2015 - 7th Flashcards
A 16vear old patient was beind investidated tor amenorrhea. past medicar nistor is negative and she has no other complaints, liver function tests show elevated liver enzymes as well as elevated direct and total bilirubin and ALP, (I think total protein were also elevated) what is the most likely diagnosis?
A. autoimmune hepatitis
B. genetic hemochromatosis
C. PBC
A. autoimmune hepatitis
A blood film report came mentioning the presence of “howell-jolly bodies”, what does this finding indicate?
A. autoimmune hemolvtic anemia
B. splenomegaly
C. splenectomy
D. liver cell failure
C. splenectomy
A 70-vear-old smoker with proaressive SOb and productive cough. His spirometr showed moderate obstructive pattern (FEV1/FVC= 54) No reversibility.
Which of the following best fits the etiology of his disease:
A. All individuals who smoke more than 20 pack years develop this disease.
B. 20% of patients with this disease are not smokers
C. Shisha doesn’t cause this disease
D. pigeons are a known cause of it.
B. 20% of patients with this disease are not smokers
A patient with Addison. How do you treat?
A. Fludrocortisone
B. Glucocorticoids
C. Metformin
A. Fludrocortisone
A woman took NPH insulin in the morning only. At 1:30 the patient was sweating and had palpitations. The next morning she presented semi conscious and on physical examination the deep tendon reflexes were increased on the right side and she smelled of alcohol. What is the cause of this presentation?
A. Hypoglycemia
B.CVA
C. Delerium tremens
D. DKA
B.CVA
(Confirmed with Dr. Jasem al hashel. This is a repeated question for years and the answer is NOT hypoglycemia. The patient presented with UNILATERAL increased reflexes and the only cause of this presentation could only be a brain infarct. Yes the patient could also be hypoglycemic and in theory that could cause a brain infarction but it would have to be extremely severe/repeated hypoglycemia attacks and she presented a whole day later. Additionally, the fact that she experienced palpitations could explain why the stroke occurred)
A patient with rheumatic heart disease. On auscultation, you heard a mid-diastolic murmur. What else can you hear on examination?
A. Opening snap
B. Pansystolic murmur
A. Opening snap
A patient comes with the following cath graph. What is the first symptom the patient will have? (Cannot remember the details)
A- Exertional dyspnea
B- Exertional palpitations
C- Exertional chest pain
D- Exertional syncope
A- Exertional dyspnea
A diabetic female had irregular asymptomatic plaque with orange discoloration, telangiectasia, and ulcers with dilated veins on shins. What is the diagnosis?
A- Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
B- Acanthosis nigricans
C- Mycosis fungoidis
A- Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
A 36-year-old man presents to the emergency room at 1 am in the morning complaining of vomiting approximately 200 ml of bright red blood. Earlier in the evening he was at a party and had
consumed excessive amount ot alcohol. He had become sick while at the part and had experienced repeated retching and vomiting but no hematemesis. There was no past history of indigestion or gastrointestinal bleeding but his father and grandfather both died from gastric carcinoma. Physical examination revealed pallor but no other abnormality. What is the most likely cause of his hematemesis?
A- Gastric carcinoma
B- Acute alcoholic gastritis
C- Mucosal tear at the esophagogastric junction
D- Esophageal varices
C- Mucosal tear at the esophagogastric junction
A female patient who is a known case of rheumatoid arthritis and given both her RF and anti-citrullinated antibodies are high. Which of the following is not one of the extra manifestations of the
disease?
A- AmyIolaosis
B- lung fibrosis
C- myositis
D- entrapment neuropathy
C- myositis
A patient with fibrosis involving upper zones of the lung predominates. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A- IPF
B- Ashestosis
C- sarcoidosis
D- scleroderma
C- sarcoidosis
A diabetic 60-year-old patient with HTN and hyperlipidemia had an MI. He had premature ventricular contractions and palpitations. He is on statins aspirin, ACEI. What can we give to lower risk of mortality from CAD?
A. calcium channel blockers
B. beta blocker
B. beta blocker
A 44-year-old female patient complaining of neck pain and fever. The pain is worse with turning the head and swallowing. She had a cold recently. On examination she has erythematous pharynx, and the tympanic membrane is fine. Thyroid was palpable and tender. What you will find in the histology of the thyroid?
