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1. Basal Cell carcinoma most common malignant tumor of the eyelid

nd
Sebaceous gland carcinoma – 2 most common
2. Metastasis to uvea most common intraocular malignancy of adults
3. Melanoma Most common primary intraocular malignancy of adults
4. Retinoblastoma Most common primary intraocular neoplasm in children
5. Oral Candidiasis Most common fungal infection in the oral cavity
6. Laryngitis Most common disease of the larynx
7. Septal Most common form of sinonasal papilloma
8. Pleomorphic adenoma Most common neoplasm of the salivary gland (benign)
nd
Warthin’s tumor – 2 most common (benign)
9. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma Most common primary malignant tumor of the salivary gland
10. Mucocoele Most common type of inflammatory lesion in the salivary gland
11. Irritation fibroma Most common fibrous proliferative lesion in the oral cavity
12. Undifferentiated SqCC Most radiosensitive pattern of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
13. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/Small Most indolent type of leukemia
lymphocytic lymphoma
14. Pulmonary embolism 95% arise from thrombi of large deep veins of lower extremities
15. Systemic embolism 80-85% arise from thrombi in the heart
16. Thromboembolism Most common type of embolism
17. Deep calf vein Most common site of phlebothrombosis
18. Thrombotic or embolic arterial Most common cause of infarction
occlusion
19. Von Willebrand’s disease Most common congenital bleeding disorder
20. Giant cell arteritis Most common type of vasculitis
21. Capillary Hemangioma Most common variant of hemangioma
22. Myxoma Most common cardiac tumor
23. Subendocardium Most common site of Lipoma in the heart
24. Rhabdomyoma Most common primary cardiac tumor in infants and children
25. Sarcoma Most common primary malignant tumor of the heart
Sites (in order): RA, LA, RV, LV
26. Viral Most common cause of myocarditis
27. Atrial Septal Defect Most common CHD in adults
28. Ostium secundum Most common type of ASD
29. Ventricular septal defect Most common congenital heart defect
30. Prematurity Most common predisposing factor in PDA
31. Tetralogy of Fallot Most common form of cyanotic congenital heart disease
32. Dilated cardiomyopathy Most common type of cardiomyopathy
33. CHF Most common cause of death of untreated HPN*
34. Arrhythmia Most common complication of myocardial infarct
35. Coronary atherosclerosis Major pathogenetic mechanism for all MI
36. Pulmonary valve stenosis Major cause of right-sided heart failure
37. Hypertension Major cause of left-sided heart failure
38. Pulmonary thromboembolism Most serious sequelae of venous thrombosis
39. Mitral valve Most commonly severely affected valve in chronic RHD
40. Pre-ductal type of aortic coarctation Most important form of obstructive congenital heart disease whereby there is
associated PDA, RVH and Pulmonary trunk dilatation
41. Endothelial injury Most important factor involved in the pathogenesis of cardiac and arterial
thrombosis
42. Calcific aortic stenosis Most common degenerative valvular disease leading to CHF
43. Stasis Most important factor in the pathogenesis of venous thrombosis
44. Sarcoma Most common type of malignancy seen in patients with AIDS
45. Homogenous Most common and Least specific ANA pattern
46. Thymic hyperplasia Most common histologic finding in the thymus in cases of myasthenia gravis
47. Vertebra Bone most commonly involved in multiple myeloma
48. Lymphocyte depletion Worst prognosis’ type of Hodgkin lymphoma
49. Lymphocyte predominance Best prognosis’ type of HL
50. Nodular sclerosis Most common histologic type of Hodgkin’s lymphoma
51. Thrombocytopenia Most common hematologic manifestation of HIV infection
52. M2 Most common type of AML
53. Drug toxicity Most common cause of agranulocytosis
54. Bronchogenic CA Most common primary tumor of the lungs (95%)

