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What is the term for an abnormal amount of collagen type III that produces a large bulging scar, seen primarily in blacks?
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Keloid
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True or false? Klinefelter syndrome cannot be diagnosed until puberty.
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True
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What form of sunlight is the most carcinogenic?
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Ultraviolet B (UVB) sunlight
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What renal pathology involves uniform thickening of the glomerular capillary wall, granular appearance under the microscope, and effacement of foot processes?
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Membranous glomerulonephritis
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What enveloped RNA retrovirus infects CD4 T cells and uses the enzyme reverse transcriptase?
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HIV
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What enzyme is deficient in chronic granulomatous disease of childhood?
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NADPH oxidase
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What rare disorder presents as a large, hard, irregular thyroid gland due to fibrous proliferation of connective tissue in the thyroid gland and extends to adjacent structures?
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Riedel thyroiditis
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Rheumatic fever most commonly follows pharyngeal infections with what bacteria?
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Group A β-hemolytic streptococci
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What benign cardiac tumor is associated with tuberous sclerosis?
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Rhabdomyoma
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What are the rules of 10 regarding pheochromocytoma?
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10% are bilateral, 10% malignant, and 10% familial, 10% in children, 10% outside the adrenal gland, and 10x more likely to be seen on the USMLE than in real life
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What vascular pathology is associated with HTN in the upper extremities, hypotension in the lower extremities, and a radial-femoral delay?
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Postductal coarctation of the aorta (adult)
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What seronegative spondyloarthropathy is seen in HLA-B27–positive young females and presents with the triad of conjunctivitis, urethritis, and arthritis affecting the knees and ankles?
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Reiter syndrome
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What AD disease involves hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles in association with esophageal carcinoma?
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Tylosis
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A 20-year-old woman who was recently diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease goes to the ER with a tender, painful, swollen, and erythematous knee (monoarticular). What organism is the likely culprit?
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Neisseria gonorrhea (history of STD in patient with monoarticular infectious arthritis: think gonococcus)
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What vasculitis is characterized by systemic vasculitis in small to medium- size vessels (except the lung); affecting young males; 30% HBsAg-positive; P-ANCA and autoantibodies against myeloperoxidase?
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Polyarteritis nodosa
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What malignant bone tumor is associated with familial retinoblastoma?
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Osteosarcoma
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What bilateral AR disorder seen in infancy as progressive renal failure has multiple small cysts at right angles to the cortical surface?
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Polycystic kidney disease of childhood
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In what syndrome does the patient have angiomatosis; renal cell carcinomas; pheochromocytomas; retinal, cerebellar, medulla, or spinal cord hemangioblastomas; and epidermal cysts?
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von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
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What is the term for hyperextension of the PIP and flexion of the DIP joints in rheumatoid arthritis?
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Swan-neck deformities
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What is the term for white retinal spots surrounded by hemorrhage? In what condition are they seen?
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Roth spots, and they are seen in bacterial endocarditis.
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A 70-year-old man complains of urinary urgency, nocturia, hesitancy, postvoid dribbling, urinary retention, and a PSA result of 6.5 ng/mL. What is your diagnosis?
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BPH. Although an argument can be made for prostatic cancer (you should expect a much higher PSA result), these are buzzwords for BPH. Prostatic cancer is usually silent until late in the disease, when obstructive symptoms begin to occur.
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What triad consists of endothelial injury, changes in laminar flow, and hypercoagulation?
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Virchow triad, associated with the formation of a thrombus.
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What bone cell has receptors for PTH?
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Osteoblasts (Remember, they modulate the function of osteoclasts.)
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What type of peptic ulcer disease is characterized by the onset of burning epigastric pain immediately after eating?
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Gastric ulcer
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What is the term for normal cellular genes associated with growth and differentiation?
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Proto-oncogenes
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Blue sclera is seen in what hereditary bone disorder?
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Osteogenesis imperfecta
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What form of anemia is diagnosed with sucrose lysis test and Ham test?
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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
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In what rare AR disorder do you see neutropenia, defective degranulation, and delayed microbial killing due to a problem in chemotaxis and migration?
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Chédiak-Higashi syndrome
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What myeloid disorder is characterized by increased hematocrit, blood viscosity, basophils, and eosinophils; intense pruritus; and gastric ulcers due to histamine release from basophils, increased left atrial pressure, and plethora?
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Polycythemia vera (Remember, polycythemia vera is a risk factor for acute leukemias.)
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If you order a V/Q scan for suspected pulmonary emboli, is the filling defect seen on the ventilation or perfusion side?
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Ventilation of an unperfused lung segment is highly suspicious for pulmonary embolism.
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What transports iron in the blood?
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Transferrin
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What hematological malignancy is particularly likely to affect patients with Down syndrome?
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ALL (nearly 15–20 times the normal risk)
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What childhood pathology involves anterior bowing of the tibia, epiphyseal enlargements, and costochondral widening, with the endochondral bones being affected?
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Rickets
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A Japanese man has weight loss, anorexia, early satiety, epigastric abdominal pain, and a palpable left supraclavicular lymph node. On endoscopy you find a large, irregular ulcer with elevated margins on the lesser curvature of the stomach. What is your diagnosis?
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Gastric carcinoma
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What drug causes a sixfold increase in schizophrenia, can impair motor activity, and can cause lung problems?
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Marijuana
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What is the term for neurologic signs consistent with a cerebrovascular accident but lasting 24 hours with full recovery?
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Transient ischemic attack
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What is the name of the tumor when gastric carcinoma spreads to the ovaries?
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Krukenberg tumor
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What condition results from a deficiency in the enzyme hexosaminidase A?
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Tay-Sachs disease
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Which cerebral herniation results in compression of the anterior cerebral artery?
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Cingulate gyrus herniation (subfalcine)
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What pathology involves excessive fibrosis throughout the body via increased fibroblast activity, occurs in women more than men, and is most commonly seen in the third to the fifth decade?
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Scleroderma
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What is the term for the syndrome consisting of hepatomegaly, ascites, and abdominal pain due to hepatic vein thrombosis?
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Budd-Chiari syndrome
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What form of angina is characterized by
• Coronary artery vasospasm, symptom occurrence at rest, ST segment elevation (during episode), and no signs on ECG? |
Prinzmetal variant angina
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What form of angina is characterized by
• Coronary artery luminal narrowing, symptom occurrence during exertion, ST segment depression on ECG? |
Stable angina
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What form of angina is characterized by
• Coronary artery nonocclusive thrombus; symptom occurrence with increasing frequency, duration, intensity, and decreasing activity, frequently at rest? |
Unstable (crescendo) angina
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What skin condition is a localized proliferation of melanocytes presenting as small, oval, light brown macules?
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Benign lentigo
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What is the term for nonneoplastic abnormal proliferation of cell size, shape, and cellular organization?
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Dysplasia
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What diagnosis ensues from finding well-demarcated erythematous plaques with silvery scales on the knees, elbows, and scalp along with nail bed pitting and discoloration?
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Psoriasis
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What renal disease in diabetic patients is seen as a halo of capillaries around the mesangial nodules?
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Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease
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What autoimmune liver disease is characterized by affecting a middle-aged woman with jaundice, pruritus, fatigue, xanthomas, increased direct bilirubin levels, and antimitochondrial Abs?
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Primary biliary cirrhosis
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What cell in chronic inflammation is derived from blood monocytes?
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Macrophages
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True or false? Pancreatic insufficiency results in vitamin B12 malabsorption.
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True. Pancreatic enzymes begin the breakdown of vitamin B12-R complex in the duodenum.
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What neuroendocrine tumor produces excess serotonin; is associated with diarrhea, flushing, bronchospasms, wheezing; and is diagnosed by findings of elevated urinary 5-HIAA levels?
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Carcinoid tumor
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What tumor constitutes 40% of testicular tumors in children?
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Teratoma
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What urinary metabolite is elevated in pheochromocytoma?
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Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA)
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A 25-year-old black woman presents with nonproductive cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, and malaise; she has bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy on chest radiography and elevated ACE levels. What do you diagnose?
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Sarcoidosis
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What are the four reasons for hypochromic microcytic anemia with a low MCV?
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1. Sideroblastic anemias (i.e., porphyrin and heme synthesis disorders)
2. Thalassemia 3. Iron deficiency 4. Lead poisoning |
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What is characterized by an intense inflammatory reaction, an increase in the amounts of granulation tissue and wound contraction by myofibroblasts?
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Healing by secondary intention
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What thyroiditis presents as a tender, enlarged, firm thyroid gland, usually preceded by an upper respiratory viral illness?
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de Quervain thyroiditis
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What disorder leads to IgG autoantibodies to the TSH receptor?
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Graves disease
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What intrauterine deficiency leads to failure to thrive, mental retardation, motor incoordination, and stunted growth?
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Iodine, resulting in congenital hypothyroidism
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What pancreatic islet cell tumor is associated with MEN I syndrome?
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Gastrinoma
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What type of PUD is classically described by the onset of burning epigastric pain 1 to 3 hours after eating that is relieved by food?
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Duodenal ulcer
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What disease arises from the adrenal medulla, displaces and crosses the midline, metastasizes early, is the most common solid tumor, and is seen in the 2-to 4-year-old age group?
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Neuroblastoma
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What AD disease associated with chromosome 19 involves a defect in the LDL receptors that leads to skin and tendon xanthomas?
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Familial hypercholesterolemia
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A 20-year-old woman goes to the ER with ptosis, diplopia, weakness in her jaw muscles when chewing, and muscle weakness with repeated use. What is your diagnosis?
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Myasthenia gravis
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What is the term for RBCs with smooth undulations on the surface of their membrane, commonly seen in uremia?
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Burr cells (echinocytes)
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Name the cancer associated with the following tumor markers. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Beta-hCG |
Choriocarcinomas and trophoblastic tumors
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Name the cancer associated with the following tumor markers. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• CA-125 |
Ovarian cancer
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Name the cancer associated with the following tumor markers. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• CA-19.9 and CEA |
Pancreatic cancer
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Name the cancer associated with the following tumor markers. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• alpha-Fetoprotein |
Hepatoma and nonseminomatous testicular germ cell tumors
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Name the cancer associated with the following tumor markers. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Calcitonin |
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid
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Name the cancer associated with the following tumor markers. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• PSA and prostatic acid phosphatase |
Prostate cancer
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Name the cancer associated with the following tumor markers. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Placental alkaline phosphatase |
Seminoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following tumor markers. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• CEA |
Cancer of the lung, stomach, colon, and breast
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What seronegative spondyloarthropathy is seen in HLA-B27–positive young men, involves the sacroiliac joints, has no subcutaneous nodules, and has a bamboo spine appearance on radiograph?
