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entrance examinations!
Alphabetical compilation, taken from
different medical text books/guide
books/self-help books/notes made by
author during his studies.
Disease /Terms
Definition/Features/Seen in
Actinic keratosis
Seen in SCC
Albright's syndrome
Albumino-cytologic
dissociation
Alport's syndrome
ABM-antibodies
Anti-centromere Ab
Anti-ds DNA
Ab (ANA antibodies)
Anti-epithelial cells Ab
Anti-gliadin Ab
Anti-IgG Ab
Anti-mitochondrial Ab
Anti-neutrophil Ab
+nt in Vasculitis
Anti-platelet Ab
Disease/Term
Definition/Features/Seen in
Arachnodactyly
Arnold-Chiari malformation
Aschoff bodies
Auer rods
Auto-splenectomy
Babinski's sign
Barret's esophagus
Bartter's syndrome
Characterized by Hyperreninemia
Disease /Terms
Definition/Features/Seen in
Bell's palsy
Bence-Jones Proteins
Berger's disease
IgA nephropathy
Bernard-Soulier disease
Seen in Sarcoidosis
Birbeck granules on EM
Seen in SAH
Blount's disease
Tibia vara
"Blue bloater"
Bouchard's nodes
Boutonniere deformity
Is Actinomyces israelii
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
Bruton's disease
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Buerger's disease
Burkitt's lymphoma
Burton's lines
c-ANCA, p-ANCA
Feature of Neurofibromatosis
Caisson disease
Calf pseudo-hypertrophy
Seen in DMD
Call-Exner bodies
Chagas's disease
Cerebri-form nuclei
Chagas's disease
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
Chancre
Chancroid
C'harcot's triad
Charcot-Leyden crystals
Chediak-Hegashi disease
Cheyne-Strokes respirations
Chvostek's sign
Clue cells
Seen in Osteosarcoma
Cold agglutinins
Cold intolerance
Seen in Hypothyroidism
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
Condyloma auminata
Is Anal warts
Cotton-wool spots
Is Measles
Councilman bodies
Crigler-Najjar syndrome
Curling's ulcer
Currant-jelly sputum
Curshmann's spirals
Cushing's ulcer
D-dimers
Seen in DIC
Depigmentation of neurons in
substantia nigra
Diabetes insipidus +
exophlhalmos + lesions of skull
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
Donovan bodies
Dressler's syndrome
Eburnation
Edward's syndrome
Due to Trisomy 18 (Eighteen) associated with rocker-bottom feet, low-set ears & heart disease
Eisenmenger's complex
Elastic skin
Erb-Duchenne palsy
Erythema chronicum
migrans
Erythema multi-forme
Erythema marginatum
Fanconi's syndrome
Fatty liver
Seen in alcoholism
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
Ferruginous bodies
asbestosis
Gardner's syndrome
Gaucher's disease
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Ghon focus
1 TB
Gilbert's syndrome
Glanzmann's thrombasthenia
"Hair-on-end- (crew-cut)
appearance on x-ray
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease
HbF
Thalassemia major
HbS
Goodpasture's syndrome
Gower's maneuver
hCG elevated
Heberden's nodes
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
HLA-DR3 or DR4
+nt in Neuroblastoma
Homer's syndrome
Howell-Jolly bodies
Huntington's disease
Hypersegmented neutophils
Hypertension + hypokaleinia
Hypochromic microcytosis
Increased -fetoprotein in
amniotic fluid/maternal serum
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
Jane-way lesions
Jarisch-Herxheirner reaction
Job's syndrome
Kaposi's sarcoma
Kartagener's syndrome
Kayser-Flescher rings
Keratin pearls
Kimrnelstiel-Wilson nodules
Kluver-Bucy syndrome
Koilocytes
Koplik spots
Seen in Measles
Kussmaul hyperpnea
Seen in DKA
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Li Fraurneni syndrome
Lewy bodies
Parkinson's disease
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
Mallory bodies
Mallory-Weiss syndrome
Is Esophagogastric lacerations
McArdle's disease
McBurney's sign
Pathognomonic of Appendicitis
Is Multiple sclerosis
Myxedema
Seen in hypothyroidism
Neurofibrillary tangles
Seen in Rabies
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
Occupational exposure of
asbestos
Osler's nodes
Seen in Endocarditis
Owl's eye
Painless jaundice
Parkinson's disease
Peatz-Jeghers syndrome
Is Benign polyposis
Peyronie's disease
Philadelphia chromosome
Pick bodies
Pick's disease
"Pink puffer"
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
Podocyte fusion
Polyneuropathy, cardiac
pathology, and edema
Polyneuropathy preceded by
GI or
respiratory infection
Pompe's disease
Port-wine stain
Seen in Hemangioma
Pott's disease
PSaMMoma bodies
Pseudorosettes
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
Rotor's syndrome
S3 heart sound
S4 heart sound
Schiller-Duval bodies
Senile plaques
Sezary syndrome
Sheehan's syndrome
Shwartzman reaction
Simian crease
Sipple's syndrome
Is MEN type ha
Sjogren's syndrome
Skip lesions
Slapped cheeks
Smith antigen
+nt in SLE
"Smudge cell"
+nt in CLL
Disease/Term
Definition/Feature/Seen in
T(8;14)
t(9;22)
t(14;18)
Tabes dorsalis
Tendon xanthomas
(classically +nt in
Achilles tendon)
Thumb sign on lateral xray
Disclaimer:This PPP was made in large interest of Doctors preparing for PG entrance
examination, also useful for practicing Doctors for quick brush up.
Non-medicos are not supposed to use this info for self treatment.
REFERENCE:- various medical text books/guide books/self-help
books/class notes.
This list is bound to grow in future.
All comments & suggestions are welcome.
I have taken maximum care of accuracy and tried to be precise in my best
of knowledge & kept it to the point, as I was inspired by books I read.
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