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infant w/ failure to thrive, hepatosplenomegaly, neurodegeneration
Niemann-Pick disease (genetic sphingoyelinase deficiency)
Infant w/ hypoglycemia, failure to thrive and hepatomegaly
Cori's disease (Debranching enzyme defiency)
infant w/ microcephaly, rocker bottom feet, clenched hands and structural heart defect
Edward's syndrome (trisomy 18)
jaundice, RUQ, fever
Charcot's triad 2 (ascending cholangitis)
keratin pearls on a skin biopsy
SCC
large rash w/ bull's eye appearance
erythema chronicum migran from Ixode tick bite (Lyme disease: Borrelia)
Lucid interval after traumatic brain injury
Epidural hematoma (middle meningeal artery rupture)
male child, recurrent infections, no mature B cells
Bruton's disease (X-linked agammaglobulinemia)
mucosal bleeding and prolonged bleeding time
Glanzmann's thrombasthenia (deficit in platelet aggreagation due to lack of GbIIb/IIIa)
multiple colon polyps, osteomas/soft tissue tumors, impacted/supernumerary teeth
Gardner's syndrome (subtype of FAP)
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Wegener's (c-ANCA positive) and Goodpasture's syndrome (anti-basement membrane abs)
Neonate with arm paralysis following difficult birth
Erb-Duchenne palsy (superior trunk (C5-C6) brachial plexus injury "waiter's tip")
No lactation postpartum, absent menstruation, cold intolerance
Sheehan's syndrome (pituitary infarction)
Nystagmus, intention tremor,scanning speech, bilateral internuclear ophtalmoplegia
Multiple Sclerosis
Oscillating slow/fast breathing
Cheyne-Stokes respiration (central apnea in CHF or inc. intracranial pressure)
Painful blue fingers/toes, hemolytic anemia
Cold agglutining disease (AI hemolytic anemia caused by M.pneumoniae, infectious mono)
Painful, pale cold fingers/toes
Raynaud's syndrome (Vasospasm in extremities)
painful, red lesions on palms and soles
Osler's node (infective endocarditis)
painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles
Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis)
painless jaundice
cancer of the pancreatic head obstructing bile duct
palpable purpure, joint pain, abdominal pain (child)
Henoch-Shonlein purpura (IgA vasculitis affecting skin and kidneys)
pancreatic, pituitary. parathyroid tumors
Wermer's syndrome (MEN 1)
pink complexion, dyspnea, hyperventilation
Pink puffer (emphysema; centroacinar [smoking], panacinar (a-1 antitrypsin def)
polyuric, acidosis, growth failure, electrolyte imbalances
Fanconi's syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)
positive anterior "drawer sign"
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis
Horner's syndrome (sympathetic chain lesion)
pupil accommodate but doesn't react
Argyll Robertson pupil (neurosyphilis)
rapidly progressive leg weakness that ascends (following GI/upper resp infection)
Guillain-Barre syndrome (AI acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy)
rash on palms and soles
2ndary syphilis, Rocky mountain spotted fever
recurrent cold, unusual eczema, high serum IgE
Job's syndrome (hyper IgE syndrome: neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality)
red "currant jelly" sputum in alcoholic or diabetic pts
klebsiella pneumoniae
red, itchy, swollen rash of nipple/aerola
Paget's disease of the breast (represents underlying neoplasm)
red urine in the morning, fragile RBCs
paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglubinuria
renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, pheochromocytoma
von Hippel-Lindau disease (dominant tumor suppressor gene mutation)
resting tremor, rigidity, akinesia, postural instability
Parkinson's disease (nigrostriatal dopamine depletion)
restrictive cardiomyopathy (juvenile form: cardiomegaly), exercise intolerance
Pompe's disease (lysosomal glucosidase def)
retinal hemorrhages w/ pale center
Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)
severe jaundice in neonate
Crigler-Najjar syndrome (congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia)
severe RLQ pain w/ rebound tenderness
McBurney's sign (appendicitis)
short stature, inc. incidence of tumors/leukemia aplastic anemia
