2014 Key Associations Flashcards
Actinic (solar) keratosis
Precursor to squamous cell carcinoma
Actinic (solar) keratosis
Precursor to squamous cell carcinoma
Acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury
Cushing ulcer (increased intracranial pressure stimulates vagal gastric secretion)
Acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns
Curling ulcer (greatly reduced plasma volume results in sloughing of gastric mucosa)
Alternating areas of transmural inflammation and normal colon
Skip lesions (Crohn disease)
Aneurysm, dissecting
Hypertension
Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descending aorta
Atherosclerosis
Aortic aneurysm, arch
Tertiary syphilis (syphilitic aortitis), vasa vasorum destruction
Aortic aneurysm, ascending
Marfan syndroem (idiopathic cystic medial degeneration)
Atrophy of the mammillary bodies
Wernicke encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency causing ataxia, opthalmoplegia, and confusion)
Autosplenectomy (fibrosis and shrinkage)
Sickle cell anemia (hemoglobin S)
Bacteria associated with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and stomach cancer
H pylori
Bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)
Strep pneumo
Bacterial meningitis (newborns)
Group B strep/E coli
Bacterial meningitis (kids)
S pneumo, N meningitidis
Benign melanocytic nevus
Spitz nevus (most common in 1st two decades)
Bleeding disorder with GP1b deficiency
Bernard-Soulier syndrome (defect in platelet adhesion to von Willebrand factor)
Brain tumor (adults)
Supratentorial: metastasis > astrocytomoa (including glioblastoma multiform) > meningioma > schwannoma
Brain tumor (kids)
Infratentorial: medulloblastoma (cerebellum) or supratentorial: craniopharyngioma
Breast cancer
Infiltrating ductal carcinoma
Breast mass
Fibrocystic change, carcinoma (in post menopausal women)
Breast tumor (benign)
Fibroadenoma
Cardiac primary tumor (kids)
Rhabdomyoma, often seen in tuberous sclerosis
Cardiac manifestations of lupus
Libman-Sacks endocarditis (nonbacterial, affecting both sides of mitral valve)