Ringed sideroblast   Prussian blue stain; ring of blue around nucleus of normoblast; defect in heme synthesis; anemia  
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Causes of sideroblastic anemia   Alcohol, pyridoxine, Pb poisoning  
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Pt with left supraclavicular node   aka Virchow's node; a/w metastatic stomach cancer or any other arising from abdominal cavity  
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Right supraclavicular node   drains lung, upper neck, breast  
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Immunocomplex vasculitis a/w infective endocarditis   Roth's spot in retina, splinter hemorrhages, Osler's nodes (painful) on hands/feet; Janeway lesions (painless) hands/feet; hematuria w/RBC casts  
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Xray with local dilated bowel   "sentinel loop" indicating localized infection, near duodenum/transverse colon = acute pancreatitis; near Cecum = retrocecal appendicitis  
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Xray with step-ladder appearance and air/fluid levels   bowel obstruction  
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Xray of baby with loops of bowel in left pleural cavity   diaphragmatic hernia  
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RBC casts   nephritic syndrome (post-streptococcal, IgA nephropathy, Goodpastures)  
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WBC casts   acute pyelonephritis  
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Renal tubular casts   acute tubular necrosis  
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Waxy casts   chronic renal failure  
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Broad casts   Chronic renal failure  
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Hyaline casts   ghost-like; non-refractile, smooth borders; proteinuria or no clinical significance  
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Fatty casts w/maltese crosses   nephrotic syndrome (minimal change, membranous GN)  
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Calcium oxalate crystals   looks like back of an envelope; think stone, Crohn's dz, ethylene glycol poisoning  
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Cysteine crystals   hexagonal; cystinuria  
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Staghorn calculus in kidney   struvite stone, magnesium ammonium phosphate, alkaline urine that smells like ammonia indicating a urease producing urinary pathogen (ex: Proteus)  
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Lipid deposits: Achilles tendon xanthoma   familial hypercholesterolemia (AD; absent LDL receptor)  
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Xanthelasma   yellow plaque on eyelid; consider type II hyperlipidemia w/inc in LDL  
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Arcus senilis   rim of white around the outer part of the cornea; consider inc LDL if a young pt or normal age-related change in older pt  
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Eruptive xanthomas   yellow papular lesions over body; inc TGs  
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Psammoma bodies   dystrophic calcification of apoptotic neoplastic cell; a/w meningioma, papillary adenocarcinoma of thyroid, serous cystadenocarcinoma of ovaries  
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Addison's dz   autoimmune destruction; hyperpigmentation; hypotensive; hyponatremia, hyperkalemia, normal gap metabolic acidosis (d/t lack of aldosterone); hypoglycemia (d/t hypocortisolism and no GNG); eosinophilia (no cortisol effect)  
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Central Diabetes insipidus   hypernatremia (inc Posm) w/low Uosm (no [ ], lose free water d/t lack of ADH); After water deprivation, Uosm inc >50% w/injection of ADH  
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Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus   hypernatremia (inc Posm), low Uosm (no [ ]); ADH is present, but cannot reabsorb free water in collecting tubules; Uosm is <50% increased after ADH administration  
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Pathology of Diabetes Mellitus   non-enzymatic glycosylation; HbAIc (4-8wks); hyaline arteriolosclerosis (nephropathy, lacunar brain infarcts); lg vessel atherosclerosis; osmotic damage d/t glucose --> sorbitol via ALDOLASE REDUCTASE; cataract/microaneurysms, periph neuropathy (schwann)  
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DM is MCC of   blindness, chronic renal dz, peripheral neuropathy (MMC of pressure ulcers on bottom of feet); non-traumatic amputation of lower leg; ketoacidosis; Charcot neuropathic joint; glucosuria  
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Pheochromocytoma   benign tumor (brown) of adrenal medulla; usu unilateral; paroxysmal HTN, HA, drenching sweat; Screen urine for VMA & Metanephrines (best); a/w Neurofibromatosis, MENIIa, IIb, von Hippel Lindau  
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Neuroblastoma   kids (<1yo is best Px); malignant tumor in adrenal medulla and paraganglial tissue; HTN; metastasis to bone, skin, orbit; Homer Wright rosettes; inc urine catecholamines; S100 Ag positive  
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Zollinger-Ellison (ZE) Syndrome   malignant islet cell tumor secreting gastrin; ulcers in usu place but can be multiple or in unusual places; Inc basal acid output; inc gastrin w/IV secretin test; Whipple's procedure if operable; Tx = proton blockers to dec gastrin; r/o other causes  
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Causes of hypergastrinemia   H2 or proton blockers, chronic atrophic gastritis of body/fundus; renal failure; gastric distention; Zollinger-Ellison syndrome  
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MEN I   AD; pituitary tumor, parathyroid adenoma, ZE syndrome, peptic ulcers  
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MEN IIa   AD; PARATHYROID adenoma, pheochromocytoma, medullary carcinoma of thyroid (calcitonin tumor marker; calcitonin converted to amyloid)  
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MEN IIb   AD; mucosal neuromas in lips; pheochromocytoma; medullary carcinoma of thyroid  
