MOST COMMON SHIT

1. Basal cell carcinoma

Most common malignant tumor of the eyelid

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2nd MC: Sebaceous gland carcinoma

Most common intraocular malignancy of adults
Most common primary intraocular malignancy of adults
Most common primary intraocular neoplasm in children
Most common fungal infection in the oral cavity
Most common disease of the larynx
Most common form of sinonasal papilloma
Most common neoplasm of the salivary gland (benign)

Metastasis to uvea
Melanoma
Retinoblastoma
Oral candidiasis
Laryngitis
Septal
Pleomorphic adenoma

9. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
10. Mucocoele
11. Irritation fibroma
12. Undifferentiated Squamous cell

2nd MC: Whartons tumor (benign)

Most common primary malignant tumor of the salivary gland
Most common type of inflammatory lesion in the salivary gland
Most common fibrous proliferative lesion in the oral cavity
Most radiosensitive pattern of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

carcinoma
13. Chronic lymphocytic

Most indolent type of leukemia

leukemia/Small lymphocytic
lymphoma
14. Trauma to long bones
15. Pulmonary embolism
16. Systemic embolism
17. Thromboembolism
18. Deep calf vein
19. Thrombotic or embolic arterial

Most common cause of fat embolism

95% arise from thrombi of large deep vein of lower extremities
80-85% arise from thrombi in the heart
Most common type of embolism
Most common site of phlebothrombosis
Most common cause of infarction

occlusion
20. Von Willebrands disease
21. Giant cell arteries
22. Capillary hemangioma
23. Myxoma
24. Subendocardium
25. Rhabdomyoma
26. Sarcoma
27. Viral
28. Atrial septal defect
29. Ostium secundum
30. Ventricular septal defect
31. Prematurity
32. Tetralogy of Fallot
33. Dilated cardiomyopathy
34. CHF
35. Arrhythmia
36. Coronary atherosclerosis
37. Pulmonary valve stenosis
38. Hypertension
39. Saddle Embolism
40. Pulmonary thromboembolism
41. Mitral valve
42. Pre-ductal type of aortic

Most common congenital bleeding disorder

Most common type vasculities
Most common variant of hemangioma
Most common cardiac tumor (Left atrium>RA)
Most common site of lipoma in the heart
Most common primary tumor in infants and children (ventricles)
Most common primary malignant of the heart (RA>LA>RV>LV)
Most common cause of myocarditis
Most common CHD in adults
Most common type of ASD (septum primum)
Most common congenital heart defect
Most common predisposing factor in PDA
Most common form of cyanotic congenital heart disease
Most common type of cardiomyopathy
Most common cause of death of untreated HPN
Most common complication of MI
Most pathogenic mechanism of ALL MI
Major cause of right-sided heart failure
Major cause of left-sided heart failure
Most common cause of sudden death in Cor Pulmonale
Most serious sequelae of venous thrombosis
Most common severely affected valve in chronic RHD
Most important form of obstructive congenital heart disease

coarctation

whereby there is associated PDA, RVH, and pulmonary trunk

43. Endothelial injury

dilatation
Most important factor involved in the pathogenesis of cardiac

44. Calcific aortic stenosis

45. Stasis
46. Kaposis Sarcoma
47. Homogenous
48. Thymic hyperplasia

and arterial thrombosis

Most common degenerative valvular disease leading to CHF
Most important factor in the pathogenesis of venous thrombosis
Most common type of malignancy seen in patient with AIDS
Most common and LEAST specific ANA pattern
Most common histologic finding in the thymus in cases of

49. Pneumocytis jirovecii pneumonia

50. Vertebra
51. Lymphocyte depletion
52. Lymphocyte predominance
53. Nodular sclerosis
54. Thrombocytopenia
55. M2

myasthenia gravis
Most common cause of death in AIDS
Bone most commonly involved in multiple myeloma
Worst prognosis type of Hodgkin lymphoma
Best prognosis type of HL
Most common histologic type of HL
Most common hematologic manifestation of HIV infection
Most common type of AML

56. Drug toxicity

57. Bronchogenic CA
58. Adenocarcinoma
59. Small cell carcinoma

Most
Most
Most
Most

common cause of agranulocytosis

common primary tumor of the lungs (95%)
common tumor of the lungs in non-smokers and in women
aggressive tumor in the lungs

60. Cough
61. Adrenal gland
62. Lympahtics

Most
Most
Most
Most

commonly associated with ACTH production

common symptom of lung malignancy (75%)
common site of metastasis of lung tumor
common initial pathway of spread of squamous cell

63. Metastatic tumors

64. Streptococcus pneumonia
65. Haemophilus pneumonia
66. Mycoplasma
67. Acute alcoholism
68. Pleural plaques
69. Malignant mesothelioma

carcinoma (hilar)
Most common malignant tumor in the lungs
Most common cause of CAP
Most common bacterial cause of acute exacerbation COPD
Most common cause of atypical pneumonia
Single most common condition predisposing to lung abscess
Most common manifestation of abscess exposure
Most common malignant tumor associated with chronic asbestos