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Ankylosing spondylitis
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What disorder is associated with decreased platelet count, prolonged PT and PTT, decreased fibrinogen, and increased fibrin split products (D-dimers)?
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
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What spirochete is responsible for Lyme disease?
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Borrelia burgdorferi
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What very aggressive lung cancer metastasizes early and is associated with smoking and paraneoplastic syndromes?
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Small cell carcinoma (oat cell)
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What bone disorder is characterized by brown tumors, bone pain, deformities, and fractures due to excessive PTH?
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Osteitis fibrosa cystica (von Recklinghausen disease)
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What glycogen storage disease is due to the following enzyme deficiencies?
• Lysosomal glucosidase (acid maltase) |
Pompe's disease
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What glycogen storage disease is due to the following enzyme deficiencies?
• Muscle phosphorylase |
McArdle's syndrome
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What glycogen storage disease is due to the following enzyme deficiencies?
• Glucose-6-phosphatase |
von Gierke's disease
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What ovarian disease involves psammoma bodies?
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Serocystadenocarcinoma
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What cystic swelling of the chorionic villi is the most common precursor of choriocarcinoma?
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Hydatidiform mole
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In what condition do you see dimpling on the kidney's surface?
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Pyelonephritis
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What are the most common causes of osteomyelitis
• Overall? |
Staphylococcus aureus
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What are the most common causes of osteomyelitis
• In neonates? |
Streptococcus agalactiae
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What are the most common causes of osteomyelitis
• In patients with sickle cell disease? |
Staphylococcus aureus (but they are more prone to salmonella infections)
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What are the most common causes of osteomyelitis
• In drug addicts? |
Pseudomonas
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What malignant neoplasm of the bone is associated with Homer-Wright pseudorosettes; onion skinning of the periosteum on radiographs of the femur, pelvis, and tibia; and chromosome 11;22 translocation?
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Ewing's sarcoma
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What lymphoma is characterized by CD19, CD20, CD5; CD23-negative; and chromosome 11;14 translocations?
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Mantle cell lymphoma
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What components of the complement cascade form the MAC?
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C5b–C9
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True or false? HPV infection increases the risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma of the penis.
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True. HPV serotypes 16 and 18 are risk factors for squamous cell carcinoma.
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What form of coarctation of the aorta is associated with Turner syndrome?
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Preductal (infantile)
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True or false? An elevated serum osteocalcin level is a marker for increased bone formation.
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True. Increased alkaline phosphatase levels also are associated with increased bone formation.
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What is the most common opportunistic infection of the CNS in HIV?
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Toxoplasmosis
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What hereditary bone disorder is due to decreased osteoclast function, resulting in thick, sclerotic bones that fracture easily?
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Osteopetrosis (Albers-Schönberg disease)
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True or false? Pancreatic delta-cell tumors inhibit CCK secretion, leading to gallstones and steatorrhea.
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True. Delta-Cell tumors produce excess somatostatin, which inhibits CCK, gastrin (hypochlorhydria), and insulin secretion (diabetes).
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What is the term for the speckled appearance of the iris in patients with Down syndrome?
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Brushfield spots
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What is the term for the collapse of the vertebral body due to TB?
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Pott disease
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What organ must metastasize for carcinoid heart disease to occur?
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Liver
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Which subset of MEN syndrome is associated with the following?
• Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid, pheochromocytoma, and mucocutaneous neuromas |
MEN III (or IIb)
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Which subset of MEN syndrome is associated with the following?
• Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid, pheochromocytoma, and parathyroid adenomas (or hyperplasia) |
MEN IIa (or Sipple syndrome)
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Which subset of MEN syndrome is associated with the following?
• Parathyroid, pancreatic, and pituitary gland tumors and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome |
MEN I (or Wermer syndrome)
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What X-linked recessive disease involves mental retardation, self-mutilation, choreoathetosis, spasticity, a decrease in HGPRT, and an increase in uricemia?
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Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
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What disorder is associated with spider angiomas, palmar erythema, gynecomastia, testicular atrophy, encephalopathy, abnormalities in clotting factors, and portal HTN?
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Cirrhosis
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What is your diagnosis of a young, thin asymptomatic female with a midsystolic click on cardiac auscultation?
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Mitral valve prolapse
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What infection is associated with ring-enhancing lesions seen on computed tomography (CT) of the brain in an HIV-positive individual?
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Toxoplasmosis (although you should rule out cerebral abscess due to other organisms)
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What is the term for a reversible change in one cell type to another?
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Metaplasia (usually to a more protective cell type)
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What liver tumor is associated with oral contraceptive pill use?
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Hepatic adenomas
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What CNS developmental abnormality is associated with downward displacement of the cerebellar vermis and medulla compressing the fourth ventricle and leading to obstructive hydrocephalus?
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Arnold-Chiari malformation type 2
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What disease involves a lack of both T cell-mediated and humoral immune responses that can be either X-linked or AR?
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Severe combined immunodeficiency disease
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What condition results in the following CSF results?
• Opening pressure 70 to 180 mm H2O; 0–10 WBCs (monocytes); glucose 45 to 85, protein 15 to 45 |
Normal values
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What condition results in the following CSF results?
• Opening pressure 450 mm H2O; 5 WBCs (90% lymphocytes); normal glucose and protein levels |
Brain abscess
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What condition results in the following CSF results?
• Opening pressure 100 mm H2O; 120 WBCs (90% lymphocytes); normal glucose levels; protein 17 |
Viral meningitis
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What condition results in the following CSF results?
• Opening pressure 250 mm H2O; WBCs 250 (90% lymphocytes); glucose 35; protein 100 |
TB meningitis
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What condition results in the following CSF results?
• Opening pressure 400 mm H2O; WBCs 8500 (90% PMNs); glucose 15; protein 120 |
Bacterial meningitis
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True or false? Removal of the ileum results in vitamin B12 deficiencies.
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True. The ileum is the site where vitamin B12 is absorbed.
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What is the term for edema that has LDH below 200, protein level 2.5, and a specific gravity below 1.020?
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Transudative; exudative has the opposite values and has an elevated cellular content.
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What is the term for thickened, hyperpigmented skin in the axillae, groin, and skin folds associated with malignancies, obesity, and DM?
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Acanthosis nigricans
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How many grams of protein must be excreted in 24 hours to produce the diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome?
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>3.5 g/day of protein, along with generalized edema, hypoalbuminemia, and hyperlipidemia
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What illicit drug can cause amyloidosis and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in the kidney?
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Heroin
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What catecholamine-hypersecreting tumor, a secondary cause of HTN, results in headache, diaphoresis, anxiety, tachycardia, and palpitations?
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Pheochromocytoma
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What is the term for flattened nose, low-set ears, and recessed chin seen in patients with bilateral renal agenesis?
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Potter facies
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What type of healing occurs in a clean surgical incision?
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Primary intention
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What are the two most common viral infections in HIV?
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CMV retinitis and HSV-2
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What disorder is defined by inability of the lower esophageal sphincter to relax with swallowing and a bird beak barium swallow result?
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Achalasia. (Think Chagas disease if it presents in a person from Central or South America.)
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Does Cushing syndrome or Cushing disease have elevated ACTH levels and cortisol suppression with dexamethasone?
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Cushing's disease (pituitary) has elevated ACTH and cortisol suppression with dexamethasone, whereas Cushing's syndrome (adrenal adenoma) has decreased ACTH and no cortisol suppression with dexamethasone.
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What CD4 T-cell receptor does the HIV virus bind to?
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gp120
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What is the term for RBC fragments?
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Schistocytes
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What disorder is due to a deficiency in tyrosinase?
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Albinism
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What two Abs are used to diagnose Hashimoto's thyroiditis?
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Antithyroglobulin and antimicrosomal Abs
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What urease-producing gram-negative curved rod is associated with PUD and chronic gastritis?
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Helicobacter pylori, which is also associated with an increased risk of gastric carcinoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Alkylating agents |
Leukemias and lymphomas
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Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Aromatic amines and azo dyes |
Hepatocellular carcinoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Arsenic |
Squamous cell carcinoma (skin, lung) and angiosarcoma of the liver
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Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Asbestos |
Mesothelioma and bronchogenic carcinoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Naphthylamine |
Bladder cancer
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Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Benzenes |
Leukemias
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Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Vinyl chloride |
Angiosarcoma of the liver
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Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Chromium and nickel |
Bronchogenic carcinoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons |
Bronchogenic carcinoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following chemical agents. (Some may have more than one answer.)
• Nitrosamines |
Gastric cancer
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What are the five conditions associated with normochromic normocytic anemia with a normal MCV and an elevated reticulocyte count?
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1. Autoimmune hypersplenism
2. Trauma 3. Anemia 4. Spherocytosis 5. Sickle cell anemia |
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What pancreatic islet cell tumor is associated with hypoglycemia, sweating, hunger, confusion, and increased C-peptide levels?
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Insulinoma
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What substance is used to test platelets' response in patients with von Willebrand disease?
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Ristocetin
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What X-linked recessive disorder that is due to an abnormality in the dystrophin gene, has onset by age 5 with progressive proximal muscle weakness, calf pseudohypertrophy, and elevated CPK levels?
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Remember, Becker's is slower in progress, less severe, later in onset, and lacks cardiac involvement.)
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What subset of adenocarcinoma arises from the terminal bronchioles and/or alveolar walls?
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Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma
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What estrogen-producing tumor of the female genital tract is characterized by Call-Exner bodies?
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Granulosa cell tumor of the ovary
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What AD syndrome involves 1000 or more edematous polyps, most commonly affects the colorectal area, and is associated with chromosome 5q21?
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Familial polyposis coli
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What is the term for osteophyte formation at the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints in osteoarthritis? In the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints?
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Bouchard nodes in the PIP joints; Heberden nodes in the DIP joints.
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What prostaglandin is associated with maintaining patency of the ductus arteriosus?
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PGE (along with low oxygen tension)
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What is the term for dilated veins within the spermatic cord?
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Varicocele
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What type of hemostasis in an intravascular space consists of fibrin, platelets, RBCs, and WBCs?
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Thrombus
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What is the most common primary malignant tumor in bone?
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Osteosarcoma
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What is the most common infectious agent in HIV?
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Pneumocystis carinii
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What myeloid disorder is characterized by dry bone marrow aspirations, splenomegaly, leukoerythroblastosis, teardrop RBCs, and hyperuricemia due to increased cell turnover?
