STEP 1 USMLE REVIEW UPDATED STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
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often precedes squamous cell carcinoma actinic keratosis
primary adrenocortical deficiency Addison's disease
polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, cafe- Albright's syndrome
au-lait spots, short stature, young girls - diagnosis?
hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness Alport's syndrome
anti-basement membrane antibodies - diagnosis? Goodpasture's syndrome
anticentromere antibodies - diagnosis? scleroderma (CREST)
anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies (ANA antibodies) SLE - type III hypersensitivity
- diagnosis?
- what hypersensitivity type?
anti-epithelial cell antibodies - diagnosis? pemphigus vulgaris
antigliadin antibodies - diagnosis? celiac disease
antihistone antibodies - diagnosis? drug-induced SLE
anti-IgG antibodies - diagnosis? rheumatoid arthritis
antimitochondrial antibodies - diagnosis? primary biliary cirrhosis
antineutrophil antibodies - diagnosis? vasculitis
antiplatelet antibodies - diagnosis? idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
arachnodactyly - diagnosis? Marfan's syndrome
Argyll-Robertson pupil - diagnosis? neurosyphilis
Arnold-Chiari malformation cerebellar tonsillar herniation
Aschoff bodies - diagnosis? rheumatic fever
atrophy of the mammillary bodies - diagnosis? Wernicke's encephalopathy
Auer rods - diagnosis? acute myelogenous leukemia (especially promyelocytic type)
autosplenectomy - diagnosis? sickle cell anemia
Babinski's sign is associated with what? UMN lesion
, "bamboo spine" on x-ray ankylosing spondylitis
basophilic stippling of RBCs - diagnosis? lead poisoning
defective dystrophin, less severe than Duchenne's Becker's muscular dystrophy
LMN CN VII palsy Bell's palsy
Bence Jones proteins - possible diagnoses? multiple myeloma - kappa or lambda light chains
- in each case, what are the proteins? Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia - IgM
IgA nephropathy - diagnosis? Berger's disease
Bernard-Soulier disease - what is the defect? defect in platelet adhesion
bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis - diagnosis? sarcoidosis
Birbeck granules on EM - diagnosis? histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
bloody tap on LP - diagnosis? subarachnoid hemorrhage
"blue bloater" chronic bronchitis
blue-domed cysts - diagnosis? fibrocystic change of the breast
blue sclera - diagnosis? osteogenesis imperfecta
boot-shaped heart on x-ray - possible diagnoses? tetralogy of Fallot or RVH
Bouchard's nodes - diagnosis? osteoarthritis - on PIP secondary to osteophytes
- where are they located?
- why do they occur?
boutonniere deformity - diagnosis? rheumatoid arthritis
branching rods in oral infection - diagnosis? Actinomyces israelii
"brown tumor" of bone - possible diagnoses? hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (von Recklinghausen's disease)
- what causes the brown color? - color is due to hemorrhage in cysts
X-linked agammaglobulinemia Bruton's disease
posthepatic venous thrombosis - diagnosis? Budd-Chiari syndrome
Buerger's disease - what size arteries does it affect? small or medium-artery vasculitis
Burkitt's lymphoma - what is the translocation? 8:14 translocation
- what virus is it associated with? EBV
- appearance on histology? starry sky appearance
Burton's lines - diagnosis? lead poisoning
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
often precedes squamous cell carcinoma actinic keratosis
primary adrenocortical deficiency Addison's disease
polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, cafe- Albright's syndrome
au-lait spots, short stature, young girls - diagnosis?
hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness Alport's syndrome
anti-basement membrane antibodies - diagnosis? Goodpasture's syndrome
anticentromere antibodies - diagnosis? scleroderma (CREST)
anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies (ANA antibodies) SLE - type III hypersensitivity
- diagnosis?
- what hypersensitivity type?
anti-epithelial cell antibodies - diagnosis? pemphigus vulgaris
antigliadin antibodies - diagnosis? celiac disease
antihistone antibodies - diagnosis? drug-induced SLE
anti-IgG antibodies - diagnosis? rheumatoid arthritis
antimitochondrial antibodies - diagnosis? primary biliary cirrhosis
antineutrophil antibodies - diagnosis? vasculitis
antiplatelet antibodies - diagnosis? idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
arachnodactyly - diagnosis? Marfan's syndrome
Argyll-Robertson pupil - diagnosis? neurosyphilis
Arnold-Chiari malformation cerebellar tonsillar herniation
Aschoff bodies - diagnosis? rheumatic fever
atrophy of the mammillary bodies - diagnosis? Wernicke's encephalopathy
Auer rods - diagnosis? acute myelogenous leukemia (especially promyelocytic type)
autosplenectomy - diagnosis? sickle cell anemia
Babinski's sign is associated with what? UMN lesion
, "bamboo spine" on x-ray ankylosing spondylitis
basophilic stippling of RBCs - diagnosis? lead poisoning
defective dystrophin, less severe than Duchenne's Becker's muscular dystrophy
LMN CN VII palsy Bell's palsy
Bence Jones proteins - possible diagnoses? multiple myeloma - kappa or lambda light chains
- in each case, what are the proteins? Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia - IgM
IgA nephropathy - diagnosis? Berger's disease
Bernard-Soulier disease - what is the defect? defect in platelet adhesion
bilateral hilar adenopathy, uveitis - diagnosis? sarcoidosis
Birbeck granules on EM - diagnosis? histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
bloody tap on LP - diagnosis? subarachnoid hemorrhage
"blue bloater" chronic bronchitis
blue-domed cysts - diagnosis? fibrocystic change of the breast
blue sclera - diagnosis? osteogenesis imperfecta
boot-shaped heart on x-ray - possible diagnoses? tetralogy of Fallot or RVH
Bouchard's nodes - diagnosis? osteoarthritis - on PIP secondary to osteophytes
- where are they located?
- why do they occur?
boutonniere deformity - diagnosis? rheumatoid arthritis
branching rods in oral infection - diagnosis? Actinomyces israelii
"brown tumor" of bone - possible diagnoses? hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (von Recklinghausen's disease)
- what causes the brown color? - color is due to hemorrhage in cysts
X-linked agammaglobulinemia Bruton's disease
posthepatic venous thrombosis - diagnosis? Budd-Chiari syndrome
Buerger's disease - what size arteries does it affect? small or medium-artery vasculitis
Burkitt's lymphoma - what is the translocation? 8:14 translocation
- what virus is it associated with? EBV
- appearance on histology? starry sky appearance
Burton's lines - diagnosis? lead poisoning
