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Actinic keratosis
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often precedes squamous cell carcinoma
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Addison's dz
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primary adrenocortical def
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Albright's syndrome
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polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, cafe-au-lait spots, short stature, young girls
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Albuminocytologic dissociation
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Guillan-Barre (increased protein in CSF with only modest increase in cell count)
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Alport's syndrome
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hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
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Anti-basement membrane Abs
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Goodpasture's syndrome
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Anticentromere Abs
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Scleroderma (CREST)
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Anti-dsDNA Abs (ANA Abs)
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SLE (type III hypersensitivity)
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Anti-epithelial cell Abs
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pemphigus vulgaris
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Antigliadin Abs
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celiac dz
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Antihistone Abs
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drug-induced SLE
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Anti-IgG Abs
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rheumatoid arthritis
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Antimitochondrial Abs
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primary biliary cirrhosis
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Antineutrophil Abs
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vasculitis
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Antiplatelet Abs
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idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
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Arachnodactyly
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marfan's syndrome
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Argyll Robertson pupil
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neurosyphilis
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Arnold-Chiari malformation
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cerebellar tonsillar herniation
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Aschoff bodies
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rheumatic fever
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Atrophy of mammillary bodies
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Wernicke's encephalopathy
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Auer rods
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acute myelogenous leukemia (esp. promyelocytic type)
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Autosplenectomy
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sickle cell anemia
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Babinski's sign
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UMN lesion
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Baker's cyst in popliteal fossa
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rheumatoid arthritis
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"Bamboo spine" on X-ray
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ankylosing spondylitis
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Bartter's syndrome
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hyperreninemia
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Basophilic stippling of RBCs
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lead poisoning
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becker's muscular dystrophy
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defective dystrophin; less severe than Duchenne's
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Bell's palsy
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LMN CN VII palsy
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Bence Jones proteins
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multiple myeloma (kappa or lambda Ig light chains in urine), Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM)
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Berger's dz
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IgA nephropathy
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Bernard-Soulier dz
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defect in platelet adhesion
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Bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis
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Sarcoidosis
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Birbeck granules on EM
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Histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
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Bloody tap on LP
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subarachnoid hemorrhage
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"Blue bloater"
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chronic bronchitis
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Blue-domed cysts
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fibrocystic change of the breast
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Blue sclera
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osteogenesis imperfecta
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Boot-shaped heart on x-ray
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tetralogy of fallot: RVH
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Bouchard's nodes
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osteoarthritis (PIP swelling secondary to ostephytes)
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Boutonniere deformity
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rheumatoid arthritis
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Branching rods in oral infection
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Actinomyces israelii
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"brown tumor" of bone
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hemorrhage causes brown color of osteolytic cysts:
1. hyperparathyroidism 2. osteitis fibrosa cystica (von Recklinghausen's dz) |
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Bruton's dz
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X-linked agammaglobulinemia
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Budd-Chiari syndrome
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Posthepatic venous thrombosis
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Buerger's dz
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small/medium artery vasculitis
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Burkitt's lymphoma
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8:14 translocation; associated with EBV
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Burton's lines
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lead poisoning
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c-ANCA, p-ANCA
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Wegener's granulomatosis, polyarteritis nodosa
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cafe-au-lait spots on skin
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Neurofibromatosis
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Caisson dz
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gas emboli
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calf pseudohypertrophy
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Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
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Call-Exner bodies
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granulosa-theca cell tumor of ovary
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cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
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Chagas' dz
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cerebriform nuclei
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mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma)
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Chagas' dz
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Trypansome infection
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Chancre
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primary syphilis (not painful)
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chancroid
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haemophilus ducreyi (painful)
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Charcot's triad
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multiple sclerosis (nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech), cholangitis (jaundice, RUQ pain, fever)
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Charcot-Leyden crystals
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bronchial asthma (eosinophil membranes)
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Chediak-Higashi dz
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phagocyte def
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Cherry red spots on macula
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Tay-Sachs, Neimann-Pick dz, central retinal artery occlusion
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Cheyne-Stokes respirations
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central apnea in CHF and increased intracranial pressure
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"Chocolate cysts"
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endometriosis (frequently involves both ovaries)
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Chronic atrophic gastritis
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predisposition to gastric carcinoma
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Chvostek's sign
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hypocalcemia (facial muscle spasm upon tapping)
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Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina
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DES exposure in utero
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Clue cells
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Garnerella vaginitis
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Codman's triangle on x-ray
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Osteosarcoma
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Cold agglutinins
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae, infectious mononucleosis
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Cold intolerance
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Hypothyroidism
