| Hepatomegaly: 3 common causes, 3 rarer causes |
| Common are 3 C's: |
| Inflammatory Bowel Disease: which has cobblestones |
| Crohn's has Cobblestones on endoscopy. |
| PKU findings |
| PKU: |
| Haemochromatosis definition, classic triad |
| "Iron man triathalon": |
| Ulcerative colitis: features |
| ULCERATIONS: |
| Peptic ulcer: associated causative factors |
| SHAZAM: |
| Carcinoid syndrome: components |
| CARCinoid: |
| Gallstones/cholecystitis: risk factors |
| 5 F's: |
| Kwashiorkor: distinguishing from Marasmus |
| FLAME: |
| Oral cancer risks |
| PATH LAB: |
| Pancreatitis: causes |
| PANCREATITIS: |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma: aetiology, features |
| ABC: |
| Pancreatitis: causes |
| BAD S#!T: |
| IBD: extraintestinal manifestations |
| "Left intestine to sail the SEAS of the rest of the body": |
| Achalasia: 1 possible cause, 1 treatment |
| aCHAlasia: |
| Colon cancer: risk factors |
| HULA: |
| Colon carcinoma: aeitiology |
| CRAPS: |
| Takayasu's disease is Pulseless disease |
| "Can't Tak'a ya pulse" (Can't take your pulse): |
| Acute ischemia: signs [especially limbs] |
| 6 P's: |
| Hypertension: secondary hypertension causes |
| CHAPS: |
| MI: sequence of elevated enzymes after MI |
| "C-AST-Le" (castle): |
| Atherosclerosis risk factors |
| "You're a SAD BET with these risk factors": |
| Atherosclerosis risk factors |
| SHIFT MAID: |
| Thrombus: possible fates |
| DOPE: |
| MI: sequence of elevated enzymes after MI |
| "Time to CALL 911": |
| Blood disorders: commoner sex |
| HE (male) gets: |
| Deep venous thrombosis: genetic causes |
| ALASCA: |
| Buerger's disease features |
| "burger SCRAPS": |
| Deep venous thrombosis: diagnosis |
| DVT: |
| Virchow's triad (venous thrombosis) |
| "VIRchow": |
| Kawasaki disease: features |
| Disease name: a Kawasaki motorcycle. |
| Von Hippel-Lindau: signs and symptoms |
| HIPPEL: |
| Heart failure causes |
| "HEART MAy DIE": |
| Anemia causes (simplified) |
| ANEMIA: |
| Pick's disease: location, action, epidemiology |
| · See figure. |
| Pericarditis: findings |
| PERICarditis: |
| Fat embolism: findings |
| "Fat, Bat, Fract": |
| Hemolytic anemia types |
| SHEEP T!T: |
| Disseminated Intravascular Cogulation: causes |
| DIC: |
| Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: signs |
| FAT RN: |
| Kawasaki disease: diagnostic criteria |
| CHILD: |
| Protein C, Protein S: function |
| C and S are: |
| Aneurysm types |
| MAD SCAB: |
| Kawasaki's disease: features |
| FEAR ME: |
| MI: complications |
| "LEAP on the MAP": |
| Portal hypertension: features |
| ABCDE: |
| Anemia (normocytic): causes |
| ABCD: |
| TTP: clinical features |
| Thrombosis and thrombocytopenia PARTNER together: |
| Macrocytic anaemia: differential |
| FAT RBC: |
| MI: post-MI complications |
| ACT RAPID: |
| Cardiovascular risk factors |
| FLASH BODIES: |
| Cardiovascular risk factors (Framingham) |
| FRAMINGHAM: |
endocrine
| Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) subtype classification |
| Each subtype has 2 or 3 causes, plus something 1 or 2 more items. |
| Hypercalcemia: symptoms of elevated serum levels |
| "Bones, Stones, Groans, Moans": |
| Pheochromocytoma: 3 most common symptoms |
| "PHEochromocytoma": |
| Thyroid carcinoma: features, prognosis of most popular |
| Most Popular is Papillary. |
| Thyroid storm characteristics |
| "Storm HITS girls cAMP": |
| Hypothyroidism/thyroiditis: maifestations and morphology |
| "A SCHISM among the Axis during WWII": |
| Cushing syndrome |
| CUSHING: |
| Calcification: metastatic vs. dystrophic |
| Metastatic: Metabolism imbalance. |
