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Hy - FA Rapid Review - Key Associations

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Actinic (solar) keratosis   squamous cell carcinoma  
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Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury   Cushings ulcer (increased ICP stimulates vagal gastric secretion)  
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Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns   curling’s ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa)  
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Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon   skip lesions (Crohn’s disease: autoimmune)  
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Aneurysm, dissecting   HTN  
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Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta   atherosclerosis  
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Aortic aneurysm, ascending   Tertiary syphilis  
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Atrophy of the mammillary bodies   Wernicke’s encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency causing ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, and confusion)  
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Autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)   sickle cell anemia (HbS)  
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Bacteremia/pneumonia (IV drug user)   S. aureus  
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Bacteria associated with stomach cancer   H. pylori  
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Bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)   S. pneumoniae  
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Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)   Group B streptococcus (newborns), S. pneumoniae/N. meningitides (kids)  
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Benign melanocytic nevus   spitz nevus (most common in first two decades)  
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Bleeding disorder with GpIb deficiency   Bernard-soulier disease (defect in platelet adhesion)  
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Brain tumor (adults)   supratentorial: mets > astrocytoma (including glioblastoma multiforme) > meningioma > schwannoma  
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Brain tumor (kids)   infratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum) or supratentorial: craniopharyngioma (cerebrum)  
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Breast Cancer   infiltrating ductal carcinoma (in th US, 1 in 9 women will develop breast CA)  
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Breast mass   1. Fibrocystic change 2. Carcinoma (post menopausal)  
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Breast tumor (benign)   fibroadenmoa  
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Bug in debilitated, hospitalized pneumonia patient   Klebsiella  
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Cardiac primary tumor (kids)   rhabdomyoma  
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Cardiac manifestation of lupus   libman-sacks endocarditis (nonbacterial, affecting mitral)  
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Cardiac tumor (adults)   1. Metastasis 2. Primary myxoma 94:1 left to right atrium  
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Cardiomyopathy   dilated cardiomyopathy (40% are familial)  
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Cerebellar tonsillar herniation   Arnold- chiari malformation (often causes hydrocephalus)  
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Chronic arrhythmia   atrial fibrillation (associated with high risk of emboli)  
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Chronic atrophic gastritis (autoimmune)   predisposition to gastric carcinoma (can also cause pernicious anemia)  
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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina   DES exposure in utero  
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia   21-hydroxylase deficiency  
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Congenital cardiac anomaly   VSD  
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Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemias (black liver)   Dubin-Johnson syndrome (inability of hepatoocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile)  
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Constrictive pericarditis in developing world   tuberculosis  
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Coronary artery involved in thrombosis   LAD>RCA>LCA  
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Cretinism   iodine deficit/hypothyroidism  
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Cushing’s syndrome   1. Corticosteroid therapy 2. Excess ACTH secretion by pituitary  
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Cyanosis (early;less common)   tetralogy of fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus  
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Cyanosis (late; more common)   VSD, ASD, PDA  
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Death in CML   blast crisis  
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Death in SLE   Lupus nephropathy  
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Dementia   1. Alzheimer’s disease 2. Multiple infarcts  
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Demyelinating disease   Multiple sclerosis  
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DIC   gram-negative sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burn trauma  
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Dietary deficit   iron  
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Diverticulum in pharynx   Zenker’s diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)  
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Ejection click   aortic/pulmonic stenosis  
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Esophageal cancer   squamous cell carcinoma  
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Food poisoning   S. aureus  
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Gene involved in cancer   p53 tumor suppressor gene  
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Glomerulonephritis (adults)   Berger’s Disease (IgA nephropathy)  
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Gynecologic malignancy   endometrial carcinoma  
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Heart murmur   mitral valve prolapsed  
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Heart valve in bacterial endocarditis   mitral (rheumatic fever), tricuspid (IV drug abuse), aortic (2nd affected in rheumatic fever)  
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Helmith infection (US)   1. Enterobius vermicularis 2. Ascaris lumbricoides  
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Hematoma -- epidural   rupture of middle meningeal artery (arterial bleeding is fast)  
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Hematoma -- subdural   rupture of bridging veins (trauma; venous bleeding is slow)  
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Hemochromatosis   multiple blood transfusions (can rsult in CHF and incrased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma)  
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Hepatocellular carcinoma   cirrhotic liver (Hep B and C)  
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Hereditary bleeding disorder   von Willebrand's disease  
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hereditary harmless jaundice   Gilbert's syndrome (benign congential unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)  
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HLA-B27   Ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome, ulcerative colitis  
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HLA-DR3 or DR4   Diabetes mellitus type I, RA, SLE  
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Holosystolic murmur   VSD, tricuspid regurg, mitral regurg  
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Hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, blood stasis   Virchow's triad (venus thrombosis)  