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Left heart failure   dec cardiac output; dyspnea, pulm edema (inc pulm venous hydrostatic P); LV dilation (vol overload); S3 heart sound; mitral insufficiency murmur (stretch of MV ring); paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea &/or pillow orthopnea (inc venous return at night)  
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Right heart failure   usu d/t LHF; dec CO; vol overload of RV; S3 sound; murmur of tricuspid insufficiency; jugular distention; congestive hepatomegaly (inc LDH5); ascites, pitting edema  
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Pitting Edema   kidney reabsorbes slightly more water than salt, but both are increased and are pushed into interstitial space by increased hydrostatic pressure  
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Tx for HF   restrict water and salt; ACE inhibitor (dec preload and afterload); diuretics (dec preload only)  
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High output heart failure   d/t hyperthyroidism; thiamine deficiency, too much isotonic saline, AV fistula, endotoxic shock in early phases, Paget's dz of bone  
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Sudden cardiac death   death w/in 1hr; severe atherosclerotic CAD but no thrombus; die of ventricular arrhythmia  
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Angina: exertional   severe atherosclerotic CAD; ST depression on ECG; pain relieved by stopping exercise or taking nitroglycerin  
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Prinzmetal Angina   vasoconstriction from release of TXA2 from platelet thrombi; ST elevation on stress ECG; (atherosclerotic CAD is NOT cause of dz)  
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Unstable Angina   angina at rest; severe atherosclerotic CAD; infarct waiting to happen  
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Restrictive cardiomyopathy   cannot fill properly; glycogen (Pompe's glycogenosis); Iron (iron overload); Amloid (senile amyloidosis; prealbumin); endocardial fibroelastosis in child  
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Pericardial effusion   neck vein distention w/inspiration (Kussmaul sign); pulsus paradoxus (drop in BP on inspiration); muffled heart sounds; hypotension; all pressures in all chambers increased but CO is decreased; echocardiogram is diagnostic; Tx = Pericardiocentesis  
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Constrictive pericarditis   TB is MCC worldwide; heart cannot completely fill; pericardial knock when ventricles hit thickened pericardium  
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: Farmer's Lung   inhalation of thermophilic actinomycetes  
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Hypersensitiveity Pneumonitis: Silo Filler's   inhalation of nitrogen dioxide fumes  
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Hypersensitiveity Pneumonitis: Byssinosis   monday morning blues; pt works in textile factory and has contact w/cotton, linen, hemp  
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Hamman Rich Lung   hoenycomb lung; end-stage of alveolitis syndromes (interstitial pneumonitis syndromes)  
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Bronchiectasis   CF is MCC; obstruction and infection; bnronchi extend to lung periphery; cough up cupfuls of foul smelling sputum; (other causes: TB (mc worldwide), Kartagener syndrome (absent dynein arm in cilia; situs inversus))  
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Atelectasis   MCC of fever 24hrs after surgery; elevated diaphragm  
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Choanal atresia   baby breaks away from breast and cyanosis is relieved by crying (complete nasal obstruction in newborn)  
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Nasal polyps   allergic; aspirin (pt w/HA develops asthma); CF (child w/polyps)  
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Pulmonary HTN   inc P2; causes RVH (cor pulmonale if heart isn't prob); Chronic hypoxemia (vasoconstricts pulm vessels/vasodilates peripheral vessels); loss of pulm vasculature (COPD, restrictive); L-->R shunts overload R heart; mitral stenosis (blood backs into pulm vv)  
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Primary Pulmonary HTN   mc in young women  
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ARDS (adult respiratory distress syndrome)   non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema from neutrophil related injury; MCC is endotoxic shock; intrapulmonary shunting (imp abnormality); separate from cardiogenic pulmonary edema by pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (DECREASED LV end-diastolic pressure)  
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Cardiogenic shock   Increased LV end-diastolic capillary wedge pressure  
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Lung cancer   squamous/small cell centrally located; Adenocarcinomas are peripherally located  
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Dysphagia for solids (not liquids)   think obstruction (strictures, Plummer-Vinson, Esophageal cancer)  
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Dysphagia for solids AND liquids   think Peristalsis Problem (PSS (progressive systemic sclerosis), CREST syndrome, Polymyositis, Achalasia)  
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Leukoplakic lesions in mouth   lateral border of tongue followed by lower lip (upper lip is basal cell carcinoma)  
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Hairy Leukoplakia of tongue   EBV glossitis, predates onset of AIDS  
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Oral pigmentation   PJ (Peutz-Jegher’s) syndrome; Addison's dz; Pb poisoning in adult  
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Gum hyperplasia   Phenytoin, pregnancy, scurvy, acute monocytic leukemia  
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Leiomyoma   mc benign tumor in women (uterine); mc tumor in GI tract (usu stomach)  
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Extranodal lymphoma   mc in stomach (most are high grade immunoblastic); mc#2 is Peyer's patches; H. pylori a/w low grade tumors  
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Bowel obstruction   adhesions from previous surgery (if no h/o of previous surgery, pick indirect inguinal hernia)  
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Intussusception   child, colicky abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, terminal ileum into cecum  