Fanconi's anemia (genetically inherited, often progresses to AML)
Single palm crease
Simian crease (Down syndrome)
Situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis
Kartagener's syndrome (dynein defect affecting cilia)
Skin hyperpigmentation
Addison's (1 adrenocortical insufficiency of AI or infectious etiology)
Slow, progressive muscle weakness in boys
Becker's muscular dystrophy (X-linked, defective dystrophin, less severe than Duchenne's)
Small, irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue-white center
Koplik spots (measles)
Smooth, flat, moist white lesions on genitals
Condylomata lata (2 syphilis)
Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails
bacterial endocarditis
strawberry tongue (3)
scarlet fever, kawasaki disease, toxic shock syndrome
streak ovaries, congenital heart disease, horseshoe kidney
Turner syndrome (XO, short stature, webbed neck, lymphedema)
sudden swollen/painful big toe joint, tophi
gout/podagra (hyperuricemia
swollen gums, mucous bleeding, poor wound healing, spots on skin
scurvy (vitamin C deficiency: can't hydroxylate proline/lysine for collagen synthesis)
swollen, hard, painful finger joints
osteoarthritis (osteophytes on PIP [Bouchard's nodes], DIP [Heberden's nodes])
Systolic ejection murmur (cresendo-decrescendo)
aortic stenosis
thyroid, parathyroid tumors and pheochromocytoma
Sipple's syndrome (MEN 2A)
Toe extension/fanning upon plantar scrape
Babinski's sign UMN lesion
unilateral facial drooping involving forehead
Bell's palsy (LMN CN VII palsy)
urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis in a male
Reiter's syndrome (reactive arthritis assoc/ w/ HLA-B27)
vascular birthmark (port wine stain)
hemangioma (benign, but assoc/ w/ Sturge-Weber syndrome
vasculitis from exposure to endotoxin causing glomerular thrombosis
Shwartzman reaction (following second exposure to endotoxin)
vomiting blood following esophagogastric lacerations
Mallory-Weiss syndrome (alcoholic and bulimic pts)
waxy casts with very low urine flow
chronic end stage renal disease
WBC casts in urine
acute pyelonephritis
weight loss, diarrhea, arthritis, fever, adenopathy
Whipple's disease (Tropheryma whippeli)
worst headache of my life
subarachnoid hemorrhage
anticentromere antibodies
scleroderma (CREST)
antidesmoglein (epithelial) antibodies
pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)
anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies
goodpasture's syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)
antihistone antibodies
drug induced SLE (hydralazine, isoniazid, procainamide, phenytoin)
anti-IgG antibodies
rheumatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)
anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMAs)
1 billiary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal HTN)
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)
Vasculitis (c-ANCA: Wegeners, p-ANCA: microscopic polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome)
Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA)
SLE (type III hypersensitivity)
antiplatelet antibodies
idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) (bleeding diathesis)
anti-topoisomerase antibodies
diffuse systemic scleroderma
anti-transglutaminase/antigliadin/anti-endomysial antibodies
Celiac disease (diarrhea, distention, weight loss)
azurophilic granular needles in leukemic blasts
auer rods (AML, especially the promyelocytic type)
"bamboo spine" on x-ray
ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis HLA-B27)
basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs
Howell-Jolly bodies (due to splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen)
Basophilic stippling of RBCs
lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia
bloody tap on LP
subarachnoid hemorrhage
boot shape heart on x-ray
tetralogy of Fallot, RVH
branching gram (+) rods w/ sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
bronchogenic apical lung tumor
Pancoast tumor (can compress sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner's syndrome)
Brown tumor of bone
hemorrhage (hemosiderin) causes brown color of osteolytic cysts, due to hyperparathyroidism, osteitis fibrosa cystica
