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Term
pancoast tumor
Definition

right or left side

associated with Horner's or Lung Cancer

Term
Virchow's node
Definition

LEFT side only

indicate gastric carcinoma

Term
inflammatory bowel disease
Definition
fever, arthritis, anorexia, weight loss, erythema nodosum, and hyperproteinemia
Term
chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer
Definition
NO FEVER
Term
scratchy high pitched sound syndronous with cardiac rhythm and easily detected at LEFt 5th intercostal
Definition
pericardial
Term
osteitis deformans
Definition

Paget's disease

Term
RA
Definition

primarily female

jones criteria

joint pain

carditis

nodule

erythema marginatum

syndenham's chores

Term
malignant tumor in liver accompanied by auscultory finding
Definition
peritoneal rub
Term
intestinal sound below belly button
Definition
borborygmy
Term
pleuritis, pericarditis, peritonitis
Definition
high pitched, scratchy sound
Term
psoas sign and rebound tenderness
Definition
appendicitis
Term
pyelonephritis
Definition
WBC casts
Term
lab findings most apt to accompany costovertebral tenderness and dysuria
Definition
WBC cast
Term
pus
Definition
dead WBC
Term
patient with ear ache and fever, exam reveals red bulding tympanic membrane
Definition
acute bacterial otitis media
Term
red or bronze color --> tympanic membrane is sucked
Definition
serous otitis media
Term

tumor of nose --> tumors are nodular, rough

Definition
rhinoma
Term
mucous filled cyst --> usually cysts occur singular
Definition
mucocele
Term

M spike

Reversal of AG ratio

Bence-Jones protein in urine

positive immunoelectrophoresis

Definition
Multiple myeloma
Term
structure easily palpable in accult neck
Definition

isthmus of the thymus

 

* lumph nodes are NOT palpable unless pathology

Term
most apt to cause fine rales
Definition
pulmonary congestion
Term
too much stuff in lung --> 3 color sputum --> crackle
Definition
bronchiectasis
Term
wheezing-  4 years old
Definition
asthma
Term
wheezing-40 years old
Definition
emphysema
Term
positive osmotic fragility test
Definition

hereditary spheocytosi

Term
increase tone of central muscles of face, neck, back and abdomen, general spasm but hands and feet spared, increase leukocyte count
Definition
tetany
Term
flaccid paralysis --> LMN lesion
Definition
poliomyelitis
Term
hypothyroidism --> no muscle spasm
Definition
myxedema
Term
cranial nerve problem --> my grandmother
Definition
myasthenia gravis
Term
thoracic percussion indicating pathology
Definition
fullness over the lung apices
Term

bronchial breath sounds normally heard over

Definition
manubrium
Term
vesicle breath sound hear over
Definition
Term
distention of jugular veins induced by applying sustained pressure to upper right abdominal quadrant
Definition
hepatic failure
Term
abdominal aorta is palpated --- by umbilicus
Definition
above and left
Term
superficial abdominal palpation identify
Definition
involuntary guarding
Term
diagnosis for afebrile child with recurrent non-productive cough during exertion and at night
Definition
asthma
Term
afebrile
Definition
no fever
Term
lab test accompany acute inflammatory disease, RA or TB
Definition
increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Term
painless rectal bleeding accompany
Definition
rectal polyps
Term
diverticulitis
Definition
painful
Term
anal fissure
Definition
painful
Term
in small intestine, painful cramps and diarrhea
Definition
ulcerative colitis
Term
best diagnosis if superior border of scrotal mass is NOT palpable
Definition
hydrocele
Term
cause rapid irreversible loss of vision
Definition

temporal arteritis

Term

temporal arteritis

polymyalgia rumadica

Definition
Giant cell tumor
Term
chronic cough, sputum production, shortness of breath and reduced expiratory flow rate in spirometry
Definition
chronic bronchitis
Term
refer pain to shoulder
Definition
gallbladder and pancreas
Term

nasal polyposis and pararysmal cough

CBC shows mild leukocytosis and moderate eosinophils

Definition
asthma
Term
slow onset of a stroke like symptoms occurring over a few hours for a day or two is characteristic of
Definition
cerebral thrombosis
Term
thalassemia major
Definition
Cooley's Mediteranian
Term

brucellosis

Definition
from live stock
Term

byssinosis

Definition
from cotton
Term
Reedsteinberg
Definition
Hodgkins
Term
Downey
Definition
mono--> with splenomegaly
Term
REedsteinberg & Downey
Definition
atypical lymphocyte
Term
hearing loss, dizziness, tinnitus
Definition

Meniere

Term
patient appear pale, gray or cyanosis skin, weak and fatique due to decreased cardiac output, and appear anxious due to "air hunger"
Definition
congestive heart failure
Term

abnormal thickening of heart myocardium

congenital or acquired

shortness of breath followed by angina type chest pain,

nitroglycerin aggravate symptoms

Definition
hypertropic cardiomyopathy
Term

inflammation of pericardium,

 

Definition
paricarditis
Term
RA, SLE, and lupus can also cause
Definition
pericarditis
Term

interferes with filling of the heart during diastole which result in diminished blood pressure and pulse during inspiration,

substernal pain vary from dull --> sharp

Definition
cardiac temponade
Term
an inherited disorder characterized by loss of normal connective tissue elasticity
Definition
Marfan's syndrome
Term
predominant chest pain at the anterior chest or between the shoulder blades
Definition
Aortic dissection
Term
crushing substernal chest pain, the pain may radiate to teh neck and either shoulder
Definition
myocardial infarction
Term
upper respiratory infection or pneumonia
Definition
acute onset cough
Term
bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, or cancer
Definition
chronic cough
Term
purulent sputum with presence of fever
Definition
pneumonia or tuberculosis
Term
purulent sputum with no fever
Definition
bronchitis or bronchiecstasis
Term
bloody sputum cough
Definition
bronchogenic carcinoma
Term
foamy blood tinged sputum with difficulty breathing and an enlarged heart
Definition
congestive heart failure
Term
wheezing, no fever, no chest pain
Definition
asthma
Term
common cold
Definition
upper respiratory
Term
pneumonia
Definition

lower respiratory follows a cold or flu

dull to puercussion

increased tactile fremitus

Term
pink puffer
Definition
emphysema
Term
wheezing breath sound, no percussion
Definition
asthma
Term
absent breath sound, flat/dull percussion
Definition

atelectasis

(AAD)

Term
rales breath sound,
Definition
bronchiecstasis
Term
rhonchi breath sound
Definition

acute bronchitis

 

Term
wheezing breath sound, hyperresonant percussive
Definition
emphysema
Term
crackles breath sound, resonant percussive
Definition
pleurisy
Term

decreased breath sound, dull percussive

Definition
pneumonia
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