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Carcinoid tumor   yellow tumor on tip of appendix (mc site overall); terminal ileum (mc site for tumor that metastasizes to liver to produce carcinoid syndrome)  
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Colorectal cancer   left side obstructs; right side bleeds  
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Sigmoid colon is most common site for:   cancer in GI tract, diverticular dz, and polyps  
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Hematochezia   bloody stools; diverticulosis followed by angiodysplasia (cecum; elderly pt)  
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Budd-Chiari Syndrome   hepatic vein thrombosis (PRV: Polycythemia rubra vera is MCC); liver congested, ascites, portal hypertension  
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency   PAS positive globules in hepatocytes in kids; Panacinar emphysema in adults (lower lobes)  
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Extrahepatic biliary atresia   bile duct proliferation in triads; radioactive dye cannot get into small intestine; jaundice in 1st week of life  
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Actue hepatitis   isoniazid (toxic metabolite acetylhydrazine); Salicylates; Halothane (1wk delay in sx - fever, jaundice; P450 metabolites); Methyldopa (positive Coombs test); Phenytoin, Ketoconazole  
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Actue hepatitis   Ketoconazole  
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Actue hepatitis   Phenytoin  
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Actue hepatitis   Methyldopa (positive Coombs test)  
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Actue hepatitis   Halothane (1wk delay in sx - fever, jaundice; P450 metabolites)  
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Actue hepatitis   Salicylates  
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Actue hepatitis   isoniazid (toxic metabolite acetylhydrazine)  
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Chronic active hepatitis   Methyldopa, Acetaminophen, Aspirin, Isoniazid, Nitrofurantoin, Halothane  
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Hepatic Zonal necrosis: Zone I   yellow phosphorus poisoning; ferrous sulfate poisoning  
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Hepatic Zonal necrosis: Zone III   Carbon tetrachloride poisoning (CCl3; free radical); Acetaminophen (free radical; acetylcysteine therapy replaces glutathione to neutralize free radicals); Amanita poisoning  
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Non-Inflammatory Intrahepatic cholestasis   Oral contraceptives (estrogen interferes with intrahepatic bile excretion); Anabolic steroids  
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Inflammatory Intrahepatic Cholestasis   Erythromycin estolate, Amoxicillin-Clavulanic acid, Chlorpromazine, Thiazides  
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Single Droplet Fatty liver change   (displaces nucleus to periphery); ethanol, corticosteroids, amiodarone (looks like alcoholic hepatitis including Mallory bodies and progression to cirrhosis)  
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Microvesicular Fatty liver change   (droplets w/o nucleus displacement); Tetracycline, Valproic Acid  
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Fibrosis   Methotrexate, Hypervitaminosis A  
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Budd-Chiari Vascular lesions   oral contraceptives  
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Peliosis hepatis Vascular lesions   oral contraceptives, anabolic steroids  
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Angiosarcoma vascular liver lesion   vinyl chloride; arsenic; Thorotrast  
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Hepatic Nodular Hyperplasia   Azathioprine, anticancer agents  
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Benign hepatic tumors (hepatic adenoma)   oral contraceptives  
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Malignant tumors (hepatocellular carcinoma)   oral contraceptives  
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Granulomatous hepatitis   allopurinol, hydralazine, sulfonamides, phenylbutazone  
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Wilson's Disease   AR; defect in copper secretion in bile; chronic liver dz; low ceruloplasmin (low total copper, but hi free copper); KF ring in eye; lenticular degeneration (chorea, rigidity)  
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Primary biliary cirrhosis   female; early sx is pruritis (bile salt deposit in skin); inc AlkPhos; no jaundice till late; granulomatous destruction of bile ducts in triads; inc anti-mitochondrial Abs; a/w Sjogren syndrome and renal tubular acidosis  
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Sclerosing pericholangitis   complication of ulcerative colitis; jaundice, ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) for diagnosis  
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Hydatid cysts in liver   sheepherder (Basque, Greek) with liver cysts; anaphylactic shock; dog is difinitive host, sheepherder is intermediate host  
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Pipestem cirrhosis   Schistosoma mansoni (sharp lateral SPINE); adults lay eggs in protal vein tributaries produsing fibrosis; ascites and portal HTN  
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Stone in common bile duct   MCC of obstructive jaundice  
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Granulomatous hepatitis   think TB if infective; think sarcoid if non-infective  
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Ischemic Acute Tubular Necrosis   MCC is prerenal azotemia; affects multiple parts of nephron; basement membrane disrupted; pigmented renal tubular casts  
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Nephrotoxic Acute Tubular Necrosis   MCC are aminoglycosides and IVP dyes; hits PROXIMAL tubule ONLY  
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Renal papillary necrosis   d/t analgesic abuse (acetaminophen + aspirin); DM, sicke cell trait/dz; acute pyelonephritis  
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Hydronephrosis   most commonly d/t renal stone  
