Key associations Flashcards
(132 cards)
Actinic (solar) Keratosis
Precursor to squamous cell carninoma
Acute gastric ulcer associate 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 (Chron disease)
Aneurysm, dissecting
Hypertension
Aortic aneurysm, abdominal and descenting aorta
Atherosclerosis
Aortic aneurysm, arch
Tertiary syphilis (syphilitic aortitis), vasa vasorum destruction
Arotic aneurysm, ascending
Marfan syndrome (idiopathic cystic medical 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 associate with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and stomach cancer
H. pylori
Bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)
Strep Penumonia
Bacterial meningitis (mewborns and kids)
Group B Strep/E. coli (newborns),
Strep Pneumoniae/Neisseria meningitidis (kids)
Benign melaoncytic nevus
Spitz nevus (most common in 1st two decades)
Bleeding disorder with GpIb deficiency
Bernard-Soulier syndrome - defect in platelet adhesion to von Willebrand factor
Brain tumor adults
“MGM Studios” - Metastatic, > Glioblastoma Multiforme, > Meningioma, > Schwannoma.
- All Supratentorial
Brain tumor kids
“Animal Kingdom, Magic Kingdom, Epcot” - Astrocytoma, Meduloblastoma, Ependymoma. - Infratentorial
- Craniophryngioma - supratentorial
Breast Cancer
Infiltrating ductal carcinoma
Breast Mass
Fibrocystic change, carcinoma (in postmenopausal women)
Breast tumor (benign)
Fibroadenoma
Cardiac Primary Tumor
Metastasis Primary myxoma (4:1 left to right atrium; ball and valve)
Cerebellar tonsillar herniation
Chiari II formation
Chronic arrhythmia
Atrial Fibrillation (associated with high risk of emboli)
Chronic atrophic gastritis (autoimmune)
Predisposition to gastric carcinoma (can also cause pernicious anemia)