| MEN I (Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia) syndrome: components |
| "Please Please Pay Attention To peptic ulceration, you worms": |
| Addison's disease: features |
| ADDISON: |
| Multiple endocrine neoplasia III: components |
| MEN III is a disease of 3 M's: |
| Thyrotoxicosis syndrome: signs and symptoms |
| "A Penny For Every Symptom That Hyperthyroidism Will Make Grossly Evident": |
| Goitre: differential |
| GOITRE: |
| Adrenal disorders: Cushing's vs Addison's |
| Cushing: is Gushing cortisol. |
| Pheochromocytoma: common symptoms |
| 5 P's: |
| Phaeochromocytoma: diagnositc rule |
| · Rule of 10's: |
| Hirsutism vs. virilism |
| Hirsutism: Hair on body like a male. |
| Thyroid carcinoma: frequency |
| "Please Feel My A$$": |
| Diabetes: short list of complications |
| SHAKE: |
| Lichen planus characteristics |
| Planus has 4 P's: |
| Diabetic ketoacidosis: I vs. II |
| ketONE bodies are seen in type ONE diabetes. |
| Baldness risk factors |
| "Daddy Doesn't Deny Getting Hair Implants": |
| Melanoma vs. basal cell, squamous cell carcinoma: metastatic ability |
| MElanoma is more likely to |
| Gout: factors that can precipitate an attack of acute gouty arthritis |
| DARK: |
| Renal failure: causes |
| AVID GUT: |
| Calculi: types |
| CAlCUli: |
| Gout vs. pseudogout: crystal lab findings |
| Pseduogout crystals are: |
| APKD: signs, complications, accelerators |
| 11 B's: |
| Barter's syndrome: pathogenesis, major sign |
| Barter: "In exchange for giving away Na+,K+,Cl-, you can drop the blood pressure". |
| Renal failure (chronic): consequences |
| ABCDEFG: |
| Nephrotic syndrome: hallmark findings |
| "Protein LEAC": |
| Gout: major features |
| GOUT: |
| Hematuria: urethral causes |
| NUTS: |
| Gout: factors that can precipitate an attack of acute gouty arthritis |
| DARK: |
| Renal failure: causes |
| AVID GUT: |
| Calculi: types |
| CAlCUli: |
| Gout vs. pseudogout: crystal lab findings |
| Pseduogout crystals are: |
| APKD: signs, complications, accelerators |
| 11 B's: |
| Barter's syndrome: pathogenesis, major sign |
| Barter: "In exchange for giving away Na+,K+,Cl-, you can drop the blood pressure". |
| Renal failure (chronic): consequences |
| ABCDEFG: |
| Nephrotic syndrome: hallmark findings |
| "Protein LEAC": |
| Gout: major features |
| GOUT: |
| Hematuria: urethral causes |
| NUTS: |
| Hodgkin's lymphoma classification |
| A: Asymptomatic |
| Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: symptom triad |
| "PET WASP": |
| Sarcoidosis summarized |
| SARCOIDOISIS: |
| Apoptosis vs. necrosis |
| "LIFELESS" (since cells are dead): |
| Leukemias: acute vs. chronic rules of thumb |
| ABCDE: |
| Hypersplenism: criteria |
| "Hyper Splenism Ravages Cells": |
| Anemia: TIBC finding to differentiate iron deficiency vs. chronic disease |
| TIBC levels at the: |
| Microcytic anemia: causes |
| "Find Those Small Cells": |
| Megaloblastic anemia: vitamin B12 deficiency vs. folate deficiency |
| Vitamin B12 deficiency also affects Brain (optic neuropathy, subacute combined degeneration, paresthesia). |
| Symptoms of TTP/HUS |
| "Nasty Fever Ruined My Tubes": |
| Hemophilia: type A factor |
| Hemophilia A: problems with VIII factor (number V as an inverted A). |
| Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: symptom triad |
| WASTER: |
| Macrocytosis: Non-B12/folate causes |
| ALPHA NERD: |
| Duchenne vs. Becker Muscular Dystrophy |
| Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) : Doesn't Make Dystrophin. |
| McArdle's syndrome |
| MCARDLES: |
Nervous system
| Wernicke-Korsakoff triad |
| Syndrome in alchoholics, who love to "drink CANs of beer": |
| Wernicke-Korsakoff's psychosis: findings |