cardiomegaly w/ apical atrophy
Chagas disease (trypanosoma cruzi)
cellular crescents in bowman's capsule
rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis
chocolate cyst of ovary
endometriosis (frequently involves both ovaries)
circular group of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils
Homer Wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma)
colonies of mucoid pseudmonas in lungs
cystic fibrosis (CFTR mutation in Caucasians resulting in fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs)
degeneration of dorsal column nerves
Tabes dorsalis (3 syphilis)
depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
Parkinson's disease (basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia)
desquamated epithelium casts in sputum
Curschmann's spirals (bronchial asthma: can result in whorled mucous plugs)
Disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophilic fluid
Call-Exner bodies (granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovary)
dysplastic squamous cervical cells w/ nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia
Koilocytes (HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer)
enlarged cells w/ intranuclear inclusion bodies
owl's eye appearance of CMV
enlarged thyroid cells w/ ground glass nuclei
Orphan Annie eye nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the thyroid)
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell
mallory bodies (alcoholic liver disease)
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in never cell
Lewy body (Parkinson's disease)
eosinophilic globule in liver
Councilman body (toxic or viral hepatitis, often yellow fever)
eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal nerve cells
Rabies virus (Lyssavirus)
Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain
senile plaques (alzheimer's disease)
Giant B cells w/ bilobed nuclei w/ prominent inclusion (owl's eye)
Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin's lymphoma)
Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells
Schiller-Duval bodies (yolk sac tumor)
'Hair on end" (crew cut) appearance on x-ray
B-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia (extramedullary hematopoiesis)
hCG elevated
choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs w/ and w/out embryo)
heart nodules (inflammatory)
Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)
heterophile antibodies
infectious mono (EBV)
Hexagonal, double-pointed, needle-like crystal in bronchial secretions
bronchial asthma, Charcot-Leyden crystals (eosinophilic granules)
high levels of D-dimers
DVT, pulmonary embolism, DIC
Hilar lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung lobes (can calcify)
Ghon focus (1 TB, Mycobacterium bacilli)
" Honeycomb lung" on x-ray
interstitial fibrosis
hypersegmented neutrophils
megaloblastic anemia (B12 folate deficiency)
hypochronic, microcytc anemia
iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia (HbF sometimes present)
increased alpha fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum
anencephaly, spina bifida (neural tube defects)
increased uric acid levels
gout, lesch-nyhan syndrome, tumor lysis syndrome, loop and thizaide diuretics
intranuclear eosinophilic droplet-like bodies
cowdry type A bodies (HSV, or yellow fever)
iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum
ferruginous bodies (asbestosis: inc. chance of mesothelioma)
large lysosomal vesicle in phagocytes immunodeficiency
Chediak-Higashi disease (congenital failure of phagolysosome formation)
low serum ceruloplasmin
Wilson's disease (hepatilenticular degeneration)
lumpy-bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (immune complex deposition of IgG and C3b)
large lysosomal vesicle in phagocytes, immunodeficiency
Chediak-Higashi disease (congenital failure of phagolysosome formation)
lytic bone lesions on x-ray "hole-punched"
multple myeloma
mammary gland cyst "blue domed cyst"
fibrocystic change of the breast
monoclonal antibody spike
1. multple myeloma (called the M protein: usually IgG or IgA)
2. monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, normal consequence of aging(MGUS)