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Condylomata lata
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secondary syphilis
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Continuous machinery murmur
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patent ductus arteriosus
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Cori's dz
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debranching enzyme deficiency
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Cotton-wool spots
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Chronic HTN
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Cough, conjunctivitis, coryza and fever
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measles
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Councilman bodies
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toxic or viral hepatitis
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Cowdry type A bodies
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Herpesvirus
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Crescents in Bowman's capsule
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Rapidly progressive crescentic GN
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Crigler-Najjar syndrome
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congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
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Cold intolerance
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Hypothyroidism
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Condylomata lata
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secondary syphilis
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Continuous machinery murmur
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patent ductus arteriosus
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Cori's dz
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debranching enzyme deficiency
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Cotton-wool spots
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Chronic HTN
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Cough, conjunctivitis, coryza and fever
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measles
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Councilman bodies
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toxic or viral hepatitis
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Cowdry type A bodies
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Herpesvirus
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Crescents in Bowman's capsule
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Rapidly progressive crescentic GN
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Crigler-Najjar syndrome
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congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
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Curling's ulcer
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acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
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D-dimers
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DIC
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Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
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Parkinson's dz (basal ganglia disorder- rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia)
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Dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
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pellagra (niacin, vit. B3 def)
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Diabetes insipidus, exopthalmos, lesions of skull
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Hand-Schuller-Christian dz
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Dog or cat bite
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Pasteurella multocida
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Donovan bodies
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Granuloma inguinale
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Dressler's syndrome
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Post-MI fibrinous pericarditis
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Dubin-Johnson syndrome
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congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver)
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Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
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Deleted dystrophin gene (X-linked recessive)
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Eburnation
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osteoarthritis (polished, ivory-like appearance of bone)
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Edwards' syndrome
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Trisomy 18 associated with rocker-bottom feet, low-set ears, heart dz
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Eisenmenger's complex
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late cyanosis shunt (uncorrected L-->R shunt becomes R-->L shunt)
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Elastic skin
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
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Erb-Duchenne palsy
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superior trunk brachial plexus injury ("waiter's tip")
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Erythema chronicum migrans
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Lyme dz
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Fanconi's syndrome
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proximal tubular reabsorption defect
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4 Fs: "Fat, female, forty, and fertile"
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acute cholecystitis
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Fatty liver
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Alcoholism
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Ferruginous bodies
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asbestosis
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Gardner's syndrome
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colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors
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Gaucher's dz
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glucocerebrosidase def
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Ghon focus
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primary TB
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Gilbert's syndrome
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benign congenital unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
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Glanzmann's thrombasthenia
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defect in platelet aggregation
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Goodpasture's syndrome
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autoAbs against alveolar and glomerular basement membrane proteins
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Gowers' maneuver
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Duchenne's (use of patient's arms to help legs pick self off the floor)
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Guillan-Barre syndrome
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idiopathic polyneuritis
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"Hair-on-end" appearance on x-ray
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beta-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia (extramedullary hematopoiesis)
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Hand-Schuller-Christian dz
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chronic progressive histiocytosis
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HbF
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thalassemia major
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HbS
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sickle cell anemia
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hCG elevated
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choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo)
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Heberden's nodes
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Osteoarthritis (DIP swelling secondary to osteophytes)
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Heinz bodies
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G6PD def
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura
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hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with hemorrhagic urticaria and URIs
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Heterophil Abs
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infectious mononucleosis (EBV)
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High-output cardiac failure (dilated cardiomyopathy)
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Wet beriberi (thiamine, vit. B1 def)
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HLA-B27
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Reiter's syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis
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HLA-DR3 or -DR4
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Diabetes mellitus type 1 (caused by autoimmune destruction of beta cells)
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Homer-Wright rosettes
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Neuroblastoma
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Honeycomb lung on x-ray
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Interstitial fibrosis
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Horner's syndrome
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Ptosis, miosis and anhidrosis
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Howell-Jolly bodies
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splenectomy (or nonfunctional spleen)
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Huntington's dz
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caudate degeneration (autosomal dominant)
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Hyperphagia, hypersexuality, hyperorality, hyperdocility
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Kluver-Bucy syndrome (amygdala)
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Hyperpigmentation of skin
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Primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's dz)
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Hypersegmented neutrophils
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macrocytic anemia
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HTN and hypokalemia
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Conn's syndrome
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Hypochromic microcytosis
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Fe def anemia, lead poisoning
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Increased alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum
