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Pediatric Board Review 2011

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Hematopoiesis location; First 2-4 weeks of gestation   Yolk Sac  
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Hematopoiesis location; 5-8 weeks of gestation   Liver  
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Hematopoiesis location; 5 months of gestation and beyond   Bone Marrow  
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RBC lifespan in adult and newborn   120 days; 45-60 days  
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Microcytic Hypochromic anemia; low MCV, low Fe, High TIBC, low Transferrin, low ferritin   Iron deficiency  
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Anemia - normocytic to microcytic; low FE, Low TIBC, Low to normal Tranferrin, normal to high ferritin; Low EPO   Anemia of Chronic disease  
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Anemia; Low MCV, High RDW; Chinese Toys; Mexican Candy; Neuropathy, dementia, abdominal pain, nausea, anorexia   Lead Toxicity  
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Anemia; All Hgb F at birth; Transfusion dependant;   B thalassemia major (Cooleys anemia)  
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Impaired heme synthesis; Ringed Sideroblast; Pappenheimer bodies; 15-20% develop leukemia   Sideroblastic Anemia  
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Goats Milk; Watery diarrhea, flatulence, failure to thrive   Folate Deficiency  
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Megaloblastic anemia; Strict Vegan or Lack of intrinsic factor; Neurologic: decreased proprioception, paresthesia, spastic ataxia, dementia   B12 deficiency  
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Hypersegmented neutrophils   B12 deficiency  
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Defect in Ankyrin, spectrin, band 3 or protein 4.2; MCHC increased   Spherocytosis  
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Decreased glutathione; Fava beans, sulfonamides, anti-malarials, moth balls; X-linked Autosomal Recessive;   Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency  
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Reduced glycolysis; Very High Hemolysis; RBC enzyme deficiency; Autosomal recessive   Pyruvate Kinase Deficiencies  
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Acquired stem cell defect; PIG-A defect; CD 59: HRF - homologous restrictive factor; CD 55: DAF - decay acceleration factor; Symptoms: hematuria, thrombocytopenia, venous thrombosis, aplastic anemia at night   Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria  
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Treatment for PNH   Glucocorticoids; Monoclonal anti-C5; Stem-cell Transplant  
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Chromosome 11 - point mutation resulting in substitution of adenine for thymine resulting in valine instead of glutamic acid   Sickle Cell Mechanism  
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Upregulation of surface adhesion molecules results in adherence to endothelium   Pathophysiology of Sickle Cell diease  
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Organism that causes aplastic crisis in sickle cell disease   Parvovirus B19  
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Therapy of choice for acute CVA from sickle cell crisis   exchange transfusion  
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Mutation in ELA2 gene; Cycles at 14 to 28 days; repeated fever, aphthous ulcers, adenopathy, skin infections, pneumonia; Nadir of peripheral neutrophils is <200   Cyclic Neutropenia  
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Inheritance pattern of cyclic neutropenia   Autosomal Dominant  
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<10% neutrophils - chronically; Risk of MDS/AML <20%; Maturation arrest at promyelocyte stage; Autosomal recessive   Severe Congenital Neutropenia (Kostmann's Syndrome)  
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SBDS gene; Neutropenia, exocrine pancreatic failure, short stature, metaphyseal dysostoses; Recurrent skin and sinopulmonary infections; SCT is curative; Autosomal Recessive   Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome  
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Short limb dysostsis; Defect in cell-mediated immunity associated with severe VZV infections; Autosomal recessive inheritance, primarily amish   Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia  
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Self limited isoimmuizations with foreign paternal neutrophil antigens; Wears off in 6-12 weeks   Neonatal Isoimmune Neutropenia  
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Diagnosis of exclusion; asymptomatic neutropenia   Benign Neutropenia of Childhood  
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Delayed umbilical Cord seperation 4-6 weeks; Defect CD18 locus on Chromosome 21; Elevated WBC >20K; Autosomal Recessive   Leukocyte Adherence Deficiency  
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Defective superoxide burst; 2/3 X linked; 1/3 autosomal recessive; Recurrent skin, osteomyelitisi, perirectal, pneumonia from catalase producers   Chronic Granulomatous Disease  
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Genetic defects: p22-phox, p47-phox, p67-phox, gp-91phox NBT test   Chronic Granulomatous Disease  
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Oculocutaneuous albinism, neutropenia, prolonged bleeding time, NK cell dysfunction, frequent infections; Large graunules in neutrophils and eosinophils; Autosomal Recessive   Chediak-Higashi Syndrome  