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Renal stone   Calcium oxylate (mc); colicky flank pain w/radiation to groin; Hematuria, flat plates indentify stone (calcium); Hypercalciuria (mc metabolic abnormality); Hydrochlorathiazide (inc Ca absorption in nephron); Uric acid stone (non-visualized)  
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Epididymitis   <35yo (gonorrhea or Chlamydia); >35yo (e. coli, pseudomonas)  
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Varicocele   left side; bag of worms; cause of infertility; spermatic vein comes off left renal vein  
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Prostatic hyperplasia   transitional zone around urethra; testosterone and estrogen mediated; Prostate cancer (peripheral zone; outside; detected by digital exam); dribbling; urinary retention (a/w more w/benign); PSA does NOT distinguish hyperplasia from cancer  
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Seminoma testicular cancer   mc; a/w cryptorchidism; usu radiosensitive; para-aortic node metastasis  
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Testicular choriocarcinoma   most malignant; increased b-hCG  
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Testicular yolk-sac tumor   mc in children; endodermal sinus tumor; Schiller Duval bodies; inc AFP  
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Malignant testicular lymphoma   mc in elderly; metastatic  
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Malignant hypertension   background of essential hypertension and benign nephrosclerosis; Gross - flea bitten kidney; Micro - necrotizing arteriolitis, fibrinoid necrosis in glomerular capillaries, onion skinning of arterioles (hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis)  
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Vulvular Paget's Disease   intraepithelial adenocarcinoma  
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Koilocytosis   HPV effect in squamous cells; pyknotic nucleus surrounded by clear halo  
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IUD infxn   actinomycosis w/sulfur granules; (actinomycosis also for draining sinus from jaw)  
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Endometritis infxn   plasma cells present; Group B streptococcus  
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Uterine Adenomyosis   glands and stroma WITHIN myometrium; NOT endometriosis  
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Endometriosis   glands and stroma OUTSIDE confines of uterus; reverse menses; MCC of secondary dysmonorrhea; ovaries most often involved (chocolate cysts); laparascope - mc diagnostic/treatment; present only in reproductive life  
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Leiomyosarcoma   mc uterine sarcoma  
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Cervical polyp   non-neoplastic; hangs out of cervical os; post-coital bleeding  
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Endometrial polyp   no malignant potential; menorrhagia  
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Cervical cancer   death d/t renal failure from extension into retroperitoneum and blockage of ureters  
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Ectopic pregnancy   d/t previous PID; rupture is mc cause of death in early pregnancy; b-hCG initial test; vaginal ultrasound to check for amniotic sac; unclotted blood in pouch of Douglas  
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Rectal pouch of Douglas   anterior to rectum and posterior to uterus; can palpate with rectal exam; induration in young women = endometrial implants; induration in elderly = seeding from primary ovarian cancer; unclotted blood = ruptured ectopic; pus = PID  
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Follicular cyst   mc overal ovarian mass  
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Benign Surface derived ovarian tumor   serous cystadenoma (mc overall benign tumor); Brenner's tumor (Walthard's rests)  
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serous cystadenocarcinoma   malignant surface derived ovarian tumor; mc primary ovarian cancer; mc bilateral ovarian tumor; psammoma bodies  
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Cystic teratoma   mc germ cell tumor of ovary; undergoes torsion; struma ovarii = component of thyroid tissue; teeth and bone seen on xray  
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Dysgerminoma   most common malignant germ cell tumor of ovary; a/w Turner syndrome; female counterpart of male seminoma w/cryptorchidism  
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Yolk sac ovarian tumor   mc germ cell tumor in girls; inc AFP  
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Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma   malignant surface derived ovarian tumor; largest; a/w pseudomyxoma peritonei  
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Endometriod carcionma   malignant surface derived ovarian tumor; greatest a/w endometriosis  
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Ovarian Fibroma   mc sex cord stromal tumor; benign; Meig Syndrome  
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Meig Syndrome   ovarian fibroma, ascites, right sided pleural effusion  
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Granulosa cell tumor   sex cord stromal tumor; feminizing tumor; low grade malignancy; Call Exner bodies  
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Sertoli Leydig cell tumor of ovary   benign sex cord stromal tumor; masculinizing tumor; alias androblastoma and arrhenoblastoma  
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Leydig cell tumor of ovary   benign sex cord stromal tumor; masculinizing; alias "hilar cell tumor;" crystals of Reinke  
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Gonadoblastoma of ovary   germ cell and sex cord tumor; calcifies; a/w Turner's  
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Krukenberg tumor   metastatic gastric cancer to both ovaries; Signet Ring cells  
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Complete Hydatiform moles   46XX, both chromosomes from dad; a/w choriocarcinoma; grape-like mass; preeclampsia in 1st trimester; uterus too large for gestational age; inc b-hCG  
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Partial Hydatiform mole   trisomy; embryo present; does NOT transform into choriocarcinoma  
