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Gen/Neo diseases
Gen/neo diseases (focus on week1)
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Medical
Graduate
10/15/2010

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Term
Neurofibromatosis
Definition
Autosomal Dominant
age dependent penetrance
Cafe Au lait, auxillary freckling, neurofibroma, lisch nodules, learning difficulties, optic nerve glioma, CNA tumors
Term
Marfan Syndrome
Definition
Autosomal dominant
Skeletal: long oints, spine curveature, joint disseaction, dolichocephaly
cardiovascular: aortic dissection, mitral valve prolapse
Ocular: Lens dislodgement, myopia, retinal detachment
Term
Acondroplasia
Definition
Autosomal dominant
Dwarfism, shortened limbs, normal spine, macrocephaly.
Term
Cystic fibrosis
Definition
Autosomal Recessive
test with immunoreactive trypsogen
Meconium ileus, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (malabsorbtion), Respiratory tract/pulmonary disease, salty sweat, male infertility
Term
Tay-Sachs disease
Definition
Autosomal recessive
Normal at birth,
increased startle at 5-6 months, Progressive weakness(head control), death by 2-4 months, cherry red spot in retina, low hexosaminidase A
Term
Duschene Muscular dystrophy
Definition
X-linked recessive
Healthy baby, late to walk, psuedo hypertrophy, replacement of muscle with fat, gower maneuver, wheelchair by 11 years.
Term
Hemophilia A
Definition
X linked recessive
Excessive bleeding
Factor VIII
Prolonged bleeding times
Term
Vit-D resistant rickets
Definition
X-linked dominant
bowed legs
Term
Rett Syndrome
Definition
X-linked dominant
neurodevelopmetn disorder, normal until 6-18 mos, later signs of like cerebral palsy, language development delays
Term
Fragile X
Definition
X-linked dominant
Also dependent on repeat expansion, mostly in boys (women die in womb or have lower symptoms in hetero, macrocephaly, facial symorphism, large jaw, everted ears, tall stature, joint flexibility, cafe au lait, micro-orchidism, delayed development, mental retardation.
Term
Huntington's disease
Definition
Autosomal dominant
CAG repeat expansions
Chorea movemetns
behavior changes
cognitive deficit
presents around 40 with anticipation
Term
Prader Willi
Definition
UDP 15 maternal or mutation removing father's gene
mental retardation developmetn delay, short, infantile central hypotonia, feeding problems, failure to thrive, hyperphagia, hypogonadism
Term
Angelmans syndrome
Definition
UPD 15 paternal or maternal deletion
mental retardation, axiatic gait, seizures, inappropriate laughter.
Term
Klinefelter syndrome
Definition
XXY
Hypogonadism lack of androgens, FSH elevated, dysgenesis of the testes, reduced spermatogenesis.
Term
Turner SYndrome
Definition
XO
short, webbed neck, braod chest, streak gonads, cardiac abnormalities, horseshoe kidney
Term
MELAS
Definition
Mitochondrial
Mitochondrial myopathy with encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke. Seizures, diabetes, hearing loss, cardiac disease, shortness, exercise problems, endocrinopathies
Term
Laber's optic atrophy
Definition
Inherited vision loss, large onset range 8-60
Term
NARP
Definition
Mitochondrial
Neurogenic weakness
Term
Spinocerebellar ataxia
Definition
Repeats
Term
Burkitts lymphoma
Definition
Translocation (8,14)
C MYC gene over activation
Term
CML
Definition
translocation 9/22
BCR ABL translocation
fatigue, weight loss, anemia
excessive tyrosine activity.
Term
Follicular lymphoma
Definition
t(14/18)
BCL2 Abl1 gene associates
Term
5p syndrome
Definition
Cri du chat
cry of the cat
mental retardation
Term
Downs syndrome
Definition
trisomy 21
upsalnting palpebral fissure, epicanthal fold, falt nasal bridge, low set ears, protruding toungue, rocker bottom feet, single transverse fold, COngenital heart disease, risk for leukemia, alzheimer's lesions in the brain, mental retardation.
Term
Robertsonian translocation
Definition
t(21, 13/14/15/21/22)
Causes downs syndrome through psuedo anuelploidy, can also be compensatory if missing 21.
Term
Patau syndrome
Definition
Trisomy 13
mental retardation, severe heart problems, urogential defects, die within 6 months. Microcephaly and cleft lip palate, hands and feet polydactyl, rocker bottom feet, expire within 6 months.
Term
Edwards syndrome
Definition
Trisomy 18
mental retardation, severe heart defects, expire within a year. Prominent occiput receeeded jaw, clenched fists, rocker bottom feet
Term
MCAD
Definition
Fatty acid disorder
Check acylcanitine C8 very high and 10,6 much lower. Symptoms: hypoglycemia, seizures, hypotonia, hepatomegaly, cardiomyopathy, mental retardation, SIDS. Treat with low fat diet.
Term
Hemoglobinopathies
Definition
Sickle cell, SCA, thallasemia. Iso-electric focusing. Hemolytic anemia, cholelithiasis, sickel crisis, infection, tissue ischemia.
Term
GALT
Definition
Galactose-1-phosphate uridydil transferase

1. Jaundice, vomiting, diarrhea, failure to thrive, hepatomegaly,cataract, liver failure, brain damage/mental retardation.
Cannot metabolize galactose so no lactose.
Term
MUT, Cbl A,B and PROP
Definition
Organic Acid disorders
Anylate C3 tests
metabolic acidosis, hyperammonemia, sepsis like coma
Term
PKU
Definition
AA disorder
compare Phe to PHe/Tyrmental retardation, seizures, eczema
Term
Hypothrroidism
Definition
TSH test
Low activity in FTT, jaundice, constipation, hypotonia, horse cry, corase face, large toungue.
treat: isoside supplementation
Term
Biotinidase
Definition
BTD enzyme
Seizures, hypotonia, ataxia, deafness, developmental delays, alopecia, skin rash, metabolic acidosis
Term
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Definition
17-Hydroxy progesterone,
3. Hyperkalemia, hypoatremia, vomiting, dehydration, hypotension, ambiguous genetilia(females), precocious puberty(males)
Term
Von Hippel-landau
Definition
CNS hemangioblastomas, Retinal Blastomas, Renal cell carcinoma, Pheochrocytomas, Neuroendocrine, endolymphatic tumors, papillary cystedenomas, broad ligaments.
tumor suppressor gene mutation.
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