Flashcards in gold usmle: Diseases Deck (146)
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Vincents Infection
Trench mouth acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis due to Fusobacterium
122
Von Gierkes Disease
Type I Glycogenosis Glycogen storage disease (G6Ptase deficiency) Glycogen accumulaiton
123
Von Hippel-Lindau
Hemangioma (or hemangioblastoma) = cerebellum, brain stem, & retina
159. Adenomas of the viscera, especially ↑ Renal Cell Carcinoma
160. Chromosome 3p
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Von Recklinghausens
Neurofibromatosis & café au lait spots & Lisch nodules (Chromosome 17)
125
Von Recklinghausens Disease of Bone
Osteitis fibrosa cystica (brown tumor) 2° to hyperparathyroidism = osteoclastic resorption w/
163. fibrous replacement
126
Von Willebrands Disease (AD)
Defect in platelet adhesion 2° to deficiency in vWF. ↑aPPT, ↑ Bleed time
127
Waldenstroms macroglobinemia
Proliferation of IgM-producing lymphoid cells in men 50-70 yoa; PAS(+) Dutcher bodies
128
Wallenbergs Syndrome
Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) thrombosis Medullary Syndrome
167. Ipsilateral: ataxia, facial pain & temp; Contralateral: body pain & temp
129
Waterhouse-Friderichsen
Adrenal insufficiency 2° to DIC
169. DIC 2° to meningiococcemia
130
Webers Syndrome
Paramedian Infarct of Midbrain
171. Ipsilateral: mydriasis; Contralateral: UMN paralysis (lower face & body)
131
Wegeners Granulomatosis
Necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis of paranasal sinuses, lungs, kidneys, etc.
132
Weils Disease
173. Icteric Leptospirosis non-icteric prgresses to renal failure & myocarditis
174. Dark field microscopy for dx
133
Wermers Syndrome
175. MEN type I = thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal cortex, pancreatic islets, pituitary
134
Wernickes Aphasia
Sensory Aphasia impaired comprehension
135
Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Thiamine deficiency in alcoholics; bilateral mamillary bodies (mediodorsal nucleua) (confusion, ataxia,
ophthalmoplegia)
136
Whipples Disease
Malabsorption syndrome (with bacteria-laden macrophages) & polyarthritis
137
Wilsons Disease
Hepatolenticular degeneration (copper accumulation [Txt w/ Penicillamine ] & decrease in ceruloplasmin)
180. Mallory Bodies in the Liver & also w/ alcoholic hepatitis & Hyaline change
181. Chromosome 13
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Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
Immunodeficiency: combined B- &T-cell deficiency (thrombocytopenia & eczema)
183. ↓ IgM w/ ↑ IgA
139
Wolff-Chaikoff Effect
High iodine level (−)s thyroid hormone synthesis
140
Zenkers Diverticulum
Esophageal; cricopharyngeal muscles above UES
141
Zollinger-Ellison
Gastrin-secreting tumor of pancreas (or intestine) → ↑ acid → recurrent ulcers
142
Rogers Disease
Interventricular septal defect
143
Barlows Syndrome
Floppy vale syndrome women b/t 20-40 yoa
144
Bracht-Wachter Lesions
Minute abscesses found in subacute bacterial endocarditis
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Lutembachers Syndrome
Combination of septum secundum atrial septal defect w/ mitral stenosis
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