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Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia
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What disease that involves mental retardation, flat face, muscle hypotonia, and a double-bubble sign on radiograph poses an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and ALL?
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Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
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What form of anemia is associated with IgG Abs against Rh antigens, positive direct Coombs test, and splenomegaly?
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Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
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What urinary metabolite is increased in patients with carcinoid syndrome?
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5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA)
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What chronic liver disease has a beaded appearance of the bile ducts on cholangiogram?
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis
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What three LTs are associated with bronchospasms and an increase in vessel permeability and vasoconstriction?
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LC4, LD4, and LE 4
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What are the three Bs of adult polycystic kidneys?
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1. Big
2. Bilateral 3. Berry aneurysm |
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What AR disease involves a defect in AA 508 on chromosome 7, causing a defect in Cl- transportation that leads to recurrent pulmonary infections and an increase in viscid mucoid secretions along with pancreatic insufficiencies?
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Cystic fibrosis. (Parents are usually the first to find out because the baby tastes salty.)
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What law states that an enlarged, palpable gallbladder is more likely due to cancer than stone obstruction?
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Courvoisier's law
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What is the term for air in the pleural space?
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Pneumothorax
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What disorder of bone remodeling results in thick, weak bones and is associated with high-output cardiac failure?
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Paget disease (osteitis deformans)
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What is the term to describe the increase in organ size due to the increase in cell size and function?
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Hypertrophy
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What slow-growing primary CNS tumor that affects mostly females is associated with psammoma bodies?
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Meningioma
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True or false? Ethyl alcohol induces the cytochrome P-450 enzymes.
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True
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What are the five components of portal HTN?
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1. Caput medusae
2. Esophageal varices 3. Ascites 4. Splenomegaly 5. Hemorrhoids |
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What syndrome results when there is a deletion to paternal chromosome 15? Maternal?
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Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome, respectively
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What CNS tumor arises from Rathke's pouch?
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Craniopharyngioma
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What is the triad of Reiter syndrome?
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1. Conjunctivitis
2. Nongonococcal urethritis 3. Peripheral arthritis Can't see, can't wee, can't kick with your knee |
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Which of the following is not a risk factor for cholesterol gallstones: pregnancy, OCP use, female gender, hemolytic anemia, cirrhosis, and obesity? (May be more than one answer.)
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Cirrhosis and hemolytic anemia, which are risk factors for pigmented gallstones.
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Name the nephritic disease based on the immunofluorescent staining.
• Mesangial deposits of IgA and C3 |
IgA nephropathy (Berger disease)
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Name the nephritic disease based on the immunofluorescent staining.
• Smooth and linear pattern of IgG and C3 in the GBM |
Goodpasture disease
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Name the nephritic disease based on the immunofluorescent staining.
• Granular deposits of IgG, IgM, and C3 throughout the glomerulus |
Postinfectious GN
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What glycoprotein allows platelets to adhere to each other through the use of fibrinogen?
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GP IIb/IIIa, which is why GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors are used in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes
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What virus is associated with body cavity large B-cell lymphomas?
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HHV-8
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What germ cell tumor is seen in the 15-to 35-year-old age group, peaks when the person is 35 years of age, and is a bulky mass that spreads via the lymphatic system?
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Seminoma
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What transmural inflammatory bowel disease can be found from the mouth to anus, has noncaseating granulomas, is discontinuous (skip lesions), and has a cobblestone appearance, thickening of the bowel wall, linear fissures, and aphthous ulcers with normal mucosa between?
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Crohn disease
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Does ELISA or Western blot confirm whether a patient is HIV-positive?
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ELISA screens and Western blot confirms the diagnosis.
|
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What GN is highly associated with hepatitis B and C infections?
|
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
|
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What is the term for squamous to columnar metaplasia of the distal esophagus secondary to chronic inflammation?
|
Barrett esophagus has an increased risk of developing adenocarcinoma of the esophagus.
|
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What is the term for excessive amounts of granulation tissue that can block re-epithelialization and wound healing?
|
Proud flesh
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What is released from the mitochondria to trigger apoptosis?
|
Cytochrome c
|
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How much of a vessel must be stenosed to cause sudden cardiac death?
|
More than 75% of the vessel
|
|
Oxidation of Hgb forms what bodies in patients with G-6-PD deficiency?
|
Heinz bodies
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What syndrome that is due to an adrenal gland adenoma produces excess aldosterone resulting in HTN, hypokalemia, and low rennin levels?
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Conn syndrome (primary hyperaldosteronism)
|
|
What virus is associated with both nasopharyngeal carcinoma and Burkitt lymphoma?
|
EBV
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What normochromic, normocytic AD anemia has splenomegaly and increased osmotic fragility?
|
Hereditary spherocytosis
|
|
What does prepubertal hypersecretion of growth hormone lead to?
|
Gigantism
|
|
What enzyme is deficient in alkaptonuria?
|
Homogentisic oxidase
|
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What sex cell tumor causes precocious puberty, masculinization, gynecomastia in adults, and crystalloids of Reinke?
|
Leydig cell tumor
|
|
Name four major risk factors for atherosclerosis.
|
DM, hypercholesterolemia, smoking, and HTN are major risk factors. Being male, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, homocysteine elevation, oral contraceptive pills, and genetics are minor risk factors for atherosclerosis.
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Name the AD disease associated with chromosome 15 in which the patient has long extremities, lax joints, pigeon chest, and posterior mitral leaflet prolapse and is prone to developing dissecting aortic aneurysm.
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Marfan syndrome
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What is the term for a large VSD that leads to pulmonary HTN, RVH, and cyanosis due to right-to-left reversal of the shunt?
|
Eisenmenger syndrome, which can also occur with any left-to-right shunt
|
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Eating fava beans can produce the Mediterranean type of what deficiency?
|
G-6-PD deficiency
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What form of hemophilia is X-linked recessive and due to a deficiency in factor VIII?
|
Hemophilia A
|
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What leukemia affects a 4-year-old child with 3 months of fever, fatigue, generalized lymphadenopathy, CNS involvement, hepatosplenomegaly, bleeding, and platelet count below 100, 000?
|
ALL
|
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What protein deficiency results in respiratory distress syndrome of newborns?
|
Deficiency in surfactant
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|
What are the three components of amyloid?
|
1. Fibrillary protein
2. Amyloid protein 3. Glycosaminoglycans |
|
What autoimmune disorder is due to Abs directed to ACh receptors at the NMJ?
|
Myasthenia gravis
|
|
What are the three left-to-right shunts?
|
1. VSD
2. ASD 3. PDA |
|
What protein causes fibrinolysis?
|
Plasmin
|
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What pancreatic islet cell tumor is associated with watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achlorhydria?
|
VIPoma
|
|
True or false? Obesity, DM, HTN, multiparity, early menarche, and late menopause are all risk factors for endometrial carcinoma.
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False. They are all risk factors for endometrial carcinoma except multiparity. Nulliparity, estrogen-producing tumors, and estrogen replacement therapy are also risk factors for endometrial carcinoma.
|
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What is the term for pigmented iris hamartomas seen in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1?
|
Lisch nodules
|
|
What GI pathology is associated with a positive string sign, an increase in the number of bloody stools, RLQ pain, skip lesions, terminal ileum most commonly affected, occurrence in women more than men, and an increased thickness of the bowel?
|
Crohn disease
|
|
What is the most common fungal infection in HIV?
|
Candida
|
|
True or false? GERD is a cause of asthma.
|
True. Don't forget this in your differential diagnosis of an asthmatic.
|
|
Name the product or products of arachidonic acid:
• Vasodilation and inhibition of platelet aggregation produced by vascular endothelium |
PGI2
|
|
Name the product or products of arachidonic acid:
• Vasodilation |
PGD2, PGE2, and PGF 2
|
|
Name the product or products of arachidonic acid:
• Pain and fever |
PGE2
|
|
Name the product or products of arachidonic acid:
• Vasoconstriction and platelet aggregation produced by platelets |
TXA2
|
|
Name the product or products of arachidonic acid:
• Chemotactic for neutrophils |
LTB4
|
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Name the product or products of arachidonic acid:
• Vasodilation, bronchospasm, and increased vascular permeability |
LTC4, LTD4, and LTE4
|
|
Which hepatitis B Ab indicates low transmissibility?
|
HBeAb
|
|
What pneumoconiosis is associated with exposure to the following occupations or materials?
• Miners, metal grinders, and sandblasters |
Silicosis
Note: Coal worker's pneumoconiosis is synonymous with black lung disease, an upper lobe occupational disorder |
|
What pneumoconiosis is associated with exposure to the following occupations or materials?
• Aerospace industry, nuclear reactors |
Berylliosis
|
|
What pneumoconiosis is associated with exposure to the following occupations or materials?
• Shipyards, brake linings, insulation, and old building construction |
Asbestosis
|
|
What is the term for calcification of the gallbladder seen on radiograph due to chronic cholecystitis or adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder?
|
Porcelain gallbladder
|
|
What is the term to describe a decrease in the cell size and function usually associated with disuse?
|
Atrophy. Disuse can also be due to immobilization, ischemia, aging, and a host of other causes.
|
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Which B-cell neoplasm has the following cell surface markers: CD19, CD20, CD5 (T-cell marker), CD23; and are CD10-negative?
|
CLL (B-cell origin)
|
|
What disease caused by decompression sickness leads to multiple foci of ischemic necrosis that affect the head of the femur, humerus, and tibia?
|
Caisson disease
|
|
What are the four DNA oncogenic viruses?
|
1. HPV
2. EBV 3. Hepatitis B 4. Kaposi sarcoma |
|
Is the AD or AR form of osteopetrosis malignant?
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The AR form is malignant and AD is benign.
|
|
What carcinoma produces hematuria, flank pain, and a palpable mass?
|
This is the triad of renal cell carcinoma
|
|
Name at least three causes of metastatic calcification.
|
Remember the mnemonic PAM SMIDT
P, (hyper) Parathyroid/ Paget disease A, Addison's disease M, Milk-alkali syndrome/metastatic cancer S, Sarcoidosis M, Multiple myeloma I, Immobilization/idiopathic D, Vitamin D intoxication T, Tumors |
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What is the only subtype of Hodgkin's lymphoma that is most commonly seen in females?
|
Nodular sclerosis
|
|
What is the leading cause of preventable premature death and illness in the United States?
|
Smoking
|
|
What prion-associated CNS pathology produces rapidly progressive dementia with myoclonus, involuntary movements, and death within 6 to 12 months?
|
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
|
|
What breast malignancy has tumor cells with a halo surrounding the nucleus and is an ulceration of the nipple and areola with crusting, fissuring, and oozing?
|
Paget disease of the breast
|
|
What breast pathology involves malignant cells with halos invading the epidermis of the skin?
|
Paget disease of the breast
|
|
Macro-ovalocytes in the peripheral blood smear are formed from what cell in the bone marrow?
|
Megaloblasts
|
|
Name the type of exudate, given the following examples.