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anencephaly, spina bifida (neural tube defects)
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Increased uric acid levels
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Gout, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, myeloproliferative disorders, loop and thiazide diuretics
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Intussusception
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Adenovirus (causes hyperplasia of Peyer's patches)
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Janeway lesions
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endocarditis
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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
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Syphilis- overaggressive treatment of an asx patient that causes symptoms due to rapid lysis
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Job's syndrome
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neutrophil chemotaxis abnormality
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Kaposi's sarcoma
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AIDS in MSM
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Kartagener's syndrome
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Dynein defect
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Kayser-Fleischer rings
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Wilson's dz
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Keratin pearls
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squamous cell carcinoma
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Kimmelstein-Wilson nodules
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diabetic nephropathy
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Kluver-Bucy syndrome
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bilateral amygdala lesions
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Koilocytes
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HPV
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Koplik spots
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measles
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Krukenberg tumor
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Gastric adenocarcinoma with ovarian metastases
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Kussmaul hyperpnea
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis
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Lens dislocation, aortic dissection, joint hyperflexibility
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Marfan's syndrome (fibrillin defect)
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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
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HGPRT def
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Lewy bodies
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Parkinson's dz
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Libman-Sacks dz
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endocarditis associated with SLE
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Lines of Zahn
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arterial thrombus
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Lisch nodules
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Neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen's dz)
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Low serum ceruloplasmin
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Wilson's dz
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Lucid interval
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Epidural hematoma
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"Lumpy-bumpy" appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
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Poststrep GN
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Lytic bone lesions on x-ray
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multiple myeloma
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Mallory bodies
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alcoholic liver dz
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Mallory-Weiss syndrome
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esophagogastric lacerations
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McArdle's dz
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muscle phosphorylase def
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McBurney's sign
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appendicitis
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MLF syndrome (INO)
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MS
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Monoclonal Ab spike
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multiple myeloma (called the M protein; usually IgG or IgA), MGUS (monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance), Waldenstrom's (M protein = IgM) macroglobulinemia
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Myxedema
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hypothyroidism
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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing GN
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Wegener's and Goodpasture's (hemoptysis and glomerular dz)
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Needle-shaped, negatively birefringent crystals
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Gout
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Negri bodies
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Rabies
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Nephritis, cataracts, hearing loss
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Alport's syndrome
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Neurofibrillary tangles
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Alzheimer's dz
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Niemann-Pick dz
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sphingomyelinase def
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No lactation postpartum
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Sheehan's syndrome (pituitary infarction)
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Nutmeg liver
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CHF (passive congestion of liver)
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Occupational exposure to asbestos
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Malignant mesothelioma
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"Orphan Annie" nuclei
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Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
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Osler's nodes
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Endocarditis
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Owl's eye
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CMV
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Painless jaundice
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pancreatic cancer (head of pancreas)
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Palpable purpura on legs and buttocks
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura
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Pancoast's tumor
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bronchogenic apical tumor associated with Horner's syndrome
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Pannus
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Parkinson's dz
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nigrostriatal dopamine depletion
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Periosteal elevation on x-ray
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Pyogenic osteomyelitis
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
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benign polyposis
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Peyronie's dz
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Penile fibrosis
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Philadelphia chromosome (bcr-abl)
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CML (may sometimes be associated with AML)
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Pick bodies
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Pick's dz
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"Pink puffer"
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emphysema (centroacinar [smoking], panacinar [alpha1-antitrypsin def])
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Plummer-Vinson syndrome
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esophageal webs with Fe def anemia
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Podagra
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Gout (MP joint of hallux)
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Podocyte fusion
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minimal change dz
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Polyneuropathy, cardiac pathology and edema
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Dry beriberi (thiamine, Vit. B1 def)
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Currant-jelly sputum
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Klebsiella
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Curschmann's spirals
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Bronchial asthma (whorled mucous plugs)
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Cushing's ulcer
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acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
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Polyneuropathy preceded by GI or resp. infection
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Guillan-Barre syndrome
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Pompe's dz
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Lysosomal glucosidase def assoc. with cardiomegaly
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Port-wine stain
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Hemangioma
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Positive anterior "drawer sign"
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Ant. cruciate ligament injury
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Pott's dz
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vertebral tuberculosis
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Pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement
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Glioblastoma multiforme
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Pseudorosettes
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Ewing's sarcoma
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Ptosis, miosis, anhidrosis
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Horner's syndrome (Pancoast tumor)
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Rash on palm and soles
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Secondary syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever
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Raynaud's syndrome