A- Inflammatory infiltration with multinucleated giant cell
B- Lymphocytic infiltration with some germinal center formation
C- Lymphoid infiltration with germinal center and hurthle cells
D- Papillary like structures and psammoma bodies
A- Inflammatory infiltration with multinucleated giant cell
A 55-vear-old smoker (1 back tor 30 vears with COPD came to ER atter she experienced
convulsions. Her sister denies a previous history of convulsions. CXR showed a large central mass. She has hypercalcemla as well, what is the most relatable cause of her presentation?
A- Small cell lung carcinoma
в- Squamous cells carcinoma
C- Adenocarcinoma
в- Squamous cells carcinoma convulsions can be due to the hypercalcemia. SUL can cause hypercalcemia but squamous cell carcinoma is the most common cause of hypercalcemia in all the types of lung malignancies)
A 59-year-old lady reports being dizzy and sometimes, having syncopal
attacks. Her ECG is shown. Which of the following is likely to be seen on examining the jugular venous pressure of this patient?
A- Cannon a waves
B- Prominent X descent
C- Absent A wave
D- Elevated JVP
A- Cannon a waves
What is classified as type 1 Hypersensitivity reaction?
A- 17-year female with pruritic rash around her neck developed 2 days after she wear new necklace
B- 20-year male with abdominal cramps and diarrhea shortly after a glass of milk
C- 20-year male with chest wheeze and difficulty breathing shortly after he sat in the garden
D- Patient with SLE who developed lupus nephritis
C- 20-year male with chest wheeze and difficulty breathing shortly after he sat in the garden
You’re in the outpatient department, a 40 y/o male who smokes 20 cigarettes/day presented with 3 weeks history of low grade fever cough and purulent sputum, his chest radiograph showed a cavity in the left upper zone. What is the best next investigation?
A. chest
B. fine needle aspiration of the cavity
C. sputum examination for acid fast bacilli organism
C. sputum examination for acid fast bacilli organism (always go for less invasive to more invasive/time consuming)
Patient with characteristics of Marfan syndrome having palpitations. What will you find on echocardiogram?
prolapsed mitral valve
Which part of the skin is absent in the lesional skin of psoriasis?
A. stratum corneum
B. Stratum spinosum
C. Stratum basale
D. Stratum granulosum
D. Stratum granulosum
As compared to patients who acquire C.difficile infection in the hospital setting, those who community acquire the infection are more likely to present with?
A- Cancer patieni
B- Male Sex
C- Use PPl
D- Recent exposure to antibiotics
D- Recent exposure to antibiotics
A 66-year-old lady diagnosed with metastatic colorectal cancer presented with proximal DVT, which of the following statements is true:
A. IVC filter is the treatment of choice
B. aspirin is used as a prophylaxis for DVT in metastatic cancer
C. LMWH is better than warfarin for cancer patients
D. pneumonic compression device is ideal for these patients
C. LMWH is better than warfarin for cancer patients
A patient is having tonic-clonic seizure, after 10 minutes he is still in the seizure. How will you manage?
A. Brain CT
B. Electroencephalogram
C. Administer IV phenytoin
D. Carbamazepine
C. Administer IV phenytoin (Carbamazepine does not have a role in treating status epilepticus)
A 24-year-old patient was diagnosed (1-2 months ago) with diabetes, he is on metformin and gliclazide. He stated that his father and grandfather had diabetes in their twenties. Now he is presenting with 7kg weight loss, BMI (30), glucose 18, hba1c 7.1, c peptide 20 (was below normal), GAD positive.
What is your diagnosis?
A- late onset diabetes of autoimmunity
B- Diabetes mellitus 1
C- Diabetes mellitus 2
D- Maturity onset diabetes of the young
A- late onset diabetes of autoimmunity
(LADA is late onsent form of T1 DM that is often confused for T2DM as in this case)
A patient with the history of valvular heart disease presents with this ECG. What do you give to prevent disabling neurological damage?
A. Beta blockers
B. Warfarin
C. Aspirin
B. Warfarin
A 52-year-old male came for routine physical examination, he feels well, has no medical conditions and not taking any medications. He has no family history for colorectal cancer. CBC and other
laos were normal except for positive recal occult test. vat should be done next!
A- Colonoscoov
B- repeat fecal occult test
C- flexible sigmoidoscov
D- Barium enema
A- Colonoscoov
A patient with symmetrical joint narrowing and suspected rheumatoid arthritis. How to detect
Rheumatoid factor?
A- Nephelometey
B- Flow cytometry
C- FLISA
D- immunoflurocence
A- Nephelometey (MSD rheuma)
which of the following microbial infections is associated with eosinophilia (or esoniphiluria)?