• Sunburn |
Serous exudates
|
|
Name the type of exudate, given the following examples.
• Uremic pericarditis |
Fibrinous exudates
|
|
Name the type of exudate, given the following examples.
• Parasitic infection |
Eosinophilic exudates
|
|
Name the type of exudate, given the following examples.
• Diphtheria infection |
Pseudomembranous exudates
|
|
Name the type of exudate, given the following examples.
• Meningococcal infection |
Purulent exudates
|
|
Name the type of exudate, given the following examples.
• Rickettsial infection |
Hemorrhagic exudates
|
|
What parasite is associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder?
|
Schistosoma haematobium
|
|
What malabsorption syndrome produces abdominal distention, bloating, flatulence, diarrhea, steatorrhea, and weight loss shortly after eating bread products?
|
Celiac sprue (gluten-sensitive enteropathy)
|
|
What herpes virus is associated with Kaposi sarcoma?
|
HHV 8
|
|
What is the term for the copper corneal deposits found in Wilson's disease?
|
Kayser-Fleischer rings
|
|
Name the six vitamin K–dependent coagulation factors.
|
Factors II, VII, IX, and X and proteins C and S.
|
|
What ovarian carcinoma is characterized by psammoma bodies?
|
Cystadenocarcinoma
|
|
A marfanoid patient presents with tearing retrosternal chest pain radiating to her back. What is your first diagnosis?
|
Dissecting aortic aneurysm. MI is also high on the list, but these are buzzwords to look for dissection.
|
|
What malignant neoplasm of the skin is associated with keratin pearls?
|
Squamous cell carcinoma
|
|
Name four chemotactic factors for neutrophils.
|
N-formyl-methionine
LTB4 C5a IL-8 |
|
What is the term for granuloma at the lung apex in TB?
|
Simon focus
|
|
What are the three platelet aggregating factors?
|
1. ADP
2. PG 3. TXA2 |
|
What syndrome is due to a Neisseria sp. infection in a child resulting in bilateral hemorrhagic infarcts of the adrenal glands?
|
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
|
|
What foci of fibrinoid necrosis are surrounded by lymphocytes and macrophages throughout all the layers of the heart?
|
Aschoff bodies of rheumatic fever
|
|
What is the leading cause of primary hyperparathyroidism?
|
Chief cell adenoma (80%)
|
|
In what X-linked recessive disease is there a decrease in the HMP shunt, along with Heinz body formation?
|
G-6-PD deficiency
|
|
What is the term for a RBC that has a peripheral rim of Hgb with a dark central Hgb-containing area?
|
Target cell
|
|
True or false? Raynaud's phenomenon has no underlying pathology.
|
False. The disease has no associated pathology; the phenomenon is arterial insufficiency due to an underlying disease.
|
|
What benign solitary papillary growth within the lactiferous ducts of the breast commonly produces bloody nipple discharge?
|
Intraductal papilloma
|
|
What form of hemophilia is X-linked recessive and is due to a deficiency in factor IX?
|
Hemophilia B
|
|
What are the two reasons for megaloblastic anemia with elevated MCV?
|
Vitamin B12 deficiency and folate deficiency
|
|
Is cigarette smoking associated with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder?
|
Yes. It is also a cause of cancers of the lung, esophagus, ureter, and kidney, just to name a few.
|
|
What disease has multiple schwannomas, café-au-lait spots on the skin, and Lisch nodules and is associated with chromosome 17q?
|
Neurofibromatosis I (chromosome 22q is with neurofibromatosis II and no Lisch nodules)
|
|
What syndrome is due to Abs directed to presynaptic calcium channels and causes axial and girdle muscle weakness that improves with repeated use?
|
Eaton-Lambert syndrome
|
|
In what rare lung malignancy have 90% of patients had an occupational exposure to asbestos?
|
Malignant mesothelioma
|
|
What is the term for cytoplasmic remnants of RNA in RBCs, seen in lead poisoning?
|
Basophilic stippling
|
|
What is the triad of fat embolism?
|
1. Petechiae
2. Hyperactive mental status 3. Occurrence within 24 to 48 hours of the initial insult (e.g., long bone fracture) |
|
Upon seeing negatively birefringent needle-shaped crystals from a joint aspiration of the great toe, what form of arthritis do you diagnose?
|
Gout
|
|
What condition is manifested by bilateral sarcoidosis of the parotid glands, submaxillary gland, and submandibular gland with posterior uveal tract involvement?
|
Mikulicz syndrome
|
|
What female genital tract disorder is characterized by obesity, hirsutism, infertility, amenorrhea, elevated LH and testosterone levels, and low FSH levels?
|
Polycystic ovary disease (Stein-Leventhal syndrome)
|
|
What bronchogenic carcinoma is associated with an elevated level of Ca2+, involves keratin pearls, occurs in men more than women, is associated with smoking, occurs in the major bronchi, and is seen in the central areas of the lung?
|
Squamous cell carcinoma
|
|
What disorder is due to a deficiency in the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase?
|
PKU
|
|
True or false? Being a white male increases your risk factor for testicular cancer.
|
Oddly enough, it is true. Cryptorchidism, Klinefelter syndrome, testicular feminization, and family history of testicular cancer are all risk factors.
|
|
Can an acute MI be diagnosed only by looking at an ECG?
|
No. Remember, tests do not diagnose, they confirm or refute your diagnosis. Also, diagnosis of MI requires two of three criteria: chest pain consistent and characteristic of MI, elevated cardiac enzymes consistent with MI, and ST segment elevation of 2 mm or more in at least two contiguous leads.
|
|
What autoimmune syndrome is characterized by keratoconjunctivitis, corneal ulcers, xerostomia, and an increased risk of high-grade B-cell lymphomas? What two Ab tests are used in making the diagnosis?
|
Sjögren's syndrome; SS-A (Ro) and SS-B (La)
|
|
True or false? Sickle cell anemia, Caisson disease, chronic steroid use, and Gaucher disease are causes of avascular necrosis of bone.
|
True. Fractures and trauma, however, are the most common causes.
|
|
What gene stimulates apoptosis when DNA repair is unable to be done?
|
p-53
|
|
Is ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease more commonly associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis?
|
Ulcerative colitis
|
|
What test uses p24 protein when diagnosing HIV?
|
ELISA test
|
|
How many café-au-lait spots are necessary for the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1?
|
At least six
|
|
What is the term for severe and protracted vomiting resulting in linear lacerations at the gastroesophageal junction?
|
Mallory-Weiss syndrome
|
|
What is the term for hypercalcemia resulting in precipitation of calcium phosphate in normal tissue?
|
Metastatic calcification
|
|
What is the term for a twisting of the bowel around its vascular axis resulting in intestinal obstruction?
|
Volvulus
|
|
What form of poisoning is associated with bitter almond–scented breath?
|
Cyanide
|
|
Name the type of hypersensitivity reaction based on the following properties.
• Circulating Ab-Ag immune complexes deposited in the tissue result in neutrophil attraction and the release of lysosomal enzymes. |
Type III hypersensitivity (immune complex)
|
|
Name the type of hypersensitivity reaction based on the following properties.
• IgE-mediated release of chemical mediators from basophils and mast cells; need prior exposure to Ag in the past; eosinophils amplify and continue reaction; can be system or localized. |
Type I hypersensitivity (anaphylactic)
|
|
Name the type of hypersensitivity reaction based on the following properties.
• IgG or IgM Abs against a specific target cell or tissue; complement-dependent or ADCC. |
Type II hypersensitivity (cytotoxic)
|
|
Name the type of hypersensitivity reaction based on the following properties.
• Reaction-mediated by sensitized T-cells |
Type IV hypersensitivity (cell-mediated)
|
|
What highly undifferentiated aggressive CNS tumor of primordial neuroglial origin develops in children and is associated with pseudorosettes?
|
Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (i.e., medulloblastomas and retinoblastomas)
|
|
What syndrome is due to anti-GBM Abs directed against the lung and kidneys?
|
Goodpasture syndrome
|
|
What pathway of the coagulation cascade is activated when it is in contact with foreign surfaces?
|
Intrinsic. The extrinsic pathway is activated by the release of tissue factors.
|
|
What tumor is seen in the 2-to 4-year-old age group; does not cross the midline; has immature glomeruli, tubules, and stroma; and metastasizes late to the lungs?
|
Wilms tumor
|
|
What CNS tumor commonly produces tinnitus and hearing loss?
|
Schwannoma
|
|
True or false? Anticentromere Abs are used in diagnosing CREST syndrome.
|
True. Scl-70 Abs are used in diagnosing diffuse scleroderma.
|
|
What AR CNS disorder presents early in childhood with gait ataxia, loss of deep tendon reflexes, impaired vibratory sensation, hand clumsiness, and loss of position sense?
|
Friedreich ataxia
|
|
What potent platelet aggregator and vasoconstrictor is synthesized by platelets?
|
TXA2
|
|
Which type of cerebral herniation is associated with CN III palsy?
|
Transtentorial (uncal)
|
|
What form of vasculitis involves the ascending arch and causes obliterative endarteritis of the vasa vasorum?
|
Syphilitic
|
|
What is the main type of cell involved in cellular immunity?
|
T lymphocyte
|
|
What skin condition has irregular blotchy patches of hyperpigmentation on the face commonly associated with OCP use and pregnancy?
|
Melasma
|
|
What is the classic triad of TB?
|
Fever, night sweats, and hemoptysis
|
|
True or false? Blood clots lack platelets.
|
True. A thrombus has platelets, but clots do not.
|
|
What malignant tumor of the skin is associated with Birbeck granules?
|
Histiocytosis X
|
|
What type of anemia is the result of a deficiency in intrinsic factor?
|
Pernicious anemia (secondary to a lack of vitamin B12 absorption)
|
|
What cancer is particularly likely to affect English chimney sweeps?
|
Scrotal cancer, due to the high exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
|
|
What is the term for a raised fluid-filled cavity greater than 0.5 cm that lies between the layers of the skin?
|
Bulla
|
|
What virus is associated with the endemic form of Burkitt lymphoma?
|
EBV
|
|
With which pituitary adenoma is an elevated somatomedin C level associated?
|
GH-producing adenoma
|
|
What three criteria allow you to differentiate an ulcer from an erosion or carcinoma?
