Pathologie I: 50 Express-Falle fur die Prufung

Description

Some 50 cases help medical students prepare for board exams. Cases, along with b&w photos and medical images, are presented on one side of the page, with explanations and diagnosis on the other, and offer insight on pathophysiology and epidemiology, physical findings, histology and test results, and prevention and treatment of various conditions. Key terms are highlighted. Case 1. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease 2. Stroke, also known as cerebral infarction and cerebrovascular accident 3. Gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett metaplasia 4. Seminoma and testicular cancer 5. Parkinson disease 6. Hyperbilirubinemia, in this case resulting from choledocholithiasis (gallstone in the common bile duct) 7. Gastric adenocarcinoma 8. Hereditary hemochromatosis 9. Astrocytoma, in this case gliblastoma multiforme 10. Paraneoplastic syndromes, in this case the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic horomone secretion 11. Goodpasture syndrome 12. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 13. Cervical carcinome 14. Deep venous thrombosis 15. Hepatocellular carcinoma 16. Myasthenia gravis 17. Renal cell carcinoma 18. Smoking and tobacco use 19. Hypertrophic cardimyopathy 20. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and thrombocytopenia (i.e, decreased platelet count) 21. Anitrypsin deficiency 22. Disseminated intravascular coagulation 23. Dermatomyositis 24. Eclampsia and preeclampsia 25. Iron-deficiency anemia 26. Asthma 27. Graves disease 28. Nephrotic syndrome 29. Sarcoidosis 30. Tumor markers 31. Skin cancer 32. Endometriosis and adenomyosis 33. Cushing syndrome 34. Fat-soluble vitamins 35. Inflammatory bowel disease 36. Rheumatoid arthritis 37. Benign ovarian teratoma (also called mature teratoma or dermoid cyst) and other ovarian germ cell tumors 38. Diabetes mellitus 39. Esophageal carcinoma 40. Intracranial hemorrhage 41. Hodgkin disease, also known as Hodgkin lymphoma 42. Congestive heart failure 43. Megaloblastic anemia, in this case caused by vitamin B12 deficiency from pernicious anemia 44. Achalasia 45. Acute myelogenous leukemia 46. Carcinoid tumor with the carcinoid syndrome 47. Psoriasis 48. Pheochromocytoma and other causes of secondary hypertension 49. Thyroid cancer, in this case the papillary subtype 50. Multiple sclerosis