What is the most popular buzzword ever?

[NebelDO]

just wanted to see what people think is the most classical one seen. i know that the tests try to avoid them now but wanted to see what people think..

My fav is the classical "winged scapula"....

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[Daiphon]

"prostitute's eye" (argyll-robinson pupil - accomodates but doesn't react)

dysentery + pet turtle = salmonella

 

[FrankMD]

Kimmelsteil-Wilson disease(diabetic glomerulosclerosis)

Howell-Jolly Bodies(Sickle cell pts with functional splenectomy, and asplenic pts)

 

[Yosh]

"Starry Sky" is also in Robbins...
I had a friend pimp me the day before Step 1 and I was like...

WHAT????

....but its in there....

 

[drchris33]

Lisch nodules--Neurofibromatosis
Lesion crossing soles and palm creases--secondary syphilis
Painless chancre--primary syphilis
Gram neg diplococci--Neisseria

Can you tell I am in Reproductive right now??

-C

 

[hermione]

punched out lesions=multiple myeloma
chloramphenicol=gray baby
stained teeth=tetracycline
redman=vancomycin

By the way...I've def. heard of starry sky for Burkitts, but what exactly does it refer to? Its one of those things that I automatically associate in my head without really understanding it!

 

[Idiopathic]

I think it just refers to the pattern of the cells upon staining. They appear to be well-stained cells with large clear areas around them, sort of like isolated cells in a "sky" of sorts. I think that is as technical as it needs to be,

 

[Idiopathic]

Originally posted by The Pill Counter
Along the lines of the above poster: Virchow's node (Sentinel node, Troisier's node) - in the left supraclavicular fossa, sign of gastric malignancy.

true, "left" supraclavicular = gastric, while "right" supraclavicular is metastasis from lungs (would be easier if left was from lungs, but oh well...)

 

[MCG]

Originally posted by hermione
punched out lesions=multiple myeloma
chloramphenicol=gray baby
stained teeth=tetracycline
redman=vancomycin

By the way...I've def. heard of starry sky for Burkitts, but what exactly does it refer to? Its one of those things that I automatically associate in my head without really understanding it!

I read that the starry sky is from the macs cleaning up cellular debris that appears as clear holes on stains surrounded by other lymphs. damn, maybe BSS is too detailed.

 

[Zummy]

I think "winged scapula" is up there on popularity- or maybe it's just one of the first 'buzzwords' they begin drilling into our heads so it's quite memorable. Anyhoo, here's a few that come to mind (albeit not the most popular):

"Nutmeg liver" Rt. sided heart failure

"Double bubble" sign on x-ray and "Brushfield spots" Trisomy 21

"Bloody tap on lumbar puncture" Subarachnoid hemorrhage

"Lucid interval" Epidural hematoma

"Streak ovaries" Turner's syndrome

"Signet ring cells" Gastric carcinoma

"Keratin pearls" Squamous cell carcinoma

"Notching of ribs" on x-ray Coarctation of aorta

"Flea Bitten kidneys" Postinfectious Glomerularnephritis (although i believe its also seen in malignant hypertension)

"basophilic stippling (in poisoning): lead poisoning

"Mallory Weiss tears" -esophagus of chronic alcoholics

"onion skinning" in renal arterioles: malignant hypertension


Now some micro...(not exactly buzz-words, but what the hay):

"Cherry-red epiglottis" in drooling child? H. influenza

"swollen, subcutan lesion/s from being stuck with thorny plant"/"cigar shaped yeast: Sporothrix schencki

"blue-green pus of burned tissue w/sweet grapelike odor"
pseudomonas aeruginosa

"red, currant jelly sputum" Klebsiella pneumoniae

"bird-cage cleaner w/ pneumonia" chlamydia psittaci

"janeway lesions" bacterial endocarditis

 

[Zummy]

oh yeah, a favorite:

rose spots on abdomen: salmonella

 

[rxfudd]

Eating home-canned vegetables...

 

[Zummy]

botulinum?

how about re-heated rice?

 

[souljah1]

Bacillus cereus

 

[Yosh]

This thread is great....

Please keep 'em coming...

 

[Reed Sternberg]

Originally posted by Yosh
This thread is great....

Please keep 'em coming...

"owl's eye" and "orphan annie nuclei" are in my top 10

 

[Zummy]

I wonder why that might be?

 

[Idiopathic]

Originally posted by Reed Sternberg
"orphan annie nuclei"

Papillary CA of the thyroid...cause "orphan annie always wanted a 'pappy'"



how about: "punched-out lesions"

 

[realruby2000]

herpes esophagitis. It can be somthing else too i think...i think also a peptic ulcer...

new one:

"signet ring cells"

 

[Idiopathic]

"signet ring cells" are metastatic gastric CA, "punched out lesions" should actually be multiple myeloma.

 

[GiJoe]

Originally posted by Idiopathic
"signet ring cells" are metastatic gastric CA, "punched out lesions" should actually be multiple myeloma.

I think it would depend on the context. Punched out lesions on xray is multiple myeloma. punched out lesions according to webpath can be seen in herpes infection in the esophagus gross.

 

[souljah1]

owl's eye = CMV intracellular hyaline body

 

[Idiopathic]

Originally posted by GiJoe
I think it would depend on the context. Punched out lesions on xray is multiple myeloma. punched out lesions according to webpath can be seen in herpes infection in the esophagus gross.

As far as a 'buzzword' though, I would always think MM with.

 

[phllystyl]

Originally posted by Idiopathic
As far as a 'buzzword' though, I would always think MM with.

Even if the punched-out lesions were discovered on endoscopy?

 

[jmattwilson]

Buffalo Hump
Strawberry GB
Nutmeg Liver
REED-STERNBERG CELL!!!!!!

 

[souljah1]

Originally posted by jmattwilson
Buffalo Hump
Strawberry GB
Nutmeg Liver
REED-STERNBERG CELL!!!!!!

1. lipodystrophy
2. cholesterolosis of the gallbladder (benign/asymptomatic)
3. right-sided heart failure
4. hodgkin's lymphoma


How about:

Bouchard's nodes?
Lines of Zahn?
pseudopalisading nuclei?