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Goljan HY Systemic Pathology

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Erythropoietin   synthesized in peritubular capillaries  
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Reticulocyte count   measure of effective erythropoiesis; correct for degree of anemia  
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Extramedullary hematopoiesis   hematopoiesis outside bone marrow (e.g., spleen)  
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Newborn physiologic anemia   drop in Hb due to replacement of HbF RBCs with HbA  
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Pregnancy   Hb and Hct decreased; greater increase in plasma volume than RBC mass  
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Anemia   normal O2 saturation and arterial PO2  
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MCV   average volume of RBCs; useful for anemia classification  
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MCHC   average Hb concentration in RBCs  
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MCHC   ↓ in microcytic anemias; ↑ in spherocytosis  
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Thalassemias   ↓ MCV, ↑ RBC count  
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RDW   RBC size variation; ↑ iron deficiency; normal in other microcytic anemias  
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Mature RBC   anaerobic glycolysis; no mitochondria or HLA antigens  
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Total iron binding capacity   ↑ iron deficiency; ↓ anemia chronic disease, sideroblastic anemia  
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% Saturation   ↓ iron deficiency, anemia chronic disease; ↑ sideroblastic anemia  
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Serum ferritin   ↓ iron deficiency; ↑ anemia chronic disease, sideroblastic anemia; normal thalassemia  
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Microcytic anemias   iron deficiency MC, anemic chronic disease, thalassemia, sideroblastic anemia  
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Iron deficiency child   MCC Meckel’s diverticulum  
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Iron deficiency woman < 50   MCC menorrhagia  
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Iron deficiency man < 50   MCC peptic ulcer disease  
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Iron deficiency men/woman > 50   MCC colon cancer  
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Stages iron deficiency   ↓ ferritin; ↓ Fe and % saturation, ↑ TIBC; normocytic then microcytic anemia  
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Anemia chronic disease   MC anemia in malignancy and alcoholics  
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α-Thalassemia trait   AR; two α-globin gene deletions; normal Hb electrophoresis  
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HbH disease   three α-globin gene deletions; hemolytic anemia; four β-globin chains  
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Hb Bart’s disease   four α-globin gene deletions; four γ-globin chains  
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β-Thalassemia minor   AR; DNA splicing defect; ↑ HbA2 and F; ↓ HbA  
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β-Thalassemia major   nonsense mutation with stop codon; hemolytic anemia; ↑↑ HbF, ↑ HbA2  
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Sideroblastic anemia   defect in mitochondrial heme synthesis producing ringed sideroblasts  
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Causes sideroblastic anemia   alcohol, pyridoxine deficiency (isoniazid Rx of TB), Pb poisoning  
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Pb poisoning   inhibition ferrochelatase, d-aminolevulinic acid dehydrase, ribonuclease  
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S/S Pb poisoning children   growth retardation; Pb in epiphyses (lead lines); abdominal colic; encephalopathy  
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S/S Pb poisoning adult   peripheral neuropathy; proximal renal tubule damage (Fanconi’s syndrome)  
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Lab Pb poisoning   coarse basophilic stippling RBCs; ↓ MCV; ↑ blood Pb; ↑ d-aminolevulinic acid  
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Vitamin B12   animal products; requires intrinsic factor for reabsorption in terminal ileum  
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Vitamin B12   transfers methyl group to homocysteine  
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R factor   binds with B12 in mouth, removed by pancreatic enzymes in small intestine  
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Vitamin B12   involved in propionate metabolism; end-product succinyl CoA  
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Causes B12 deficiency   vegan, pernicious anemia MC, fish tapeworm, pancreatitis, bacterial overgrowth, Crohn’s disease  
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Pernicious anemia   autoimmune destruction parietal cells; chronic gastritis body/fundus; achlorhydria; ↑ gastrin  
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Causes folate deficiency   alcohol MCC, poor diet, drugs, malabsorption, pregnancy, goat milk  
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Drugs and folate deficiency   alcohol, OC, phenytoin, methotrexate, trimethoprim, 5-fluorouracil  
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Intestinal conjugase in folate metabolism   inhibited by phenytoin  
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Jejunal uptake of monoglutamate form of folate   inhibited by alcohol and OC  
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Dihydrofolate reductase   inhibited by methotrexate, trimethoprim  
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Thymidylate synthetase   inhibited by 5-fluorouracil  
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Folate deficiency   MCC of increased serum homocysteine  
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Lab in B12/folate deficiency   pancytopenia; hypersegmented neutrophils; ↑ homocysteine  
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Lab findings unique to B12 deficiency   ↑ gastrin (pernicious anemia), ↑ methylmalonic acid  
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B12 reabsorbed absorbed after administration of intrinsic factor   PA  
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B12 reabsorbed absorbed after administration of antibiotics   bacterial overgrowth  
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B12 reabsorbed absorbed after administration of pancreatic extract   chronic pancreatitis  
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Acute blood loss   initially normal Hb and Hct; 0.9% saline uncovers RBC deficit  
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Aplastic anemia   drugs (e.g., phenylbutazone); infection (e.g., parvovirus); benzene  
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Lab findings aplastic anemia   pancytopenia; hypocellular bone marrow  
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Anemia in renal disease   normocytic; decreased EPO  
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Extravascular hemolysis   macrophage phagocytosis of RBCs; ↑ unconjugated bilirubin and urine UBG  
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Intravascular hemolysis   ↓ serum haptoglobin; hemoglobinuria; hemosiderinuria  
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Congenital spherocytosis   AD; defect in spectrin; extravascular hemolysis; splenomegaly  
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Blood findings in spherocytosis   normocytic anemia; dense RBCs, ↑ MCHC, ↑ osmotic fragility  
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PNH   missing decay accelerating factor; complement destruction RBCs, neutrophils, platelets  
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S/S PNH   pancytopenia; hemoglobinuria; positive sugar water test and acidified serum test  
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HbSS   AR; missense mutation (valine for glutamic acid 6th positive β-globin chain)  
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Causes of sickling   ↑ deoxyhemoglobin (hypoxemia, acidosis); HbS > 60%  
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HbF   inhibits sickling; hydroxyurea ↑ HbF  
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Pathophysiology HbSS   vasoocclusive crises, hemolytic anemia (extravascular)  
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HbSS children   dactylitis (6-9 months); Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis (dysfunctional spleen)  
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HbSS osteomyelitis   Salmonella paratyphi  
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HbSS complications   aplastic crisis (parvovirus B-19), acute chest syndrome, autosplenectomy, calcium bilirubinate gallstones, priapism, aseptic necrosis  
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HbAS   microhematuria from sickling in renal medulla; renal papillary necrosis  
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Hb electrophoresis   HbAS-HbA 55-60%, HbS 40-45%; HbSS-HbS 90-95%, HbF 5-10%  
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Blood findings in HbSS   sickle cells; target cells; Howell-Jolly bodies (nuclear remnants)  
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G6PD deficiency   XR; oxidant damage (peroxide) to Hb (e.g., primaquine; dapsone; fava beans)  
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Blood findings G6PD deficiency   Heinz bodies (denatured Hb; special stain); bite cells  
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Pyruvate kinase deficiency   ↓ ATP; RBCs dehydrated; ↑ 2,3-BPG (right-shifted OBC)  
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Warm type AIHA   IgG; extravascular hemolysis; e.g., SLE, drugs  
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Cold type AIHA   IgM intravascular hemolysis; e.g., CLL, Mycoplasma  
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Penicillin   IgG antibody against penicillin attached to RBC (type II hypersensitivity)  
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Methyldopa   drug alters Rh antigens; IgG antibody against Rh antigens (type II hypersensitivity)  
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Quinidine   drug-IgM IC; intravascular hemolysis; type III hypersensitivity  
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Lab findings AIHA   positive direct Coombs’; spherocytes  
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Micro-macroangiopathic hemolysis   mechanical damage causing intravascular hemolysis  
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Causes of micro/macro hemolysis   aortic stenosis (MCC), DIC, TIP, HUS  
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Peripheral blood findings micro/macro hemolysis   schistocytes; iron deficiency from hemoglobinuria  
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Malaria   intravascular hemolysis correlates with fever; falciparum-ring forms and gametocytes  
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Leukemoid reaction   exaggerated WBC response to infection; usually due to infection  
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Leukoerythroblastic reaction   marrow infiltrative disease peripheralizes myeloblasts/nucleated RBCs  
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Causes of leukoerythroblastic reaction   bone metastasis MCC, myelofibrosis  
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Eosinophilia   type I hypersensitivity (e.g., penicillin reaction); invasive helminthic infection  
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Helminthes not producing eosinophilia   pinworms, adult worms in ascariasis  
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Atypical lymphocytes   mononucleosis; CMV; toxoplasmosis; viral hepatitis; phenytoin  
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Mononucleosis   due to EBV; EBV attaches to CD21 receptors on B cells  
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Clinical findings mono   exudative tonsillitis, generalized lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly  
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Lab findings mono   atypical lymphocytosis; IgM heterophile antibodies against horse RBCs  
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Lymphopenia   T cell deficiencies (HIV); combined B/T deficiency (adenine deaminase deficiency)  
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Lymphocytosis   viral infections, whooping cough  
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Corticosteroids   lymphopenia, eosinopenia, neutrophilia  
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Chronic MPD   neoplastic stem cell disorder; splenomegaly; marrow fibrosis; risk for leukemia  
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Examples of MPD   polycythemia vera, myelofibrosis and myeloid metaplasia  
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Relative polycythemia   ↓ plasma volume; ↑ RBC count; normal RBC mass  
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Absolute polycythemia   ↓ RBC count and RBC mass  
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Appropriate polycythemia   hypoxic stimulus for EPO to generate RBCs  
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Causes of appropriate absolute polycythemia   lung disease, cyanotic heart disease, high altitude  
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Appropriate absolute polycythemia   normal plasma volume; ↑ RBC mass; ↓ SaO2; ↑ EPO  
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Inappropriate absolute polycythemia   no hypoxic stimulus for EPO  
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Causes of inappropriate polycythemia   ectopic secretion EPO, polycythemia vera  
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Polycythemia vera   ↑ plasma volume and RBC mass; normal SaO2; ↓ EPO  
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Ectopic EPO (renal cell carcinoma)   normal plasma volume; ↑ RBC mass; normal SaO2; ↑ EPO  
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Myelofibrosis myeloid metaplasia   marrow fibrosis; extramedullary hematopoiesis; splenomegaly  
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Lab findings in myelofibrosis   tear drop RBCs; dry bone marrow aspirate (marrow fibrosis)  
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Essential thrombocythemia   MPO with increase in abnormal appearing platelets  
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Myelodysplastic syndrome   severe anemia in elderly; 30% develop leukemia; ringed sideroblasts  
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Benzene   aplastic anemia; acute leukemia  
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Leukemia by age   ALL, newborn-14; AML, 15-60; CML, 40-60; CLL, >60  
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Acute vs. chronic leukemia   acute, blasts >30% in bone marrow; chronic, blasts <10% in bone marrow  
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AML   Auer rods in myeloblasts  
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Acute promyelocytic leukemia   t(15;17); defect in retinoic acid; Rx retinoic acid (↑ maturation); DIC  
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Acute monocytic leukemia   gum infiltration  
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CML   t(9;22) of ABL POC; Philadelphia chromosome 22; ↓ alkaline phosphatase score  
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ALL   early pre-B (80%); CALLA (CD10) and TdT positive; CNS and testicle involvement  
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ALL   t(12;21) offers good prognosis  
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CLL   B cell neoplasm; ↓ γ-globulins; MCC generalized lymphadenopathy patients> 60-yrs-old  
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Adult T cell leukemia   HTLV-1; CD4 T cells; skin infiltration; lytic bone lesions with hypercalcemia  
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Hairy cell leukemia   positive TRAP stain; splenomegaly; Rx with purine nucleosides  
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Nodal sites   germinal follicles, B cells; paracortex, T cells; sinuses, histiocytes  
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Testicular cancer   metastasizes to para-aortic nodes  
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Stomach cancer   metastasizes to left supraclavicular nodes (Virchow node)  
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Phenytoin   atypical lymphocytosis  
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Cat scratch disease   Bartonella henselae; granulomatous microabscesses  
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Follicular B-cell lymphoma   t(14;18); overexpression of BCL-2 anti-apoptosis gene  
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Burkitt lymphoma   t(8;14); EBV association; common childhood NHL; “starry sky” appearance  
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Extra nodal lymphomas   risk factors H. pylori (stomach); Sjogren’s syndrome  
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Mycosis fungoides   CD4 T cell neoplasm; skin lesions with Pautrier’s microabscesses  
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Sezary syndrome   leukemic phase of mycosis fungoides  
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Polyclonal gammopathy   sign of chronic inflammation  
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Monoclonal gammopathy   M component (spike); sign of plasma cell disorder  
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Confirmatory tests   serum and urine immunoelectrophoresis; bone marrow aspirate  
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Bence Jones protein   light chains in urine; predictive of a malignant plasma cell disorder  
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Multiple myeloma   M spike; lytic bone lesions; pathologic fractures; hypercalcemia; renal failure  
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MGUS   MC monoclonal gammopathy; may progress to myeloma  
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Findings in MGUS   elderly patient; no BJ protein; no malignant plasma cells  
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Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia   lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma; IgM M spike; hyperviscosity  
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Hodgkin’s lymphoma   neoplastic component, Reed Stemberg (RS) cell; CD15 CD30 positive  
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Lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin’s   infrequent classic RS cells  
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Nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s   female dominant; supraclavicular nodes + anterior mediastinal nodes  
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Mixed cellularity Hodgkin’s   male dominant; numerous RS cells; EBV association  
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Hodgkin’s prognosis   stage of disease and type of Hodgkin’s most important factors  
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Alkylating agents in Rx of Hodgkins   ↑ risk for second malignancies (leukemia; NHL)  
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Langerhan’s histiocytes   CD1 positive; Birbeck granules  
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Letterer-Siwe disease   malignant histiocytosis <2 yrs old; diffuse eczematous rash; organ involvement  
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Hand-Christian-Christian disease   malignant; lytic skull lesions, diabetes insipidus, exophthalmos  
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Eosinophilic granuloma   benign histiocytosis; lytic bone lesions with pathologic fractures  
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Mast cells   release histamine (pruritus; swelling); metachromatic granules positive with toluidine blue  
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Urticaria pigmentosum   localized mastocytosis; skin lesions swell and itch with scratching  
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Amyloid   twisted β-sheet; apple green birefringence with Congo red  
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Primary amyloidosis   AL amyloid derived from light chains; plasma cell disorders  
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Secondary amyloidosis   AA amyloid derived from serum-associated amyloid; chronic infections  
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Alzheimer’s disease   amyloid precursor protein gene product chromosome 21; amyloid-β  
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Gaucher’s disease   macrophages have fibrillary appearance; deficiency glucocerebrosidase  
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Niemann Pick’s disease   macrophages have soap bubble appearance; deficiency sphingomyelinase  
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Hypersplenism   splenomegaly; peripheral blood cytopenias; portal hypertension MCC  
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Splenic dysfunction   Howell Jolly bodies; susceptible to Streptococcus pneumoniae sepsis  
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Anticoagulants   tissue plasminogen activator, heparin, PGI2 ATIII, protein C/S  
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Heparin   enhances ATIII activity (neutralizes all factors except V, VIII, fibrinogen)  
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Protein C/S   neutralize V and VIII  
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Procoagulants   coagulation factors, thromboxane A2 (platelet aggregation, vasoconstrictor)  
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Protein C and S   inactivate factors V and VIII; enhance fibrinolysis  
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von Willebrand factor   complexes with factor VIII to enhance VIII:C activity; platelet adhesion  
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Platelets   receptors for von Willebrand factor and fibrinogen; synthesize thromboxane A2  
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GpIb   platelet receptor for von Willebrand factor  
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GpIIb:IIIa   platelet receptor for fibrinogen  
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Extrinsic system factor   VII  
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Intrinsic system factors   XII, XI, IX, VIII  
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Final common pathway factors   X, V, prothrombin (II), fibrinogen (I)  
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Factor XIII   cross-links insoluble fibrin; strengthens fibrin clots  
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Vitamin K-dependent factors   prothrombin, VII, IX, X, protein C and S  
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Factors consumed in a clot   fibrinogen, prothrombin, V, VIII; fluid is called serum  
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Plasmin   cleaves fibrinogen and insoluble fibrin into degradation products  
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Bleeding time   evaluates platelet function (adhesion, release reaction, aggregation)  
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Aspirin   MCC of a prolonged bleeding time  
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Tests for vWF   ristocetin cofactor assay; vWF antigen assay; agar electrophoresis  
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PT   evaluates extrinsic pathway to fibrin clot  
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PTT   evaluates intrinsic pathway to stable fibrin clot  
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Fibrinolysis tests   fibrin(ogen) degradation products; D-dimers (cross-linked insoluble fibrin)  
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S/S platelet dysfunction   cannot form temporary plug; epistaxis; petechiae; bleeding from scratches  
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)   children; antibodies against GpIIb:IIIa; no splenomegaly  
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Chronic autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura   SLE; antibodies against GpIIb:IIIa receptors  
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Heparin   thrombocytopenia due to IgG antibody against heparin attached to PF4 on platelets  
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PF4   heparin neutralizing factor  
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HIV   thrombocytopenia MC hematologic abnormality; similar to ITP  