70. Pain
71. Metastasis
72. Fibroadenoma
73. DCIS
74. Invasive ductal carcinoma

exposure
Most common breast symptom
Most reliable criterion of malignancy
Most common benign of the female breast
Most common non-invasive carcinoma of the breast
Most common invasive carcinoma of the breast, WORST

75. Upper outer quadrant

76. Insulinoma
77. Antrum
78. Lesser curvature
79. Middle third
80. Squamous cell carcinoma

prognosis
Most common
Most common
Most common
Most common
Most common
Most common

81. Helicobacter pylori

82. Autoimmune gastritis
83. Adenocarcinoma
84. Adenocarcinoma of the colon
85. Adhesions
86. HCV
87. Intrahepatic
88. Chronic persistent hepatitis
89. Viral-induced
90. Metastatic CA
91. Hepatoblastoma
92. HCC
93. Cavernous hemangioma
94. Phyrygian cap
95. Cholesterol stones
96. Pancreas divisum
97. Distal esophagus

Highest frequency of p53 mutations

Most common cause of chronic gastritis
Most common cause of atrophic gastritis
Most common malignancy of the stomach
Most common malignancy of the GIT
Most common type of intestinal obstruction
Most common cause of chronic viral hepatitis
Major common cause of portal hypertension
Most benign type of hepatitis
Most predisposing factor of hepatocellular CA
Most common neoplasm in the liver
Most common liver tumor of young childhood
Most common primary hepatic malignant tumor
Most common benign liver tumor
Most common anomaly of the gallbladder
80% of gallstone
Most common congenital anomaly of the pancreas
Most common site of esophageal carcinoma of the

98. Cirrhosis
99. Steatorrhea
100. Carcinoid
101. Zone 3
102. Prolactonemia
103. ACTH secreting pituitary
104. Graves disease
105. Renal failure
106. Diffuse proliferative
107. ANA
108. Congo red stain

adenocarcinoma type
Most common cause of esophageal varicies
Most prominent symptom of malabsorption syndrome
Most common tumor in the appendix
Zone most vulnerable to ischemia (liver)
Most common functioning pituitary adenoma
Most common cause of endogenous form of Cushing syndrome
Most common cause endogenous hyperthyroidism
Most common cause of death of SLE
Most common and most severe form of SLE nephritis
Best screening test for SLE
Most common test used to establish the diagnosis of systemic

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Chemilluminescence

Amyloidosis
Gold standard in the determination of low concentration

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Precipitation Immunoassay
Autoimmune hypothyrodisim

analytes, hormones, and tumor markers

Most common and least specific type of immunoassay
Most common cause of hypothyroidism in iodine-sufficient areas

(Hashimoto thyroiditis)
112. De Quervain thyroiditis
113. Autoimmune adrenalitis

site of breast cancer

islet tumor
location of gastric ulcer
location of gastric carcinoma
location of esophageal carcinoma
type of cancer in the esophagus

of the world
Most common cause of thyroid pain
Most common cause of primary chronic adrenocortical

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TSH
Parathyroidism adenoma
Exogenous glucocorticoid
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Sheenans syndrome

insufficiency
Most useful single screening test for hyper and hypothyroidism
Most common cause of hyperparathyroidism
Most common cause of Cushing syndrome
Most common manifestation of MEN 1
Most common form of clinically significant ischemic necrosis of

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Papillary carcinoma
Endometrial CA
Cervical CA
Mature teratoma
Serous cystadenocarcinoma
Urothelial tumor
Cigarette smoking
Struvite (magnesium

anterior pituitary
Most common thyroid malignancy (65%)
Most common type of cancer of the FGT by incidence worldwide
Most common type of cancer in the FGT in the Philippines
Most common primary benign neoplasm of the ovary
Most common primary malignant neoplasm of the ovary
90% of bladder tumor
Most important risk factor for urinary bladder carcinoma
Largest stone in the urinary tract

ammonium phosphate)
127. Lung
128. Lung Carcinoma

Most common site of metastasis of renal cell CA

Most common cause of death due to cancer in both men and

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women
Most prominent manifestation of bladder cancer
Most common renal calculi
Most common histologic type of renal cell carcinoma
Most common cause of hydronephrosis in infants and children

Painless hematuria
Calcium oxalate stone
Clear cell CA
Ureteropelvic junction

obstruction
133. Horseshoe kidney
134. Vertebrae
135. Wide osteoid seams
136. Osteosarcoma