|
1. Less than 3 cm
2. Clean base 3. Level with the surrounding mucosa |
|
Name the four right-to-left congenital cardiac shunts.
|
Truncus (1) arteriosus
Transposition of the (2) great vessels Tri(3)cuspid atresia Tetra(4)logy of Fallot They all begin with T |
|
What do low levels of Ca2+ and PO4- along with neuromuscular irritability indicate?
|
Hypoparathyroidism
|
|
Does PT or PTT test the extrinsic coagulation pathway?
|
PT for extrinsic and PTT for intrinsic (remember: wPeT and hPiTT, which means warfarin, extrinsic, PT; heparin, intrinsic, PTT)
|
|
What leukemia is associated with four-leaf-clover lymphocytes on peripheral blood smear?
|
Adult T-cell leukemia
|
|
What ring is a weblike narrowing of the gastroesophageal junction?
|
Schatzki ring
|
|
With what disease do you see IgA deposits in small vessels of the skin and the kidneys?
|
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
|
|
What rapidly progressive and aggressive T-cell lymphoma affects young males with a mediastinal mass (thymic)?
|
Lymphoblastic lymphoma
|
|
What is the term for the appearance of the kidney in malignant hypertension (it has petechiae on its surface)?
|
Flea-bitten kidney (can also be seen in pyelonephritis)
|
|
True or false? Psammoma bodies are seen in medullary carcinoma of the thyroid.
|
False. Elevated calcitonin levels are seen in medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. Psammoma bodies are seen in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid and ovaries, as well as meningiomas.
|
|
What is the lecithin:sphingomyelin ratio in respiratory distress syndrome of newborns?
|
<2
|
|
What syndrome has loss of deep tendon reflexes, muscle weakness, and ascending paralysis preceded by a viral illness?
|
Guillain-Barré syndrome
|
|
What form of endocarditis do patients with SLE commonly encounter?
|
Libman-Sacks endocarditis
|
|
What is the term for black pigmentation of the colon associated with laxative abuse?
|
Melanosis coli
|
|
Are the following major or minor Jones criteria of rheumatic fever?
• Fever |
Minor
|
|
Are the following major or minor Jones criteria of rheumatic fever?
• Migratory polyarthritis |
Major
|
|
Are the following major or minor Jones criteria of rheumatic fever?
• Subcutaneous nodules |
Major
|
|
Are the following major or minor Jones criteria of rheumatic fever?
• Elevated acute phase reactants (e.g., ESR) |
Minor
|
|
Are the following major or minor Jones criteria of rheumatic fever?
• Arthralgias |
Minor
|
|
Are the following major or minor Jones criteria of rheumatic fever?
• Pericarditis |
Major
|
|
Are the following major or minor Jones criteria of rheumatic fever?
• Erythema marginatum |
Major
|
|
Are the following major or minor Jones criteria of rheumatic fever?
• Sydenham chorea |
Major
|
|
What gene inhibits apoptosis by preventing the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria?
|
Bcl-2
|
|
Which hepatitis strain is a defective virus that can replicate only inside HBV-infected cells?
|
Hepatitis D
|
|
What are the three main components of amyloid?
|
Fibrillary protein, amyloid protein, and glycosaminoglycans (heparin sulfate mainly)
|
|
What leukemia is characterized by Philadelphia chromosomal translocation (9;22); massive splenomegaly; peripheral leukocytosis (commonly > 100, 00); decreased LAP levels; and nonspecific symptoms of fatigue, malaise, weight loss, and anorexia?
|
CML
|
|
What is the difference between a Ghon focus and a Ghon complex?
|
A Ghon focus is a TB tubercle, whereas a Ghon complex is a focus with hilar lymph node involvement.
|
|
In what disease do you see horseshoe kidneys, rockerbottom feet, low-set ears, micrognathia, and mental retardation?
|
Edward syndrome (trisomy 18)
|
|
What parasitic infection is associated with cholangiocarcinoma?
|
Clonorchis sinensis
|
|
What disorder is associated with loss of polarity, anaplasia, pleomorphism, discohesiveness, increase in the nuclear:cytoplasmic ratio, hyperchromasia, and increase in the rate of mitosis?
|
Malignancy
|
|
What is the term for telescoping of the proximal bowel into the distal segment presenting as abdominal pain, currant jelly stools, and intestinal obstruction?
|
Intussusception
|
|
What mushroom poisoning is associated with fulminant hepatitis with extensive liver necrosis?
|
Amanita phalloides
|
|
What type of erythema do you see in
• Ulcerative colitis? |
Erythema nodosum
|
|
What type of erythema do you see in
• Rheumatic fever? |
Erythema marginatum
|
|
What type of erythema do you see in
• Stevens-Johnson syndrome? |
Erythema multiforme
|
|
What benign bone tumor is associated with Gardner syndrome?
|
Osteoma
|
|
What renal calculus is associated with urea-splitting bacteria?
|
Magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite)
|
|
What lymphoma is associated with bleeding and cryoglobulin precipitation at low temperatures, headache and confusion due to hyperviscosity, IgM M-protein spike on serum electrophoresis, and Russell bodies?
|
Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
|
|
What type of acute metal poisoning involves stomach and colon erosion and acute tubular necrosis?
|
Mercury
|
|
What slow-growing CNS tumor in 30-to 50-year-old patients with a long history of seizures has fried egg cellular appearance in a network of chicken wire?
|
Oligodendroglioma
|
|
Goodpasture Ag is a component of what type of collagen?
|
Type IV collagen
|
|
If a peripheral blood smear shows schistocytes, reticulocytes, and thrombocytopenia, is it more commonly seen in patients with ITP or TTP?
|
TTP; thrombocytopenia with megathrombocytes is more characteristic of ITP.
|
|
After traveling in a plane across the Atlantic Ocean, an obese male goes to the ER with swollen right leg and sudden onset of shortness of breath. What do you immediately diagnose?
|
Pulmonary embolism due to a DVT; this is not absolute but a classic description.
|
|
What cell type involves humoral immunity?
|
B lymphocyte
|
|
What is the first sign of megaloblastic anemia on a peripheral blood smear?
|
Hypersegmented neutrophils
|
|
What is the term for gastric ulcers associated with severely burned or traumatic patients?
|
Curling ulcers (think curling iron = burn)
|
|
What syndrome arises from mutation in the fibrillin gene (FBN1) on chromosome 15q21?
|
Marfan syndrome
|
|
What AD disorder is characterized by degeneration of GABA neurons in the caudate nucleus resulting in atrophy, chorea, dementia, and personality changes?
|
Huntington disease
|
|
What atypical pneumonia can be diagnosed with elevated cold agglutinin titers?
|
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
|
|
What is the triad of Felty syndrome?
|
Neutropenia, splenomegaly, and rheumatoid arthritis
|
|
What is the term for the unidirectional attraction of cells toward a chemical mediator released during inflammation?
|
Chemotaxis
|
|
What is the term for a benign melanocytic tumor associated with sun exposure that presents as tan-to-brown colored and has sharply defined well-circumscribed borders?
|
Benign nevus (mole)
|
|
What small- to medium- sized vasculitis is seen in a 35-year-old man who is a heavy smoker presenting with claudication symptoms in the upper and lower extremities?
|
Buerger disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
|
|
What is the term for pelvic inflammatory disease of the fallopian tubes?
|
Salpingitis
|
|
What disease with familial mental retardation produces large, everted ears and macro-orchidism?
|
Fragile X syndrome
|
|
What type of skin carcinoma occurring on sun-exposed sites has a low level of metastasis?
|
Squamous cell carcinoma
|
|
What is the tetrad of tetralogy of Fallot?
|
VSD, RVH, overriding aorta, and pulmonary stenosis
|
|
What is the term for chronic necrotizing pulmonary infections resulting in permanent airway dilation and associated with Kartagener syndrome?
|
Bronchiectasis
|
|
What is an elevated, fluid-filled cavity between skin layers up to 0.5 cm?
|
Vesicle (e.g., poison ivy)
|
|
What is the term for panhypopituitarism secondary to ischemic necrosis and hypotension postpartum?
|
Sheehan syndrome
|
|
What disease is diagnosed by findings of ANAs and anti-SCL-70 antibodies?
|
Scleroderma
|
|
What is the name of the ovarian cyst containing ectodermal, endodermal, and mesodermal elements (i.e., skin, hair, teeth and neural tissue)?
|
Teratoma (dermoid cyst)
|
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What syndrome is seen in iron-deficient middle-aged women with esophageal webs?
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Plummer-Vinson syndrome
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What are the three causes of transudate?
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CHF, cirrhosis, and nephrosis
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A chronic alcohol abuser goes to the ER with weakness, a sore, beefy red tongue, loss of vibration and position sense, arm and leg dystaxia, elevated levels of methylmalonic acid in the urine, and anemia with an MCV above 105 fL. What is your diagnosis, and how will you monitor his response to treatment?
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Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord is treated with IM vitamin B12 injections. If treatment is working, you will see an increased reticulocyte count on the peripheral smear in about 5 days.
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What form of GN is characteristically associated with crescent formation?
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Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
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What vitamin deficiency may result in sideroblastic anemia?
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Vitamin B6
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What is the term for TB with the cervical lymph node involved?
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Scrofula
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Influx of what ion is associated with irreversible cell injury?
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Massive influx of calcium
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What pathology is associated with elevated levels of Ca2+, cardiac arrhythmias, bone resorption, kidney stones, and metastatic calcifications?
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Primary hyperparathyroidism
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What type of metal poisoning causes mental retardation, somnolence, convulsions, and encephalopathy?
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Lead
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What syndrome is rheumatoid arthritis with pneumoconiosis?
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Caplan syndrome
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True or false? All of the following are risk factors for cervical cancer: multiple pregnancies, early age of intercourse, multiple sexual partners, OCP use, smoking, HIV, and STDs.
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True. Don't forget this list; you will be asked.
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What is the term for precipitation of calcium phosphate in dying or necrotic tissue?
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Dystrophic calcification
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What congenital small bowel outpouching is a remnant of the vitelline duct?
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Meckel diverticulum
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What type of crystals are associated with gout?
|
Monosodium urate crystals
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What is the term for transverse bands on the fingernails seen in patients with chronic arsenic poisoning?
|
Mees lines
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What is the tumor at the bifurcation of the right and left hepatic ducts?
|
Klatskin tumor
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IgE-mediated mast cell release, C3a and C5a, and IL-1 all trigger the release of what vasoactive amine?
|
Histamine
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What disease is seen in the 20-to 40-year-old age group, is more prevalent in women than men, involves diarrhea with or without bloody stools, starts in the rectum and ascends without skipping areas, includes pseudopolyps, and has a thickness of the bowel that does not change?
