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Pathology
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02/21/2012

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Term
Most common form of hearing loss
Definition
loss of conduction
Term
Most common skin disorder among young adults
Definition
acne vulgaris
Term
#1 RF for stroke
Definition
HTN
Term
Most common primary malignant brain tumor
Definition
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Term
Most common brain tumor in adults are from metastasis (secondary) from what common primary tumor sidtes
Definition
lung/breast/prostate
Term
Most common benign brain tumor
Definition
Meningioma
Term
Most common functional (hormone secreting) pituitary adenoma
Definition
Prolactinoma
Term
#1 cause of emboli
Definition
Thrombus
Term
Most common cause of left sided CHF
Definition
Ischemic Cardiomyopathy from Coronary Artery Disease and MI
Term
Most common cause of Right sided heart failure
Definition
Left sides heart failure
Term
#1 cause of heart palpitations
Definition
Premature Ventricular Complexes
Term
Most common cause of Chronic Renal Failure
Definition
Diabetes (followed by HTN)
Term
Second most common cause of cancer death in males
Definition
Prostate
Term
Most common viral STD
Definition
HPV
Term
Most common cancer in women by occurence
Definition
Breast, Lung, Colon
Term
Most common cancer in men by occurance
Definition
prostate, lung, Colon
Term
Most common death from cancer in women? Men?
Definition
Women: lung breast colon
Men: lung prostate, colon
Term
#1 cause of congenital malformations
Definition
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Term
Leading cause of COPD
Definition
Smoking
Term
Most common type of hypothyroid
Definition
Primary
Term
Most common primary orbital malignancy
Definition
Rhabadomyosarcoma
Term
Most common ocular manifestation of sarcoidosis
Definition
Anterior granulomatous uveitis
Term
Most common of primary immunodeficiency disease
Definition
IgA deficiency
Term
Most common route of HIV infection
Definition
sex
Term
Most common ocular infection and leading cause of blindness in AIDS pts
Definition
CMV retinitis
Term
Most common pnemonia in HIV pts
Definition
Pneumocystic pneumonia by Pneumocytis jiroveci
Term
Most common chromosomal disorder
Definition
Down's syndrome Trisomy 21
Term
Most common cause of male primary hypogonadism
Definition
Klinefelters syndrome (XXY)
Term
Most common cause of primary amenorrhead
Definition
Turners syndrome
Term
Most common lethal genetic disease among Caucasians
Definition
Cystic Fibrosis
Term
Second most common cause of genetic Mental retardation
Definition
Fragile X syndrome
Term
Most common type of anemia
Definition
Iron deficiency anemia
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