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TTP   platelet thrombi develop in areas of endothelial damage in small vessels; consumption of platelets  
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S/S   fever, thrombocytopenia, renal failure, hemolytic anemia with schistocytes, CNS deficits  
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Lab findings TTP   thrombocytopenia, prolonged bleeding time, normal PT and PTT  
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HUS   similar to TTP; endothelial injury from Shiga-like toxin of 0157:H7 E. coli in undercooked beef  
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S/S factor deficiency   no stable fibrin clot-late rebleeding; menorrhagia; GI bleeding; hemarthroses  
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Hemophilia A   XR; hemarthroses; prolonged PTT, ↓ factor VIII activity, normal VIII antigen  
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von Willebrand’s disease   AD; platelet adhesion defect + factor VIII deficiency  
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Lab findings in VWD   ↓ vWF, VIII antigen, and VIII:C; prolonged bleeding time  
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Desmopressin acetate   Rx of choice for mild von Willebrand’s disease and hemophilia A  
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Circulating anticoagulants   antibodies destroy coagulation factors  
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Lab finding in circulating anticoagulant   prolonged PT and/or PTT corrected with mixing studies  
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Vitamin K deficiency   ↓ epoxide reductase activity (↓ function vitamin K); hemorrhagic diathesis; ↑ PT  
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Causes vitamin K deficiency   antibiotics MC, newborn, malabsorption, warfarin  
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DIC   activation coagulation system from release of tissue thromboplastin and/or endothelial cell damage  
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DIC   consumption coagulation factors by fibrin clots; patient also anticoagulated  
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Causes   septic shock MCC, rattlesnake bite, massive trauma, amniotic fluid  
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S/S   bleeding from all scratches, holes, needle sites  
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Lab findings DIC   thrombocytopenia, ↑ PT and PTT, D-dimers (best test), anemia  
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Antiphospholipid antibodies   lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies; vessel thrombosis  
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Warfarin   inhibits epoxide reductase; PT best test but PTT also prolonged  
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Warfarin   full anticoagulation in 3 days when -carboxylated prothrombin disappears  
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Warfarin   ingredient in rat poison; danger to children in households with grandparents on warfarin  
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Rx warfarin over anticoagulation   intramuscular vitamin K (6-8 hrs), fresh frozen plasma (immediate)  
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Heparin   enhances ATIII; PTT best test but PT also prolonged  
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OC   estrogen ↑ coagulation factor synthesis and ATIII; predisposes to thrombosis  
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Factor V Leiden   MC hereditary thrombosis; resistant to degradation by protein C/S  
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ATIII deficiency   no prolongation of PTT with administration of heparin  
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Hemorrhagic skin necrosis   post-warfarin therapy in patient with heterozygote protein C deficiency  
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M cells   specialized cells that transfer foreign antigens to lymphocytes in Peyer’s patches  
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Blood group O   some patients have anti-AB-IgG antibodies; increased incidence duodenal ulcers  
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Blood group A   increased incidence of gastric carcinoma  
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Newborns   do not have natural blood group antibodies at birth (e.g., anti-A-lgM)  
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Elderly   may lose natural blood group antibodies; no hemolytic reaction to mismatched blood  
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Rh antigens   inherited in autosomal codominant fashion; Rh antigens include D, C, c, E, e  
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Atypical antibodies   antibodies against Rh or non-Rh blood group antigens (e.g., anti-D)  
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Duffy antigen   receptor for Plasmodium vivax; blacks often lack Duffy antigen  
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Antibody screen   indirect Coomb’s test; detects atypical antibodies in serum  
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Cytomegalovirus   MC infection transmitted by blood transfusion; MC antibody  
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Hepatitis C   MCC of post-transfusion hepatitis  
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Major crossmatch   patient serum reacted against donor RBCs; does not guarantee RBC survival  
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Universal donor   blood group O; no antigens on the surface of RBCs  
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Universal recipient   blood group AB; no natural blood group antibodies in serum  
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Packed RBC transfusion   raises Hb by 1 gm/dL and Hct by 3%  
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Cryoprecipitate   fibrinogen and factor VIII  
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Fresh frozen plasma   replacement for multiple factor deficiencies (e.g., cirrhosis, DIC)  
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Allergic transfusion reaction   type I IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction  
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Febrile transfusion reaction   recipient anti-HLA antibodies react against donor leukocytes  
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Intravascular HTR   transfusion of ABO incompatible blood (e.g., A person receives B blood)  
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Extravascular HTR   antibody attaches to donor RBCs; macrophage phagocytosis and hemolysis  
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Positive direct Coomb’s test   present in both types of hemolytic transfusion reactions  
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S/S   jaundice, no increase in Hb, hemoglobinuria  
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ABO HDN   mother O and baby A or B; transplacental passage of maternal anti-AB-IgG  
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ABO HDN   positive direct Coomb’s test; spherocytes; MCC unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia first 24 hrs  
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Rh HDN   mother Rh (D antigen) negative and fetus Rh (O antigen) positive  
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Rh HDN   no hemolysis in first Rh incompatible pregnancy  
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Rh HDN   maternal anti-D crosses placenta; potential for hydrops fetalis; high risk for kernicterus  
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Rh immune globulin   anti-D; coats D antigen site on fetal RBCs in maternal circulation  
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Rh HDN lab   positive direct Coomb’s; severe anemia and hyperbilirubinemia  
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ABO HDN   protects mother from Rh sensitization (development of anti-D antibodies)  
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O Rh negative mother with A Rh positive baby   A+ cells destroyed by mothers anti A-lgM  
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Blue fluorescent light   converts unconjugated bilirubin in skin into harmless water soluble dipyrrole  
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MV auscultation   apex  
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TV auscultation   left parasternal border  
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AV auscultation   right 2nd intercostal space  
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PV auscultation   left 2nd intercostal space  
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S1   closure MV and TV  
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S2   closure AV and PV  
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Inspiration   split in A2 and P2; due to increased blood in right side of heart  
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S3   abnormal; due to blood entering volume overloaded ventricle in early diastole  
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Causes S3   valve regurgitation; congestive heart failure  
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S4   abnormal; due to blood entering non-compliant ventricle with atrial contraction in late diastole  
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Causes S4   volume overloaded ventricle, hypertrophy  
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Murmurs   stretching valve ring or damage to valve  
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Inspiration   increases right sided abnormal heart sounds and murmurs  
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Expiration   increases left sided abnormal heart sounds and murmurs  
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Stenosis murmurs   problem in opening valve  
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Regurgitation murmurs   problem in closing valve  
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Valves opening in systole   AV and PV  
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Valves opening in diastole   MV and TV  
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Valves closing in systole   MV and TV  
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Valves closing in diastole   AV and PV  
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LDL   primary vehicle for carrying cholesterol  
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VLDL   primary vehicle for carrying liver-synthesized triglyceride  
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Familial hypercholesterolemia (type II)   AD; deficiency of LDL receptors; ↑ LDL  
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Type III hyperlipoproteinemia   deficiency apo E; ↑ remnants (chylomicron, intermediate density)  
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Type IV hyperlipoproteinemia   ↑ VLDL; alcoholics  
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Apo B deficiency   deficiency apo B48 (chylomicrons) and B100 (VLDL); ↓ CH and TG  
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Clinical findings in apo B deficiency   malabsorption; hemolytic anemia  
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Atherosclerosis   reaction to injury of endothelial cells  
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Risk factors   smoking, ↑ LDL, ↑ homocysteine, Chlamydia pneumoniae infection  
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Cells involved   platelets, macrophages, smooth muscle cells, T cells with cytokine release  
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Fibrous plaque   pathognomonic lesion of atherosclerosis  
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C-reactive protein   marker of an inflammatory atheromatous plaque  
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Inflammatory atheromatous plaque   predisposes to platelet thrombosis  
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Increased plasma homocysteine   ↑ vessel thrombosis; folate (MC)/vitamin B12 deficiency  
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Hyaline arteriolosclerosis   small vessel disease of DM and hypertension; excess protein in vessel wall  
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Mechanisms hyaline arteriolosclerosis in DM   non-enzymatic glycosylation  
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Non-enzymatic glycosylation   glucose attaches to amino acids in BM; causes ↑ permeability to protein  
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Mechanisms hyaline arteriolosclerosis in hypertension   pressure pushes proteins into vessel wall  
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture   due to atherosclerosis; flank pain, hypotension, pulsatile mass  
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Syphilitic aneurysm   vasculitis of vasa vasorum of aortic arch; aortic regurgitation  
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Aortic dissection   due to hypertension and collagen tissue disorders (e.g., Marfan)  
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Cystic medial degeneration   elastic tissue degeneration creates spaces filled with mucopolysaccharides  
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Intimal tear in aorta   due to wall stress from hypertension and structural weakness  
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Types of dissection   proximal (MC); distal or combination of both  
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S/S proximal aortic dissection   chest pain radiating to back, lack of pulse; cardiac tamponade MC COD  
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Marfan’s   AD; fibrillin defect; aortic regurgitation/dissection; lens dislocation; MVP with sudden death  
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MC COD Marfan’s and Ehlers Danlos   aortic dissection  
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Phlebothrombosis   stasis of blood flow; deep veins below knee MC site  
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Pulmonary thromboembolism   emboli originate from femoral veins  
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Superficial migratory thrombophlebitis   sign of carcinoma of head of pancreas  
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Thoracic outlet syndrome   absent radial pulse with positional change  
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Turner’s syndrome   lymphedema hands/feet in newborn; preductal coarctation  
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Spider telangiectasia   arteriovenous fistula; due to hyperestrinism (cirrhosis, pregnancy)  
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Capillary hemangioma in newborn   regress with age; do not surgically remove  
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Kaposi’s sarcoma   HHV-8; vascular malignancy; MC cancer in AIDS  
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Bacillary angiomatosis   Bartonella henselae; vascular infection in AIDS  
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Small vessel vasculitis   palpable purpura; e.g., Henoch Schonlein purpura  
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Muscular artery vasculitis   vessel thrombosis with infarction; e.g., classical polyarteritis nodosa  
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Elastic artery vasculitis   absent pulse, stroke  
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Takayasu’s arteritis   pulseless disease; young Asian woman  
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Giant cell arteritis   temporal artery granulomatous vasculitis; ipsilateral blindness (ophthalmic artery)  
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Classical polyarteritis nodosa   muscular artery vasculitis with vessel thrombosis infarction  
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Path findings   vessel inflammation at different stages; aneurysms from vessel weakness  
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S/S   infarctions in kidneys, skin, GI tract, heart; HBsAg in 30%  
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Diagnosis   angiography identifies aneurysms and thrombosis  
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Kawasaki’s disease   coronary artery vasculitis/thrombosis/aneurysms in children  
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S/S   chest pain; desquamating rash; swelling hands/feet; cervical lymphadenopathy  
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Rx   IV γ-globulin  
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Buerger’s disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)   smoker’s digital vasculitis; digital infarction  
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Raynaud’s syndrome   digital vasculitis in PSS and CREST syndrome  
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S/S   digital pain; white-blue-red color changes  
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Cryoglobulinemia   protein gels in cold temperature; Raynaud’s syndrome; HCV association  
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S/S   acral cyanosis relieved by coming indoors  
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Wegener’s granulomatosis   association with c-ANCA; sinusitis, lung infarction, crescentic GN  
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Microscopic polyangiitis   palpable purpura; crescentic GN; association with p-ANCA  
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Henoch-Schönlein purpura   IgA-anti-IgA ICs; palpable purpura buttocks/legs; arthritis; IgA GN  
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Serum sickness vasculitis   e.g., horse antivenin in Rx of rattlesnake envenomation  
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever   tick borne  
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Rickettsia infection; vasculitis causes petechia on palms → trunk    
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Meningococcemia   sepsis causes petechia/ecchymoses; potential for Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome  
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Essential HTN blacks   defect in renal excretion of sodium; ↑ plasma volume, ↓ PRA  
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Renovascular HTN   atherosclerosis renal artery in men; fibromuscular hyperplasia renal artery women  
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S/S   epigastric bruit; ↑ PRA affected kidney, ↓ PRA unaffected kidney  
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Endocrine HTN   1º HPTH, Graves/hypothyroidism, Cushing’s, 1º aldosteronism, phaeochromocytoma  
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Hypertension   LVH MC complication; AMI MC COD followed by stroke and renal failure  
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Afterload   resistance ventricles contract against  
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Preload   volume ventricles must eject  
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Concentric LVH   increased afterload; e.g., essential HTN, aortic stenosis  
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LVH with dilation/hypertrophy   increased preload; e.g., valve regurgitation; left to right shunts  
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LHF   forward failure; pulmonary edema, pillow orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea  
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Systolic dysfunction   LHF due to decreased ventricular contractility (ischemia)  
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Diastolic dysfunction   LHF due to decreased ventricular compliance (hypertrophy)  
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RHF   backward failure; ↑ venous hydrostatic pressure; neck vein distention, hepatomegaly, edema  
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ACE inhibitors   decrease afterload and preload in heart failure  
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Diuretics in CHF   reduce preload  
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Non-pharmacologic Rx in CHF   restrict salt and water  
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AMI   MC COD in United States; left anterior descending coronary artery thrombosis MCC  
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Exertional angina   coronary artery atherosclerosis; subendocardial ischemia; ST depression  
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Prinzmetal’s angina   coronary artery vasospasm; transmural ischemia; ST elevation  
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Sudden cardiac death   death within 1 hr of symptoms  
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Path findings   severe coronary artery atherosclerosis; absence of occlusive thrombosis  
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LAD coronary artery   anterior portion left ventricle, anterior 2/3rds IVS  
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RCA   posterior portion left ventricle and papillary muscle, inferior 1/3rd IVS, right ventricle  
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AMI   rupture of inflammatory plaque produces platelet thrombus  
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Ventricular fibrillation   MC COD in AMI  
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AMI   no gross changes until 24 hrs  
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S/S AMI   retrosternal pain radiating down arms, diaphoresis  
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AMI ruptures   3rd-7th day  
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Anterior wall rupture   MC type; LAD thrombosis; cardiac tamponade  
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Posteromedial papillary muscle rupture   RCA thrombosis; mitral regurgitation with LHF  
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IVS rupture   LAD thrombosis; left to right shunt; RHF  
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Mural thrombus   anterior AMI; danger embolization  
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Pericarditis   first week in transmural AMI; 6 wks later autoimmune  
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S/S   friction rub; leaning forward relieves pain  
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Ventricular aneurysms   late manifestation of AMI; precordial systolic bulge; CHF MC COD  
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Right ventricular infarction   RCA thrombosis; hypotension, RHF, preserved left ventricular function  
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Diagnosis of AMI   CK-MB and troponins; CK-MB absent by 3 days; troponins last 7-10 days  
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LDH isoenzymes   no longer used; LDH 1/2 flip indicates AMI  
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Reinfarction   reappearance CK-MB after 3 days  
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ECG findings in AMI   inverted T waves; ST elevation; Q waves  
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Ejection fraction   EF = stroke volume/left ventricular end-diastolic volume; 80/120 = 0.66  
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By-pass surgery   use internal mammary artery and saphenous veins (“arterialize” after 10 yrs)  
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Angioplasty complication   localized dissection with thrombosis  
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Umbilical vein   highest O2 saturation  
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Ductus arteriosis in fetus   shunts blood from pulmonary artery to aorta; PGE keeps it open  
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Ductus arteriosus in newborn   closes and becomes ligamentum arteriosum  
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Eisenmenger’s syndrome   cyanosis due to reversal of left to right shunt  
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VSD   MC congenital heart disease; ↑ SaO2 right ventricle (RV), pulmonary artery (PA)  
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ASD   patent foramen ovale; ↑ SaO2 right atrium (RA), RV, PA; MC adult congenital heart disease  
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Down syndrome   endocardial cushion defect (combined ASD and VSD)  
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PDA   machinery murmur; close with indomethacin; ↑ SaO2 PA  
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Tetralogy of Fallot   degree of pulmonic stenosis determines if cyanosis is present  
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Tetralogy of Fallot   ↓ left ventricle, aorta  
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Tetralogy of Fallot   ASD and PDA are cardioprotective  
