One of the UW tricks

This wasn’t fare, but they did it. There is a question pointing towards Kawasaki disease, but this name wasn’t in the answers. What do they want you to know? They want you to know that Kawasaki disease is also known as Mucocutaneus Lymph Node Syndrome. This is the answer.

What I want to say is, that using alternative names and synonyms in the UW questions is not uncommon, but they usually do it for very common diseases and their synonyms. The problem is when they ask synonyms that are not very popular.

This is a short list with  some of the Most Common “also known as” for diseases,drugs, symptoms and others AKA:

1.perineal diaphragm=urogenital diaphragm
2.infundibulo pelvic ligament=suspensory ligament
3.cardinal ligament=parametrium
4.internal iliac art. and vein=hypograstric art. and vein
5.nervous bladder=unstable bladder=detrusor disinergia
6.endometriomas=chocolate cyst
7.Medroxy-Progesterone Acetate(MPA)=Provera
8.Danocrine=Danazol(testosterone derivate)
9.Leu-prolide=Lupron
10.Culdocentesis=colpotomy
11.Sexual desire=libido
12.Cystic Teratoma=Dermoid cyst(the dominant layer of the teratoma is Ectoderm, hence Dermoid)
13.BCP(birth control pills)=OCP(oral contraceptive pills)
14.Kawasaki disease=Mucocutaneus Lymph Node Syndrome
15.Measles=Morbilli=Rubeola
16.Rubella=German measles=3 day measles
17.Koplik spots–>bluish white lesions=table salt crystals
18.Human Herpes Virus 6=Roseola infantum=Sixth disease=Exanthem subitum

UPDATE:

19.Salmon patch=Nevus simplex=Stork bite=Angel’s kiss
20.Human Placental Lactogen(hPL)=Human Chorionic Somato-mammo-tropin
21.Celiac disease=Celiac sprue=Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy
22.Blind loop syndrome=Stagnant loop syndrome=Bacterial Overgrowth Syndrome
23.Zenker’s diverticulum=Pharyngoesophageal diverticulum
24.Barrium enema=Esophagogram
25.Guillain-Barre syndrome(GBS)=acute idiopathic polyneuropathy
26.Dyspepsia=Indigestion
27.Hypoxemic episodes=Tet spells(tetralogy of Fallot)
28.Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer=Lynch syndromes
29.Shy-Drager syndrome=Dysautonomia-orthostatic hypotension syndrome
30.Boerhaave syndrome=Esophageal perforation
31.Kayexalate=sodium polystyrne sulfonate
32.Percutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling (PUBS)=cordocentesis
33.Glio-Blastoma-Multiforma(the common name)=Astrocytoma grade IV
34.Glioma=Astrocytoma low grade(the common name)
35.Dactylitis=hand-foot syndrome
36.Metoclopromide=Reglan
37.Nothing by mouth=nil per os=NPO
38.TMP-SMX=Bactrim
39.Kayexalate=Sodium polystyrene sulfonate
40.initial VZV infection=chicken pox
reactivation VZV infection=shingles
41.Autistic disorder=Pervasive developmental disorder
42.Bruton’s agammaglobulinemia=X-linked agammaglobulinemia
43.Paget disease=Osteitis deformans
44.Diamond-Blackfan anemia(DBA=Congenital pure red cell aplasia
45.Vascular dementia=Multi-infarct dementia
46.Myotonic Muscular Distrophy type I=Steinert disease
Myotonic Muscular Distrophy type II=Proximal myotonic myopathy (PROMM)
47.Schistocytes=Fragmented RBCs
48.DNA repair defect=Chromosomal breaks
49.HSV retinitis=Acute retinal necrosis syndrome
50.PCOS=Stein-Leventhal syndrome
51.PPD=Mantoux test
52.Scleroderma=Systemic sclerosis
53.Wegener granulomatosis=Granulomatous vasculitis
54.Yolk sac tumor=Endodermal sinus tumor
55.Bacteril superinfection=Secondary bacterial pneumonia

UPDATE:

56.Contraction stress test=Oxytocin challenge test
57.Oxytocin=Pitocin
58.Cephalopelvic=Fetopelvic disproportion
59.Button battery=Disk shaped battery–>Tx:endoscopic removal
60.Non stress test=Fetal activity determination
61.Multiple hamartoma syndrome=Cowden syndrome
62.Erythema multiforme major=Stevens Johnsons syndrome
63.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis=Lou Gherig’s disease
64.Hepatoma=Hepatocellular carcinoma
65.Anazarka=generalized edema
66.IBS=spastic colon–>Tx with dicyclomine(anticholinergic) and other meds
67.SBO=small bowel obstruction
68.Myenteric=Auerbach’s plexus
69.Ballon dilation=Pneumatic dilation
70.Sour taste=water brash
71.sliding=axial hiatal hernia
72.paraoesophageal=rolling hiatus hernia