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55. Adenocarcinoma Most common tumor of the lungs in non-smokers and in women
56. Small cell CA Most aggressive tumor of the lungs
57. Cough Most common symptom of lung malignancy (75%)
58. Adrenals Most common site of metastasis of Lung tumor
59. Metastatic tumors Most common malignant tumor in the lungs
60. Streptococcus pneumonia Most common cause of community acquired pneumonia
61. Hemophilus influenza Most common bacterial cause of acute exacerbation COPD
62. Mycoplasma Most common cause of atypical pneumonia
63. Acute alcoholism Single most common condition predisposing to lung abscess
64. Pleural plaques Most common manifestation of asbestos exposure
65. Pian Most common breast symptom
66. Fibroadenoma Most common benign tumor of the female breast
67. DCIS Most common non-invasive carcinoma of the breast
68. Invasive Ductal CA Most common invasive carcinoma of the breast, worst prognosis
69. Upper outer quadrant Most common site of breast cancer
70. Insulinoma Most common islet tumor
71. Antrum Most common location of gastric ulcers
72. Lesser curvature Most common location of gastric carcinoma
73. Middle third Most common location of esophageal carcinoma
74. Squamous cell carcinoma Most common type of cancer in the esophagus
75. H. Pylori Most common cause of chronic gastritis
76. Autoimmune gastritis Most common cause of atrophic gastritis
77. Adenocarcinoma Most common malignancy of the stomach
78. Adenocarcinoma of the colon Most common malignancy of the GI tract
79. Adhesions Most common type of intestinal obstruction
80. HCV Most common cause of chronic viral hepatitis
81. Intrahepatic Major cause of portal hypertension
82. Chronic persistent hepatitis Most benign type of hepatitis
83. Viral-induced Most predisposing factor to hepatocellular CA
84. Metastatic CA Most common neoplasm in the liver
85. Hepatoblastoma Most common liver tumor of young childhood
86. HCC Most common primary hepatic malignant tumor
87. Cavernous hemangioma Most common benign liver tumor
88. Phrygian cap Most common anomaly of the gallbladder
89. Cholesterol stones 80% of gallstone
90. Pancreas divisum Most common congenital anomaly of the pancreas
91. Distal esophagus Most common site of esophageal carcinoma of the adenocarcinoma type
92. Cirrhosis Most common cause of esohageal varices
93. steatorrhea Most prominent symptom of malabsorption syndrome
94. carcinoid Most common tumor of the appendix
95. Zone 3 Zone most vulnerable to ischemia (liver)
96. Prolactinoma Most common functioning pituitary adenoma
97. ACTH secreting pituitary adenoma Most common cause of endogenous form of Cushing syndrome
98. Graves disease Most common cause of endogenous hyperthyroidism
99. Autoimmune hypothyroidism Most common cause of hypothyroidism in iodine-sufficient areas of the world
(Hashimoto thyroiditis)
100. De Quervain thyroiditis Most common cause of thyroid pain
101. Autoimmune adrenalitis Most common cause of primary chronic adrenocortical insufficiency
102. TSH Most useful single screening test for hyper and hypothyroidism
103. Parathyroid adenoma Most common cause of hyperparathyroidism
104. Exogenous glucocorticoids Most common cause of Cushing syndrome
105. Primary hyperparathyroidism Most common manifestation of MEN 1
106. Sheehan’s syndrome Most common form of clinically significant ischemic necrosis of the anterior
pituitary
107. Papillary carcinoma Most common thyroid malignancy (85%)
108. Endometrial CA Most common type of cancer of the FGT by incidence worldwide
109. Cervical CA Most common type of cancer in the FGT in the Philippines
110. Mature teratoma Most common primary benign neoplasm of the ovary
111. Serous cystadenocarcinoma Most common primary malignant neoplasm of the ovary
112. Urothelial tumor 90% of bladder tumor
113. Cigarette smoking Most important risk factor for urinary bladder carcinoma
114. Struvite (magnesium ammonium Largest stone in the urinary tract

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115. Lung Most common site of metastasis of renal cell CA
116. Painless hematuria Most prominent manifestation of bladder cancer
117. Calcium oxalate stone Most common renal calculi
118. Clear cell CA Most common histologic type of Renal cell carcinoma
119. Ureteropelvic junction obstruction Most common cause of hydronephrosis in infants and children
120. Horseshoe kidney Most common type of congenital structural anomaly of the kidney
121. Vertebrae Most common site of compression fracture
122. Wide osteoid seams Most common characteristic Hx feature of osteomalacia
123. Osteosarcoma Most common primary malignant tumor in 15-25 years old exclusive of myeloma
and lymphoma
124. Osteochondroma Most common benign bone tumor
125. Metastatic tumor Most common form of skeletal malignancy
126. Achondroplasia Most common disease of the growth plate
127. Osteogenesis imperfect Most common inherited disorder of connective tissue
128. Osteoarthritis Most common type of joint disease
129. Lipoma Most common soft tissue tumor of adulthood
130. Multiple myeloma Most common malignant lesion
131. AV malformation Most common type of vascular malformation of the brain
132. Putamen Most common site of hypertensive hemorrhage
133. Astrocytes Majority of primary brain neoplasm arise from this
134. Cerebral hemisphere Most common site of primary brain neoplasm in adults
135. Squamous cell CA Most common Hx type of penile cancer
136. Bone Most common site of metastasis of prostate cancer
137. Hydrocele Most common cause of scrotal swelling
138. Leiomyoma Most common benign tumor of the esophagus
139. Testicular lymphoma Most common form of testicular cancer in males more than 60 yrs old
140. Peripheral zone Most common site of Prostatic IN
141. Hypertensive cerebrovascular Most common cause of non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
disease
142. Lipoma Most common soft tissue tumor of adult
143. Rhabdomysosarcoma Most common soft tissue malignancy of childhood and adolescence
144. Acute kidney injury Most common cause of ARF
145. Atherosclerosis and HPN Two most important disorders that predispose to aortic aneurysm
146. HPN Most common condition associated with aneurysm of the ascending aorta
147. Left sided heart failure Most common cause of right sided heart failure
148. MI Most important form form of IHD
149. LAD coronary artery Most common artery involved in MI
150. Leiomyoma Most common neoplasm in women
151. Intramural Most common location of leiomyoma
152. Follicular cyst Most common physiologic cyst of the ovary
153. Seminoma Most common GCT
154. Yolk sac tumor Most common testicular tumor in children up to 3 yrs old
155. Chronic abacterial prostatitis Most common form of prostatitis
156. Prostatic carcinoma Most common cancer in males
157. Accident Most common cause of death for the age range 1-4 y.o and 5-14 y.o
158. Congenital anomaly Most common cause of neonatal mortality
nd
2 – prematurity
159. Neuroblastoma Most common abdominal tumor in children
160. Tobacco Most common exogenous cause of human cancer

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