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Complete transposition   cyanosis; aorta empties RV; PA empties left ventricle  
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Complications cyanotic heart disease   2° polycythemia; infective endocarditis; metastatic abscesses  
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Pre-ductal coarctation   Turner’s syndrome  
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Post-ductal coarctation   constriction distal to ligamentum arteriosum  
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S/S   upper extremity HTN; claudication; rib-notching; activation RAA also causes HTN  
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Acute rheumatic fever   type II hypersensitivity; group A streptococcus pharyngeal infection  
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Acute rheumatic fever   sterile vegetations mitral valve (regurgitation); myocarditis with Aschoff nodule  
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S/S   polyarthritis (MC), carditis, erythema marginatum, rheumatoid nodules, chorea  
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Mitral stenosis   chronic rheumatic fever; opening snap followed by mid-diastolic rumble  
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Mitral stenosis   left atrial dilation hypertrophy - atrial fibrillation, thrombus, pulmonary edema, RHF  
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MVP   myxomatous degeneration of mitral valve; common in Marfan syndrome, Ehlers Danlos  
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S/S   mid-systolic click followed by a murmur; palpitations, chest pain, rupture of chordae  
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MVP click/murmur close to S1   decrease preload (stand, Valsalva, anxiety)  
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MVP click/murmur close to S2   increase preload (supine, squat, clench fist)  
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Mitral regurgitation   pansystolic murmur; S3 and S4 common  
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Causes   LHF, infective endocarditis, acute rheumatic fever  
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Aortic stenosis   systolic ejection murmur; syncope and angina with exercise; hemolytic anemia  
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Aortic stenosis murmur increased preload   worsens obstruction and increases murmur intensity  
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Aortic stenosis murmur decreased preload   decreases obstruction and decreases murmur intensity  
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Causes   bicuspid aortic valve; age-related sclerosis  
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Aortic regurgitation   bounding pulses; early diastolic blowing murmur  
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Austin Flint murmur   diastolic murmur; regurgitant flow on anterior leaflet mitral valve  
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Significance Austin Flint murmur   sign for AV replacement  
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Causes aortic regurgitation   essential HTN, infective endocarditis, acute rheumatic fever, dissection  
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Tricuspid regurgitation   pansystolic murmur ↑ intensity with inspiration  
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Causes   endocarditis IV drug abuse; RHF; carcinoid heart disease  
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Carcinoid heart disease   tricuspid regurgitation, pulmonic stenosis  
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Infective endocarditis (IE)   Streptococcus viridans MCC; Staphylococcus aureus MCC IVDA  
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IE prosthetic heart valve   Staphylococcus epidermidis (coagulase negative)  
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IE ulcerative bowel disease   Streptococcus bovis  
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S/S   IC vasculitis-Roth spot, splinter hemorrhages; regurgitant murmurs; metas1atic abscesses  
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Lab findings   positive blood culture Libman Sacks endocarditis  
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Coxsackievirus   MCC of myocarditis (lymphocyte infiltrate in myocardium) and pericarditis  
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Parasitic cause myocarditis   leishmania in Chagas disease  
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Pericardial effusion   all chamber pressures are uniformally increased  
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S/S   muffled heart sounds, pulsus paradoxus, inspiratory neck vein distention  
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Dx and Rx   echocardiogram, pericardiocentesis, respectively  
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Pulsus paradoxus   drop in blood pressure >10 mmHg with inspiration  
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Constrictive pericarditis   TB MCC worldwide; pericardial knock  
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Congestive cardiomyopathy   generalized chamber enlargement; low ejection fraction  
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Causes   postpartum, cardiotoxic drugs, hypothyroidism, alcohol  
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy   MCC of sudden death in young person (due to conduction defects)  
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Site of obstruction   anterior leaflet mitral valve drawn against asymmetric thickened IVS  
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Effect decreased preload on systolic murmur   worsens obstruction and increases murmur intensity  
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Effect increased preload on systolic murmur   reduces obstruction and decreases murmur intensity  
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Restrictive cardiomyopathy   decreased compliance  
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Causes   iron, amyloid, glycogen; sarcoidosis; tropical endocardial fibrosis  
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Cardiac myxoma   benign tumor left atrium; embolization; syncope  
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Cardiac rhabdomyoma   childhood tumor; association with tuberous sclerosis  
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U wave   hypokalemia; MCC diuretic therapy (e.g., thiazides; loop diuretics)  
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Peaked T wave   hyperkalemia; MCC renal failure  
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ST depression   subendocardial ischemia (e.g., classical angina pectoris)  
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ST elevation   transmural ischemia (e.g., AMI), pericarditis, ventricular aneurysm  
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Atrial fibrillation   MC chronic arrhythmia; absent P waves; danger for embolization  
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Ventricular premature beats   wide QRS complexes; MC arrhythmia in coronary care unit  
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Ventricular fibrillation   MCC of death in an AMI  
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Anterior AMI   Q waves in I and V1-V4  
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Inferior AMI   Q waves in II, III, and aVF; right coronary artery thrombosis.  
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Wolff-Parkinson-White   short PR interval with normal P wave; delta wave on upstroke of R wave  
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Alveolar O2 calculation   % O2 breathing (713) - PCO2/0.8  
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Increased A-a gradient   primary lung disease; left to right shunts in heart  
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Forced vital capacity   total amount of air expelled after a maximal inspiration  
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Forced expiratory volume/1 second (FEV1)   amount of air expelled in I second after maximal inspiration  
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Choanal atresia   cyanotic when breast feeding; turns pink when crying  
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Nasal polyps   allergic (MC; adults only), aspirin, cystic fibrosis  
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Nasal polyp in a child   requires sweat test to exclude cystic fibrosis  
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Triad asthma   patient on aspirin (pain syndrome) with nasal polyps, asthma  
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)   snoring with intervals of apnea (respiratory acidosis with hypoxemia)  
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S/S   danger cor pulmonale; requires sleep test; Rx. O2 with continuous positive airway pressure  
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Sinusitis   maxillary sinusitis MC in adults; ethmoiditis MC in children; S. pneumoniae MC  
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma   association with EBV; metastasize to cervical nodes  
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Laryngeal carcinoma   smoking MCC; hoarseness; squamous cell carcinoma  
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Resorption atelectasis   MCC of fever 24-36 hours after surgery  
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S/S   ↓ percussion; absent fremitus, breath sounds; inspiratory lag; elevated diaphragm  
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RDS   decreased production surfactant; airway collapse; hyaline membranes  
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Type II pneumocytes   synthesize surfactant (lecithin, phosphatidylcholine); stored in lamellar bodies  
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Surfactant   reduces surface tension in airways; ↑ synthesis cortisol, thyroxine; ↓ synthesis insulin  
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Causes RDS   prematurity, maternal diabetes, C-section  
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Maternal diabetes   maternal hyperglycemia → fetal hyperglycemia → fetal insulin which ↓ surfactant  
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Complications RDS   O2 FR injury (blindness, bronchopulmonary dysplasia); necrotizing enterocolitis  
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Typical community acquired pneumonia   Streptococcus pneumoniae MCC  
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Typical pneumonia   bronchopneumonia, lobar pneumonia  
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S/S   productive cough; consolidation - ↓ percussion, ↑ tactile fremitus  
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Atypical community acquired pneumonia   interstitial pneumonia; Mycoplasma pneumoniae MCC  
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S/S   low grade fever, non-productive cough, no signs consolidation  
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Nosocomial pneumonia   Pseudomonas, aeruginosa MCC (respirators); others - S. aureus, E. coli  
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Rhinovirus   MCC common cold; hand to mouth transmission  
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Respiratory syncytial virus   MCC pneumonia and bronchiolitis in child  
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Parainfluenza virus   MCC croup in child; trachea area of obstruction  
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Cytomegalovirus   basophilic intranuclear inclusion surrounded by halo  
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Influenza   superimposed pneumonia with S. aureus increases mortality  
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Rubeola   Warthin-Finkeldey multinucleated giant cells  
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Chlamydia pneumoniae   atypical pneumonia; association with coronary artery disease  
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Chlamydia trachomatis   pneumonia in newborns; staccato cough; wheezing  
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Coxiella burnetii   only rickettsia without a vector  
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia   crowded condition; cold agglutinins; azithromycin  
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Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia   gram positive diplococcus; azithromycin  
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Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia   tension pneumatocysts in children with cystic fibrosis  
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Corynebacterium diphtheriae   toxin produces ADP ribosylation of elongation factor 2  
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Haemophilus influenzae   exacerbation chronic bronchitis; acute epiglottis in children  
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Inspiratory stridor child   croup, epiglottitis  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa   MCC of pneumonia and death in cystic fibrosis; green sputum  
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Klebsiella pneumoniae   mucoid sputum in alcoholic  
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Legionella pneumophila   silver stain; water coolers/mist (grocery produce, restaurants, zoo rain forest)  
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis   strict aerobe; MC COD due to infectious disease worldwide  
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Candida albicans   vessel invader; yeasts and pseudohyphae  
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Cryptococcus immitis   pigeon excreta; narrow-based bud  
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Aspergillus fumigatus   septate hyphae with fruiting body; fungus ball, extrinsic asthma, vessel invader  
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Mucor species   non-septate; vessel invader; frontal lobe abscess in diabetic ketoacidosis  
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Coccidioides immitis   Southwest deserts; inhale arthrospores in dust; spherule with endospores  
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S/S   erythema nodosum (painful nodules lower legs)  
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Histoplasma capsulatum   Ohio/central Mississippi river valley; excreta bats (spelunker), chickens  
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H. capsulatum   simulates TB; yeasts phagocytosed by macrophages  
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Blastomyces dermatitidis   overlaps histoplasmosis; broad-based buds; skin lesion simulates cancer  
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Pneumocystis carinii   cysts and trophozoites; pneumonia in HIV; Rx. trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole  
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Primary TB   upper portion lower lobe, lower portion upper lobe  
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Primary TB   Ghon focus (subpleural caseation); Ghon complex (spread to hilar nodes)  
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Reactivation TB   cavitating lesion in upper lobe; kidney MC extrapulmonary site  
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Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI)   atypical TB; MC TB in AIDS  
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CF   AR; 3 nucleotide deletion chromosome 7; defective CFTR (degraded in Golgi apparatus)  
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S/S   pneumonia, malabsorption, males sterile; + sweat test; P. aeruginosa pneumonia MC COD  
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Lung abscess   MCC aspiration oropharyngeal material (mixed aerobe/anaerobe); x-ray - air/fluid level  
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Aspiration sitting   posterobasal segment right lower lobe  
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Aspiration supine   superior segment right lower lobe  
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Aspiration right side   right middle lobe, posterior segment right upper lobe  
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Pulmonary thromboembolism   most derive from femoral vein  
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Bronchial artery   branch of aorta/intercostal artery; protects against developing pulmonary infarction  
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Saddle embolus   sudden death due to acute right heart strain  
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S/S pulmonary infarction   dyspnea and tachypnea; pleuritic chest pain; pleural effusion  
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Dx   ventilation/perfusion scan; respiratory alkalosis; hypoxemia  
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Pain on inspiration   pleuritic inflammation; pulmonary embolus, pneumonia, pneumothorax  
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Pathogenesis pulmonary hypertension (PH)   hypoxemia and respiratory acidosis  
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Hypoxemia + respiratory acidosis   vasoconstriction pulmonary vessels; vasodilation cerebral vessels  
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Causes PH   1° lung disease (COPD, restrictive), recurrent emboli, mitral stenosis, OSA, left-right shunts  
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Cor pulmonale   PH + RVH  
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S/S   dyspnea; accentuated P2 (PH); parasternal heave (RVH)  
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Restrictive lung disease   ↓ compliance, ↑ elasticity; interstitial fibrosis/edema  
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Restrictive lung disease (RLD)   ↓ all volumes and capacities; ↑ FEV1sec/FVC ratio  
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ARDS   RLD; non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema due to alveolar injury  
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ARDS   neutrophil destruction of type I and II pneumocytes; hyaline membranes  
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Causes   septic shock (MC), aspiration gastric contents, severe trauma  
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Pneumoconiosis   inhalation mineral dust causing interstitial fibrosis; particles <0.5 μm to reach alveoli  
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Caplan syndrome   pneumoconiosis + rheumatoid nodules in lungs  
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Coal worker’s   “black lung” disease; progressive massive fibrosis; no increased incidence cancer or TB  
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Silicosis   quartz; nodular opacities; foundry workers; ↑ incidence cancer and TB  
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Sources asbestos   roofing material, old buildings (9/11), pipe-fitter shipyard  
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Ferruginous bodies   asbestos fiber coated by iron  
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Asbestosis   benign pleural plaques (MC); bronchogenic carcinoma (MC cancer); mesothelioma  
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Mesothelioma   malignancy of serosa; no smoking association  
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Sarcoidosis   RLD; MC non-infectious lung and liver granulomatous disease  
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S/S   dyspnea, hilar adenopathy (non-caseating granulomas), uveitis, nodular skin lesions  
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Lab findings   ↑ ACE, hypercalcemia (macrophages synthesize 1-α-hydroxylase)  
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Kveim test   intradermal injection sarcoid antigens causes skin reaction  
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Farmer’s lung   RLD; lung reaction against thermophilic bacteria in moldy hay  
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Silo filler’s disease   RLD; reaction against nitrogen dioxide in fermenting corn  
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Byssinosis   RLD; reaction against cotton, linen, hemp products in textile industry  
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Goodpasture’s syndrome   RLD; anti-BM antibodies; begins in lungs and ends in renal failure  
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Collagen vascular RLD   SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis  
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Drugs RLD   amiodarone, bleomycin, busulfan, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, nitrofurantoin  
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Obstructive lung disease   ↑ compliance, ↓ elasticity  
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Obstructive lung disease   ↑ RV, TLC; ↓ TV, VC; ↓ FEV1sec and FVC; ↓ FEV1sec/FVC ratio  
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Obstructive lung disease   asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis  
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Asthma   extrinsic (type I hypersensitivity) and intrinsic types  
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S/S   expiratory wheezing (inflamed terminal bronchioles); LTC4,-D4,-E4 bronchoconstrictors  
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Charcot-Leyden crystals   derive from crystalline material in eosinophil granules  
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Lab findings   initial respiratory alkalosis; respiratory acidosis requires intubation  
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Emphysema   destruction elastic tissue respiratory unit; lung hyperinflation; smoking MCC; pink puffer  
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Respiratory unit   respiratory bronchiole, alveolar duct, alveoli  
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Radiograph emphysema   ↑ AP diameter; depressed diaphragms; vertical heart  
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Pathogenesis   ↓ AAT, ↑ neutrophil destruction of elastic tissue  
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Centriacinar emphysema   destruction/distention respiratory bronchioles upper lobe in smokers; THINK  
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Panacinar emphysema   destruction/distention entire respiratory unit lower lobes; AAT deficiency  
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Paraseptal emphysema   upper lobe destruction/distention alveolar ducts, alveoli; pneumothorax  
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Lab findings   normal to decreased PCO2 (respiratory alkalosis)  
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Chronic bronchitis   productive cough 3 months/2 consecutive years; blue bloater (cyanosis)  
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Site of obstruction   terminal bronchioles (proximal to respiratory unit)  
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Lab findings   respiratory acidosis/hypoxemia  
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Bronchiectasis   obstruction/infection key causes; dilated bronchioles extend to periphery  
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Causes   CF MCC, TB, immotile cilia syndrome  
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Immotile cilia syndrome   absent dynein arm in cilia; sinusitis, infertility, bronchiectasis, situs inversus  
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Central lung cancers   squamous cancer and small cell cancer; men > women  
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Peripheral lung cancers   adenocarcinoma; women > men  
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Squamous lung cancer   cavitate; secrete PTH-related protein  
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Small cell carcinoma   neuroendocrine tumor; secrete ACTH and ADH  
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Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma   no smoking relationship; lung consolidation resembling pneumonia  
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Scar carcinoma   usually adenocarcinoma developing in old TB scar  
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Bronchial carcinoid   low grade malignant; hemoptysis; rare cause carcinoid syndrome  
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Metastatic lung cancer   more common than primary cancer; breast cancer MCC  
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Pancoast tumor   squamous carcinoma posterior mediastinum; destruction superior cervical ganglion  
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S/S   Horner’s syndrome - lid lag, miosis, anhydrosis; lower brachial plexus injury  