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Elevated IgE >1,000; Recurrent infections; Eczema and allergies with boils   Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome (Job Syndrome)  
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MAHA, neurologic manifestations, renal dysfunction, thrombocytopenia, fever   TTP Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura  
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Acquired autoantibody in TTP   ADAMSTS13  
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Treatment for ITP   IVIG, Anti-D, Corticosteroids Splenectomy  
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Maternal IgG crosses the placenta and attaches to fetal platlets PLA1   Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenia  
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Megakaryocytic bone marrow- thrombocytopenia; Absent radii with normal thumbs; Milk protein allergy; Autosomal recessive   Thrombocytopenia absent radii syndrome (TAR)  
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Small platelets; Eczema and immunodeficiency; SCT curative; X-linked defect in WAS protein   Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome  
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Minor autosomal dominant defect on Chromosome 22; Thrombocytopenia with uniformly large platelets; Neutrophils have large blue Dohle-like bodies   May-Hegglin Anomaly  
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Deficiency of glycoprotein Ib; Giant platelets; Abnormal platelet agglutination; Autosomal Recessive   Bernard-Soulier Syndrome  
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Abnormally formed GPIIb/IIIa; mucocutaneous bleeding; Autosomal recessive   Glanzmann's Thrombocytopenia  
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Treatment for Glanzmanns thrombocytopenia   Platelet transfusion even if normal platelet count  
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Decreased granules in platelets; Oculocutaneous albinism; Puerto Rican; Autosomal recessive   Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome  
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Immune response to stem cells - idiopathic in majority; drugs, toxins, radiation, CMV, EBV, hepatitis, HIV, parvovirus Anemia   Aplastic Anemia  
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Treatments for Aplastic Anemia   Matched sibling SCT 80% cure cyclosporin A + anti-thymocyte globulin  
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defective DNA repair; Short stature, abnormal thumbs and radii, microcephaly, cafe-au-lait spots, renal abnormalitiies   Fanconi Anemia  
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Mutation sites in Fanconi Anemia   FANCA and FANCC  
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Mortality from fanconi anemia   head and neck cancers, squamous cell carcinoma, and hepatic malignany Risk of AML is 15%  
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Hgb 6-8; Age 1-3 yo; insidious onset; normal MCV and Adenosine deaminase; self-limited   Transient Erythroblastopenia of Childhood (TEC)  
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Anemia and reticulocytopenia; Decreased RBC precursors; <1 yo but may be diagnosed later in life; Thumb abnormalities - bifid thumb, short stature, webbed neck, congenital heart disease, mental retardation   Diamond-Blackfan anemia  
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Immune dysregulation; Punched out lesion on plain radiography; Usually >5 yo; Treat with curettage, intralesional steroids, or focal radiation   Langerhans cell histiocytosis  
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Bone disease plus skin, DI, exopthalmos, floating teeth, gingiva, chronic otitis externa   Mutifocal Histiocytosis  
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Fever, HSM, lung, marrow, skin, and FTT; infantile presentation   Systemic Histiocytosis  
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Fever, HSM, CNS symptoms, cytopenias, coagulopathy, hyperlipidemia, hyperferritinemia >1000K; Acquired due to infection; Familial due to perforin gene mutation   Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)  
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Prolonged PTT, family history, normal PT, excluded vWD X-linked recessive   Factor VIII deficiency  
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Treatment of factor VIII def   Recombinant factor VIII; DDAVP; then consider FFP and cryo (discouraged)  
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Inheritance pattern of factor IX def   X-linked; Same therapy except using factor IX replacement  
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Most common bleeding disorder; Autosomal dominant; Prolonged epistaxis, menorrhagia, mucosal bleeding, bruising, or post-surgical bleeding; prolonged PTT   von Willebrand disease  
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Hageman Factor; autosomal recessive; Normal PT; Markedly prolonged PTT; No clinical bleeding   Factor XII deficiency  
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Clot then start bleedin 12 - 24 hours later; Euglobulin lysis test - expose clot to 1M urea   Factor XIII deficiency  
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Prolonged PT, PTT; Thrombocytopenia; MAHA; Low fibrinogen; D-Dimer increased; Schistocytes   DIC Disseminated intravascular coagulation  
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Decreased production in factors II, VII, IX, X, protein C and S Prolonged PT more than PTT   Vitamin K Deficiency  
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Most common childhood cancer   Acute lymphoblastic leukemia  
