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Fa12 592-596
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04/14/2013

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Term
Actinic Keratosis
(Solar Keratosis)
Definition
Precursor to squamous cell carcinoma
Term
Acute Gastric ulcer a/w CNS injury
Definition
Cushing's ulcer (Inc ICP => vagal gastric stimulation)
Term
Acute gastric ulcer a/w sever burns
Definition
Curling's ulcer (Dec plasma volume => sloughing of gastric mucosa)
Term
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal mucosa
Definition
Skip lesions (Crohn's dz)
Term
Aneurysm, dissecting
Definition
HTN
Term
Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta
Definition
Atherosclerosis
Term
Aortic aneurysm, ascending
Definition
Marfan's syndrome (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)
Term
Atrophy of the mammillary bodies
Definition
Wernicke's encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency => ataxia, opthalmoplegia and confusion)
Term
Autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)
Definition
Sickle cell anemia (HbS)
Term
Bacteria a/w gastritis, peptic ulcer dz and stomach cancer
Definition
Helicobacter pylori
Term
Bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)
Definition
Neisseria meningitidis
Term
Bacterial meningitis (newborns)
Definition
Group B Streptococcus
Term
Bacterial meningitis (kids)
Definition
Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis
Term
Benign melanocytic nevus
Definition
Spitz nevus (most common in the first two decades)
Term
Bleeding disorder w/ GpIb deficiency
Definition
Bernard-Soulier disease (defect in adhesion to von Willebrand's factor)
Term
Brain Tumor (adults)
Definition
Supratentorial:
1) Mets
2) Astrocytoma (incl. Glioblastoma Multiforme)
3) Meningioma
4) Schwannoma
Term
Brain Tumor (kids)
Definition
Infratentorial: medulloblastoma
Supratentorial: craniopharyngioma
Term
Breast Cancer
Definition
1 in 9 women in the US
Most common: Infiltrating ductal carcinoma
Term
Breast mass
Definition
1) Fibrocystic change
2) Carcinoma (in postmenopausal women)
Term
Breast tumor (benign)
Definition
Fibroadenoma
Term
Primary cardiac tumor (kids)
Definition
Rhabdomyoma (tuberous sclerosis)
Term
Cardiac manifestation of Lupus
Definition
Libman-Sacks endocarditis (nonbacterial, affecting both sides of Mitral valve)
Term
Cardiac tumor (adults
Definition
1) Mets
2) Primary myxoma (4:1 in Rt Atrium, "ball and valve")
Term
Cerebellar tonsillar herniation
Definition
Chiari malformation (progressive hydrocephalus and syringomyelia)
Term
Chronic arrhythmia
Definition
AFib (a/w high risk of emboli)
Term
Chronic atrophic gastritis (autoimmune)
Definition
Predisposition to gastric carcinoma (may also cause pernicious anemia)
Term
Clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina
Definition
DES exposure in utero
Term
Compression fracture
Definition
Osteoporosis (Type I: postmenopausal woman; type II: elderly man or woman)
Term
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, hypotension
Definition
21-hydroxylase deficiency
Term
Congenital cardiac anomaly
Definition
VSD
Term
Congenital conjugated hyperbilirubinemia (black liver)
Definition
Dubin-Johnson syndrome (inability of hepatocytes to secrete conjugated bilirubin into bile)
Term
Constrictive Pericarditis
Definition
Tuberculosis (Third world)
Lupus (First world)
Term
Coronary artery involved in thrombosis
Definition
1) Left anterior descending
2) Right Coronary Artery
3) Left Coronary Artery
Term
Cretinism
Definition
Iodine deficit/hypothyroidism
Term
Cushing's Syndrome
Definition
1) Corticosteroid therapy (iatrogenic)
2) Excess ACTH secretion by pituitary
3) Small lung cell carcinoma
Term
Cyanosis (early; less common)
Definition
Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great vessels, truncus arteriosus
Term
Cyanosis (late; more common)
Definition
VSD, ASD, PDA
Term
Death in CML
Definition
Blast crisis
Term
Death in SLE
Definition
Lupus nephropathy
Term
Dementia
Definition
1) Alzheimer's
2) Multiple infarcts
Term
Demyelinating dz in young women
Definition
Multiple sclerosis
Term
DIC
Definition
Gram-negative sepsis, obstetric complications, cancer, burn trauma
Term
Dietary deficit
Definition
Iron
Term
Diverticulum in pharynx
Definition
Zenker's diverticulum (dx w/ barium swallow)
Term
Ejection click
Definition
Aortic/pulmonary stenosis
Term
Esophageal cancer
Definition
Squamous cell carcinoma (worldwide); adenocarcinoma (US)
Term
Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)
Definition
Staphylococcus aureus
Bacillus cereus
Term
Glomerulonephritis (adults)
Definition
Berger's Dz (IgA nephropathy)
Term
Gynecologic malignancy
Definition
Endometrial carcinoma (worldwide)
Adenocarcinoma (US)
Term
Heart murmur (congental)
Definition
Mitral valve prolapse
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