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151 Cards in this Set
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Albumino-Cytologic Dissociation
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Guillain-Barre (markedly increased protein in CSF with only modest increase in cell count)
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Antiplatelet Antibodies
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
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Arachnodactyly
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Marfan's
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Aschoff Bodies
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Rheumatic fever
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Auer Rods
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Acute promyelocytic leukemia (AML type M3)
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Autosplenectomy
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Sickle cell anemia: switch a glu to val in β chain
Low O2 ↑ sickling Aplastic crisis w/ B19 (Parvovirus ssDNA) infection Salmonella osteomyelitis Vaso-occlusive painful crisises Hydroxyurea as Txt (↑ HbF) & Bone marrow transplant |
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Babinski
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UMN lesion
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Basophilic Stippling of RBCs
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Lead poisoning
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Bence Jones Protein
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Multiple myeloma free light chains (either kappa or lambda)
Waldenstrom's macroglobinemia |
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Birbeck Granules
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Histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
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Blue Bloater
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Chronic Bronchitis (at least 3 months for at least 2 years of ecessive mucus secretion & chronic
recurrent productive cough) |
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Boot-Shaped Heart
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Tetralogy of Fallot
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Bouchard's Nodes
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Osteoarthritis (Proximal IP joint of the fingers)
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Boutonniere's Deformity
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Rheumatoid arthritis flex proximal & extend distal IP joints
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Brown Tumor
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Hyperparathyroidism
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Call-Exner Bodies
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Granulosa cell tumor: associated w/ endometrial hyperplasia & carcinoma
Granuloma-Theca cell tumor |
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Cardiomegaly with Apical Atrophy
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Chagas' Disease
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Chancre
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1° Syphilis
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Chancroid
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Haemophilus ducreyi
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Charcot Triad
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Multiple sclerosis = nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech
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Charcot-Leyden Crystals
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Bronchial asthma
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Cheyne-Stokes Breathing
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Cerebral lesion
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Chocolate Cysts
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Endometriosis
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Chvostek's Sign
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Hypocalcemia facial spasm in tetany
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Clue Cells
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Gardnerella vaginitis
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Codman's Triangle
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Osteosarcoma
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Cold Agglutinins
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Infectious mononucleosis |
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Condyloma Lata
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2° Syphilis
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Cotton Wool Spots
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HTN
Aka, cytoid bodies seen w/ SLE (yellowish cotton wool fundal lesions) |
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Councilman Bodies
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Dying hepatocytes - HepB
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Crescents In Bowman's Capsule
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Rapidly progressive (crescentic glomerulonephritis)
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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
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Depigmentation Of Substantia Nigra
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Parkinson's
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Donovan Bodies
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Granuloma inguinale (STD)
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Eburnation
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Osteoarthritis (polished, ivory-like appearance of bone)
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Ectopia Lentis
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Marfan's
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Erythema Chronicum Migrans
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Lyme Disease
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Fatty Liver
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Alcoholism
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Ferruginous Bodies
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Asbestosis - & Iron laden
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Ghon Focus / Complex
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Tuberculosis (1° & 2°, respectively)
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Glitter Cells
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Acute Pyelonephritis
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Gower's Maneuver
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Duchenne's MD use of arms to stand
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Heberden's Nodes
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Osteoarthritis (Distal IP joint of the fingers)
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Heinz Bodies
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G6PDH Deficiency
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Heterophil Antibodies
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Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)
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Hirano Bodies
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Alzheimers
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Hypersegmented PMNs
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Megaloblastic anemia
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Hypochromic Microcytic RBCs
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Iron-deficiency anemia or β Thalassemia
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Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction
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Syphilis over-aggressive treatment of an asymptomatic pt. that causes symptoms 2° to rapid lysis
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Joint Mice
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Osteoarthritis (fractured osteophytes)
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Kaussmaul Breathing
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Acidosis / Diabetic Ketoacidosis
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Keratin Pearls
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Squamous Cell CA of skin Actinic Keratosis is a precursor
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Keyser-Fleischer Ring