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Solitary coin lesion   granuloma MCC  
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Superior vena caval syndrome   primary lung cancer obstructs vessel; venous congestion  
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Anterior mediastinal masses   thymoma; nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s; teratomas  
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Posterior mediastinal masses   usually neurogenic tumors of ganglia  
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Myasthenia gravis   B cell hyperplasia of thymus MC abnormality; association with thymoma  
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Thymoma   association with hypogammaglobulinemia, autoimmune disease, pure RBC aplasia  
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Pleural effusions   transudates or exudates; CHF MCC  
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Spontaneous pneumothorax   rupture subpleural or intrapleural bleb; air/pleural cavity pressure same  
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S/S   pleuritic chest pain, dyspnea, tracheal shift ipsilateral side, absent breath sounds  
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Tension pneumothorax   flap-like pleural tear; increased pleural cavity pressure; compression atelectasis  
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S/S   as above except tracheal shift to opposite side  
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Cleft lip/palate   failure of fusion of facial processes  
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Herpes labialis   multinucleated giant cell with acidophilic intranuclear inclusions on Tzanck prep  
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Hairy leukoplakia   EBV glossitis; pre-AIDS defining lesion; not precursor to cancer  
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Mumps   bilateral parotitis; unilateral orchitis; ↑ amylase  
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Diphtheria   pseudomembrane pharynx and trachea with cervical lymphadenopathy  
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Congenital syphilis   notched central incisors  
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Actinomycosis   anaerobic gram + filamentous bacteria; complication extracted dental abscess  
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S/S   draining sinuses with sulfur granules  
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Exudative tonsillitis   majority are viral; 20% group A streptococcus  
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Oral thrush   common in newborn; pre-AIDS defining lesion; yeasts and pseudohyphae  
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Dental caries   Streptococcus mutans  
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Peutz-Jegher’s syndrome   mucosal pigmentation; hamartomatous polyps  
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Leukoplakia/erythroleukoplakia   biopsy to rule out squamous dysplasia or cancer  
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Squamous cell carcinoma   smoking and alcohol association; lower lip MC site  
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Smokeless tobacco   verrucoid squamous cell carcinoma  
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Gum hyperplasia   phenytoin, pregnancy, scurvy  
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Pleomorphic adenoma   MC benign tumor of salivary glands; parotid MC site  
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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma   MC malignant tumor major and minor salivary glands  
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Dysphagia for solids only   lesion obstructing esophagus; e.g., cancer, web  
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Plummer-Vinson syndrome   iron deficiency anemia causes esophageal web, glossitis, achlorhydria (↓ HCl in gastric acid)  
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Dysphagia for solids and liquids   motor abnormality; e.g., achalasia MCC, PSS or CREST syndrome  
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TE fistula   polyhydramnios; proximal esophagus ends blindly; distal esophagus derives from trachea  
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VATER syndrome   vertebral abnormalities, anal atresia, TE fistula, renal disease/radius abnormality  
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Zenker’s diverticulum   MC pulsion diverticulum of esophagus; halitosis (stinky breath, food gets stuck); near UES  
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GERD   relaxation of lower esophageal sphincter (LES) with acid reflux  
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GERD   MCC nocturnal cough and asthma  
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AIDS esophagitis   Candida MC, CMV, HSV  
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Barrett’s esophagus   glandular metaplasia distal esophagus in GERD  
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Complications of Barrett’s   precursor for adenocarcinoma, stricture  
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Esophageal varices   dilated left gastric vein; sign of portal hypertension due to cirrhosis  
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Mallory Weiss syndrome   tear of distal esophagus from retching in alcoholic or bulimic  
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Boerhaave’s syndrome   rupture of distal esophagus from retching; pneumomediastinum  
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Hamman’s mediastinal crunch   pneumomediastinum (air in subcutaneous tissue)  
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LES ganglion cells   contain VIP - relaxes LES  
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Achalasia   failure of LES relaxation (no VIP); absent ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus  
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S/S   aperistalsis/dilation of esophagus; regurgitation of undigested food at night  
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X-ray achalasia   bird’s beak appearance  
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Acquired achalasia   Chagas’ disease; leishmania destroy ganglion cells  
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Distal adenocarcinoma esophagus   MC primary cancer; due to Barrett’s esophagus  
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Squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus   smoking MCC; alcohol also causes  
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Melena   sign of upper GI bleed; acid changes Hb to hematin; peptic ulcer disease MCC  
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Hematemesis   vomiting blood; peptic ulcers MCC  
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Congenital pyloric stenosis   hypertrophy pyloric muscle; vomiting non-bile stained fluid in 2-4 weeks  
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Acute hemorrhagic (erosive) gastritis   NSAIDs MCC  
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Mucous barrier stomach   maintained by PGE; misoprostol PGE analog  
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Type A chronic gastritis   due to PA; achlorhydria with ↑ serum gastrin  
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Type B chronic gastritis   due to H. pylori; involves pylorus and antrum  
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H. pylori   curved rod; urease producer; MCC PUD, adenocarcinoma, gastric lymphoma  
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Gastric ulcer   lesser curvature pylorus and antrum; poor defense against acid; food aggravates pain  
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Duodenal ulcer   never malignant; ↑ acid production; food relieves pain  
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Perforated peptic ulcer   air under diaphragm causes pain in left shoulder  
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Menetrier’s disease   giant rugal hyperplasia; protein loss from increased mucus  
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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome   malignant islet cell tumor secreting gastrin; part of MEN I syndrome  
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S/S   PUD in usual locations; sometimes multiple ulcers  
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Hypergastrinemia   ZE, achlorhydria, gastric distention, H2 or proton blockers; renal failure  
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Leiomyoma   MC benign tumor of stomach  
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Intestinal type adenocarcinoma   H pylori related; ↓ incidence; lesser curvature pylorus/antrum  
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Diffuse type adenocarcinoma   linitis plastica; signet ring cells; Krukenberg tumors ovaries  
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Gastric lymphoma   stomach MC site for extranodal lymphomas; H. pylori associated  
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Malabsorption   steatorrhea; chronic pancreatitis, bile salt deficiency, small bowel disease  
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Causes bile salt deficiency   liver disease, bile salt resins, cholestasis, bacterial overgrowth, Crohn’s  
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D-xylose screen   failure to reabsorb xylose indicates small bowel disease  
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Calcification of pancreas   chronic pancreatitis cause of malabsorption  
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Celiac disease   autoimmune disease; antibodies against gliadin in gluten; flat villi  
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Celiac disease   association with dermatitis herpetiformis  
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Whipple’s disease   systemic infection; foamy macrophages with bacteria (PAS+ inclusions) in small bowel submucosa  
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S/S   fever, polyarthritis, skin pigmentation  
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Invasive diarrhea   Campylobacter jejuni MCC; positive fecal smear for leukocytes  
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Secretory diarrhea   loss isotonic fluid; enterotoxins from E. coli and V. cholerae  
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Osmotic diarrhea   hypotonic loss fluid; laxatives, lactase deficiency  
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Rotavirus   MCC diarrhea in children  
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Norwalk virus   MCC diarrhea in adults  
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Cytomegalovirus   common cause diarrhea in AIDS; MCC cholecystitis and pancreatitis in AIDS  
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Staphylococcus aureus   preformed toxin causes food poisoning; culture food  
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Bacillus cereus   preformed toxin in fried rice and tacos; gram positive rods in stool  
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Clostridium botulinum (adult)   preformed neurotoxin (blocks acetylcholine release); paralysis and mydriasis  
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Clostridium botulinum (child)   colonization of bowel with release of neurotoxin; eating honey  
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Clostridium difficile   pseudomembranous colitis; post-antibiotics; toxin assay stool; Rx metronidazole  
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Shigella sonnei   produces dysentery (bloody diarrhea); associated with HUS  
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Salmonella enteritidis   gastroenteritis; animal reservoirs - poultry, turtles  
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Salmonella paratyphi   sepsis; osteomyelitis in HbSS  
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Salmonella typhi   typhoid fever; human transmission; bradycardia, neutropenia, splenomegaly  
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Carrier state site   gallbladder  
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M. tuberculosis   MCC intestinal TB in United States (swallow TB); Peyer’s patch site of infection  
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Enterotoxigenic E. coli   secretory diarrhea (traveler’s diarrhea); toxin stimulates guanylate cyclase  
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Vibrio cholerae   secretory diarrhea; toxin stimulates adenylate cyclase to produce cAMP  
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Oral Rx cholera   solution must contain glucose to reabsorb Na+ (co-transport)  
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Yersinia enterocolitica   mesenteric lymphadenitis; sepsis in iron overload states  
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Entamoeba histolytica   dysentery; trophozoites phagocytose RBCs; liver abscess; Rx metronidazole  
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Cryptosporidium parvum   MCC diarrhea in AIDS; acid-fast oocysts  
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Giardia lamblia   MC protozoal cause of diarrhea; cause of malabsorption; Rx metronidazole  
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Trichuris trichiura   rectal prolapse in children  
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Enterobius vermicularis   anal pruritus; urethritis in girls; no eosinophilia  
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Ascaris lumbricoides   intestinal obstruction due to adult worms; no eosinophilia  
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Necator americanus   hookworm; iron deficiency anemia  
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Strongyloides stercoralis   rhabditiform larvae in stool not eggs  
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Diphyllobothrium latum   fish tapeworm; vitamin B12 deficiency  
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Signs of small bowel obstruction   colicky pain; constipation and obstipation  
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Radiograph small bowel obstruction   air-fluid levels on x-ray  
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MCC small bowel obstruction   adhesions from previous surgery  
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Duodenal atresia   vomiting bile-stained fluid at birth; double bubble sign; Down syndrome  
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Hirschsprung disease   absent ganglion cells in submucosal/myenteric plexus rectosigmoid  
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S/S   proximal bowel dilated but peristalses; no stool in rectal vault  
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Hirschsprung association   Down syndrome; Chagas disease  
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Intussusception   terminal ileum telescopes into cecum; obstruction plus bloody diarrhea  
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Meconium ileus   complication of cystic fibrosis  
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Indirect inguinal hernia   second MCC of small bowel obstruction; common in weight lifting  
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Gallstone ileus   obstruction of small bowel with gallstone + air in biliary tree  
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Volvulus   MC due to sigmoid colon twisting around mesentery  
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Direct inguinal hernia   protrudes through center of triangle of Hesselbach; no obstruction  
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Umbilical hernia   common in black children; may entrap bowel in adults  
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Sigmoid colon   MC site for polyps, cancer, diverticula  
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Small bowel infarction   diffuse abdominal pain with bloody diarrhea  
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Causes small bowel infarction   embolism (atrial fibrillation), thrombosis SMA or SMV  
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Ischemic colitis   splenic flexure pain with bloody diarrhea  
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Mesenteric angina   pain in splenic flexure 30 minutes after eating  
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Angiodysplasia   submucosal dilation of venules in cecum; cause of hematochezia  
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Hematochezia   massive loss of blood per rectum; diverticulosis MCC  
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Meckel’s diverticulum   persistence omphalomesenteric duct  
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S/S   bleeding MC (iron deficiency in children), diverticulitis  
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Meckel’s diverticulitis   mimics acute appendicitis; cannot differentiate without radionuclide scan  
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Sigmoid diverticulum   diverticulitis MC complication; MCC hematochezia and fistula formation  
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Diverticulitis   “left-sided acute appendicitis”  
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Ulcerative colitis   mucosal/submucosal ulceration; starts in rectum; crypt abscess; ↑ risk adenocarcinoma  
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S/S   left lower quadrant crampy pain with bloody diarrhea  
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UC associations   primary sclerosing cholangitis, seronegative HLA B27 + spondyloarthropathy  
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Crohn’s disease   transmural inflammation; terminal ileum involved 80%; granulomas; skip lesions  
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S/S   colicky pain and diarrhea; fistulas (anal, bowl to bowel)  
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Carcinoid tumor   appendix MC site; terminal ileum MC site for carcinoid syndrome  
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Carcinoid syndrome   liver metastasis; flushing/diarrhea due to serotonin; increased urine 5-HIAA  
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Tubular adenomas   precursor lesion colon cancer; size and number determine risk of malignancy  
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Villous adenoma   greatest risk for colon cancer (30%); secrete mucus rich in protein and potassium  
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Familial polyposis   AD with 100% penetrance for developing colon cancer  
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Gardner’s syndrome   AD, polyposis plus osteomas and desmoid tumors  
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Turcot’s syndrome   AD, polyposis plus brain tumors  
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Colorectal cancer   second MC cancer and cancer killer in adults  
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Left-sided colorectal cancer   obstruct; MC location rectosigmoid  
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Right-sided colorectal cancer   bleed  
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Acute appendicitis   due to lymphoid hyperplasia in children and obstruction by fecalith in adults  
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External hemorrhoids   thrombose  
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Internal hemorrhoids   bleed; prolapse out of rectum  
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Urobilinogen (UBG)   breakdown product CB in bowel (color of stool)  
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UBG   enterohepatic circulation to liver and kidney (color of urine)  
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Alcoholic liver disease   serum AST>ALT; ↑ serum GGT  
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Viral hepatitis   serum ALT>AST  
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Cholestasis markers   serum AP and GGT  
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Unconjugated bilirubin   macrophage degradation of heme; lipid soluble; never in urine  
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Conjugated bilirubin (CB)   water soluble; never normal in urine  
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% CB <20% (unconjugated)   Gilberts, spherocytosis, physiologic jaundice newborn, ABO/Rh HDN  
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Gilbert’s disease   AD; ↓ uptake and conjugation; bilirubin increases with fasting  
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Physiologic jaundice newborn   unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia; begins on day three  
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% CB 20-50%   viral/alcoholic hepatitis  
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% CB >50%   bile duct obstruction (intra or extrahepatic); carcinoma head of pancreas  
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Negative urine bilirubin + trace urobilinogen   normal urine  
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Positive urine bilirubin, absent urobilinogen   obstructive jaundice  
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Positive urine bilirubin + increased urobilinogen   hepatitis  
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Negative urine bilirubin + increased urobilinogen   extravascular hemolytic anemia  
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Markers of severity of liver disease   albumin, PT  
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Hepatitis A   protective antibodies; day care centers, jails, homosexuals, traveling; not chronic  
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Hepatitis B   protective antibodies; accidental needle stick, IVDA; hepatocellular carcinoma  
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Hepatitis C   no protective antibodies; post-transfusion hepatitis; chronic state; hepatocellular carcinoma  
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Hepatitis D   no protective antibodies; requires HBsAg to replicate  
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Anti-HBs alone   vaccination  
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Anti-HBs + anti-HBc-IgG   recovered from HBV  
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HBsAg + HBeAg + HBVDNA + anti-HBc-IgM   acute HBV/chronic HBV infective carrier if >6 months  
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Anti HBc-IgM alone   serologic gap; not infective  
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HBsAg + anti-HBc-IgM   chronic HBV healthy carrier  
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Fulminant hepatic failure   viral hepatitis and acetaminophen MCCs  
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Spontaneous peritonitis   E. coli in adults; S. pneumoniae in children; complication of ascites  
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Granulomatous hepatitis   TB MC bacteria  
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Amebiasis   Entamoeba histolytica; flash shaped ulcers in cecum; liver abscess; Rx  
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Echinococcosis   Echinococcus granulosis; sheep dog definitive host; man intermediate host  
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Schistosomiasis   Schistosoma mansoni; adult worms in portal vein; “pipe stem cirrhosis”  
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Clonorchiasis   Clonorchis sinensis; ingesting encysted larvae in fish; cholangiocarcinoma  
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Congestive hepatomegaly (centrilobular necrosis)   “nutmeg” liver; RHF MCC  
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Hepatic vein thrombosis   Budd-Chiari syndrome; painful hepatomegaly; ascites; portal hypertension  
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Portal vein thrombosis   ascites, portal hypertension, no hepatomegaly  
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Alcohol related disorders   fatty change; alcoholic hepatitis; cirrhosis  
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Hypertriglyceridemia in alcoholics   ↑ synthesis of glycerol 3P (substrate for TG synthesis)  
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Hypoglycemia in alcoholics   ↓ gluconeogenesis (↑ NADH causes pyruvate to convert to lactate)  
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Ketoacidosis in alcoholics   ↑ lactate, ↑ ßOHB (acetyl CoA converted to AcAc and then ßOHB)  
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Primary biliary cirrhosis   granulomatous destruction triad bile ducts; anti-mitochondrial antibody  
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis   association with ulcerative colitis; MCC of cholangiocarcinoma  