3. Waldenstroms (M protein= IgM), macroglobulinemia
4. Primary amyloidosis
Monoclonal globulin protein in blood/urine
Bence Jones proteins (multple myeloma, kappa or lambda Ig light chains in urine), Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM)
Mucin-filled cell w/ peripheral nucleus
signet ring (gastric carcinoma)
narrowing of bowel lumen on barium radiograph
"String sign" Crohn's
Needle-shaped, negatively birefringent crystals
Gout (hyperuricemia)
Nodular hyaline deposits in glomeruli
Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules (diabetic nephropathy)
nutmeg appearance of liver
chronic passive congestion of liver due to right heart failure
Onion skin periosteal reaction
Ewing's sarcoma (malignant round-cell tumor)
periosteum raised from bone, creating triangular area
Codman's triangle on x-ray (osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, pyogenic osteomyelitis)
Podocyte fusion on EM
minimal change disease (child w/ nephrotic syndrome)
polished, "ivory-like" appearance of bone at cartilage erosion
eburnation (osteoarthritis resulting in body sclerosis)
proteins aggregates in neurons from hyperphosphorylation of protein tau
neurofibrillary tangles (Alzheimer's disease and CJD)
pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy
glioblastoma multiforme
RBC casts in urine
acute glomerulonephritis
rectangular, crystal-like, cytoplasmic inclusions in Leydig cells
Reinke crystals (Leydig cell tumor)
renal epithelial casts in urine
acute toxic/viral nephrosis
rhomboid crystals, positively birefringent
pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate)
rib notching
coarctation of aorta
sheets of medium-sized lymphoid cells "starry sky" appearance on histology
Burkitt's lymphoma (t[8-14] C-MYC activation, associated w/ EBV)
Silver-staining spherical aggregation of tau proteins in neurons
Pick bodies (Pick's disease: progressive dementia, similar to Alzheimer's)
"Soap bubble" in femur or tibia on x-ray
giant ell tumor of bone (generally benign)
spikes on basement membrane, dome like endothelial deposits
membranous glomerulonephritis (may progress to nephrotic syndrome)
stacks of red blood cells
rouleaux formation (high ESR, multiple myeloma)
stippled vaginal epithelial cells
Clue cells, Gardnerella vaginalis
tennis-racket shaped cytoplasmic organelles in langerhans cells
birbeck granules (histiocytosis X: eosinophilic granuloma)
thrombi made of white/red layers
Lines of Zahn (arterial thrombus, layers of platelets/RBCs)
thumb sign on lateral x-ray
epiglottitis (H.influenzae)
Thyroid-like appearance of kidney
chronic bacterial pyelonephritis
tram-track appearance on LM
membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
triglyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles
fatty liver disease (alcoholic or metabolic syndrome)
WBCs that look smudged
CLL (almost always B ells: affects the elderly)
Wire loop glomerular appearance on LM
Lupus nephropathy
Yellow CSF
Xanthochromia (subarachnoid hemorrhage)
actinic (solar) keratosis
precursor to SCC
acute gastric ulcer associated w/ CNS injury
Cushing's ulcer (inc. ICP stimulates vagal gastric secretion)
Acute gastric ulcer associated w/ severe burns
Curling's ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa)
alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon
skip lesions (Crohn's disease)
Aneurysm, dissecting
hypertension
aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta
atherosclerosis
aortic aneurysm, ascending
3 syphilis, Marfan's syndrome
Atrophy of mammillary bodies
Wernicke's encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency causing ataxia, ophtalmoplegia, and confusion)
Autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)
sickle cell anemia (Hbs)
Bacteria associated with stomach cancer
H pylori
Bacterial meningitis in adults and elderly
Neisseria meningitidis
Bacterial meningitis in newborns and kids
newborns: Group B strep
kids: S.pneumoniae/N.meningitidis
Benign melanocytic nevus
Spitz nevus (most common in first two decades)
Bleeding disorder w/ GpIb deficiency
Bernard-Soulier disease (defect in platelet adhesion to von Willebrand factor)
