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Nick's created (for better or worse)
Arenaviridae
Found in hamsters
Found in house mice
Aseptic Meningitis
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
sun
segmented genome
Baclofen
Muscle Relaxant
GABA receptor agonist
Goodpasture
Linear deposit of Ig
Pulmonary hypertension
Mean pulmonary artery pressure 25mmHg
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Autosomal Recessive
Autosomal Dominant
Berry aneurysm
Hepatic Cysts
Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP)
Mutation in APKD 1 & 2
Hypertension
Flank pain
Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease
Autosomal Dominant
Cysts in the medulla collecting duct
Minimal Change Disease
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Children
Cytokine effacement of Podocytes
Renal Cell Carcinoma
pathology
Originates from Proximal Convoluted Tubule
Clear cells on microscopic exam
Gross pathology reveals a yellow/golden mass
Risk factors
Smoking
Von Hippel Lindau
Clinical Presentation
Triad of Hematuria, palpable mass, and flank pain
Left sided varicocele
Paraneoplast syndrome
Elevated Hematocrit
Most commonly metastasizes to lungs
treatment
Surgery for localized RCC
2 mins
Urothelial (Transitional cell) Carcinoma
Most common type of lower urinary tract cancer
Seen in older adults and associate w/ smoking
Long term Cyclophosphamide & Phenacetin use are risk factors
Flat type associated w/ early p53 mutation
Papillary type isn't associated w/ early p53 mutations
Nephritic vs Nephrotic protein
Endocarditis treatment
vancomyocin
Gentomyocin
Surgical removal if non-responsive to antibiotics
Treatment Myocarditis
NSAIDS
Alagille Syndrome
5 Major Clinical Features
Chronic Cholestasis
Stenosis of Pulmonary Artery
Butterfly Vertebral Arch Defect
Eye defects
Peculiar Hypertelic Facies
Inheritance Pattern
Autosomal Dominant
hepatic adenoma
Benign
Oral Contraceptive
Steroids
Hemorrhage
Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis
gardner's syndrome
Triple Therapy PUD
Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI)
Clarithromycin
Amoxicillin
Metronidazole
Peptic Ulcer Disease
Pendred
Hypothyroidism
Deafness
Loss of Pendrin protein
Reidel's Thyroditis
Hypothyroidism
Tracheal obstruction
Fibrosis of the thyroid
Rathke Cleft Cyst
Diabetes insipidus
Lined w/ ciliated cubodial epithelium
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