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Extrahepatic biliary atresia   neonatal cholestasis  
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Drugs causing hepatitis   acetaminophen, isoniazid, halothane  
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Anabolic steroids   intrahepatic cholestasis  
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Estrogen/oral contraceptives   intrahepatic cholestasis; hepatic adenoma (intraperitoneal hemorrhage)  
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Methotrexate   liver fibrosis, fatty change  
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Liver angiosarcoma   vinyl chloride  
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Hemochromatosis   AR; increased iron reabsorption; liver target organ  
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S/S   cirrhosis; “bronze diabetes” - skin pigmentation + destruction of islet cells; malabsorption  
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Lab   ↑ serum ferritin, iron, % saturation; ↓ TIBC  
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Wilson’s disease   AR disease; defect in copper excretion in bile and synthesis of ceruloplasmin  
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S/S   cirrhosis, movement disorder (necrosis in putamen), Kayser Fleisher ring (Descemet’s membrane)  
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Lab   ↓ ceruloplasmin (causes ↓ total copper); ↑ serum/urine free copper  
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HELLP syndrome   pre-eclampsia; Hemolytic anemia, ELevated transaminases, Low Platelets  
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AAT deficiency in child   AR, cannot secrete AAT from liver cell; cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma  
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Reye syndrome   coma and microvesicular fatty change post viral infection; increased ammonia  
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Cirrhosis   irreversible fibrosis; regenerative nodules; portal hypertension  
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Causes cirrhosis   alcohol (MC), HBV/HCV, hemochromatosis, Wilson’s, AAT deficiency, 1° biliary  
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Hepatic encephalopathy   mental status changes; ↑ serum ammonia  
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Portal hypertension   ascites; varices; splenomegaly; hemorrhoids; caput medusae  
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Cause of ascites   portal hypertension; hypoalbuminemia; secondary aldosteronism  
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Rx   use aldosterone blocker (acidosis increases loss ammonium in stool)  
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Hyperestrinism in men   gynecomastia; spider angiomas; female hair distribution  
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Lab findings cirrhosis   ↓ BUN, glucose, sodium, potassium, calcium (↓ vitamin D); ↑ PT  
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Liver cell adenoma   estrogen related (steroids, oral contraceptives); intraperitoneal hemorrhage  
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Liver cancer   metastasis MC cancer; lung cancer MC primary site  
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Hepatocellular carcinoma   chronic HBV and HCV MCC; ↑ AFP; hepatic/portal vein invasion  
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Cholangiocarcinoma   primary sclerosing cholangitis MCC, C.C sinensis  
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Pathogenesis of cholesterol stones   bile with too much cholesterol and too little bile salts  
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Black pigment stones   sign of extravascular hemolytic anemia (spherocytosis, HbSS)  
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Acute cholecystitis   stone impacted in cystic duct; right upper quadrant colicky pain with radiation to shoulder  
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Chronic cholecystitis   chemical inflammation  
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Gallbladder cancer   risk factors - cholelithiasis and porcelain gallbladder  
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Acute pancreatitis   causes - alcohol and gallstones; ↑ amylase and lipase (more specific)  
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S/S   epigastric pain with radiation into back  
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Sentinel loop   localized ileus of duodenum due to acute pancreatitis  
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Pancreatic pseudocyst   abdominal mass; persistence of ↑ serum amylase >1 week  
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Chronic pancreatitis   alcohol abuse, CF; malabsorption, pain, type I diabetes  
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Pancreatic cancer   smoking MCC  
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S/S   jaundice/acholic (gray/pale) stools; palpable gallbladder; superficial migratory thrombophlebitis (Trousseau's sign); ↑ CA 19-9  
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First sign tubule cell dysfunction   inability to concentrate urine  
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Fixed specific gravity   chronic renal failure; cannot concentrate or dilute urine  
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Negative urine bilirubin + trace urobilinogen   normal urine  
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Positive urine bilirubin, absent urobilinogen   obstructive jaundice  
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Positive urine bilirubin + increased urobilinogen   hepatitis  
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Negative urine bilirubin + increased urobilinogen   extravascular hemolytic anemia  
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Positive urine nitrite + positive urine leukocyte esterase   urinary tract infection  
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Sterile pyuria   positive urine leukocyte esterase but negative standard culture; TB, C. trachomatis  
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Prerenal azotemia   ↑ BUN and creatinine; ↓ renal blood flow (e.g. heart failure, hypovolemia)  
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Renal azotemia   ↑ BUN and creatinine due to intrinsic renal disease (acute tubular necrosis)  
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Postrenal azotemia   ↑ BUN and creatinine due to obstruction to urine flow  
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Serum BUN:creatinine ratio   <15:1 (renal failure); >15:1 (prerenal or postrenal azotemia)  
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BUN 80 mg/dL:creatinine 8 mg/dL   ratio 10/1 - renal failure  
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BUN 80 mg/dL:creatinine 2 mg/dL   ratio 40/1 - prerenal azotemia or postrenal azotemia  
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Creatinine clearance   measures GFR  
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Proteinuria   important sign of renal dysfunction  
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RBC casts   nephritic type of glomerulonephritis  
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WBC casts   acute pyelonephritis, acute tubulointerstitial nephritis  
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Fatty casts with Maltese crosses   nephrotic syndrome  
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Hyaline casts   normal unless associated with proteinuria  
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Renal tubular cell casts   acute tubular necrosis  
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Waxy or broad casts   chronic renal failure  
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Cystinuria   hexagonal crystals  
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Horseshoe kidney   Turner’s syndrome; lower poles fused  
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Renal dysplasia   MC childhood cystic disease; abnormal development; flank mass  
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Maternal oligohydramnios   fetal juvenile polycystic kidney disease; Potter’s facies in newborn  
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Adult polycystic kidney disease   AD; hypertension MC sign; cerebral berry aneurysms  
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Visceral epithelial cells   synthesize basement membrane  
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Glomerular BM   negative charge due to heparan sulfate  
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Nephritic syndrome   oliguria; RBC casts; hypertension; mild to moderate proteinuria  
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Nephrotic syndrome   proteinuria >3.5 g/day; ascites and pitting edema; fatty casts; fusion of podocytes  
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Immunofluorescence   linear (anti-glomerular BM antibodies); granular (IC deposition)  
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IgA GN   MC GN; usually nephritic; episodic hematuria; mesangial IC (lgA-anti-IgA) deposits  
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Post-streptococcal GN   nephritic; subepithelial deposits; skin/pharyngeal infections; anti-DNAase B  
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SLE type IV GN   nephritic; subendothelial deposits; anti-DNA antibodies  
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Crescentic GN   crescents from parietal cell proliferation; worst GN; Goodpasture’s, Wegener’s  
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Goodpasture’s   nephritic; anti-BM antibodies (glomerular + pulmonary capillary); crescentic GN  
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S/S   young male with hemoptysis progressing to renal failure  
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Minimal change disease (lipoid nephrosis)   MCC childhood nephrotic syndrome  
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Lipoid nephrosis   podocyte fusion; loss of negative charge in glomerular BM  
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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis   nephrotic syndrome; AIDS and IV heroin abuse  
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Membranous GN   MCC adult nephrotic syndrome; subepithelial deposits; epimembranous spikes  
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Causes membranous GN   HBV, ACE inhibitors, cancer  
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Type I MPGN   nephrotic; subepithelial deposits; HCV association; tram tracks  
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Type II MPGN   nephrotic; C3 nephritic factor; intramembranous ICs (dense deposit disease)  
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DM nodular glomerulosclerosis   microalbuminuria first sign  
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DM glomerulosclerosis   nodules with collagen in mesangium; hyaline arteriolosclerosis of arterioles  
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ACE inhibitors   inhibit angiotensin II vasoconstriction of efferent arterioles  
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Alport’s syndrome   XD hereditary nephritis with sensorineural hearing loss  
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Ischemic ATN   prerenal azotemia MCC; renal tubular cell casts; BUN:creatinine ratio <15:1  
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Ischemic ATN   disruption of BM in proximal tubule and thick ascending limb  
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Nephrotoxic ATN   aminoglycosides, IVP dye, Pb/mercury poisoning  
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Nephrotoxic ATN   proximal tubule dysfunction; intact BM  
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Oliguria   prerenal azotemia, ATN, glomerulonephritis, postrenal azotemia  
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Acute pyelonephritis   vesicoureteral reflux with ascending infection; WBC casts, fever, flank pain  
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Chronic pyelonephritis   U-shaped scars overlying blunt calyces  
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Drug-induced tubulointerstitial nephritis   type I/IV reaction; e.g., penicillin  
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S/S   ARF, fever, rash, eosinophilia, eosinophiluria, WBC casts  
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Analgesic nephropathy   aspirin plus acetaminophen; renal papillary necrosis; IVP with ring defect  
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Myeloma kidney   BJ protein produces foreign body reaction in tubules  
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Urate nephropathy   prevent by giving allopurinol prior to chemotherapy  
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CRF   fixed specific gravity; BUN:creatinine <15:1; waxy and broad casts  
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Renal osteodystrophy CRF   hypovitaminosis D (no 1-α-hydroxylase); produces osteomalacia  
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Renal osteodystrophy CRF   osteoporosis from metabolic acidosis  
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Renal osteodystrophy CRF   secondary HPTH with increased osteoclastic activity  
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S/S CRF   pericarditis, prolonged bleeding time, normocytic anemia, pathologic fractures  
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Benign nephrosclerosis   kidney of hypertension; shrunken kidneys due to hyaline arteriolosclerosis  
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Malignant hypertension   renal failure; encephalopathy; BP >210/120 mm Hg; IV nitroprusside  
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Renal findings   necrotizing arteriolitis; “flea bitten” kidney; hyperplastic arteriolosclerosis  
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Renal infarction   pale infarcts; hematuria; common in polyarteritis nodosa  
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Hydronephrosis   renal stone MCC; atrophy of cortex/medulla; postrenal azotemia  
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Renal stones   most contain calcium (calcium oxalate/phosphate); hypercalciuria MC risk factor  
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S/S   colicky pain radiating into groin, hematuria; x-ray usually shows stone  
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Staghorn calculus   due to urease producing organisms (Proteus); alkaline urine pH; ammonia smell  
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Angiomyolipoma   hamartoma; associated with tuberous sclerosis  
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Renal cell carcinoma   smoking MCC; invasion renal vein/vena cava; lung, bone mets; yellow colored  
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S/S   flank mass, hematuria; ectopic hormones (EPO, PTH related peptide), left-sided varicocele  
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Renal pelvis transitional cell carcinoma   smoking MCC, phenacetin, aniline dyes, cyclophosphamide  
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Wilm’s tumor   hypertension, unilateral abdominal mass in child; aniridia/hemihypertrophy in AD types  
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Urine draining from umbilicus   persistent urachus  
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis   produces hydronephrosis  
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Bladder extrophy   abdominal wall defect + epispadias  
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Bladder diverticula   most commonly due to prostatic hyperplasia with urethral obstruction  
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Acute cystitis   E. coli; females > males; no fever, flank pain, or WBC casts  
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Bladder transitional cell carcinoma   smoking MCC, aniline dyes, cyclophosphamide; papillary  
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S/S   hematuria; hydronephrosis  
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Bladder adenocarcinoma   risk factors persistent urachus, extrophy  
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Bladder squamous cell carcinoma   Schistosoma hematobium infection  
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Hypospadias   ventral opening on penis due to failure closure of urethral folds  
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Epispadias   dorsal opening on penis due to defect in genital tubercle  
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Peyronie’s disease   painful curvature penis due to fibromatosis  
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Priapism   persistent/painful erection; HbSS  
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Squamous cell carcinoma penis   HPV and lack of circumcision most important risk factors  
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Cryptorchidism   undescended testis; risk for seminoma applies to cryptorchid testis and normal testis  
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Orchitis   mumps usually unilateral (infertility uncommon)  
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Epididymitis   <35 - N. gonorrhoeae, C. trachomatis; >35 - E. coli, P. aeruginosa  
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S/S   scrotal pain relieved by elevation of scrotum (Prehn’s sign)  
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Varicocele   left-sided scrotal mass; spermatic vein drains into left renal vein; infertility common  
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Varicocele   may be due to invasion of left renal vein by renal cell carcinoma  
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Hydrocele   persistent tunica vaginalis; scrotum transilluminates  
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Torsion of testicle   testicle high in canal; absent cremasteric reflex  
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Testicular cancer   unilateral painless mass that does not transilluminate  
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Risk factors   cryptorchid testis, Klinefelter’s, testicular feminization  
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Seminoma   MC cancer; radiosensitive; large cells with lymphoid infiltrate; small percentage have ↑hCG  
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Spermatocytic variant   >65 yrs of age  
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Embryonal carcinoma   hemorrhage/necrosis; hematogenous spread before lymphatic; ↑AFP, hCG  
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Yolk sac tumor   MC testicular cancer in boys; ↑AFP  
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Choriocarcinoma   most aggressive testicle cancer; ↑hCG  
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Teratoma   more often benign in children than adult  
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Teratocarcinoma   teratoma + embryonal carcinoma  
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Malignant lymphoma   MC type in elderly; metastasis not primary cancer  
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Prostate   DHT derived stimulation embryo; periurethral area - hyperplasia; peripheral area - cancer  
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Prostatitis   perineal pain, fever; WBCs at end of voiding  
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia   DHT/estrogen-mediated; glandular/smooth muscle hyperplasia  
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S/S   all men develop; urethral obstruction MC (hesitancy, dribbling, nocturia), hematuria, dysuria Rx  
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Prostate cancer   DHT-mediated; palpable with rectal exam; osteoblastic metastasis (↑ AP)  
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PSA   sensitive but not specific for prostate cancer; ↑ in hyperplasia  
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Kallmann’s syndrome   absent GnRH, anosmia, absence of taste  
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Impotence   failure to sustain an erection; psychogenic in most cases (erections present at night)  
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Erection   parasympathetic response  
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Ejaculation   sympathetic response  
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Leydig cell failure   ↑ LH; ↓ testosterone, sperm count; normal FSH  
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Seminiferous tubule failure   ↑ FSH (↓inhibin); ↓ sperm count; normal LH and testosterone  
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Leydig and seminiferous tubule failure   ↑ FSH and LH; ↓ testosterone and sperm count  
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Y chromosome   determines genetic sex  
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Testosterone   develops seminal vesicles, epididymis, vas deferens  
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Dihydrotestosterone (DHT)   develops prostate and male external genitalia  
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Male pseudohermaphrodite   genetic male; phenotypically female  
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Testicular feminization   XR; deficient androgen receptors; MCC male pseudohermaphrodite  
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Klinefelter’s syndrome   XXY; 1 Barr body; female secondary sex characteristics  
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Herpes genitalis   recurrent painful vesicles; multinucleated squamous cells with intranuclear inclusions  
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Human papilloma virus   condyloma acuminata; koilocytosis (wrinkled nuclei surrounded by a halo)  
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Chlamydia trachomatis   metaplastic squamous cells with vacuoles containing elementary bodies  
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S/S   non-specific urethritis, cervicitis, PID, ophthalmia neonatorum  
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Neisseria gonorhoeae   urethritis, cervicitis, PID; ophthalmia neonatorum, gram negative diplococcus  
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Ophthalmia neonatorum first week   N gonorrhoeae  
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Ophthalmia neonatorum second week   C. trachomatis  
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Lymphogranuloma venereum   C. trachomatis subtype  
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S/S   scrotal/vulva lymphedema; granulomatous microabscesses; rectal strictures in females  
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Chancroid   painful ulcer, adenopathy, Hemophilus ducreyi  
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Granuloma inguinale   Calymmatobacterium granulomatis; raised ulceration but no lymphadenopathy  
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Treponema pallidum   spirochete; produces vasculitis of arterioles (plasma cell infiltrate)  
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Primary syphilis   painless chancre  
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Secondary syphilis   rash on palms/soles; condyloma lata; generalized adenopathy  
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Tertiary syphilis   neurosyphilis (e.g., tabes dorsalis), aortic arch aneurysm, gummas  
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RPR/VDRL   reagin antibodies against cardiolipin; ↓ titer with Rx of syphilis  
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RPR/VDRL   false positive with anticardiolipin antibodies (common in SLE)  
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FTA-ABS   confirmatory test for syphilis; not distinguish active from treated disease  
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FTA-ABS   remains positive after Rx  
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Trichomonas vaginalis   flagellate protozoan; cervicitis/vaginitis; Rx metronidazole both partners  
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Gardnerella vaginalis   vaginal pH >5; bacterial vaginosis; clue cells; Rx metronidazole  
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Candida vaginitis   white, curd-like discharge; DM, antibiotics, pregnancy; Rx fluconazole  
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Vulvar squamous cancer   MC vulvar cancer; HPV association  
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Vulvar leukoplakia   biopsy to R/O squamous dysplasia/cancer  
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Lichen sclerosis vulva   epidermal atrophy; slight risk for squamous cancer  