brain tumor (adults)
supratentorial: metastasis > astrocytoma (including glioblastoma mutltiforme) > meningioma > schwannoma
brain (kids)
infratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum) or supratentorial craniopharyngioma (cerebrum
Breast cancer
infiltrating ductal carcinoma (in the US, 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer)
Breast mass
1. Fibrocystic change
2. carcinoma (in postmenopausal women)
breast tumor (benign)
fibroadenoma
cardiac primary tumor (kids)
rhabdomyoma
Cardiac manifestation of lupus
Libman-Sacks endocarditis (nonbacterial, affecting mitral)
Cardiac tumor (adults)
1. Metastasis
2. primary myxoma (4:1 left to right atrium, ball and valve)
Cerebellar tonsillar herniation
chiari malformation (often presents w/ progressive hydrocephalus or syringomyelia)
chronic arrhythmia
atrial fibrillation (associated w/ high risk of emboli)
chronic atrophic gastritis (autoimmune)
predisposition to gastric carcinoma (can also cause pernicious anemia)
clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina
DES exposure in utero
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypotension
21-hydroxylase deficiency
Congenital cardiac anomaly
VSD
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver)
Dubin-Johnson syndrome (inability of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile)
constrictive pericarditis in developing world
tuberculosis
Coronary artery involved in thrombosis
LAD > RCA > lca
Cretinism
iodine deficit/hypothyroidism
Cushing's syndrome
1. corticosteroid therapy
2. excess ACTH secretion by pituitary
Cyanosis (early, less common)
tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus
cyanosis (late, more common)
VSD, ASD, PDA
death in CML
blast crisis
death in SLE
lupus nephropathy
dementia
1. alzheimer's disease
2. multiple infarcts
demyelinating disease in young women
multiple sclerosis
DIC
gram negative sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burn trauma
dietary deficit
iron
diverticulum in pharynx
zenker's diverticulum (diagnosed by barium swallow)
ejection click
aortic/pulmonic stenosis
esophageal cancer
SCC (worldwide), adenocarcinoma (US)
Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)
S.aureus, B.cereus
glomerulonephritis (adults)
Berger's disease (IgA nephropathy)
gynecologic malignancy
endometrial carcinoma (most common)
heart murmur, congenital
mitral valve prolapse
heart valve in bacterial endocarditis
mitral (rheumatic fever), tricuspid (IV drug abuse), aortic (2nd affected in rheumatic fever)
helminth infection (US)
1. Enterobius vermicularis
2. Ascaris lumbricoides
Hematoma - epidural
rupture of middle meningeal artery (crescent shaped)
hematoma - subdural
rupture of bridging veins (trauma- lentiform shaped)
hemochromatosis
multiple blood transfusions or hereditary HFE mutation (can result in CHF, "bronze diabetes", and inc. risk of hepatocellular carcinoma
hepatocellular carcinoma
cirrhotic liver (often assoc. w/ hep B + C
hereditary bleeding disorder
Von Willebrand's disease
hereditary harmless jaundice
gilbert's syndrome (benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
HLA-B27
ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis
HLA-DR3 or DR4
DM1, rheumatoid arthritis, SLE
Holosystolic murmur
VSD, tricuspid regurgitation, mitral regurgitation
hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, blood stasis
virchow's triad (results in venous thrombosis)
hypertension, 2ndary
renal disease
hypoparathyroidism
thyroidectomy
hypopituitarism
pituitary adenoma (usually benign tumor)
infection secondary to blood transfusion
hepatitis c
kidney stones
1. calcium: radioopaque
2. struvite (ammonium): radioopaque (formed by urease-positive organisms such as P.vulgaris or Staphylococcus)
3. uric acid = radiolucent
late cyanotic shunt (uncorrected L --> R becomes R --> L)
Eisenmenger's syndrome (caused by ASD, VSD, PDA; results in pulmonary hypertension/polycthemia)
liver disease
alcoholic cirrhosis
lysosomal storage disease
Gaucher's disease
male cancer
prostatic carcinoma
malignancy assoc. w/ noninfectious fever
Hodgkin's lymphoma
malignant skin tumor
basal cell carcinoma (rarely metastasizes)