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Wilson's
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Kimmelstiel-Wilson Nodules
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Diabetic nephropathy: Nodular Glomerulosclerosis nodules of mesangial matrix
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Koilocytes
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HPV 6 & 11 (condyloma acuminatum - benign) and HPV 16 & 18 (malignant association)
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Koplik Spots
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Measles
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Lewy Bodies
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Parkinson's (eosinophilic inclusions in damaged substantia nigra cells)
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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 Recklinhausens disease) = pigmented iris hamartomas
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Lumpy-Bumpy IF Glomeruli
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Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis - prototype of nephritic syndrome
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Mallory Bodies
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Alcoholic hepatitis
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McBurney's Sign
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Appendicitis (McBurney's Point is 2/3 of the way from the umbilicus to anterior superior iliac spine)
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Michealis-Gutmann Bodies
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Malakoplakia lesion on bladder due to macros & calcospherites (M-G Bodies): usually due to E. Coli
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Monoclonal Antibody Spike
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Multiple myeloma this is called the M protein (usually IgG or IgA) MGUS
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Myxedema
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Hypothyroidism
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Negri Bodies
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Rabies
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Neuritic Plaques
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Alzheimers
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Neurofibrillary Tangles
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Alzheimers
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Non-pitting Edema
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Myxedema Anthrax Toxin
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Notching of Ribs
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Coarctation of Aorta
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Nutmeg Liver
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CHF = causing congested liver
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Owls Eye Cells
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CMV Reed Sternburg Cells (Hodkins Lymphoma) Aschoff cells seen w/ Rheumatic Fever
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Painless Jaundice
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Pancreatic CA (head)
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Pannus
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Rheumatoid arthritis, also see morning stiffnes that ↓ w/ joint use, HLA-DR4
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Pautrier's Microabscesses
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Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma), Sezary
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Philadelphia Chromosome
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CML
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Pick Bodies
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Pick's Disease
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2 types of COPD
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Pink Puffer -Type A: Emphysema
Blue Bloater Type B: Bronchitis Emphysema Centroacinar= smoking Panacinar - α1-antitrypsin deficiency |
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Podagra
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Gout (MP joint of hallux)
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Port-Wine Stain
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Hemangioma
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Posterior Anterior Drawer Sign
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Tearing of the ACL
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Psammoma Bodies
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Papillary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid
Serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary Meningioma Mesothelioma |
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Pseudohypertrophy
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Seen w/ Duchenne muscular dystrophy @ the claf muscles, due to ↑ fat
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Punched-Out Bone Lesions
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Multiple myeloma
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Rash on Palms & Soles
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2° Syphilis
RMSF Coxsackie virus infection: Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease |
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Red Morning Urine
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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. You would use Ham's test to confirm.
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Reed-Sternberg Cells
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Hodgkin's Disease
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Reid Index Increased
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Chronic bronchitis = ↑d ratio of bronchial gland to bronchial wall thickness
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Reinke Crystals
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Leydig cell tumor
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Rouleaux Formation
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Multiple myeloma RBC's stacked as poker chips
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S3 Heart Sound
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L→R Shunt (VSD, PDA, ASD)Mitral Regurg LV Failure
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S4 Heart Sound
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Pulmonary Stenosis Pulmonary HTN
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Schwartzman Reaction
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Neisseria meningitidis impressive rash with bugs
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Smith Antigen
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SLE (also anti-dsDNA)Malar Rash, Wire loop kidney lesions, Joint pain, False (+) syphilis test (VDRL)90% 14-45 yo females also seen w/ use of INH, Procainamide, Hydralazine = SLE-like syndrome
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Soap Bubble on X-Ray
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Giant cell tumor of bone
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Spike & Dome Glomeruli
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Membranous glomerulonephritis = Nephrotic syndrome Spike = basement membrane material & Dome = immune complex deposits (IgG orC3)
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String Sign on X-ray
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Crohn's bowel wall thickening
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Target Cells
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Thalassemia in α Thalassemia w/ no α gene: Hydrops Fetalis & Intrauterine death associations = HbBarts
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Tendinous Xanthomas
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Familial Hypercholesterolemia
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Thyroidization of Kidney
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Chronic pyelonephritis
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Tophi
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Gout
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Tram-Track Glomeruli
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Membranoproliferative GN: Nephritic syndrome - basement membrane is duplicated into 2 layers
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Trousseau's Sign