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Gestationally derived choriocarcinoma   Syncytiotrophoblast (synthesizes hCG and human placental lactogen) AND Cytotrophoblast; Not chorionic villi; Metastasizes to lungs; Tx = Methotrexate (dramatic response)  
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Function of b-hCG   LH analogue that maintains corpus luteum of pregnancy for 8-10wks before placenta takes over  
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Twin placentas: Monochorionic   identical twins, whether monoamniotic (Siamese, fetat to fetal transfusion, tangle in umbilical cord) or diamniotic  
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Twin Placentas: Dichorionic   Fraternal OR identical twins  
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Abruptio placenta   PAINFUL bleeding; retroplacental hemorrhage; maternal hypertension or cocaine abuse  
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Placenta previa   PAINLESS bleeding; implantation over cervical os  
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Two umbilical arteries and one vein   vein carries oxygenated blood; if only 1 artery, there is an inc incidence of congenital anomalies  
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Lecithin/Sphingomyelin ratio   >2/1 in amniotic fluid indicates adequate pulmonary surfactant  
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Urine estriol   derived from fetal adrenal, placenta, maternal liver; low levels indicate fetal, placental or maternal problem  
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Human placental lactogen   growth hormone of pregnancy; anti-insulin activity  
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Amniotic fluid   fetal urine; alkaline pH; swallowed and recycled by fetus  
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Dysfunctional uterine bleeding   bleeding not secondary to an anatomic cause; homonal imbalance; anovulatory bleeding (mc cause after menarche); ovulatory types: inadequate luteal phase and irregular shedding  
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Ovulation   increase in temperature, subnuclear vacuoles, presence of secretory endometrium on day 21  
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Implantation day   21; 3 days in tube; 2 days in uterus  
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Primary amenorrhea   no menses by age 16; no bleeding post-progesterone challenge means there is no estrogen preimed uterus or there is an end organ defect;  
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Hypothalamic/pituitary defect and primary amenorrhea   dec FSH/LH; anorexia nervosa, wt loss syndrome; pituitary tumor  
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Ovarian defect and primary amenorrhea   inc FSH/LH; a/w Turner's syndrome  
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End organ defect and primary amenorrhea   normal FSH/LH; most cases are normal constitutional delays w/good secondary sex characteristics and withdrawal bleeding; (think Turner's if there is poor 2* sex characteristics, high gonadotropins and no withdrawal bleeding w/progesterone challenge)  
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Secondary amenorrhea   no menses for 3months; pregnancy is mc cause; same classification as primary  
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Asherman syndrome   secondary amenorrhea; stratum basalis removed owing to repeated dilation and curettage (end organ defect; normal gonadotropins)  
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Cervical pap smear   must be endocervical cells (gold standard) indicating proper sampling of endocervical canal where dysplasia occurs;  
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Superficial squamous cells of cervix   estrogen stimulation  
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Intermediat squamous cells of cervix   progesterone stimulation  
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Parabasal cells of cervix   unstimulated squamous cells  
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Normal female cervical cells   70% superficial squamous and 30% intermediate squamous cells  
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Pregnant/prepubertal cervix cellular composition   100% intermediate squamous cells  
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Atrophic cervix cellular composition   predominantly parabasals  
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Lewis antibodies   naturally occurring antibodies w/o clinical significance; no risk of hemolytic dz of newborn  
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Duffy antigens   uncommon in blacks; surface receptor for P. vivax; protection against malaria  
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I antigens   anti-I is a cold agglutinin (IgM) seen in M. pneumoniae infxn; anti-i (IgM) seen in infectious mononucleosis  
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Blood group O   universal donor; no antigens on surface; cannot be destroyed; must receive O blood; inc incidence of duodenal ulcers; 3 Abs (anti-A IgM, anti-B IgM, anti-AB IgG; all cross placenta)  
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Blood group AB   universal recipient; no Abs to destroy transfused RBCs  
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Blood group A   has anti-B IgM; inc incidence of gastric cancer  
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Blood group B   has anti-A IgM  
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Rh positive   pt has D antigen;  
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Major crossmatch   pt serum against donor RBCs to see if there are any pt antibodies that react against donor RBCs; if compatible it does not guarantee that transfused RBCs will not be destroyed or that the pt will not develop Abs against other donor RBC antigens  
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HIV risk post-transfusion   1:676,000 risk per unit  
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HBV risk post-transfusion   1:200,000 risk per unit  
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HCV risk post-transfusion   1:3,300 risk per unit  
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Risk of HIV positivity post-accidental needle stick   1:300; mc route of medical personnel infxn  
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Needle-stick infection rates   30% for HBV, 3-5% for HCV and 0.3% for HIV.  