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Squamous hyperplasia vulva   leukoplakia; no cancer risk  
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Paget’s disease   intraepithelial adenocarcinoma (mucin production) of vulva  
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Malignant melanoma   vulva location; similar to Paget cells but not mucin positive  
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Gartner’s duct cyst   lateral wall vagina; persistent mesonephric duct  
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Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma   bloody, grape-like vaginal mass young girl  
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Vaginal adenosis   maternal exposure to DES; precursor clear cell adenocarcinoma vagina  
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Vaginal squamous cancer   usually extension of cervical cancer  
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Rokitansky-Kiister-Hauser   absence of vagina and uterus  
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Nabothian cysts   endocervical glands covered by metaplastic squamous epithelium  
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Pathologic cervicitis   trichomonas, HSV-2, C. trachomatis (follicular cervicitis)  
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Cervical Pap   superficial squamous (estrogen), intermediate (progesterone), parabasal (no hormone)  
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Normal   70% superficial, 30% intermediate  
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Atrophic   100% parabasal cells  
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Hyperestrinism   100% superficial cells  
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Pregnancy   100% intermediate cells  
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Endocervical cells   sign of adequately performed Pap smear  
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Cervical polyp   bleeding after intercourse; non-neoplastic  
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Cervical dysplasia   begins in transformation zone; associated with low and high risk HPV  
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Risk factors cervical dysplasia/cancer   early onset sexual activity; multiple partners; smoking; OC  
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CIN   cervical intraepithelial dysplasia; mild, moderate, severe (in-situ)  
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Cervical cancer   ↓ incidence (Pap smear); 45-yr-old; COD renal failure from obstruction of ureters  
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S/S   cervical discharge; bleeding after intercourse  
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Sequence to menarche   breast budding, growth spurt, pubic hair, axillary hair, menarche  
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Proliferative phase cycle   estrogen-dependent; ↑estrogen inhibits FSH and stimulates LH  
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Ovulation   day 14-I6; LH surge; subnuclear vacuoles; ↑body temperature  
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Secretory phase cycle   progesterone-dependent  
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Menses   drop in estrogen/progesterone stimulates apoptosis; plasmin prevents clotting  
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FSH   stimulates follicle and aromatase synthesis in granulosa cells  
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LH   stimulates androgen synthesis in proliferative phase and progesterone synthesis in secretory phase  
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Day 21   day of implantation of fertilized egg  
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Pregnancy   ↑plasma volume > RBC mass; ↑GFR; ↑thyroxine/cortisol (increased binding proteins)  
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hCG   LH analogue produced by syncytiotrophoblast  
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hCG   stimulates corpus luteum of pregnancy to synthesize progesterone for 8-10 weeks  
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Estrone   estrogen of postmenopausal woman; aromatization of adrenal androstenedione  
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Estradiol   estrogen of non-pregnant woman in reproductive life; aromatization of testosterone  
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Estriol   estrogen of pregnancy  
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Menopause   ↑ FSH (best screen; due to ↓estrogen), ↑LH  
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S/S   secondary amenorrhea, hot flushes  
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Hirsutism   ↑ hair in normal areas  
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Virilization   hirsutism + male secondary sex characteristics (clitoromegaly)  
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Test for hirsutism/virilization   ↑ testosterone - ovarian source; ↑DHEA-sulfate - adrenal source  
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Polycystic ovarian syndrome (POS)   ↑ LH; ↓ FSH; ↑ estrogen and androgens  
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S/S   hirsutism, oligomenorrhea, infertility; enlarged ovaries with subcortical cysts; LH:FSH >2:1  
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Menorrhagia   excess menstrual flow; MCC iron deficiency in women  
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Dysmenorrhea   painful menses; 1° PGF2α, 2° endometriosis  
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DUB   bleeding related to hormone rather than anatomic causes  
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Anovulatory DUB   menarche and perimenopause; estrogen excess without progesterone  
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Ovulatory DUB   irregular shedding, inadequate luteal phase  
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Primary amenorrhea   no menses by 16 years old  
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Secondary amenorrhea   no menses for 3 months  
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Amenorrhea-hypothalamic/pituitary dysfunction   ↓ FSH/LH; e.g., hypopituitarism  
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Amenorrhea-ovarian dysfunction   ↑FSH/LH; e.g., Turner’s syndrome  
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Amenorrhea-end-organ disease   normal FSH/LH; e.g., imperforate hymen  
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Asherman syndrome   surgical removal of stratum basalis  
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Primary amenorrhea-normal secondary sex characteristics   constitutional delay MCC  
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Primary amenorrhea-lack secondary sex characteristics   Turner’s  
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Turner’s syndrome   XO; no Barr bodies; XO/XY types have gonadoblastomas; streak gonads (no eggs)  
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S/S   newborn with lymphedema hands/feet; cystic hygroma in neck (web); short stature; 1° amenorrhea  
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Secondary amenorrhea   pregnancy MCC; prolactinoma; anorexia nervosa; pituitary adenoma  
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Asherman syndrome   removal of stratum basalis causing scarring; secondary amenorrhea  
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Endometritis   group B streptococcus; intrauterine device (Actinomyces); chronic - plasma cells  
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Endometrial polyp   menorrhagia; not a precursor for endometrial cancer  
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Adenomyosis   functioning endometrial glands and stroma in myometrium; enlarged uterus  
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Endometriosis   functioning glands and stroma outside uterus; reverse menses; ovary MC site  
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S/S   dysmenorrhea, painful stooling, bowel obstruction; “powder burn” appearance  
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Endometrial hyperplasia   unopposed estrogen; simple/complex types; precursor endometrial cancer  
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Causes   obesity, estrogen Rx, polycystic ovarian syndrome  
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Endometrial cancer   obesity, nulliparity, estrogen Rx, early menarche/late menopause; OC protective  
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S/S   bleeding in postmenopausal woman  
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Leiomyoma uterus   menorrhagia, obstructive delivery; not a precursor for leiomyosarcoma  
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Leiomyosarcoma   MC sarcoma  
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Ectopic pregnancy   PID MC risk factor; intraperitoneal hemorrhage; screen with ß-hCG  
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Follicular cyst   MC ovarian mass in young woman  
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Risk factors ovarian tumors   nulliparity and genetic factors; OC protective  
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Serous ovarian tumors   surface-derived; ↑ bilaterality; psammoma bodies in malignant type  
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Mucinous ovarian tumors   surface-derived; pseudomyxoma peritonei in malignant type  
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Endometrioid carcinoma   resembles endometrial cancer; association with endometriosis  
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Cystic teratoma   MC benign germ cell tumor (<1% malignant); hair/teeth; calcifications  
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Dysgerminoma   MC malignant germ cell tumor; associated with streak gonads of Turners  
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Yolk sac tumor   MC germ cell tumor young girl; ↑AFP; Schiller-Duval bodies  
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Meigs syndrome   ovarian fibroma, ascites, right-sided pleural effusion  
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Granulosa tumor   low grade malignant; hyperestrinism, Call Exner bodies  
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Thecoma   benign; yellow color; hyperestrinism  
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Leydig cell and Sertoli cell tumors   hyperandrogenism  
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Gonadoblastoma   XY phenotype of Turner’s  
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Krukenberg tumors   metastatic stomach cancer; signet ring cells  
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Single umbilical artery   ↑ incidence congenital defects  
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Syncytiotrophoblast   lining of villi; produces hCG and human placental lactogen  
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Human placental lactogen   responsible for mild glucose intolerance in pregnancy  
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Abruptio placenta   retroplacental clot; painful bleeding; hypertension, cocaine, smoking  
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Placenta previa   placenta implanted over cervical os; painless bleeding  
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Placenta accreta   direct implantation into myometrium without intervening decidua; hysterectomy  
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Twin placenta   monochorionic always identical twins; dichorionic may be identical or fraternal  
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Siamese twins   monoamniotic monochorionic twin placenta  
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Enlarged placenta   DM, Rh HDN, syphilis  
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Complete mole   benign neoplasm of chorionic villi; dilated villi; no embryo; 46 XX (both male)  
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S/S   preeclampsia in first trimester; ↑ incidence choriocarcinoma  
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Partial mole   embryo present; 68 XXY; no transformation into choriocarcinoma  
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Choriocarcinoma   malignancy of trophoblastic tissue (syncytiotrophoblast, cytotrophoblast)  
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Risk factors   complete mole (MC), spontaneous abortion, normal pregnancy  
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S/S   ↑hCG; lung metastasis; good prognosis  
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Chorioamnionitis   group B streptococcus (S. agalactiae) infection  
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Preeclampsia   abnormal placentation causing placental ischemia; ↑ in vasoconstrictors (ATII)  
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S/S   hypertension, proteinuria, pitting edema; begins in third trimester  
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Spontaneous abortion   50% have karyotype deformity (trisomy 16)  
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Amniotic fluid   fetal urine  
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Polyhydramnios   TE fistula, duodenal atresia, open neural tube defects  
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Oligohydramnios   infantile polycystic disease  
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↑ Serum AFP   open neural tube defect  
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↓ Serum AFP   Down syndrome  
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Urine estriol   fetal adrenal, placental, maternal liver involved in its production  
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Down syndrome triad   ↑ ß-hCG, ↓ serum AFP, ↓ urine estriol  
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Fibrocystic change   MC breast mass <50-yrs-old; atypical hyperplasia cancer risk; lumpy, painful breasts  
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Sclerosing adenosis   component of FCC; involves terminal lobules often has microcalcifications  
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Fibroadenoma   benign stromal tumor; MC movable mass in women <35-yrs-old  
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Intraductal papilloma   benign tumor lactiferous duct/sinus; MCC bloody nipple discharge <50-yr-old  
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Invasive ductal cancer   MCC breast mass in woman >50-yrs-old  
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Breast cancer risk   unopposed estrogen; family history first-degree relatives  
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Breast cancer   painless mass upper outer quadrant in woman >50-yrs-old  
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Mammography   screening test to detect non-palpable masses  
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Palpable breast mass   order fine needle aspiration (not a mammogram)  
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Ductal carcinoma in situ   necrotic centers (comedo); microcalcifications common  
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Paget’s disease of breast   invasive ductal cancer into nipple; Paget’s cells similar to vulvar Paget’s  
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Medullary carcinoma   bulky tumor with large cells and lymphoid infiltrate; more common in Pt with BRCA 1 mutation  
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Inflammatory carcinoma   orange peel appearance; lymphatics blocked by tumor (lymphedema)  
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Lobular cancer   MC cancer of terminal lobule; ↑ bilaterality  
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Phyllodes tumor   low grade malignant tumor of stroma  
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ER-PR positive tumors   tumors responding to hormones; candidate for tamoxifen (anti-estrogen)  
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ERB-B2 oncogene positive breast cancer   aggressive breast cancer  
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Gynecomastia   estrogen stimulation of male breast  
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Gynecomastia   normal in newborn, puberty (no surgery), old age; (micronodular) cirrhosis MC pathologic cause  
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Overactive endocrine syndrome   most often adenomas; use suppression tests (most do not suppress)  
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Tumors that suppress   prolactinoma (bromocriptine), pituitary Cushings (high dose dexamethasone)  
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Underactive endocrine syndrome   autoimmune destruction MCC; stimulation tests  
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Hypopituitarism adults   non-functioning adenoma MCC, Sheehan’s postpartum necrosis (stop lactation)  
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Hypopituitarism in children   craniopharyngioma (Rathke’s pouch remnant) MCC; visual field defects  
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S/S ↓ FSH and LH   amenorrhea, ↓ testosterone in male  
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Growth hormone functions   muscle growth, gluconeogenesis; release of insulin growth factor (IGF)  
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IGF   synthesized in liver; bone and cartilage growth  
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S/S ↓ GH/IGF in children   growth retardation; ↓ height and weight  
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Sleep and arginine infusion   stimulation tests for GH and IGF  
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S/S ↓ GH/IGF in adults   hypoglycemia  
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S/S ↓ TSH   secondary hypothyroidism; ↓ T4, ↓ TSH; muscle weakness, dry skin  
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S/S ↓ ACTH   secondary hypocortisolism; ↓ cortisol, ↓ ACTH; fatigue; hypoglycemia  
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Metyrapone   stimulation test for ACTH reserve  
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Metyrapone   blocks adrenal 11-hydroxylase → ↑ ACTH and 11-deoxycortisol (proximal to block)  
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Metyrapone test ↓ ACTH and 11-deoxycortisol   pituitary/hypothalamic dysfunction  
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Metyrapone test ↑ ACTH and 11-deoxycortisol   Addison's disease  
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Diabetes insipidus   loss ADH (central), refractory to ADH (nephrogenic); always diluting urine  
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Central diabetes insipidus (CDI)   ↓ UOsm and ↑ POsm with water deprivation; vasopressin causes ↑ UOsm > 50%  
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Causes CDI   pituitary stalk transection, hypothalamic lesion (site for ADH synthesis)  
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Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI)   ↓ UOsm and ↑ POsm with water deprivation; vasopressin causes ↑ UOsm < 50%  
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Causes NDI   lithium, demeclocycline, nephrocalcinosis, severe hypokalemia  
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Gigantism   GH secreting pituitary adenoma before epiphyses have fused  
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Acromegaly   GH secreting pituitary adenoma after epiphyses have fused  
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S/S acromegaly   cardiomyopathy; large hands, feet, jaw; hyperglycemia  
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Prolactin   inhibited by dopamine  
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Prolactinoma   MC pituitary tumor; secondary amenorrhea and galactorrhea; prolactin inhibits GnRH  
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Rx   surgery or bromocriptine (dopamine analog)  
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Other causes hyperprolactinemia   primary hypothyroidism, drugs  
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Inappropriate ADH syndrome   hyponatremia <120 mEq/L; ↑ UOsm (always concentrating urine)  
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Causes   small cell carcinoma lung, CNS injury, chlorpropamide  
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Rx   restrict water; demeclocycline in small cell carcinoma  
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Serum T4   ↑ or ↓ in free hormone or thyroid binding globulin (TBG)  
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↑ Serum T4 and normal TSH   ↑ TBG; due to ↑ in estrogen  
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↑ Serum T4 and ↓ TSH   thyrotoxicosis  
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↓ Serum T4 and normal TSH   ↓ TBG; due to anabolic steroids  
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↓ Serum T4 and ↑ TSH   primary hypothyroidism  
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↓ Serum T4 and ↓ TSH   secondary hypothyroidism  
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TSH   negative feedback with T4 and T3; best screening test  
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I131 uptake   ↑ in Graves; ↓ in thyroiditis, patient taking excess thyroid, hypothyroidism  
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Cold nodule   non-functioning nodule; no uptake I131  
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Hot nodule   functioning nodule; ↑ uptake I131  
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Thyroglossal duct cyst   midline cystic mass  
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Branchial cleft cyst   cyst in anterolateral neck  
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Acute/subacute thyroiditis   painful thyroid; early thyrotoxicosis; ↓ I131 uptake  
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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis   MCC hypothyroidism; HLA Dr3/Dr5; inhibitory IgG TSH receptor antibody  
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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis   ↑ anti microsomal and thyroglobulin antibodies  
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S/S   muscle weakness, periorbital puffiness, ↓ reflexes, diastolic hypertension, constipation, dry skin  
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Lab   ↓ T4, ↑ TSH  
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Cretinism   maternal hypothyroidism before fetal thyroid developed, genetic disorder  
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S/S   mental retardation; short stature and increased weight; coarse skin  
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Thyrotoxicosis   any cause ↑ thyroid hormone activity; Graves disease, excess hormone, thyroiditis  
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Hyperthyroidism   ↑ synthesis thyroid hormone; Graves disease and toxic nodular goiter  
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Graves disease   autoantibody against TSH receptor (type II reaction); HLA Dr3  
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S/S unique to Graves   exophthalmos, pretibial myxedema  
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S/S thyrotoxicosis   tachycardia/atrial fibrillation, systolic hypertension, diarrhea, brisk reflexes  
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Lab thyrotoxicosis   ↑ T4, ↓ TSH, ↑ glucose, ↑ calcium  
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I131 uptake   ↑ Graves, toxic nodular goiter; ↓ thyroiditis, excess hormone, hypothyroidism  
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Rx Graves disease   ß-blocker; drug to decrease hormone synthesis (propylthiouracil)  
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Toxic nodular goiter   hyperthyroidism; develops out of a multinodular goiter; no exophthalmos  
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Goiter   enlarged thyroid; iodine deficiency MCC; relative thyroid hormone deficiency  
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S/S   rapid enlargement due to hemorrhage into cyst; Rx thyroxine  
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Solitary thyroid nodule woman   most often benign (cyst)  
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Solitary thyroid nodule man or child   often malignant  
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Papillary carcinoma thyroid   MC thyroid cancer; radiation exposure; psammoma bodies  
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Follicular carcinoma thyroid   invades blood vessels  
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Medullary carcinoma thyroid   parafollicular cells; calcitonin; amyloid (calcitonin conversion)  
