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Where are immunoglobulin deposits in pemphigus vulgaris? - ANSWER Between
keratinocytes--> anti-desmosomes which form desmosomal junctions
Deposits of IgG autoantibodies against the BM - ANSWER Bullous pemphigoid
A lesion where causes Horner's syndrome? - ANSWER Cervical chain ganglion
Ciliary ganglion - ANSWER Controls CN III
Patient with a long history of alcohol abuse comes to the ED due to frequent falls. He
feels unsteady, has blurred vision, and has a course postural tremor. Where is the
lesion? - ANSWER Cerebellum
Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration--> most prominent in the cerebellar vermis.
Defect with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus - ANSWER Dysfunction of the collecting
tubules
Impaired ADH production - ANSWER Central DI
Psychogenic polydipsia - ANSWER Urine specific gravity will rise appropriately is
response to fluid restriction
Anemia due to brisk and painless lower GI bleeding - ANSWER Meckel's diverticulum
(heterotopic mucosa)
Failed obliteration of the omphalomesenteric duct - ANSWER Meckel's diverticulum
Bilious emesis, abdominal pain, and bloody stools - ANSWER Volvulus--> bowel may
rotate incompletely round the SMA
Severe intermittent abdominal pain, vomiting, bloody stools, and palpable abdominal
mass - ANSWER Intussusception
Finding in HCM - ANSWER Thickened IV septum
Normal coronary arteries
Disordered arrangement of cardiac myofibrils
, AS murmur that increases with standing
A widely split heart sound is heard at the upper sternal border that is accentuated with
inspiration. Where will it be heart on the curve? - ANSWER When the aortic valve
closes
A wide split S2 can occur with delayed closure of the pulmonic valve--> RBBB, pulmonic
stenosis, and P HTN. Heard with the closure of the AV.
When is a BAV heard? - ANSWER When aortic valve opens
Where is MS heard? - ANSWER When MV opens
What is needed for removal and replacement of primers with DNA? - ANSWER DNA
Pol I
DNA Pol I - ANSWER Removes RNA primer and replaces it with DNA
DNA Pol III - ANSWER 5' to 3' DNA synthesis
3' to 5' exonuclease
What do you want for a screening test? - ANSWER High sensitivity and low 1-
specificity (false positives)
HNPCC - ANSWER Mutation in mismatch repair gene
Inactivation of nonhomologous end-joining repair - ANSWER Ataxia Telangiectasia
Gain of function in RET gene - ANSWER MEN 2A/2B
Medication after transplant that can cause obliterative vasculopathy of afferent arterioles
- ANSWER Tacrolimus
Causes a dose-dependent rise in BUN and creatinine
What medication should you not give a patient with Parkinsons? - ANSWER
Metoclopramide
What is the complication of alkaptonuria? - ANSWER Osteoarthropathy
Def in homgentisic acid dioxygenase
Blackening of urine