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Fresh frozen plasma   contains all coagulation factors; only for multiple factor deficiencies; risk of hepatitis  
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Packed RBCs   high hematocrit; contains some plasma; transfuse only if pt is symptomatic and does not respond to medical therapy; risk of hepatitis  
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Platelet transfusion   only if pt is symptomatic; risk of hepatitis  
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Cryoprecipitate   all factor VIII molecules, fibrinogen, factor XIII, fibronectin; hepatitis risk  
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Rh immune globulin (Rhogam)   anti-D (passive immunity); does NOT X placenta; give to prego w/o anti-D (w/in 3 days); amt given based on Kleihauer-Betke test on maternal blood that detects the amount of fetal-maternal blood; retal RBC resistant to acid/alkali; no hepatitis risk  
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Rh Hemolytic disease of newborn   mother Rh+, baby Rh(-); first pregnancy w/Rh+ baby has no effect on baby, but exposed mom produces anti-D Abs (Rhogam can prevent this)  
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Mechanism of hemolytic dz of newborn   Ab later x placenta, attach to fetal RBCs, removed by spleen; unconj bilirubin from hemolysis causes fetal anemia/heart failure/hydrops fetalis; bilirubin is detected in amnion (map on Liley graph to determine severity)  
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Delivery of baby with hemolytic dz of newborn   cannot handle unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) load; do exchange transfusion to prevent kernicterus; remove UCB; remove antibodies; correct anemia  
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Febrile transfusion reaction   pt has anti-HLA Abs against HLA Ags on donor WBCs; causes release of pyrogens from destroyed donor WBCs; type II hypersensitivity  
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Allergic transfusion reaction   pt develops hives against proteins in donor unit; type I hypersensitivity  
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Hemolytic transfusion reaction: ABO incompatibility   pt receives wrong blood type); activation of complement system, intravascular hemolysis; type II hypersensitivity  
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Hemolytic transfusion reaction: Pt has undetected antibodies that react against donor RBC antigens   extravascular hemolysis; jaundice, drop in Hb; positive Direct Coombs test; type II hypersensitivity  
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Heparin   prevents small vessel bleeding; enhances antithrombin III which neutralizes most serine protease coagulation factors (prothrombin X, IX, XII, XI, thrombin)  
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Prostaglandin -I2   prevents small vessel bleeding; synthesized by endothelial cells, vasodilator, inhibits platelet aggregation  
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Factors preventing small vessel bleeding   heparin, prostaglandin I2, protein C and S, tissue plasminogen activator  
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Protein C and S   inactivate factors V and VIII; enhance fibrinolysis  
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Tissue plasminogen activator   release of plasmin wthich destroys coagulation factors and clots  
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Factors acting as procoagulants in small vessel injury   thromboxane A2, von Willebrand factor, extrinsic and intrinsic coagulation systems  
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Thromboxane A2   synthesized by platelets, vasoconstrictor, enhances platelet aggregation, cyclooxygenase blocked by aspirin and NSAIDs  
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von Willebrand factor   VIII:vWF; synthesized by endothelial cells and megakaryocytes, platelet adhesion factor (platelets have receptro for VIII:vWF)  
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Normal events w/vessel injury to stop bleeding   activate factorVII (ext coag) by thromboplastin AND activation factorXII (intrinsic coag) by exposed collagen - platelet adhesion via VII:vWF receptors - ADP release from dense bodies cause aggregation/TXA2 synth - temporary platelet plug w/fibrinogen cap  
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Resolution of clot in vessel injury   thrombin from coag pathway converts fibrinogen to fibrin forming a stable plug - plasmin destroys plug and reestablishes blood flow  
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Bleeding time   detects platelet abnormalities up to formation of temporary hemostatic plug (thrombocytopenia; no VIII:vWF for platelet adhesion); mc cause is pt on aspirin (no TXA2 for aggregation)  
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Ristocetin cofactor assay   best test for VIII:vWF (vWF made by endothelial cells/megakaryocytes necessary for platelet adhesion)  
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Prothrombin time (PT)   detects extrinsic coag system factors down to formation of a clot - VII (extrinsic) --> X --> V --> II (prothrombin) --> I (fibrinogen) --> clot; international normalized ratio (for pts on warfarin); Best test for Liver Synthetic Function  