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Ulcerative colitis
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What disorder causes joint stiffness that worsens with repetitive motion, crepitus, effusions, and swelling and commonly affects the knees, hips, and spine?
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Osteoarthritis
|
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What condition is characterized by a 46XY karyotype, testes present, and ambiguous or female external genitalia?
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Male pseudohermaphrodite (dude looks like a lady!)
|
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What is the term for RBC remnants of nuclear chromatin in asplenic patients?
|
Howell-Jolly bodies
|
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What is the term for gastric ulcers associated with increased intracranial pressure?
|
Cushing's ulcers
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What platelet disorder is characteristically seen in children following a bout of gastroenteritis with bloody diarrhea?
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome
|
|
Are elevated alkaline phosphatase and decreased phosphorus and calcium levels more consistent with osteoporosis or osteomalacia?
|
Osteomalacia. Osteoporosis has normal levels of calcium, phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase.
|
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What vascular tumor associated with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome involves the cerebellum, brainstem, spinal cord, and retina?
|
Hemangioblastoma
|
|
How many segments in a neutrophilic nucleus are necessary for it to be called hypersegmented?
|
At least 5 lobes
|
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Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Epidermis |
Labile
|
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Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Skeletal muscle |
Permanent
|
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Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Pancreas |
Stable
|
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Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• CNS neurons |
Permanent
|
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Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Fibroblasts |
Stable
|
|
Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Hematopoietic cells |
Labile
|
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Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Liver |
Stable
|
|
Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Smooth muscle |
Stable
|
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Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Cardiac muscle |
Permanent
|
|
Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Mucosal epithelium |
Labile
|
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Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Kidney |
Stable
|
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Name the type of regeneration (i.e., labile, stable, or permanent) based on the following examples.
• Osteoblasts |
Stable
(Labile cells proliferate throughout life; stable cells have a low level of proliferation; and permanent cells as the name states, do not proliferate.) |
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What CNS tumor cells stain positive for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)?
|
Astrocytoma
|
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True or false? Elevated ASO titers and serum complement levels are associated with poststreptococcal GN.
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False. ASO titers are elevated, but serum complement levels are decreased.
|
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What glycoprotein allows platelets to adhere to von Willebrand factor?
|
GP Ib
|
|
What encephalitis is associated with the JC virus?
|
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
|
|
Hereditary angioneurotic edema (AD) produces local edema in organs (e.g., GI, skin, respiratory tract). What enzyme deficiency causes increased capillary permeability due to a release of vasoactive peptides?
|
C1 esterase inhibitor (C1INH)
|
|
Is an anti-HAV IgG Ab associated with immunization or recent infection?
|
Anti-HAV IgG Abs are associated with immunization or a prior infection. Anti-HAV IgM is associated with acute or recent infection.
|
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Which integrin mediates adhesion by binding to lymphocyte function– associated Ag 1 (LFA-1) and MAC-1 leukocyte receptors?
|
Intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM) 1
|
|
Name the cerebral vessel associated with the following vascular pathologies.
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
Berry aneurysm in the circle of Willis
|
|
Name the cerebral vessel associated with the following vascular pathologies.
• Subdural hemorrhage |
Bridging veins draining into the sagittal sinus
|
|
Name the cerebral vessel associated with the following vascular pathologies.
• Epidural hemorrhage |
Middle meningeal artery
|
|
True or false? Live vaccines are contraindicated in patients with SCID.
|
True
|
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What is the term for the round intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusions containing ɑ-synuclein found in the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra?
|
Lewy bodies
|
|
In which form of emphysema, panacinar or centriacinar, is the effect worse in the apical segments of the upper lobes?
|
Centriacinar worse in upper lobes; panacinar worse in base of lower lobes
|
|
What syndrome results if the enzyme ɑ-1-iduronidase is deficient? L-iduronate sulfatase deficiency?
|
Hurler syndrome and Hunter syndrome, respectively
|
|
What percentage of the bone marrow must be composed of blast for leukemia to be considered?
|
At least 30% blast in the bone marrow
|
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What is the term for the heart's inability to maintain perfusion and meet the metabolic demands of tissues and organs?
|
CHF
|
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What syndrome occurs when pelvic inflammatory disease ascends to surround the liver capsule in violin string adhesions?
|
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
|
|
True or false? Patients with Turner syndrome have no Barr bodies.
|
True. Remember, the second X chromosome is inactivated, and so is the Barr body. Turner syndrome has only one X chromosome.
|
|
What is the term for the sign revealed when a psoriatic scale is removed and pinpoint bleeding occurs?
|
Auspitz sign
|
|
What type of Hgb is increased in patients with sickle cell anemia who take hydroxyurea?
|
Hgb F
|
|
What vasculitis affects a 30-year-old Asian female having visual field deficits, dizziness, decreased blood pressure, and weakened pulses in the upper extremities?
|
Takayasu arteritis (medium-size to large vessels)
|
|
A 20-year-old college student has fever, grey-white membranes over the tonsils, posterior auricular lymphadenitis, and hepatosplenomegaly. What is your diagnosis? What test do you order to confirm your diagnosis?
|
EBV infections resulting in infectious mononucleosis can be diagnosed by the Monospot test. (Remember, it may be negative in the first week of the illness, so retest if you have a high index of suspicion.)
|
|
What cell type is commonly elevated in asthma?
|
Eosinophil
|
|
What pathology is associated with deposition of calcium pyrophosphate in patients older than 50 years?
|
Pseudogout
|
|
What thyroid carcinoma secretes calcitonin and arises from the parafollicular C cells?
|
Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid
|
|
What illegal drug can cause rhabdomyolysis, MI, cerebral infarct, and lethal cardiac arrhythmias?
|
Cocaine
|
|
What AA is substituted for glutamic acid at position 6 on the Beta-chain in patients with sickle cell anemia?
|
Valine
|
|
What endogenous pigment found in the substantia nigra and melanocytes is formed by the oxidation of tyrosine to dihydroxyphenylalanine?
|
Melanin
|
|
What tumor marker is associated with seminomas?
|
Placental alkaline phosphatase
|
|
What type of GN, associated with celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis, has mesangial deposits of IgA, C3, properdin, IgG, and IgM?
|
Berger disease (IgA nephropathy)
|
|
What AD disease is associated with chromosome 4p; does not present until the person is in his or her 30s; and involves atrophy of the caudate nucleus, dilatation of the lateral and third ventricles, and signs of extrapyramidal lesions?
|
Huntington disease
|
|
What pattern of inheritance is G-6-PD deficiency?
|
X-linked recessive
|
|
What adenocarcinoma presents with elevated levels of acid phosphatase, dihydrotestosterone, PSA, and bone pain?
|
Prostatic carcinoma
|
|
Is Dubin-Johnson or Rotor syndrome associated with black pigmentation of the liver?
|
Both are AR with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia, but Dubin-Johnson syndrome is differentiated from Rotor by the black pigmentation of the liver.
|
|
What oxygen-dependent killing enzyme requires hydrogen peroxide and halide (Cl-) to produce hypochlorous acid?
|
Myeloperoxidase
|
|
What condition results in a strawberry gallbladder?
|
Cholesterolosis
|
|
What three chemical agents are associated with angiosarcomas of the liver?
|
Arsenic, thorotrast, and vinyl chloride
|
|
What is the term for programmed cell death?
|
Apoptosis (Remember, there is a lack of inflammatory response.)
|
|
What potentially fatal disease occurs in children who are given aspirin during a viral illness?
|
Reye syndrome
|
|
What metal poisoning produces microcytic anemia with basophilic stippling?
|
Lead poisoning
|
|
What inflammatory bowel disorder is continuous, with extensive ulcerations and pseudopolyps, and is associated with HLA-B27?
|
Ulcerative colitis
|
|
What is the pentad of TTP?
|
Neurologic symptoms
Renal failure Thrombocytopenia Fever Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (Don't forget it. When I was an intern, my senior resident asked me this question more times than I would like to remember.) |
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Which hepatitis B Ag correlates with infectivity and viral proliferation?
|
HBeAg
|
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What disease involves cold skin abscesses due to a defect in neutrophil chemotaxis and a serum IgE level higher than 2000?
|
Job syndrome
|
|
What female pathology is associated with endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterus commonly affecting the ovaries as chocolate cysts?
|
Endometriosis
|
|
What is the karyotype in Turner syndrome?
|
45XO
|
|
What is the term for a congenital absence of the ganglionic cells of the Auerbach and Meissner plexus in the rectum and sigmoid colon?
|
Hirschsprung disease (aganglionic megacolon)
|
|
What syndrome is associated with gastrin-producing islet cell tumor resulting in multiple intractable peptic ulcers?
|
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
|
|
What type of collagen is associated with keloid formation?
|
Type III
|
|
The "tea-and-toast" diet is classically associated with what cause of megaloblastic anemia?
|
Folate deficiency (very common in the elderly)
|
|
What is the term for ascending bacterial infection of the renal pelvis, tubules, and interstitium causing costovertebral angle tenderness, fever, chills, dysuria, frequency, and urgency?
|
Pyelonephritis
|
|
How can a deficiency in adenosine deaminase be a bone marrow suppressor?
|
It causes a buildup of dATP, which inhibits ribonucleotide reductase and leads to a decrease in deoxynucleoside triphosphate, a precursor of DNA, resulting in overall bone marrow suppression.
|
|
Which phenotype of osteogenesis imperfecta is incompatible with life?
|
Type II
|
|
With what is cherry red intoxication associated?
|
Acute CO poisoning
|
|
What are the four most common causes of femoral head necrosis?
|
1. Steroids
2. Alcohol 3. Scuba diving 4. Sickle cell anemia |
|
What are the four signs of acute inflammation?
|
Rubor (red), dolor (pain), calor (heat), tumor (swelling); also sometimes there is loss of function
|
|
Name the hypochromic microcytic anemia based on the following laboratory values.
• Increased iron, decreased TIBC, increased percent saturation, increased ferritin |
Sideroblastic anemia
|
|
Name the hypochromic microcytic anemia based on the following laboratory values.
• Decreased iron, TIBC, and percent saturation; increased ferritin |
Anemia of chronic disease
|
|
Name the hypochromic microcytic anemia based on the following laboratory values.
• Decreased iron, percent saturation, and ferritin; increased TIBC |
Iron deficiency anemia
|
|
Name the hypochromic microcytic anemia based on the following laboratory values.