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Visceral ca, classically pancreatic (migratory thrombophlebitis) Hypocalcemia (carpal spasm) These are two entirely different disease processes and different signs, but they unfortunately have the same
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Virchow's Node
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Supraclavicular node enlargement by metastatic carcinoma of the stomach
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Warthin-Finkeldey Giant Cells
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Measles
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WBC Casts
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. Pyelonephritis
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Whipple's Triad
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CNS disfunction Hypoglycemic episodes glu injection reverses CNS Sympts
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Wire Loop Glomeruli
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Lupus nephropathy, type IV (diffuse proliferative form)
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↑ AFP in amniotic fluid or mother's serum
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Spina Bifida
Anencephaly |
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↑ Uric Acid
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Gout Lesch Nyhan Myeloproliferative Disorders Diuretics (Loop & Thiazides)
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↓ FEV1/FVC
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COPD
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"Ground Glass" on chest x-ray
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Due to Pneumocystis carinii Seen w/ Atelectasia
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Honey Combing of the lung
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Seen w/ Asbestosis (a restrictive lung disease)
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Crescents
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Goodpastures syndrome (pneumonia w/ hemoptysis & rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis)
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Linear Ig Deposits
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Goodpastures syndrome
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45 Degree Branch Points
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Aspergillosis
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PAS(+) Dutcher Bodies
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Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia = ↑IgM = Hyperviscosity
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Ground Glass in Abdomen(Hyaline)
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Seen in the hepatocytes of healthy carriers of HBsAg in liver biopsies
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Signet Ring Cells
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Cells that replace the ovaries, due to Krukenberg's tumor that has metastasized from the stomach
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Ground Glass Appearance (Hyaline)
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Seen w/ Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy oligodendrocytes Nuclei seen in Papillary CA of the thyroid (malignant)
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Congo Red
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Shows amyloid deposition in plaques & vascular walls
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Meningiomas & Progesterone
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Some meningiomas have Progesterone receptors = rapid growth in pregnancy can occur
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Tuberous Sclerosis Triad
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Seizures, Mental retardation, Leukoderma (congenital facial white spots or macules):
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Cowdry A Inclusions
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Seen w/ Herpes Simplex Encephalitis - in oligodendroglia
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Devic's Syndrome
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Neuromyelitis Optica A variant of multiple sclerosis: rapid demyelination of the optic nerve & spinal cord w/ paraplegia
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c-erb B2
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Breast Cancer association
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Foster-Kennedy Syndrome
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A tumor causing blindness & loss of smell w/ papilloedema
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Hoffman's Sign
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Flicking of the middle fingers nail
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Red Nucleus Destruction
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Intention tremors of the arm
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Ventral Spinocerebellar tr.
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Unconscious proprioception of lower extremities
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Dorsal Spinocerebellar tr.
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Unconscious prorpioception & fine motor movements
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Cuneocerebellar tr.
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Unconscious proprioception & fine motor movements of upper extremities
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Dorsal Column
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Conscious proprioception of the body
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SVA
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Taste & Smell
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GSE
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Muscles of the eye & of the tongue
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SSA
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Vision
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GVA
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Sensation of tongue, soft palate. Carotid Body & Sinus innervation
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GVE
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Edinger Westphal = parasympathetic eye innervation Gland innervation = secretions Viscera
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SVE
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Innervation of muscles of masticaiton, facial expressions, larynx & pharynx
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LMN Lesion
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Werndig Hoffman (progressive infantile muscular atrophy).Poliomyelitis
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Sensory Pathway Lesion
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Subacute Combined Degeneration = Friedrich's Ataxia = B12 deficiency
Tabes Dorsalis (Neurosyphilis) |
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Both UMN & LMN Lesion
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ALS = Lou Gherig's Disease
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Both Sensory & Motor Lesion
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Brown Sequard. Anterior Spinal artery Occlusion
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GSA
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Pain & temperature of face
Sensation of external ear |
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Arcuate Nucleus
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Releases PIF (dopa-ergic neurons)
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Mamillary Body
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Can have hemorrhages as seen in Wernicke's Encephalopathy
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Acanthocytes
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RBSc w/ spiny projections. Seen in Abetalipoproteinemia.
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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
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Controls circadian rhythm
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Ventromedial Nucleus
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Satiety center. Savage behavior & obesity when lesioned
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Lateral Nucleus
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Induces eating. Starvation when lesioned
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