mental retardation
1.Down syndrome
2. Fragile X syndrome
metastases to bone
breast, lung, thyroid, testes, prostate, kidney
metastases to brain
lung, breast, skin (melanoma), kidney (renal cell carcinoma), GI
metastases to liver
colon, gastric, pancreatic, breast
mitral valve stenosis
rheumatic heart disease
mixed UMN and LMN motor neuron disease
ALS
Myocarditis
Coxsackie B
Neoplasn (kids
1. ALL
2. Cerebellar medulloblastoma
Nephrotic syndrome (adults)
membranous glomerulonephritis
nephrotic syndrome (kids)
minimal change disease (assoc. w/ infections/vaccinations; treat w/ corticosteroids
nosocomial pneumonia
Klebsiella, E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Obstruction of male urinary tract
BPH
opening snap
mitral stenosis
Opportunistic infection in AIDS
Pneumocystitis jiroveci (formerly carinii) pneumonia
Osteomyelitis
S.aureus
Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease pts
Salmonella
Osteomyelitis w/ IV drug use
Pseudomonas, S.aureus
Ovarian metastasis from gastric carcinona or breast cancer
Krukenberg tumor (mucin-secreting signet ring cells)
ovarian tumor (benign)
serous cystadenoma
ovarian tumor (malignant)
serous cystadenocarcinoma
pancreatitis (acute)
gallstones, alcohol
pancreatitis (chronic)
alcohol (adults), cystic fibrosis (kids)
patient w/ ALL/CLL/AML/CML, most common ages
ALL: child
CLL: adult > 60
AML: adult > 60
CML: adult 35-50
Pelvic inflammatory disease
N.gonorrheae (monoarticular arthritis)
Philadelphia chromosome t(9;22) (bcr-abl)
CML (may sometimes be associated w/ ALL/AML)
pituitary tumor
1. prolactinoma
2. somatotropic "acidophilic" adenoma
primary amenorrhea
Turner syndrome (XO)
Pirmary bone tumor (adults)
multiple myeloma
primary hyperaldosteronism
adenoma of adrenal cortex
primary hyperparathyroidism
1. adenomas
2. hyperplasia
3. carcinoma
primary liver cancer
HCC (chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hemochromatosis, alpha-1 antitrypsin)
pulmonary hypertension
COPD
Recurrent inflammation/thrombosis of small/medium vessels in extremities
Buerger's disease (strongly associated w/ tobacco)
renal tumor
renal cell carcinoma (assoc. w/ VHL and adult polycystic kidney disease; paraneoplastic syndromes (erythropoietin, renin, PTH, ACTH)
Right heart failure due to a pulmonary cause
cor pulmonale
S3 (protodiastolic gallop)
increased ventricular filling, (L --> R shunt, mitral regurgitation, LV failure [CHF])
S4 (presystolic gallop)
stiff/hypertrophic ventricle (aortic stenosis, restrictive cardiomyopathy)
secondary hyperparathyroidism
hypocalcemia of chronic kidney disease
sexually transmitted disease
chlamydia (usually co-infected w/ gonorrhea)
SIADH - paraneoplastic syndrome
small cell carcinoma of the lung
site of diverticula
sigmoid colon
site of atherosclerosis
abdominal aorta > coronary > popliteal > carotid
stomach cancer
adenocarcinoma
stomach ulceration w/ high gastrin levels
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (Gastrinoma of duodenum or pancreas)
t( 14;18)
follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)
t (8;14)
Burkitt's lymphoma (c-myc activation)
t (9;22)
philadelphia chromosome, CML (bcl-abl hybrid)
temporal arteritis
risk of ipsilateral blindess due to thrombosis of ophtalmic artery; polymyalgia rheumatica
testicular tumor
seminoma
thyroid cancer
papillary carcinoma
tumor in women
leiomyoma (estrogen dependent)
tumor of infancy
hemangioma (usually regresses spontaneously by childhood)
tyor of the adrenal medulla (adults)
pheochromocytoma (usually benign)
tumor of the adrenal medulla (kids)
neuroblastoma (malignant)
type of Hodgkin's
nodular sclerosis (vs mixed cellularity, lymphocytic predominance, lymphocytic depletion)
type of non-Hodgkin's
diffuse large cell
UTI
E.coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (young women)
viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe
HSV
vitamin deficiency (US)
folic acid (pregnant women are at high risk; body stores only 3-to-4 month supply; prevents neural tube defects
vitamin deficiency (US)
folic acid (pregnant women are at high risk; body stores only 3-to-4 month supply; prevents neural tube defects