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recurrent vasospasm in extremities
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RBC casts in urine
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acute GN
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Recurrent pulmonary Pseudomonas and S. aureus infections
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Cystic fibrosis
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Red urine in the morning
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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
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Reed-Sternberg cells
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Hodgkin's lymphoma
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Reid index (increased)
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chronic bronchitis
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Reinke crystals
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Leydig cell tumor
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Rieter's syndrome
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urethritis, conjunctivitis, arthritis
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Renal cell carcinoma, cavernous hemangiomas and adenomas
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von Hippel-Lindau dz
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Renal epithelial casts in urine
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Acute toxic/viral nephrosis
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Rhomboid crystals, positively birefringent
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Pseudogout
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Rib notching
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Coarctation of aorta
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Roth's spots in retina
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Endocarditis
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Rotor's syndrome
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congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia
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Rouleaux formation (RBCs)
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Multiple myeloma
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Russell bodies
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Multiple myeloma
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S3
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Left-to-right shunt (VSD, PDA, ASD), mitral regurgitation, LV failure (CHF)
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S4
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Aortic stenosis, hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
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Schiller-Duval bodies
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Yolk sac tumor
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Senile plaques
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Alzheimer's dz
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Sezary syndrome
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Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
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Sheehan's syndrome
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Postpartum pituitary necrosis
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Schwartzman reaction
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Neisseria meningitidis
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Signet-ring cells
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Gastric carcinoma
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Simian crease
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Down syndrome
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Sipple's syndrome
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MEN type IIa
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Sjogren's syndrome
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Dry eyes, dry mouth, arthritis
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Skip lesions
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Crohn's
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Slapped cheeks
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Erythema infectiosum (fifth dz)
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Smith Ag
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SLE
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"Smudge cell"
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CLL
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Soap bubble on x-ray
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giant cell tumor of bone
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Spike and dome on EM
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membranous GN
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Spitz nevus
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Benign juvenile myeloma
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Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails
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Endocarditis
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Starry-sky pattern
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Burkitt's lymphoma
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"Strawberry tongue"
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Scarlet fever
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Streaky ovaries
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Turner's syndrome
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String sign on X-ray
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Crohn's dz
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Subepithelial humps on EM
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Poststrep GN
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Suboccipital lymphadenopathy
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Rubella
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Sulfur granules
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Actinomyces israelii
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Swollen gums, bruising, poor wound healing, anemia
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Scurvy (ascorbic acid, vit. C def) - vit. C is necessary for hydroxylation of proline and lysine in collagen synthesis
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Systolic ejection murmur (crescendo-decrescendo)
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Aortic valve stenosis
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t(8;14)
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Burkitt's lymphoma (c-myc activation)
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t(9;22)
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Philadelphia chromosome, CML (bcr-abl hybrid)
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t(14;18)
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Follicular lymphomas (bcl-2 activation)
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Tabes dorsalis
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Tertiary syphilis
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Tendon xanthomas (classically Achilles)
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Familial hyperXOLemia
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Thumb sign on lateral x-ray
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Epiglottis (Haemophilus influenzae)
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Thyroidization of kidney
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Chronic bacterial pyelonephritis
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Tophi
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Gout
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"Tram-track" appearance on LM
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Membranoproliferative GN
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Trousseau's sign
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visceral cancer, pancreatic adenocarcinoma (migratory thrombophlebitis), hypocalcemia (carpal spasm)
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Virchow's node
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left supraclavicular node enlargement from metastatic carcinoma of the stomach
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Virchow's triad
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Pulmonary embolism (triad= blood stasis, endothelial damage, hypercoagulation) "SIC" - stasis, injury, coagulation
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von Recklinghausen's dz
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Neurofibromatosis with cafe-au-lait spots
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von Recklinghausen's dz of bone
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Osteitis fibrosa cystic ("brown tumor")
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Wallenberg's syndrome
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PICA thrombosis
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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
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Adrenal hemorrhage associated with meningococcemia
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Waxy casts
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chronic end-stage renal dz
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WBC casts in urine
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acute pyelonephritis
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WBCs in urine
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acute cystitis
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Wermer's syndrome
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MEN type I
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Whipple's dz
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Malabsorption syndrome caused by Tropheryma whippelii
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Wilson's dz
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Hepatolenticular degeneration
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"Wire loop" appearance on LM
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Lupus nephropathy
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"Worst HA of my life"
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Berry-aneurysm - associated with adult polycystic kidney dz
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Xanthochromia (yellow colored CSF)
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subarachnoid hemorrhage
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Xerostomia, arthritis, keratoconjunctivitis sicca
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Sjogren's syndrome
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Zenker's diverticulum
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Upper GI diverticulum
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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
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gastrin-secreting tumor associated with ulcers
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