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Secondary Hypertension   Renal Disease  
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Hypoparathyroidism   thyroidectomy  
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Hypopituitarism   adenoma  
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infection in blood transfusion   Hep C  
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Kidney stones   Calcium  
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Late cyanotic shunt (uncorrected L to R becomes R to L)   Eisenmenger's syndrome 9caused by ASD, VSD, PDA)  
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Liver disease   alcoholic liver disease  
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Lysosomal storage disease   Gaucher's disease  
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male cancer   prostatic carcinoma  
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malignancy associated with noninfectious fever   Hodgkin's Lymphoma  
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malignant skin tumor   basal cell carcinoma (rarely metastasizes)  
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mental retardation   Down syndrome or fragile X  
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mets to bone   breast, lung, thyroid, testes, prostate, kidney  
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mets to brain   lung, breAST, SKIN, KIDNEY, gi  
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METS TO LIVER   Colon, gastric, pancreatic, breast, and lung  
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mitral valve stenosis   rheumatic heart disease  
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motor neuron disease   ALS  
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myocarditis   Coxsackie B  
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Neoplasm (KIDS)   ALL or cerebellar medlloblastoma  
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Nephrotic syndrome (adults)   membranous glomerulonephritis  
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Nephrotic syndrome (kids)   Minimal change disease (associated with infections/vaccinations; treat with corticosterois)  
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obstruction of male urinary tract   BPH  
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Opensing snap   mitral stenosis  
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opportunistic infections in AIDS   penumocystits jiroveci pneumonia  
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Organ receiving mets   adrenal glands (due to rich blood supply)  
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Organ sending mets   Lung > breast, stomach  
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Osteomyelitis   S. aureus  
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Osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell disease   salmonella  
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osteomyelitis with IV drug abuse   Pseudomonas  
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ovarian metastasis from gastric carcinoma or breast CA   Krukenberg tumor (mucin secreting signet ring cells)  
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Ovarian tumor (benign)   serous cystadenoma  
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Ovarian tumor (malignant)   serous cystadenocarcinoma  
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pancreatic tumor   adenocarcinoma (head of pancreas)  
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pancreatitis (acute)   EtOH and gallstones  
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Pancreatitis (chronic)   EtOH (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids)  
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Patient with ALL/CLL/AML/CML   All: child, CLL: adult>60, AML: adult>60, CML: adult 35-50  
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patient with Hodgkin's disease   young male (except nodular sclerosis type: female)  
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Pelvic inflammatory disease   Neisseria gonorrhoeae (monoarticular arthritis)  
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Philadelphia chromosome   CML  
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bcr-abl   CML  
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Pituitary tumor   prolactinoma, somatotropic "acidophilic" adenoma  
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Pneumonia, hospital acquired   Klebsiella  
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primary amenorrhea   turner's syndrome (XO)  
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Primary bone tumor (adults)   multiple myeloma  
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Primary hyperaldosteronism   adenoma of adrenal cortex  
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Primary hyperparathyroidism   adenomas, hyperplasia, carcinoma  
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Primary liver cancer   hepatocellular carcinoma  
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pulmonary hypertension   COPD  
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recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities   Buerger's disease (strongly associated with tobacco)  
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Renal tumor   Renal cell carcinoma: associated with von Hippel-Lindau and adult Polycystic kidney disease; paraneoplastic syndromes  
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Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause   Cor pulmonale  
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S3 (protodiastolic gallop)   Increased ventricular filling (L to R shunt, mitral regurge, LV failure [CHF])  
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S4 (presystolic gallop)   Stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy)  
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Secondary hyperparathydoirdsm   hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease  
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Sexually transmitted disease   Chlamydia  
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SIADH?   small cell carcinoma of the lung  
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site of diverticula   sigmoid colon  
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site of metastasis   regional lymph nodes, liver  
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sites of atherosclerosis   ABD aorta > coronary popliteal > carotid  
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stomach cancer   adenocarcinoma  
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stomach ulcerations with high gastrin levels   Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)  
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t(14;18)   Follicular lymphoma (bcl-2 activations)  
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t(8;14)   Burkitt's Lymphoma (c-myc)  
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t(9;22)   Philadelphia Chromosome; CML (bcr-abl  
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Temporal arteritis   risk of ipsilateral blindness due to thrombosis of ophthalmic artery  
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testicular tumor   seminoma  
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thyroid cancer   papillary carcinoma  
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tumor in women   leiomyoma (estrogen dependent  
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tumor of infancy   hemangioma  
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tumor of adrenal medulla (adults)   pheochromocytoma  
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tumor of adrenal medulla (kids)   neuroblastoma (malignant)  
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type of hodgkin's   nodular sclerosis (vs mixed cellularity, lymphocity predominance, lymphocytic depleion)  
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type of non-Hodkins   Diffuse large cell  
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UTI   E. coli, S. saprophyticus  
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Viral encephalitis   HSV  
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Vitamin deficiency (US)   Folic Acid  
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