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