| COAT RACK: |
| Parkinsonism: essential features |
| TRAPS: |
| Tabes Dorsalis morphology |
| DORSALIS: |
| Pyrogenic meningitis: likeliest bug in age group |
| "Explaining Hot Neck Stiffness": |
| Parkinson's disease: symptoms |
| PQRST: |
| Neuroblastoma: features |
| N-MYC: |
| Lou Gehrig's is both upper and lower motor neuron signs |
| LoU = Lower & Upper. |
| Dandy-Walker syndrome: components |
| "Dandy Walker Syndrome": |
| Cerebral palsy: general features |
| PALSY: |
| Multiple sclerosis (MS): pathology |
| MS attacks the Myelin Sheath, resulting in plaques. |
| Alzheimer's disease: features |
| RONALD (Ronald Reagan, a famous victim): |
| Pick's disease: features |
| PICK: |
| Alzheimer's disease (AD): associations, findings |
| AD: |
| Wernickes encephalopathy: components |
| WACO: |
Other
| Necrosis: the 4 types |
| "Life Can Get Complicated": |
| Turner syndrome: components |
| CLOWNS: |
| Fragile-X syndrome: features |
| DSM-4: |
| Whipple's disease: full features |
| WHIPPLES: |
| CREST sydrome: components |
| CREST: |
| Edwards' syndrome: characteristics |
| EDWARDS: |
| Fragile X syndrome: features |
| FEMALES |
| Kawasaki Disease Criteria |
| "Be careful when riding a Kawasaki motorcycle, you might get CREAMed. |
| Neurofibromatoses: chromosome mutation locations in von Reckinghausen (type I) vs. type II |
| "von Recklinghausen" has 17 letters and is due to a mutation on chromosome 17. |
Pulmonary
| Pulmonary embolism: risk factors |
| TOM SCHREPFER: |
| Respiratory distress syndrome in infants: major risk factors |
| PCD (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia, a cause of Respiratory distress syndrome): |
| Emphysema: types, most important feature of each |
| "Cigarettes Is Primary Problem": |
| COPD: 4 types and hallmark |
| ABCDE: |
| Lung cancer: presentation |
| ABCDE: |
| Interstitial lung disease: causes |
| SARCOIDI: |
| Bronchial obstruction: consequences |
| APPLE BABE: |
| Nasopharyngeal malignant cancers |
| NASOPharyngeal: |
| TB: features |
| TB is characterised by 4 C's: |
| Pancoast tumor: relationship with Horner's syndrome |
| "Horner has a MAP of the Coast": |
| Pulmonary fibrosis: differential of both upper and lower lobes |
| BREAST SCAR: |
| Pulmonary embolism: risk factors |
| 7 H's: |
| Pneumothorax: presentation |
| P-THORAX: |
| COPD: blue bloater vs. pink puffer diseases |
| emPhysema has letter P (and not B) so Pink Puffer. |
| Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): causes |
| ARDS: |
reproductive
| Breast cancer: risk assessment |
| "Risk can be assessed by History ALONE": |
| Endometrial carcinoma: risk factors |
| ENDOMET: |
| Polycystic ovary: morphology, presentation |
| · Morphology is poly-C: |
| Herpes I and II: lab findings. |
| She's an odd chick: whenever she's in a restaurant, she always orders Her Peas and Cow dry. |
| Gynecomastia: causes |
| DaLAS: |
| Scrotum masses |
| SHOVE IT: |
| Ovarian cancers: important types, by WHO classification |
| · Surface: |
| Endometrial carcinoma: risk factors |
| HONDA: |
| Polycystic ovarian disease: clinical features |
| OHIO: |
Skeletal
| Paget's disease of bone: signs and symptoms |
| Four L's: |
| Carcinomas having tendency to metastasize to bone |
| "Particular Tumours Love Killing Bone": |
| Rheumatoid arthritis: features |
| RHEUMATOID: |
| Marble bone disease: signs and symptoms |
| MARBLES: |
| Histiocytosis X: hallmark finding |
| "Birbeck's rackets is X": |
| Seronegative spondyloarthopathy: diseases |
| RAPE: |
| Osteomalacia: features |
| "Vit-D deficiency in ADULT": |
| Osteosarcoma: features |
| PEARL HARBOR: |
| Osteomyelitis: complications |
| FIBRES: |
