Addison’s Disease
Primary adrenocortical deficiency
Addisonian Anemia
Pernicious anemia (antibodies to intrinsic factor or parietal cells → ↓IF → ↓Vit B12 → megaloblastic anemia)
Albright’s Syndrome
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, precocious puberty, café au lait spots, short stature, young girls
Alport’s Syndrome
Hereditary nephritis with nerve deafness
Alzheimer’s
Progressive dementia
Argyll-Robertson Pupil
Arnold-Chiari Malformation
Cerebellar tonsil herniation through foramen magnum = see thoracolumbar meningomyelocele
Barrett’s
Columnar metaplasia of lower esophagus (↑ risk of adenocarcinoma)- constant gastroesophageal reflux
Bartter’s Syndrome
Hyperreninemia
Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy
Similar to Duchenne, but less severe (mutation, not a deficiency, in dystrophin protein
Bell’s Palsy
CN VII palsy (entire face; recall that UMN lesion only affects lower face)
Berger’s Disease
IgA nephropathy causing hematuria in kids, usually following infection
Bernard-Soulier Disease
Defect in platelet adhesion (abnormally large platelets & lack of platelet-surface glycoprotein)
Berry Aneurysm
Bowen’s Disease
Carcinoma in situ on shaft of penis (↑ risk of visceral ca) [compare w/ Queyrat]
Brill-Zinsser Disease
Recurrences of rickettsia prowazaki up to 50 years later
Briquet’s Syndrome
- Psychological: multiple physical complaints without physical pathology
Broca’s Aphasia
Motor Aphasia (area 44 & 45) intact comprehension
Brown-Sequard
Hemisection of cord (contralateral loss of pain & temp / ipsilateral loss of fine touch, UMN / ipsilateral loss of conscious propioception)
Bruton’s Disease
X-linked agammaglobinemia (↓ B cells)
Budd-Chiari
Post-hepatic venous thrombosis = abdominal pain; hepatomegaly; ascites; portal HTN; liver failure
Buerger’s Disease
Burkitt’s Lymphoma
Caisson Disease
Nitric gas emboli