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1. Argyll-Robertson Pupil:
   "Prostitute's Eye" - accommodates but does not react, pathognomonic of 3ry syphilis.
   

2. Felty's Syndrome:
   Felty's syndrome is the arthritis in which the spleen can be felty!
   
   

3. Causes of Acute pancreatitis
   GET SMASH'D
   Gallstones, Ethanol, Trauma, Steroids, Mumps, Autoimmune(PAN), Scorpion bites, Hyperlipidemia, Drugs(azathioprine, diuretics)
   
   

4. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
   Each of the MENs is a disease of three or two letters plus a feature.
   "MEN I" is a disease of the three Ps plus a feature.
   (pituitary, parathyroid and pancreas)
   plus adrenal cortex.
   "MEN II " is a disease of the two Cs plus a feature. 
   (carcinoma of the thyroid and catacholamines [pheochromocytoma]) plus parathyroid for MEN IIa or mucocutaneous neuromas for MEN IIb (aka MEN III).
   
   

5. post-operative fever
   The five W's--post-operative fever
   Wind--pneumonia, atelectasis
   Water--urinary tract infection
   Wound--wound infections
   Wonderdrugs--especially anesthesia
   Walking--walking can help reduce deep vein thromboses and pulmonary embolus
   
   

6. classification of hypersensitivity reactions (Gell & Goombs)
   ACID
   Type I Anaphylaxis
   Type II Cytotoxic-mediated
   Type III Immune-complex
   Type IV Delayed hypersensitivity
   
   

7. WBC Count:
   "Nobody Likes My Educational Background"
   "60, 30, 6, 3, 1"
   Neutrophils 60%
   Lymphocytes 30%
   Monocytes 6%
   Eosinophils 3%
   Basophils 1:
   
   

8. Causes of pancytopenia:
   "All my blood has taken some poison"
   Aplastic anemias
   Megaloblastic anemias
   Bone marrow infiltration
   Hypersplenism
   TB
   SLE
   Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
                   Submitted by Dr. Tristan W Graham MB BS (UK).

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