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Osteochondroma
Metastatic tumor
Achondroplasia
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteoarthritis
Lipoma
Multiple myeloma
AV malformation
Putamen
Astrocyte
Cerebral hemisphere
Squamous cell carcinoma
Bone
Hydrocele
Leiomyoma
Testicular lymphoma

exculsive of myeloma and lymphoma

Most common benign bone tumor
Most common form of skeletal tumor
Most common disease of the growth plate
Most common inherited disorder of connective tissue
Most common type of joint disease
Most common soft tissue tumor of adulthood
Most common malignant tumor
Most common type of vascular malformation of the brain
Most common site of hypertensive hemorrhage
Majority of primary brain neoplasm arise from this
Most common site of primary neoplasm in adults
Most common histologic type of penile cancer
Most common site of metastasis of prostate cancer
Most common cause of scrotal swelling
Most common benign tumor of the esophagus
Most common form of testicular cancer in males more than 60

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Peripheral zone
Hypertensive cerebrovascular

years old
Most common site of prostatic IN
Most common cause of non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage

common
common
common
common

type of congenital anomaly of the kidney

site of compression fracture
histologic feature of osteomalacia
primary malignant tumor in 15-25 years old

disease
155. Lipoma
156. Rhabdomyosarcoma

Most common soft tissue tumor in adults

Most common soft tissue malignancy in childhood and

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Acute kidney injury

Atherosclerosis and HPN
HPN

adolescence
Most common cause of ARF
Two most important disorders that predispose to aortic aneurysm
Most common condition associated with aneurysm of the

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Abdominal Aorta
Cystic Medial Necrosis
Left-sided heart failure
Ischemic heart disease

ascending aorta
Most common site for arteriosclerotic aneurysm
Most frequent histologically detectable lesion in aortic dissection
Most common cause of right-sided heart failure
Most common cause of cardiac death in the various heart

Embolization from a mural

diseases
Most common cause of myocardial infarction

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thrombi
165. MI
166. LAD coronary artery
167. Leiomyoma

Most important form of IHD

Most common artery involved in MI
Most common neoplasm in women

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Intramural
Follicular cyst
Seminoma
Yolk sac tumor
Chronic abacterial prostatitis
Prostatic carcinoma
Accident

Most
Most
Most
Most
Most
Most
Most

common location of myoma

common physiologic cyst of the ovary
common GCT
common testicular tumor in children up tot 3 years old
common form of prostatitis
cancer in males
common cause of death for the age range 1-4 years old

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Congenital anomaly

and 5-14 years old

Most common cause of neonatal mortality

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Neuroblastoma
Tobacco
Liver and Heart
Liver
Appendicitis
ABO incompatibility

2nd MC: Prematurity

Most common abdominal tumor in children
Most common exogenous cause of human cancer
Most common site of fatty change
Least common organ to develop an infarct
Most common site of origination for carcinoid tumors
Most common cause of Erythroblastosis Fetalis

Proto-oncogenes

Most common cellular genes that can become activated to

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Macrophage
Spleen

become cancer causing oncogenes

Most important cell in the development of a granuloma
Most common site of medullary hematopoiesis in

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Translocation

Myeloproliferative diseases
Most common chromosomal abnormality found in lymphoid and

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Aseptic Meningitis
Cytomegalovirus
Dysphagia
at/near tracheal bifurcation
upper third of the esophagus
h-type
upper/proximal esophagus
primary achalasia
axial/sliding hernia/pulsion type
Barretts Esophagus

myeloid neoplasm
Most common extra salivary gland complication of mumps
Most common opportunistic viral pathogen in AIDS
Most common pathology of the esophagus
MC site of atresia/agenesis of the esophagus
MC site of ectopic tissue rests
MC type of fistula
MC site of esophageal webs and rings
MC type of achalasia
MC anatomic pattern of hiatal hernia
Single most important risk factor for esophageal

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liver cirrhosis/alcoholic liver

adenocarcinoma
MC of esophageal varices

cirrhosis
198. helicobacter pylori infection
199. immunologic /autoimmune

MCC of chronic gastritis

2nd MCC of chronic gastritis

gastritis
200. immunologic/autoimmune

MCC of acute gastritis a

gastritis
201. gastric carcinoma
202. environmental
203. sporadic
204. stomach
205. rectum and sigmoid
206. arterial thrombosis
207. hemorrhoids
208. necrotizing enterocolitis
209. chronic diarrhea
210. steatorrhea
211. left side of colon
212. distended macrophages in

MC malignancy of the stomach

Most important pathogenesis in gastric malignancies
MC form of gastric lymphoma
MC site for extranodal lymphoma
MC involved locations of Hirschsprungs disease
Most serious predisposing factor for Ischemic Bowel Disease
MCC of lower GI bleeding
MC acquired GI emergency in neonates
MC clinical presentation of Malabsorption
Hallmark of malabsorption
MC segment location of colonic diverticulosis
Hallmark of Whipples Disease

lamina propria
213. caput medusa
214. fatigue
215. alpha1 antitrypsin
216. K-ras gene

Clinical landmark of portal hypertension

MC symptom of chronic hepatitis
MC diagnosed genetic liver disease in infants and children
Most frequently altered oncogene associated with pancreatic

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carcinoma
MC presentation of Wilsons disease

acute or chronic liver disease

By Stef and Sofie (^.^)