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Syndromes associated with ALL   Trisomy 21, ataxia telangiectasia, chromosomal breakage syndromes - Bloom and Fanconi  
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In ALL: intial WBC <50K; age >1 but less than 10; t(12,21), trisomy 4, 10, 17, t(4,11); pre-B; rapid early responder; minimal residual disease (MRD)   Good prognosis in ALL  
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In ALL: Initial WBC > 50K; Age <1 or >10; T-cell or mature b-cell; t(9,22); Slow response or persistent MRD   Poor prognosis in ALL  
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Induction therapy in ALL   vincristine, l-asparaginase, corticosteroids,(standard) +/- anthracyclines (high-risk)  
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Maintenance therapy in ALL   Methotrexate, 6-mercaptopurine, corticosteroids, vincristine IT MTX, cytarabine, steroids depending on protocol; CNS irradiation only for high risk  
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Associated syndromes with AML   Trisomy 21, fanconi, bloom, kostmann, NF-1, PNH, Etoposide( VP-16) exposure, ionizing radiation  
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FAB classification: M3   Acute promyelocytic leukemia; t(15,17); DIC; ATRA - all trans-retinoic acid; 90% survival  
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FAB classification: M2   Acute myeloblastic leukemia with granulocyte maturation; t(8,21)  
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FAB classification: M7   Acute megakayoblastic leukemia Trisomy 21  
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FAB classification: M 5   Acute monocytic leukemia; del 11q2, t(9,11), t(11,19); CNS disease, gingival hyperplasia  
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Induction therapy for AML   corticosteroids, cytarabine, anthracycline  
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Triphasic: chronic, accelerated, blast crisis; t(9,22) BCR/ABL gene fusion; Massive leukocytosis with rare blasts   Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia  
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Therapy for CML   tyrosine kinase inhibitor  
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Splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, cutaneous lesions, hemorrhagic symptoms; NF-1, ras gene mutation; monosomy 7 maybe present in 30%   Juvenile Myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)  
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Therapy for Hodkins   Vincristine, bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide + XRT  
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Associated with Non-hodgkin lymphoma   Ataxia-telangiectasia, HIV, imminodeficiencies  
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mature b-cell tumor, often EBV related, often MALT-associated, fastest growing malignancy - doubling time of 18 hours; highest rate of tumor lysis   Burkitt's lymphoma t(8,14)  
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Most common non-CNS solid tumor in children; neural crest cells; elevated HVA/VMA; raccoon eyes; opsoclonus/myoclonus   Neuroblastoma  
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Loss of function of tumor suppressor genes WT-1 and WT-2 from chromosome 11-   Wilms Tumor  
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Associated with wilm's tumor   WAGR: aniridia, GU abnormalities, MR; Beckwith-Wiedemann: organomegaly, omphalocele, hemihypertrophy; Denys-Drash: pseudohermaphroditism, nephropathy; Perlman syndrome: macrocephaly, macrosomia, organomegaly, abnormal facies  
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Most common soft tissue tumor; associated with Li-fraumeni (p53) syndrome   Rhabdomyosarcoma  
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Therapy for Rhabdomyosarcoma   vincristine, actinomycin-D, cyclophosphamide  
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Associated with Osteosarcoma   Hereditary retinoblastoma; Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Rothmund-Thompson syndrome: short stature, telangiectasia, small hands/feet, hypoplastic thumbs; paget's disease, ionizing radiation, alkylating agents  
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Bone or soft tissue tumor derived from neural crest cells; lytic onion skinning, diaphysis more commonly affected   Ewing's sarcoma  
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Benign tumors of bone   Osteoblastoma; Osteochondroma; chondroblastoma; Osteoid osteoma; Enchondroma  
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Most common posterior fossa tumor; low grade; presenationwith ataxia, headache, comiting   Cerebellar astrocytoma  
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Vision changes, increased ICP, delayed puberty, neurobehavioral changes   Craniopharygioma  
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Leukocoria, strabismus, eye pain, headache, heterochromia, spontaneous hyphema, acute closed-angle glaucoma   Retinoblastoma  
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Endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm   teratoma  
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Most common malignant germ cell tumor; gonadal, sacrococcygeal, or midline, B-hcg absent; alpha-FP reliable   Endodermal sinus tumor (yolk sac tumor)  
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Compnent of mixed germ cell tumor; B-HCG but no alpha-FP; aggressive   Choriocarcinoma  
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Most common liver malignancy in children; elevated alpha fetal protein   Hepatoblastoma  
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