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Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)   detects INtrinsic coagulation system factors (XII, XI, IX, VIII) down to formation of a clot - XII --> XI --> IX --> VIII --> X --> V --> II (prothrombin) --> I (fibrinogen) --> clot; used to follow HEPARIN therapy and Factor Deficiencies  
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Factor VII deficiency   prolonged PT and normal PTT  
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Factor VIII deficiency   hemophilia A (decreased VIII:coagulant; Normal VIII:antigen and VIII:vWF); Normal PT, Prolonged PTT  
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Factor X deficiency   prolonged PT and PTT  
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Patient on heparin   prolonged PT and PTT (but PTT is better test to follow pts; if overanticoagulated, give PROTAMINE SULFATE  
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Patient on warfarin   blocks vitK ability to g-carboxylate factors II, VII, IX & X, ptn C/S by blocking epoxide reductase (normally keeps vitK in active K1 state) Prolonged PT & PTT (but PT is better test for monitoring; if overanticoagulated/bleeding IM vitK; bad bleed = FFP  
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Patient with von Willebrand's Disease   all factor VIII components decreased (VIII:coagulant, VIII:antigen, VIII:vWF); Prolonged Bleeding Time, Normal PT, Prolonged PTT  
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Patient with antibody against factor VIII:coagulant (circulating anticoag, inhibitor) and Prolonged PTT   normal PT, Prolonged PTT; after mixing 0.5cc of normal plasma w/0.5cc pt plasma, the PTT is repeated and still prolonged b/c Abs inhibit VIII:coagulant in normal plasma as well; a TRUE Factor VIII:coag deficiency has correctable PTT w/normal plasma  
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Fibrinolytic system tests   Fibrin (ogen) splits products (X, Y, D, E fragments) after plasmin breakdown of fibrinogen or a fibrin clot; D-dimers (measure x-linked fibrin monomers in fibrin clot)  
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation   intravascular consumption of clotting factors (fibrinogen, V, VIII, prothrombin, platelets) with diffuse oozing of blood from all breaks in skin; Caused by: endotoxic shock, infxn, snake envenomation, amniotic fluid  
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Tests/Tx for DIC   **BEST = Increased split products and D-dimer;** prolonged PT and PTT; low fibrinogen; Use blood components to keep pt alive; Heparin blocks thrombin (prevents clots and consumption of coag factors)  
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Hereditary thrombosis syndromes   venous thrombosis and pulmonary emboli; ATIII deficiency (no prolongation of PTT after starting heparin); Protein C and S deficiency  
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Heparin   prevents venous clot formation; does NOT dissolve clot; can be used in pregnancy; can produce thrombocytopenia  
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Warfarin   blocks epoxide reductase (normally keeps vit K in active K1 state); previously g-carboxylated vitK dep-factors must disappear b/f pt is fully anticoagulated (reason why heparin is given along with warfarin)  
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Warfarin and Factor VII, protein C, prothrombin   have shortest half-lives (6hrs) and prothrombin the longest (3 days); hemorrhagic skin necrosis; pt with heterozygote ptn C deficiency and 50% factor level (when put on warfarin will have 0% ptn C in 6hrs causes thrombosis in skin bf full anticoagulation)  
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Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura   mc immuncomplex (IgA-anti-IgA) vasculitis in kids; URI followed by palpable purpura (small vessel vasculitis); polyarthritis, hematuria (glomerulonephritis), GI bleed  
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Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's)   smoker's vasculitis; thrombosis of digital vessels w/gangrene; Tx = quit smoking  
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Kawasaki's dz   MCC of childhood myocardial infarction; coronary artery vasculitis + mucous membrane inflammation and skin desquamation at tips of fingers  
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Polyarteritis nodosa   immunocomplex vasculitis of muscular arteries; HBsAG in 30%; vessels in different stages of healing; aneurysm formation; renal infarction; p-ANCA antibodies; Diagnosis = arteriography  
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Takayasu's Arteritis   pulseless disease of Asian female; granulomatous vasculitis of aortic arch vessels; blindness; strokes  
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HbA1C   best test to follow glycemic control over the last 4-8wks in diabetes  
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Aseptic necrosis   Legg-Perthe; femoral head in child <10yo; Femoral fracture in elderly (MCC)  
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Osgood Schlatters   inflammation of proximal tibial apophysis at insertion of patellar tendon; active boys  
