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Medical one liners 381 - 390



381. Most common leukaemia in downs syndrome - ALL

382. Leukodystrophy (Dysmyelinating disease) with amino acid metabolism disorder - Canavan disease.

383. Primary extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors - mostly found in - omentum and mesentery.

384. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) = Lou Gehrig's Disease - between the ages of 40 and 70 - affects corticospinal tracts (runs through posterior limb of internal capsule).

385. Weigert-Meyer law : (for complete duplication of renal collecting system and ureters)
  • Upper renal moiety - Hydronephrosis ; distal end in bladder offten has ureterocele
  • Lower renal moiety - shows frequent reflux (inserts ectopically - lateral and superior in bladder)
386. Psammoma body associations :
  • Papillary thyroid carcinoma
  • Mesothelioma
  • Papillary renal cell carcinoma
  • Serous papillary ovarian adenocarcinoma
  • Endometrial adenocarcinomas (papillary serous carcinoma)
  • Meningioma
387. Goldblatt kidney - constriction of the renal artery - renal ischemia - release of renin - hypertension.

388. The superior anastomotic vein or Vein of Trolard drains the superficial middle cerebral vein into  superior sagittal sinus.

389. The inferior anastomotic vein or Vein of Labbe drains the superficial middle cerebral vein into transverse sinus.

390. Chang’s sign - seen in pulmonary embolism - abrupt change in diameter of pulmonary artery.



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