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MEN I syndrome   3 P's; pituitary tumor, parathyroid adenoma, pancreatic tumor (ZE or ß-islet cell tumor)  
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MEN IIa syndrome   2 P's; medullary carcinoma thyroid, pheochromocytoma, parathyroid adenoma  
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MEN IIb syndrome   1 P; medullary carcinoma thyroid, pheochromocytoma, mucosal neuromas  
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Alkalotic pH   tetany with normal total calcium, ↓ ionized calcium and ↑ PTH  
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Hypoalbuminemia   ↓ total calcium, normal ionized calcium and PTH  
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Tetany   ↓ ionized calcium level; threshold potential comes closer to resting potential  
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S/S   thumb adducts into palm, twitching after tapping of facial nerve  
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PTH   maintains ionized Ca2+; ↑ Ca2+ renal reabsorption; ↓ phosphate/bicarbonate reabsorption in kidneys  
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Primary HPTH   ↑ Ca2+, hypophosphatemia, ↑ PTH  
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Cause   adenoma MCC, hyperplasia, cancer  
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S/S   renal stone, peptic ulcers, pancreatitis, hypertension, metastatic calcification  
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Secondary HPTH   ↓ Ca2+, ↑ PTH; hypovitaminosis D from renal failure MCC  
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Malignancy-induced hypercalcemia   ↑ Ca2+, ↓ PTH; all other non-parathyroid causes same results  
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Causes hypercalcemia   osteolytic lesions, sarcoidosis, ↑ vitamin D, PTH-related peptide, myeloma  
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Tertiary HPTH   hypercalcemia developing from secondary HPTH  
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Primary hypoparathyroidism   ↓ Ca2+ and ↓ PTH  
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Causes   previous thyroid surgery, autoimmune, DiGeorge syndrome  
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S/S   tetany; calcification basal ganglia  
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Pseudohypoparathyroidism   ↓ Ca2+ with normal to ↑ PTH; end-organ resistance to PTH  
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Other causes ↓ Ca2+   hypomagnesemia (↓ PTH), ↓ vitamin D, DiGeorge  
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↓ Ca2+ and ↓ PTH   primary hypoparathyroidism  
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↓ Ca2+ and ↑ PTH   secondary hyperparathyroidism  
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↑ Ca2+ and ↑ PTH   primary hyperparathyroidism  
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↑ Ca2+ and ↓ PTH   malignancy induced hypercalcemia; other causes hypercalcemia  
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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome   meningococcemia with bilateral adrenal hemorrhage due to DIC  
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Addison’s disease   autoimmune destruction adrenal cortex MCC, adrenogenital syndrome, metastasis  
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S/S   hypotension (salt loss), hyperpigmentation (ACTH), hypoglycemia  
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Lab   ↓ sodium, ↓ cortisol, ↑ potassium, ↑ ACTH  
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Adrenogenital syndrome   AR; enzyme deficiency; hypocortisolism; hyperpigmentation from ↑ ACTH  
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21-Hydroxylase deficiency   ↑ 17 KS, ↓ 17 OH, lose salt, hypotension; female pseudohermaphrodite  
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11-Hydroxylase deficiency   ↑ 17 KS, ↑ 17 OH, retain salt, hypertension; female pseudohermaphrodite  
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17-Hydroxylase deficiency   ↓ 17 KS, ↓ 17 OH, retain salt, hypertension; male pseudohermaphrodite  
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MCC Cushings   long-term corticosteroid therapy  
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Tests Cushings syndrome   low/high dose dexamethasone suppression; urine free cortisol (best test)  
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Normal dexamethasone suppression   cortisol analogue; ↓ ACTH and ↑ cortisol  
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Pituitary Cushings   MCC Cushing’s; ACTH secreting pituitary tumor  
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Lab   low dose dexamethasone not suppress cortisol; high dose suppresses  
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Adrenal Cushings   adrenal adenoma secreting cortisol; suppressed ACTH  
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Lab   no suppression with low/high dose dexamethasone  
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Ectopic Cushings   ACTH secreting small cell carcinoma of lung; high ACTH and cortisol levels  
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Lab   no suppression with low/high dose dexamethasone  
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S/S Cushings   purple stria, truncal obesity, hypertension, DM  
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Primary aldosteronism   benign adenoma in zona glomerulosa  
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S/S   hypertension and muscle weakness (hypokalemia), no pitting edema  
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Lab   hypernatremia, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, ↑ urine K+ and Na+  
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Pheochromocytoma   benign tumor in adrenal medulla in adults  
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Associations   von Hippel Lindau, neurofibromatosis, MEN IIa and IIb  
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S/S   labile hypertension, anxiety, sweating, headache  
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Lab   ↑ 24 hr urine for VMA and metanephrines  
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Neuroblastoma   malignant tumor adrenal medulla child; widespread metastasis; hypertension  
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ß-islet cell tumor (insulinoma)   benign tumor; hypoglycemia, ↑ insulin and C-peptide  
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Patient taking excess insulin   hypoglycemia, ↑ insulin, ↓ C-peptide  
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Glucagonoma   malignant α-islet cell tumor; hyperglycemia and rash  
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Zollinger Ellison syndrome   malignant islet cell tumor secreting gastrin; peptic ulcers  
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Somatostatinoma   malignant δ islet cell tumor; DM, malabsorption, cholelithiasis, achlorhydria  
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VIPoma   malignant islet cell tumor; diarrhea, hypokalemia, achlorhydria  
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DM   organ damage correlates with glycemic control  
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Type 1   young, thin person; no insulin; HLA DR3/4; insulitis; islet cell antibodies; ketoacidosis  
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Type 2   older person; obese; relative insulin deficiency (↓ insulin receptors, postreceptor problems)  
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Type 2   family history; fibrotic islet cells with amyloid; hyperosmolar nonketotic coma  
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↑ Non-enzymatic glycosylation   glucose attaches to amino acids in basement membranes  
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Non-enzymatic glycosylation   ↑ vessel permeability producing hyaline arteriolosclerosis  
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Osmotic damage   glucose converted into sorbitol by aldose reductase  
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Osmotic damage   lens (cataracts), Schwann cell (neuropathy), pericytes retinal vessels (microaneurysms)  
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Pathogenesis hyperglycemia   ↑ gluconeogenesis (most important), glycogenolysis  
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Pathogenesis hyperlipidemia   no insulin to stimulate capillary lipoprotein lipase; ↑ chylomicrons/VLDL  
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Pathogenesis ketoacidosis   ↑ oxidation fatty acids with excess acetyl CoA; liver synthesis ketone bodies  
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Most commons due to DM   neuropathy, blindness, CRF, hyperglycemia, non-traumatic amputation  
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Glycosylated HbA1c   measure of long term glycemic control (8-12 weeks)  
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Gestational DM   ↑ placental size, human placental lactogen  
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Complications   macrosomia (↑ muscle/fat from insulin), RDS, newborn hypoglycemia (↑ insulin)  
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Hypoglycemia   insulin/oral hypoglycemics MCC, liver disease; carnitine deficiency  
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Carnitine deficiency   no ß-oxidation of fatty acids; all cells compete for glucose  
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Monosodium urate crystals (MSU)   yellow when parallel to slow ray of compensator  
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Calcium pyrophosphate crystals (pseudogout)   blue when parallel to slow ray of compensator  
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Osteoarthritis   degeneration articular cartilage; subchondral cysts; eburnation; osteophytes at margins  
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Joints   weight bearing (femoral head); DIP joint (Heberden’s nodes), PIP joints (Bouchard nodes)  
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Neuropathic joint   2° to neurologic disease; DM, syringomyelia, tabes dorsalis  
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)   female dominant; HLA Dr4  
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RF   IgM antibody against Fc portion IgG; causes inflammation of synovial tissue  
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Pannus   inflamed hyperplastic synovial tissue destroys articular cartilage; joint fusion  
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Joints   MCP and PIP joints  
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S/S   morning stiffness; ulnar deviation of hands; carpal tunnel (entrapped median nerve)  
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Rx   methotrexate often used as initial therapy, aspirin  
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Sjogren’s syndrome   destruction lacrimal and minor salivary glands; RA; anti-SS-Ro/SS-La (SSa and SSb)  
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S/S   dry eyes and dry mouth  
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Caplan syndrome   pneumoconiosis + rheumatoid nodules in lungs  
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Felty’s syndrome   RA + splenomegaly with hypersplenism  
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Gouty arthritis   underexcretion of uric acid; big toe first affected; tophus in soft tissue sign chronic gout  
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Gout associations   alcohol, Pb poisoning  
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Tophus   MSU crystals produce foreign body giant cell reaction next to joint  
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Uricosuric agents   probenecid and sulfinpyrazone  
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Allopurinol   ↓ synthesis uric acid; xanthine oxidase inhibitor  
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Pseudogout   involves knee; linear calcification in articular cartilage  
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Ankylosing spondylitis   HLA-B27 seronegative (RF negative) spondyloarthropathy; male dominant  
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S/S   sacroiliitis; bamboo spine causing kyphosis; aortitis; uveitis  
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Associations   C. trachomatis MC, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, Shigella, Campylobacter, Yersinia  
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Reiter’s syndrome   HLA-B27; Chlamydia urethritis; arthritis; conjunctivitis; Achilles tendon periostitis  
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Osteomyelitis children   hematogenous spread of Staphylococcus aureus to metaphysis  
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Osteomyelitis in HbSS   Salmonella paratyphi  
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis   puncture of foot when wearing rubber foot wear  
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Tuberculous osteomyelitis   usually involves vertebra (Pott’s disease)  
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Disseminated gonococcemia   female dominant; C6-C9 deficiency  
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Disseminated gonococcemia   septic arthritis (knee); tendinitis/synovitis and skin pustules in feet/wrists  
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Lyme disease   bite Ixodes tick; Borrelia burgdorjeri; reservoirs white footed mouse, white tailed deer  
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Early S/S   erythematous concentric rash (erythema chronicum migrans), Rx doxycycline  
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Late S/S   arthritis, Bell’s palsy (often bilateral), myocarditis, Rx doxycycline  
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Babesiosis   carried by Ixodes tick; Babesia are intraerythrocytic parasites; hemolytic anemia  
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Cat bite   potential for Pasteurella multocida septic arthritis  
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Osgood Schlatter’s   inflammation proximal tibial apophysis at patellar tendon insertion; knobby knee  
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Osteogenesis imperfecta   AD; ↓ synthesis type I collagen; pathologic fractures; blue sclera  
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Blue sclera   reflection choroidal veins  
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Achondroplasia   AD; impaired enchondral calcification and premature closure of epiphyses  
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S/S   normal head/vertebral column, short extremities  
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Osteopetrosis   AD/AR; osteoclast defect; too much bone; pathologic fractures  
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Osteoporosis   ↓ bone mass and density; pathologic fractures  
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Postmenopausal osteoporosis   estrogen deficiency - ↑ osteoclastic activity, ↓ osteoblastic activity  
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S/S   vertebral compression fractures, Colles fracture  
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Colles fracture   fractured distal radius with dinner fork appearance  
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Prevention   estrogen (under investigation), calcium, vitamin D, stress exercises (walking, weight lifting)  
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Aseptic necrosis femoral head   femoral head fracture, corticosteroids, sickle cell disease; MRI best test  
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Scaphoid bone fracture   aseptic necrosis in wrist bone  
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Volkmann’s ischemic contracture   fracture of distal radius; damage to brachial artery and median nerve  
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Legg-Perthe’s disease   aseptic necrosis of ossification center (femoral head) in children  
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Paget’s disease   elderly males; lytic/blastic bone lesions produce thick, weak bone  
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S/S   pathologic fractures; ↑ serum AP; ↑ risk for osteogenic sarcoma  
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Osteoid osteoma   radiolucent lesion in cortex proximal femur; nocturnal pain relieved by aspirin  
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Osteogenic sarcoma   adolescent male; RB suppressor gene association; distal femur; ↑ AP  
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Radiograph   “sunburst” appearance, Codman’s triangle  
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Ewing’s sarcoma   primitive neuroectodermal tumor; round cell tumor  
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Radiograph   “onion skinning”  
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Osteochondroma   MC benign bone tumor; exophytic growth off metaphysis of distal femur  
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Chondrosarcoma   MC malignant cartilaginous tumor; pelvic bones, proximal femur  
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Giant cell tumor   epiphysis distal femur/proximal tibia; giant cells + neoplastic mononuclear cells  
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Muscle weakness   primary muscle disease, neurosynapse disease, neurogenic disease  
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Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy   XR; deficiency dystrophin; ↑ serum CK at birth; waddling gait  
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Dystrophin   attaches portions of cell membrane to sarcomere; important in contraction  
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Becker’s dystrophy   XR, defective dystrophin  
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Myotonic dystrophy   AD; trinucleotide repeat disorder; cannot release grip  
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Myasthenia gravis   autoantibody against acetylcholine receptors (type II); thymic hyperplasia B cells  
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S/S   diplopia at end of day first sign; dysphagia solids/liquids upper esophagus; thymoma  
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Dupuytren’s contracture   fibromatosis palmar fascia  
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Lipoma   MC soft tissue tumor  
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Liposarcoma   MC adult sarcoma  
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Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma   MC childhood sarcoma  
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Autoimmune disease   loss of self-tolerance  
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Serum ANA   greatest sensitivity for detecting SLE  
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SLE   type III reaction; confirm with anti-dsDNA, anti-Sm  
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S/S   malar rash, photophobia, joint pain, fibrinous pericarditis, nephritic GN  
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Drug-induced lupus   procainamide, hydralazine; anti-histone antibodies  
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Antiphospholipid antibodies   lupus anticoagulant, anti-cardiolipin antibodies; vessel thrombosis  
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PSS   excess collagen; anti-topoisomerase antibodies  
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S/S   dysphagia solids/liquids, Raynaud’s, interstitial lung disease, renal failure  
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CREST   centromere antibody/calcinosis; Raynaud; esophageal dysmotility; sclerodactyly; telangiectasia  
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Dermatomyositis/polymyositis   ↑ serum CK; risk of malignancy  
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Mixed connective tissue disease   anti-ribonucleoprotein antibody  
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Antibody against acetylcholine receptor   myasthenia gravis  
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Antibody against basement membrane   Goodpasture’s syndrome  
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Antibody against endomysium and gliadin   celiac disease  
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Antibody against insulin and islet cell   type I diabetes  
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Antibody against intrinsic factor and parietal cell   pernicious anemia  
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Antibody against microsome and thyroglobulin   Hashimoto’s thyroiditis  
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Antibody against mitochondria   primary biliary cirrhosis  
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Antibody against proteinase 3 of neutrophil (cANCA)   Wegener’s granulomatosis  
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Antibody against myeloperoxidase of neutrophils (pANCA)   microscopic polyangiitis  
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Antibody against TSH receptor   Graves disease  
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Ichthyosis vulgaris   ↑ thickness of stratum corneum; absent granular layer  
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Solar lentigo   “liver spot” in elderly; increased melanocytes  
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Senile purpura   trauma to fragile vessels on dorsum of hands; normal finding in elderly  
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Acute eczema   weeping rash with vesicles  
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Chronic eczema   dry, thickened, pruritic skin  
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Atopic dermatitis   dry skin, eczema (type I reaction); children - face, intertriginous areas  
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Allergic contact dermatitis   type IV hypersensitivity; poison ivy, nickel rash  
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Contact photodermatitis   tetracycline; rash in sun exposed areas  
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Superficial dermatophytoses   KOH preparation shows fungi located in stratum corneum  
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Tinea capitis   Trichophyton tonsurans MCC (negative Wood’s lamp)  
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Tinea capitis child with dog   Microsporum canis (positive Wood’s lamp)  
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Tinea versicolor   hypopigmentation; Malassezia furfur; “spaghetti” (hyphae)/”meatball” KOH  
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Seborrheic dermatitis   dandruff; Malassezia furfur  
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Molluscum contagiosum   poxvirus; bowl-shaped with central depression filled with keratin  
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Rubeola   Koplik’s spots; Warthin-Finkeldey giant cells  
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Rubella   teratogenic; rash; postauricular adenopathy; arthritis in adults  
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Parvovirus   “slapped face”; RBC aplasia, aplastic anemia (HbSS), spontaneous abortions, arthritis  
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Roseola   HSV-6; high fever and then rash  
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Toxic shock syndrome   toxin-producing S. aureus; tampon wearing; hypotension, desquamating rash  
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Scarlet fever   group A streptococcus with erythrogenic toxin; strawberry tongue  
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Actinic (solar) keratosis   precursor for squamous cell carcinoma; recur when scrapped off  
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Psoriasis   elevated salmon-colored plaques covered by silver-colored scales; nail pitting  
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Pityriasis rosea   herald patch followed by rash in lines of cleavage  
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Varicella   chickenpox; rash at different stages; Reye syndrome association  
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Herpes zoster   vesicular rash following a sensory dermatome  
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HSV and Varicella-zoster virus   remain latent in sensory ganglia  
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Impetigo   group A streptococcus; honey crusted lesions on face  
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Pemphigus vulgaris   autoimmune disease; IgG antibodies against intercellular attachment sites  
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Pemphigus vulgaris   intraepidermal bullae; acantholytic cells; row of tombstones  