• Normal iron, TIBC, percent saturation, and ferritin |
Thalassemia minor
|
|
Which form of emphysema is associated with an alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency?
|
Panacinar
|
|
An 80-year-old woman presents to you with right-sided temporal headache, facial pain and blurred vision on the affected side, and an elevated ESR. Your diagnosis?
|
Temporal arteritis (giant cell arteritis)
|
|
What type of neurofibromatosis is associated with bilateral acoustic schwannomas?
|
Type 2
|
|
What disorder is due to a deficiency in the enzyme glucocerebrosidase?
|
Gaucher disease
|
|
What is the term for flexion of the PIP and extension of the DIP joints seen in rheumatoid arthritis?
|
Boutonnière deformities
|
|
True or false? Atelectasis is an irreversible collapse of a lung.
|
False. Atelectasis is a reversible collapse of a lung.
|
|
What viral infection in patients with sickle cell anemia results in aplastic crisis?
|
Parvovirus B 19
|
|
What syndrome has elevated FSH and LH levels with decreased testosterone levels and 47XXY karyotype?
|
Klinefelter syndrome
|
|
What CNS developmental abnormality is associated with 90% of syringomyelia?
|
Arnold-Chiari malformation type 2
|
|
What is the term for fibrinoid necrosis of the arterioles in the kidney secondary to malignant hypertension?
|
Onion skinning
|
|
A 30-year-old woman goes to your office with bilateral multiple breast nodules that vary with menstruation and have cyclical pain and engorgement. What is your diagnosis?
|
Fibrocystic change of the breast. This highlights the distinguishing features from breast cancer, which is commonly unilateral, single nodule, no variation with pregnancy.
|
|
What disease is X-linked recessive, is associated with eczema thrombocytopenia and an increased chance of developing recurrent infections, involves a decrease in serum IgM and in the T cell-dependent paracortical areas of the lymph nodes, and means that the patient is likely to develop malignant lymphoma?
|
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
|
|
Which form of melanoma carries the worst prognosis?
|
Nodular melanoma
|
|
Patients with sickle cell anemia are at increased risk for infection from what type of organisms?
|
Encapsulated bacteria
|
|
How many major and/or minor Jones criteria are required for the diagnosis of rheumatic fever?
|
Two major or one major and two minor
|
|
What skin carcinoma is a superficial dermal infiltrate of T lymphocytes seen in males more than 40 years old and presents as scaly red patches or plaques?
|
Mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma)
|
|
What Hgb-derived endogenous pigment is found in areas of hemorrhage or bruises?
|
Hemosiderin
|
|
What is a palpable, elevated solid mass up to 0.5 cm?
|
Papule
|
|
True or false? Monocytosis is seen in TB.
|
True
|
|
What pathology is associated with podagra, tophi in the ear, and PMNs with monosodium urate crystals?
|
Gout
|
|
What GI pathology can be caused by a patient taking clindamycin or lincomycin or by Clostridium difficile, ischemia, Staphylococcus, Shigella, or Candida infection?
|
Pseudomembranous colitis
|
|
What do the risk factors late menopause, early menarche, obesity, nulliparity, excessive estrogen, genetic factor p53, and brc-abl characterize?
|
Breast cancer
|
|
What thyroid carcinoma is associated with radiation exposure, psammoma bodies, and Orphan Annie eye nuclei?
|
Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
|
|
Name three opsonins.
|
Fc portion of IgG, C3b, and mannose-binding proteins
|
|
What chemical can be dangerous if you work in the aerospace industry or in nuclear plants?
|
Beryllium
|
|
Which hepatitis B serology markers—HBcAb IgG, HBcAb IgM, HBeAg, HBsAb IgG, HBsAg, HBV-DNA—are associated with the following periods?
• Window period |
HBcAb IgM
|
|
Which hepatitis B serology markers—HBcAb IgG, HBcAb IgM, HBeAg, HBsAb IgG, HBsAg, HBV-DNA—are associated with the following periods?
• Immunization |
HBsAb IgG
|
|
Which hepatitis B serology markers—HBcAb IgG, HBcAb IgM, HBeAg, HBsAb IgG, HBsAg, HBV-DNA—are associated with the following periods?
• Prior infection |
HBcAb IgG and HBsAb IgG
|
|
Which hepatitis B serology markers—HBcAb IgG, HBcAb IgM, HBeAg, HBsAb IgG, HBsAg, HBV-DNA—are associated with the following periods?
• Acute infection |
HBcAb IgM, HBV-DNA, HBeAg, HBsAg
|
|
Which hepatitis B serology markers—HBcAb IgG, HBcAb IgM, HBeAg, HBsAb IgG, HBsAg, HBV-DNA—are associated with the following periods?
• Chronic infection |
HBcAb IgG, HBV-DNA, HBeAg, HBsAg
|
|
Name the type of necrosis.
• The most common form of necrosis; denatured and coagulated proteins in the cytoplasm |
Coagulative necrosis
|
|
Name the type of necrosis.
• Seen as dead tissue with coagulative necrosis |
Gangrenous necrosis
|
|
Name the type of necrosis.
• Seen as dead tissue with liquefactive necrosis? |
Liquefaction necrosis
|
|
Name the type of necrosis.
• Due to lipase activity and has a chalky white appearance |
Fat necrosis
|
|
Name the type of necrosis.
• Soft, friable, cottage-cheese appearing; characteristically seen in TB |
Caseous necrosis
|
|
Name the type of necrosis.
• Histologically resembles fibrin |
Fibrinoid necrosis
|
|
Name the three enzymes that protect the cell from oxygen-derived free radicals.
|
Superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, catalase
|
|
What are the rules of 2 for Meckel diverticulum?
|
2% of population, 2 cm long, 2 feet from ileocecal valve, 2 years old, and 2% of carcinoid tumors
|
|
What aneurysm of the circle of Willis is associated with polycystic kidney disease?
|
Berry aneurysm
|
|
A 20-year-old black woman goes to you with nonspecific joint pain, fever, and a malar rash over the bridge of her nose and on her cheeks. This is a classic example of what autoimmune disease? What are three autoantibody tests you could order to make the diagnosis?
|
SLE; ANA, anti-dsDNA and anti-Sm (anti-Smith)
|
|
True or false? Excess lead deposits in the oral cavity.
|
True. It deposits at the gingivodental line, known as the lead line.
|
|
What is the term for increased iron deposition resulting in micronodular cirrhosis, CHF, diabetes, and bronzing of the skin?
|
Hemochromatosis
|
|
What AR disorder is due to a deficiency in glycoprotein IIb-IIIa, resulting in a defect in platelet aggregation?
|
Glanzmann syndrome
|
|
What protein-losing enteropathy has grossly enlarged rugal fold in the body and fundus of the stomach in middle-aged males, resulting in decreased acid production and an increased risk of gastric cancer?
|
Ménétrier's disease
|
|
What myopathy due to autoantibodies to ACh receptors can present with thymic abnormalities, red cell aplasia, and muscle weakness?
|
Myasthenia gravis
|
|
Which subtype of AML is most commonly associated with Auer rods?
|
M3 (promyelocytic leukemia)
|
|
What condition results from a 46XX karyotype and female internal organs with virilized external genitalia?
|
Female pseudohermaphrodite
|
|
Two weeks after her son has a throat infection, a mother takes the boy to the ER because he has fever, malaise, HTN, dark urine, and periorbital edema. What is your diagnosis?
|
Poststreptococcal GN
|
|
What X-linked recessive immune disorder is characterized by recurrent infections, severe thrombocytopenia, and eczema?
|
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
|
|
What form of arthritis is associated with calcium pyrophosphate crystals?
|
Pseudogout
|
|
What is the term for excessive production of collagen that flattens out and does not extend beyond the site of the injury?
|
Hypertrophic scar
|
|
What is the term for inflamed, thickened skin on the breast with dimpling associated with cancer?
|
Peau d'orange
|
|
What rare vasculitis has the following characteristics: males aged 40 to 60; affecting small arteries and veins; involving nose, sinuses, lungs, and kidneys; C-ANCA and autoantibodies against proteinase 3?
|
Wegener granulomatosis
|
|
What retrovirus is associated with adult T-cell leukemia?
|
HTLV-1
|
|
What disease is seen in children younger than 5 years of age and is characterized by X-linked recessive cardiac myopathies, calf pseudohypertrophy, lordosis, protuberant belly, an increase then a decrease in CPK, and death commonly in the second decade of life?
|
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
|
|
What malignant neoplasm of the bone has a soap bubble appearance on radiograph?
|
Giant cell bone tumor (osteoclastoma)
|
|
What nephrotic syndrome has effacement of the epithelial foot processes without immune complex deposition?
|
Minimal change disease
|
|
What is the term for tissue-based basophils?
|
Mast cells
|
|
What malignant bone tumor is characterized by Codman triangle (periosteal elevation) on radiograph?
|
Osteosarcoma
|
|
Is splenomegaly more commonly associated with intravascular or extravascular hemolysis?
|
Extravascular hemolysis if it occurs in the spleen; if in the liver, it results in hepatomegaly.
|
|
What cancer of the male genitourinary system is associated with osteoblastic bony metastasis?
|
Prostatic carcinoma
|
|
What stromal tumor in males is characterized histologically with crystalloids of Reinke?
|
Leydig cell tumor
|
|
What pulmonary disease, most commonly associated with smoking, results in enlarged, overinflated lungs owing to the destruction of the alveolar walls with diminished elastic recoil?
|
Emphysema
|
|
What factor gets activated in the intrinsic pathway of the coagulation cascade? Extrinsic pathway?
|
Factor XII for the intrinsic; factor VII for the extrinsic pathway
|
|
What chronic systemic inflammatory disease commonly seen in women aged 20 to 50 is a progressive, symmetric arthritis affecting the hands, wrists, knees, and ankles that improves with increased activity?
|
Rheumatoid arthritis
|
|
Name the following descriptions associated with bacterial endocarditis:
• Retinal emboli |
Roth spots
|
|
Name the following descriptions associated with bacterial endocarditis:
• Painful subcutaneous nodules on fingers and toes |
Osler nodes
|
|
Name the following descriptions associated with bacterial endocarditis:
• Painless hyperemic lesions on the palms and soles |
Janeway lesions
|
|
What two CD cell surface markers do Reed- Sternberg cells stain positive for?
|
CD15 and CD30
|
|
What two lysosomal storage diseases have cherry-red spots on the retina?
|
Niemann-Pick and Tay-Sachs diseases
|
|
True or false? Increased leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) is associated with CML.
|
False. Increased LAP is seen in stress reactions and helps differentiate benign conditions from CML, which has low LAP levels.
|
|
What syndrome has multiple adenomatous colonic polyps and CNS gliomas?
|
Turcot syndrome
|
|
What is the term for a venous embolus in the arterial system?
|
Paradoxic emboli most commonly enter the arteries through a patent septal defect in the heart.
|
|
Are hemorrhagic cerebral infarcts more commonly associated with embolic or thrombotic occlusions?
|
Embolic
|
|
What is the name for the following RBC indices?