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Hypoglycemia   most commonly d/t insulin overdose in type I diabetic  
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Bell's Palsy   CN VII; droopy face, cannot close eye; a/w HSV-1  
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Insulinoma   benign tumor arising from b-islet cells; produces fasting hypoglycemia; 80% a/w MEN-I syndrome; mc islet cell tumor; secretes high levels of insulin AND *C-peptides* & inhibit GNG; forgetfulness and mental status change (neuroglycopenia)  
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Gastrinoma (Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome)   malignant islet tumor of G cells; produces Gastrin >600pg/mL causing hyperacidity & PUD (mc1; duodenum mc2); a/w MEN-1; usu 1 ulcer in nml location (suspect if multiple or unusual loci); abdominal pain, diarrhea (malabsorption d/t acidic pH)  
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Gastrinoma Tests   Best Screen = Basal acid output; Confirm = IV Secretin Test (paradoxical inc in gastrin); r/o H2 blockers (lo acid/hi gastrin), atrophic gastritis (typeA no acid/stim gastrin), pyloric obstruction (antral distension/stim gastrin), duode ulcer (hi Gastrin)  
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Glucagonoma   malignant tumor of islet alpha cells w/excess glucagon secretion; DM (glucagon is gluconeogenic); characteristic rash = necrolytic migratory erythema  
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Somatostatinoma   malignant tumor of delta islet cells secretes excess somatostatin; Achlorohydria (inhib gastrin) Cholelithiasis (inhibits cholecystokinin), DM (inhibs gastric inhib peptide that normally stim insulin release), steatorrhea (inhibs secretin/cholecystokinin)  
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VIPoma or pancreatic cholera or Verner Morrison Syndrome   malignant tumor of islets w/excess secretion of VIP; severe secretory diarrhea (stim cAMP like cholera & e.coli toxin); Hypokalemia; nml gap acidosis (lose bicarb/K in stool), achlorohydria  
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Myotonic dystrophy   AD; triplet repeat mutation; mc adult dystrophy; cannot release hand grip; BALDING; Cataracts; heart disease; hypogonadism  
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Wernicke-Korsakoff   cerebellar atrophy, cerebral atrophy, central pontine myelinolysis (too rapid infusion of Na in hyponatremia); peripheral neuropathy; d/t alcohol  
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Guillain-Barre   autoimmune demyelination of peripheral nerves primarily affecting motor fibers; follows URI; ascending paralysis (LMN symptoms); increased CSF ptn; no increase in cells  
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Meneir's disease   increased endolymph; dizziness, vertigo, hearing loss, horizontal nystagmus  
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Benign positional vertigo   MCC of recurrent vertigo; no hearing loss or tinnitus; nystagmus; dislocation of otoliths  
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Multiple sclerosis   mc demyelinating disease; a/w HSV-6 and HLA-Dr2; scanning speech (sounds drunk); intention tremor, nystagmus; paresthesias/muscle weakness; periventricular plaques; cerebellar ataxia; internuclear ophthalmoplegia; inc CSF ptn/lymphos (minor)  
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Parkinson's   depigmentation of substantia nigra; dec in dopamine; Lewy bodies in neurons; rigidity; bradykinesia, cogwheeling, resting tremor (pill rolling), fenestrating gait, blank stare; a/w MPTP abuse and chlorpromazeine can cause pseudoparkinsonism  
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Oligodendroglioma   benign calcifying tumor in adults; frontal lobes  
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Primary hyperPTH   inc Ca, dec PO4, inc PTH  
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Malignancy (PTH-like peptide)   inc Ca, dec PO4, dec PTH  
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Primary Hypoparathyroidism   dec Ca, inc PO4, dec PTH  
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Pseudohypoparathyroidism   dec Ca, inc PO4, normal-inc PTH  
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Secondary hyperPTH (malabsorption)   dec Ca, dec PO4, inc PTH  
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Secondary hyperPTH (renal failure)   dec Ca, inc PO4, inc PTH  
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Hypoalbuminemia   dec Ca, normal PO4, normal PTH  
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Alkalosis   normal Ca (dec ionized Ca); normal PO4, Inc PTH  
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Kidneys w/irregular white patches on cortical surface   pale infarcts from embolization from L heart  
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Concentric hypertrophy of left ventricle   inc afterload; essential HTN is MCC; aortic stenosis (not mitral stenosis); (No hypertrophy since blood is NOT getting to LV)  
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Hypertrophy and dilatation of left ventricle   volume overload d/t aortic OR mitral valve insufficiency; left to right shunts w/INC RETURN to L heart; aortic valve ring dilatation (dissection, aortitis)  
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