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Bullous pemphigoid   autoimmune disease; IgG antibodies against basement membrane  
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Bullous pemphigoid   subepidermal bullae  
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Pemphigus vulgaris/bullous pemphigoid   type II hypersensitivity  
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Dermatitis herpetiformis   autoimmune disease; IgA ICs; subepidermal bullae with neutrophils  
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Dermatitis herpetiformis   association with celiac disease  
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Erythema multiforme   vesicles and bullae; bullseye appearance  
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Risk factors   drugs, M. pneumoniae infection  
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Stevens Johnson syndrome   erythema multiforme involving mouth  
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Acne vulgaris   androgen dependent (receptor on sebaceous glands)  
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Acne vulgaris   Propionibacterium acnes lipases produce fatty acids causing inflammation  
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Acne rosacea   pustular, erythematous lesion on face resembling malar rash  
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Urticaria   type I and III reactions; type I due to mast cell release of histamine (drugs, fire ant bites)  
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Angioedema   subcutaneous swelling  
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Causes   ACE inhibitor (bradykinin); C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency (C2 and C4 decreased)  
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Sporotrichosis   traumatic implantation of Sporothrix fungus into subcutaneous tissue  
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Causes   rose gardener, lobster fisherman (sphagnum moss)  
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S/S   chain of subcutaneous nodules  
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Tuberculoid leprosy   intact cellular immunity (positive lepromin skin test); granulomas; no organisms  
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S/S   autoamputation of digits; skin depigmentation and anesthesia  
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Lepromatous leprosy   defective cellular immunity (negative lepromin skin test); no granulomas  
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S/S   leonine face, erythema nodosum during treatment  
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Histology   Grenz zone (zone free organisms) foamy macrophages with organisms  
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Rx   dapsone  
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Erythema nodosum   painful nodule on shins; subcutaneous fat inflammation  
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Associations   coccidioidomycosis, TB, leprosy  
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Keratoacanthoma   benign neoplasm; mimics squamous cancer; spontaneously resolves  
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UVB light cancers   basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma  
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Vitiligo   autoimmune destruction melanocytes producing skin depigmentation  
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Seborrheic keratosis   pigmented, wart-like lesion; “stuck on” appearance  
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Leser-Trelat sign   multiple outcroppings seborrheic keratosis; consider stomach cancer  
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Acanthosis nigricans   verrucoid pigmented lesion usually in axilla; associated with gastric cancer  
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Chloasma   pregnancy mask due to increased melanocytes  
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Nevocellular nevus   benign pigmented tumor modified melanocytes  
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Histology   nevus cells proliferate along basal cell area, dermis, or both  
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Dysplastic nevus   precursor for malignant melanoma  
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Malignant melanoma   malignant tumor of melanocytes; most rapidly increasing cancer worldwide  
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ABCD for melanoma   A, asymmetry; B, irregular border; C, color change; D, increased diameter  
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Risk factors   severe sunburn at early age (MC), dysplastic nevi  
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Radial growth phase   spreads laterally in epidermis/superficial dermis but does not result in metastasis  
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Vertical growth   malignant cells penetrate into dermis; potential for metastasis  
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Lentigo malignant melanoma   face of elderly  
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Superficial spreading melanoma   lower extremities, back  
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Nodular melanoma   aggressive tumor with no radial growth phase  
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Acral lentiginous melanoma   palms, soles, under nails; may occur in blacks  
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Prognosis   depends most on depth of invasion  
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Prevention   sunscreen >15  
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Porphyria cutanea tarda   photosensitive bullous disease; deficiency uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase  
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S/S   hypertrichosis, fragile skin, port wine colored urine (uroporphyrins)  
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Black widow (Latrodectus) envenomation   neurotoxin; abdominal muscle cramps  
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Brown recluse (Loxosceles) envenomation   necrotoxin; skin ulcer  
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CSF   choroid plexus in ventricles; enters subarachnoid space; removed by arachnoid granulations  
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CSF   less protein and glucose than serum; scant number of cells; ↑ chloride  
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Xanthochromia   yellow colored CSF due to bilirubin pigment; indicates subarachnoid hemorrhage  
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Papilledema of optic nerve   sign of cerebral edema (intracranial hypertension)  
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Uncal herniation   intracranial hypertension; medial portion temporal lobe through tentorium cerebelli  
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S/S   midbrain hemorrhage; CN III palsy (pupil down/out); mydriasis  
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Mydriasis in uncal herniation   compression of parasympathetic system  
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Cerebellar tonsils herniate into foramen magnum   intracranial hypertension  
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Hydrocephalus   ↑ CSF volume with distention of ventricles  
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Non-communicating   blockage aqueduct Sylvius MCC newborn  
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Communicating   choroid plexus papilloma; scarring of arachnoid granulations  
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Adults with hydrocephalus   progressive dementia, wide-based gait, urinary incontinence; THINK  
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Open neural tube defects   folate must be adequate before pregnancy; ↑ AFP  
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Spina bifida occulta   dimple overlying skin L5-S1; vertebral arch not completely closed  
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Meningocele   vertebral defect with meninges  
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Meningomyelocele   vertebral defect with meninges and spinal cord  
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Arnold Chiari syndrome   elongation medulla/cerebellar tonsils through foramen magnum  
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S/S   hydrocephalus, syringomyelia, meningomyelocele  
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Dandy Walker syndrome   hypoplasia of cerebellar vermis; hydrocephalus  
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Syringomyelia   enlarged cervical cord; fluid filled cyst in cervical spinal cord  
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S/S   loss pain/temperature upper extremities (spinothalamic); motor loss in hands (anterior horn cells)  
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Tuberous sclerosis   AD; mental retardation; hamartomas CNS/kidney; shagreen patches skin  
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Tuberous sclerosis   angiomyolipomas kidneys; rhabdomyoma of heart  
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Neurofibromatosis   AD; pigmented neurofibromas; cafe au lait spots  
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Associations   pheochromocytoma, brain tumors, acoustic neuromas  
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Meningitis   nuchal rigidity  
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CSF findings viral meningitis   ↑ CSF protein, normal CSF glucose, ↑ lymphocytes  
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CSF findings bacterial meningitis   ↑ CSF protein, ↓ CSF glucose, ↑ neutrophils  
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Encephalitis   inflammation of brain; mental status abnormalities; coma  
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Coxsackievirus   MCC viral meningitis  
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HSV-1   hemorrhagic necrosis in temporal lobes  
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Rabies   skunk and bat common vectors; Negri bodies in neurons; hydrophobia; flaccid paralysis  
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CMV   intranuclear inclusions; periventricular calcification in congenital infection  
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Polio virus   destruction of anterior horn cells; flaccid paralysis  
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis   slow virus disease due to rubeola (measles virus)  
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy   slow virus disease due to JC virus; common in AIDS  
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease   prions; spongiform encephalopathy  
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Risk factors   contact with human brain or contaminated beef (bovine disease)  
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Meningitis newborn   Streptococcus agalactiae (group B) MCC; E. coli, 2nd MCC  
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Listeria monocytogenes   newborn meningitis; gram + rods; pregnant mother should avoid soft cheeses  
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Neisseria meningitidis   MCC meningitis 1 month - 18-yrs-old; petechia and DIC characteristic  
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Streptococcus pneumoniae   MCC meningitis >18-yrs-old  
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis   complication primary TB; base of brain meningitis with vasculitis  
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Neurosyphilis   CSF with positive VDRL  
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Meningovascular syphilis   vasculitis causing strokes  
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General paresis   syphilis with dementia and brain atrophy  
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Tabes dorsalis   posterior root ganglia/posterior column; ataxia; absent deep tendon reflexes; Argyll-Robertson pupil  
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Argyll-Robertson pupil   pupil accommodates but does not react to direct light; THINK  
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Cryptococcus neoformans   MC opportunistic CNS fungal disease; positive India ink  
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Mucor species   frontal lobe abscess in diabetic ketoacidosis  
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Toxoplasma gondii   MCC space occupying lesion in AIDS; avoid cat litter and raw meat in pregnancy  
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Congenital toxoplasmosis   calcification basal ganglia; blindness; mental retardation  
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Naegleria and Acanthamoeba   amoeba in fresh water; meningoencephalitis  
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Taenia solium   pork tapeworm; adult with worms definitive host; adult with larva intermediate host  
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Cysticercosis   larval form of T. solium; produces blindness and calcified cysts in CNS (seizures)  
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Coup injuries   contusions at site of injury  
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Contrecoup injuries   contusion on opposite side of injury; frontal and temporal lobes  
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Epidural hematoma   temporoparietal skull fracture; tear middle meningeal artery  
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Subdural hematoma   tear bridging veins; venous blood clot; fluctuating levels of consciousness  
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Hypoxic injury   neurons more susceptible to damage than neuroglial cells  
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Laminar necrosis   liquefactive necrosis at watershed areas in cortex  
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Atherosclerotic stroke   pale infarction (liquefactive necrosis) extending to periphery of cerebral cortex  
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Causes atherosclerotic stroke   thrombosis of middle cerebral artery or carotid artery  
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MCA stroke   contralateral weakness/sensory loss; expressive aphasia if left hemisphere stroke  
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Amaurosis fugax   loss vision described as curtain going down and then up  
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Cause   embolus atherosclerotic plaque to branch of retinal artery (Hollenhorst plaque)  
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Vertebrobasilar stroke   vertigo, ataxia, ipsilateral sensory loss face/contralateral hemiparesis/sensory  
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Embolic stroke   hemorrhagic infarction extending to periphery cerebral cortex due to embolization  
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Intracerebral hemorrhage   complication hypertension  
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Cause of intracerebral hemorrhage   rupture of aneurysm of lenticulostriate vessels  
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Location of intracerebral hemorrhage   basal ganglia MC site  
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage   rupture of congenital berry aneurysm; severe occipital headache  
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Lacunar stroke   microinfarctions; due to hyaline arteriolosclerosis (hypertension, diabetes)  
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Pure motor stroke   posterior limb internal capsule  
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Pure sensory stroke   thalamus  
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Multiple sclerosis   autoimmune destruction myelin sheath/oligodendrocytes; plaques in white matter  
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S/S   scanning speech, intention tremor, nystagmus, paresthesias, weakness  
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Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia   multiple sclerosis; demyelination MLF  
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CSF with oligoclonal bands   sign of demyelination  
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Central pontine myelinolysis   rapid intravenous correction of hyponatremia in alcoholic  
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Alzheimer’s disease   MCC dementia Alzheimer’s disease  
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Alzheimer’s disease   ↑ amyloid-ß destroys neurons; occipital lobe spared  
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Alzheimer’s disease   ↑ density of neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques  
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Down syndrome   develop Alzheimer’s disease at early age; 3 functioning chromosome 21s  
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Apo E gene allele ε4   gene product has high affinity for amyloid-ß  
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Parkinson’s disease   depigmentation substantia nigra neurons; Lewy bodies; ↓ dopamine  
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S/S   extrapyramidal (muscle rigidity), resting tremor, festinating (shuffling) gait  
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Causes   CO poisoning, Wilson’s, MPTP (meperidine derivative), drugs  
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Huntington’s disease   AD; atrophy of the head of the caudate nucleus; trinucleotide repeat disorder (anticipation)  
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S/S   movement disorder; dementia  
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)   degeneration of lower/upper motor neurons; no sensory changes  
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Werdnig Hoffman disease   childhood type of ALS  
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Wilson’s disease   AR; excess copper; cystic degeneration of putamen/globus pallidus  
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Vitamin B12 deficiency   posterior column (↓ proprioception, vibration); lateral corticospinal tract (UMN)  
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Alcohol   Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, cerebellar atrophy, central pontine myelinolysis  
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Wernicke encephalopathy   thiamine deficiency; IV with glucose can prompt acute attack  
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Wernicke encephalopathy   mammillary body hemorrhage (ring hemorrhages)  
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S/S   confusion, ataxia, nystagmus, ophthalmoplegia  
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Korsakoff's psychosis   limbic system; antegrade and retrograde memory deficits  
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Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP)   AD; deficiency uroporphyrinogen synthase; ↑ porphobilinogen  
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S/S   drug induced (alcohol, barbiturates); abdominal pain (“bellyful of scars”); dementia  
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Window sill test   urine in AIP colorless; turns port wine color with exposure to light (porphobilin)  
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Rx   heme infusions (inhibits δ-aminolevulinic acid synthetase)  
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Adult brain tumors   70% supratentorial; frontal lobe MC site  
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Childhood brain tumors   70% infratentorial; cerebellum MC site  
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Adult brain tumors (descending order)   GBM, meningioma, acoustic neuroma  
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GBM   high grade astrocytoma; hemorrhage and necrosis; may cross corpus callosum  
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Meningioma   female dominant; arise from arachnoid granulations; psammoma bodies; seizures  
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Acoustic neuroma   schwannoma of the VIIIth nerve; tinnitus; sensorineural hearing loss; neurofibromatosis  
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Childhood brain tumors   astrocytoma cerebellum (MC), medulloblastoma  
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Astrocytoma   MC primary brain tumor; frontal lobe MC site in adult; cerebellum MC site in child  
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Medulloblastoma   malignant tumor cerebellum; invades fourth ventricle  
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Ependymoma   arises in 4th ventricle in children and cauda equina in adults  
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Oligodendroglioma   frontal lobe tumor with dystrophic calcification  
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CNS lymphomas   metastasis MCC; primary CNS lymphoma associated with EBV in AIDS  
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Metastasis   MC brain malignancy; lung cancer MC site of origin; junction gray and white matter  
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Schwannoma   benign tumor Schwann cell; MC peripheral nerve tumor; alternating dark and light areas  
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AIDS dementia   due to HIV; multinucleated microglial cells  
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CMV retinitis   MCC of blindness in AIDS; Rx. ganciclovir (foscarnet if unsuccessful)  
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Peripheral neuropathy   myelin destruction (sensory; paresthesias); axon destruction (muscle atrophy)  
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Peripheral neuropathy   DM MCC; thiamine/pyridoxine deficiency; vinca alkaloids (vincristine)  
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Guillain-Barre syndrome   MCC autoimmune demyelination of peripheral and spinal nerves  
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Risk factors   M. pneumoniae, influenza vaccine, Campylobacter jejuni  
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S/S   ascending paralysis; CSF increased protein, lymphocytes; Rx. plasmapheresis  
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth   AD; common peroneal nerve palsy; inverted bottle appearance  
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Idiopathic Bell’s palsy   facial muscle paralysis due to inflammation of cranial nerve VII  
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Lyme disease   facial nerve MC cranial nerve involved; bilateral Bell’s palsy  
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Bacterial conjunctivitis   Staphylococcus aureus  
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Viral conjunctivitis   adenovirus MC; HSV-1 (dendritic ulcers)  
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Sudden loss of vision   amaurosis fugax, central retinal artery or vein occlusion  
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Uveitis   inflammation of iris, choroid, ciliary body; blurry vision; ankylosing spondylitis, sarcoidosis  
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Optic neuritis   multiple sclerosis MCC; methyl alcohol poisoning  
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Glaucoma   increased intraocular pressure; fluid cannot exit canal of Schlemm; causes optic atrophy  
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Optic atrophy   blindness; pale disc; glaucoma, optic neuritis  
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Macular degeneration   MCC permanent visual loss in elderly  
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Meniere’s disease   increased endolymph; tinnitus, vertigo, sensorineural hearing loss  
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Presbycusis   MCC sensorineural hearing loss in elderly  
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Otosclerosis   MCC conductive hearing loss in elderly; fusion of ear ossicles  
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Impacted wax in outer ear canal   conduction hearing loss  
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Weber test lateralizes to left ear, bone>air conduction (Rinne test)   conduction loss left ear  
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Weber test lateralizes to left ear, air>bone conduction both ears   sensorineural hearing loss right ear  
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Otitis media   MCC conduction hearing loss in children; S. pneumoniae MCC  
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Malignant external otitis in diabetic   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
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