• The coefficient of variation of the RBC volume |
Red blood cell distribution width index (RDW)
|
|
What is the name for the following RBC indices?
• Average mass of the Hgb molecule/RBC |
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH)
|
|
What is the name for the following RBC indices?
• Average volume of a RBC |
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)
|
|
What is the name for the following RBC indices?
• Average Hgb concentration/given volume of packed RBCs |
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC)
|
|
What cardiomyopathy is due to a ventricular outflow obstruction as a result of septal hypertrophy and leads to sudden cardiac death in young athletes?
|
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hypertrophic subaortic stenosis, or IHSS)
|
|
Which HPV serotypes are associated with condyloma acuminatum?
|
HPV serotypes 6 and 11
|
|
Which form of melanoma carries the best prognosis?
|
Lentigo maligna melanoma
|
|
What is the term for an increase in the number of cells in a tissue?
|
Hyperplasia
|
|
A 60-year-old man has back pain (compression spinal fracture), hypercalcemia, increased serum protein, Bence- Jones proteinuria, and monoclonal M-spike on serum electrophoresis. What is your diagnosis?
|
Multiple myeloma
|
|
What is the term for pus in the pleural space?
|
Empyema
|
|
What is flat, circumscribed nonpalpable pigmented change up to 1 cm?
|
Macule (e.g., a freckle)
|
|
Name the macrophage based on its location:
• Liver macrophages |
Kupffer cells
|
|
Name the macrophage based on its location:
• Bone macrophages |
Osteoclasts
|
|
Name the macrophage based on its location:
• Brain macrophages |
Microglia
|
|
Name the macrophage based on its location:
• Lung macrophages |
Pulmonary alveolar macrophages
|
|
Name the macrophage based on its location:
• Connective tissue macrophages |
Histiocytes
|
|
Name the macrophage based on its location:
• Epidermal macrophages |
Langerhans cells
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What is the term for a large, immature RBC that is spherical, blue, and without a nucleus?
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Reticulocyte
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What testicular tumor of infancy is characterized by elevated-fetoprotein levels and Schiller-Duval bodies?
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Yolk sac tumor
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Starry sky appearance of macrophages is pathognomonic of what lymphoma?
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Burkitt lymphoma
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In which region of the lung are 75% of the pulmonary infarcts seen?
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Lower lobe
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For what disease are SS-A(Ro), SS-B(La), and R-ANA diagnostic markers?
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Sjögren disease
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What HPV serotypes are associated with increased risk of cervical cancer?
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HPV serotypes 16, 18, 31, and 33
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Do the following structures pick up stain from hematoxylin or eosin?
• Nuclei |
Hematoxylin
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Do the following structures pick up stain from hematoxylin or eosin?
• Nucleoli |
Hematoxylin
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Do the following structures pick up stain from hematoxylin or eosin?
• Cytoplasm |
Eosin
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Do the following structures pick up stain from hematoxylin or eosin?
• Collagen |
Eosin
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Do the following structures pick up stain from hematoxylin or eosin?
• RBCs |
Eosin
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Do the following structures pick up stain from hematoxylin or eosin?
• Calcium |
Hematoxylin
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Do the following structures pick up stain from hematoxylin or eosin?
• Bacteria |
Hematoxylin
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Do the following structures pick up stain from hematoxylin or eosin?
• Fibrin |
Eosin
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Do the following structures pick up stain from hematoxylin or eosin?
• Thyroid colloid |
Eosin
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What commonly encountered overdose produces headache, tinnitus, respiratory alkalosis, metabolic acidosis, confusion, vomiting, and tachypnea?
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ASA (salicylate)
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What AR syndrome is due to a deficiency of glycoprotein Ib, resulting in a defect in platelet adhesion?
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Bernard-Soulier syndrome
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What AD renal disorder is associated with mutations of the PKD 1 gene on chromosome 16 and berry aneurysms in the circle of Willis and presents in the fifth decade with abdominal masses, flank pain, hematuria, HTN, and renal insufficiency?
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Adult polycystic kidney disease
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Based on the following information, is the renal transplantation rejection acute, chronic, or hyperacute?
• Months to years after transplantation; gradual onset of HTN, oliguria, and azotemia; seen as intimal fibrosis of the blood vessels and interstitial lymphocytes |
Chronic rejection
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Based on the following information, is the renal transplantation rejection acute, chronic, or hyperacute?
• Immediately after transplantation; seen as a neutrophilic vasculitis with thrombosis |
Hyperacute rejection
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Based on the following information, is the renal transplantation rejection acute, chronic, or hyperacute?
• Weeks to months after transplantation; abrupt onset of oliguria and azotemia; seen as neutrophilic vasculitis and interstitial lymphocytes |
Acute rejection
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What type of collagen is abnormal in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta?
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Type I (makes sense, since they have a predisposition for fractures and type I collagen is associated with bones and tendons)
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What coronary artery vasculitis is seen in Japanese infants and children less than 4 years old with acute febrile illness, conjunctivitis, maculopapular rash, and lymphadenopathy?
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Kawasaki disease
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What disease has IgG autoantibodies, occurs in women more than men, and includes exophthalmos, pretibial myxedema, nervousness, heart palpitations, and fatigue?
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Graves disease
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What condition is defined by both testicular and ovarian tissues in one individual?
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True hermaphrodism
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A mother takes her 2-week-old infant to the ER because the baby regurgitates and vomits after eating and has peristaltic waves visible on the abdomen and a palpable mass in the right upper quadrant. What is your diagnosis?
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Pyloric stenosis
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What variant of polyarteritis nodosa is associated with bronchial asthma, granulomas, and eosinophilia?
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Churg-Strauss syndrome
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What component of the basement membrane binds to collagen type IV and heparin sulfate and is a cell surface receptor?
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Laminin
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What B-cell neoplasm is seen in males with massive splenomegaly, produces dry tap on bone marrow aspirations, and stains positive for tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)?
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Hairy cell leukemia
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What form of nephritic syndrome is associated with celiac sprue and Henoch- Schönlein purpura?
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IgA nephropathy
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What syndrome is characterized by embryologic failure of the third and fourth pharyngeal pouches resulting in hypocalcemia, tetany, and T-cell deficiency?
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DiGeorge syndrome
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What is the treatment for physiologic jaundice of newborns?
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Phototherapy
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How many months in how many years must a person cough with copious sputum production for the diagnosis of chronic bronchitis to be made?
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3 months of symptoms in 2 consecutive years
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What chronic inflammatory WBC is associated with IgE-mediated allergic reactions and parasitic infections?
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Eosinophils
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What AD syndrome produces hamartomatous polyps in the small intestine and pigmentation of the lips and oral mucosa?
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
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What is the term for formation of a stable fibrin–platelet plug to stop bleeding?
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Hemostasis
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True or false? All of the following are risk factors for breast cancer: early menses, late menopause, history of breast cancer, obesity, and multiparity.
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False. All except multiparity are risk factors for breast cancer. Nulliparity, increasing age, and family history in first-degree relative are also risk factors. Memorize this list!
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Is jugular venous distention a presentation of isolated left or right heart failure?
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Right-sided
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Name the hepatitis virus based on the following information.
• Small circular RNA virus with defective envelope |
Hepatitis D
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Name the hepatitis virus based on the following information.
• Enveloped RNA flavivirus |
Hepatitis C
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Name the hepatitis virus based on the following information.
• Naked capsid RNA calicivirus |
Hepatitis E
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Name the hepatitis virus based on the following information.
• Enveloped DNA hepadnavirus |
Hepatitis B
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Name the hepatitis virus based on the following information.
• Naked capsid RNA picornavirus |
Hepatitis A
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What AR disease involves a decreased amount of sphingomyelinase, massive organomegaly, zebra bodies, and foamy histiocytes and is associated with chromosome 11p?
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Niemann-Pick disease
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What is the term for hypoperfusion of an area involving only the inner layers?
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Mural infarct
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What are the three causes of normochromic normocytic anemia with a normal MCV and a low reticulocyte count?
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Marrow failure, cancer, and leukemia
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Notching of the ribs, seen on chest radiograph in patients with postductal coarctation of the aorta, is due to collateralization of what arteries?
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Dilation of the internal mammary arteries results in erosions on the inner surface of the ribs and is seen as notching.
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What is the physiologic storage form of iron?
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Ferritin
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What is the term for occlusion of a blood vessel due to an intravascular mass that has been carried downstream?
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Embolism
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What AR disorder of copper metabolism can be characterized by Kayser- Fleischer rings, decreased ceruloplasmin levels, and increased urinary copper excretion and tissue copper levels?
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Wilson disease. (Remember, patients commonly present with psychiatric manifestations and movement disorders but may be asymptomatic.)
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• c-myc |
Burkitt lymphoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• L-myc |
Small cell cancer of the lung
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• hst-1 and int-2 |
Melanoma, cancer of the stomach and bladder
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• et |
MEN II and III syndromes
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• Ki-ras |
Pancreas and colon
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• cyclin D |
Mantle cell lymphoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• N-myc |
Neuroblastoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• CDK4 |
Melanoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• abl |
CML and ALL
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• hst-1, int-2, erb-2, and erb-3 |
Breast cancer
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• sis |
Astrocytoma
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• Ki-ras and erb-2 |
Lung cancer
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Name the cancer associated with the following oncogenes. (Some may have more than one answer)
• erb-1 |
Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung
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What AD GI neoplasia produces multiple adenomatous polyps, osteomas, fibromas, and epidural inclusion cysts?
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Gardner syndrome
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What disease involves microcephaly, mental retardation, cleft lip or palate, and dextrocardia?
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Patau syndrome (trisomy 13)
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What type of GN occurs most commonly in children after a pharyngeal or skin infection; is immune complex–mediated; and is seen as lumpy-bumpy subepithelial deposits?
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Postinfectious GN
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What are the three most common sites for left-sided heart embolisms to metastasize?
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Brain, spleen, and kidney
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With what two pathologies is a honeycomb lung associated?
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Asbestosis and silicosis
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What AD disorder due to a mutation in fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 results in normal-size vertebral column and skull and short, thick extremities?
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Achondroplasia
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