A. treponema palladium
B. streptococcus pneumonia
C. cryptococcus neoformans
D. strongyloides stercoralis
D. strongyloides stercoralis
- A 60-year-old patient came with dyspnea and fatigue with blood test showing microcytic hypochromic anemia, raisedco RDW, negative celiac serology. What is the reason behind his symptoms?
A- Iron deficiency anemia due to celiac disease
B- Iron deficiency anemia due to Gl bleeding
B- Iron deficiency anemia due to Gl bleeding
A 64-year-old obese lady complains of pain in her left knee and morning stiffness that lasts about 15 minutes. What would the plain radiograph of her knee most probably show?
A. subchondral sclerosis
B. symmetrical joint space narrowing
C. increased joint space
D. osteophyte
E. osteopenia
D. osteophyte
A 23-yearold female with polyarticular joint pain for the past 2 months. Which of the following suggesting inflammatory arthritis?
A- morning stiffness less than 15 min
B- fatigue
C- pain worse with movement
D- weight gain
B- fatigue
A Male diagnosed at 8 ears old with diabetes type 1. He and his non-diabetic wife are expecting a baby soon. What is the chance that their child will have type 1 diabetes?
A- 1-5%
B- 5-10%
C- 10-15%
D- >15%
B- 5-10%
An adult patient presented with green sputum (in the community) and what is the most common organism?
S. pneumonie
Patient was diagnosed with MS and was found to have oligoclonal bands in CSF, what are oligoclonal bands?
immunoglobulins in CSF
What reverses heparin’s effect?
A. protamine sulfate
B. FFP
A. protamine sulfate
A 30-year-old female with severe retrosternal chest pain. She is taking treatment for her acne.
She is not experiencing any heart burn or reflux. She is only taking doxycycline. Physical examination and lab results were unremarkable. What is the likely diagnosis?
A- Candida esophagitis
B- Pill-induced esophagitis
C- Reflux esophagitis
D- Eosinophilic esophagitis
B- Pill-induced esophagitis
A 37-year old smoker (30 pack years) presented with dyspnea that is worsening. Chest x-ray is significant for heterogeneous translucency of both upper and lower lobes and flattened diaphragm.
Which test is helpful?
A- leptin
B- alpha 1 anti-trypsin level
C- ghrelin level
D- protease level
B- alpha 1 anti-trypsin level
A patient with progressive right-side hearing loss. Upon Weber test he heard louder on the left side. What is his condition?
A- Left conductive deafness
B- Right sensorineural defenses
C- Right conductive deafness
D- Left sensorineural deafness
B- Right sensorineural defenses
A patient with pleuritic left chest pain and exertional SOB. His X-ray is shown. What is this? (pointed by white arrow). They just wanted us to name the structure.
A- Main pulmonary artery
B- Ascending aorta
C- Thymus
D- Right atrium
B- Ascending aorta (a case of aortic stenosis with post-stenotic dilation)
A patient came to the emergency with elbow pain and swelling. What is the first investigation?
(details are missing)
A- Xray of the elbow
B- Check for rheumatoid factor/crystals
C- Synovial joint aspiration
A- Xray of the elbow
Who would most likely benefit from DVT prophylaxis?
A. 19 v/o male investigating for infertilitv
B. 20 v/o women having tooth extraction
C a man who has follicular tonsillitis
D. 30y/o Women who has just delivered by c section
E. 40v/o woman who has familv historv of VT and want to travel to Dubai by airplane
E. 40v/o woman who has familv historv of VT and want to travel to Dubai by airplane
A 35-year old lady who works as a secretary, presented with productive cough and low-grade fever. Physical examination showed clubbing, febrile 37.5 c, BP 110/70. Cardiovascular and abdominal examination were unremarkable. On chest examination, coarse crackles were heard in left axillary base and right posterior base. As a teenager, she experienced recurring bouts of productive cough that worsened over the years, but she ignored following up with her GP. What is the best test to diagnose her condition?
A- Bronchoscope and lavage
B- Throat swab
C- High Resolution CT scan
C- High Resolution CT scan
A 35-year-old lady diagnosed with unprovoked Pulmonary embolism and had a history of recurrent abortions. She was treated for IT 2 years ago On physical examination livedo reticularis in upper and lower extremities How to confirm the diagnosis?
Lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies
Which is a characteristic of ulcerative colitis and not Crohn’s?
A. Rectal involvement
B. Segmental involvement
C. Granuloma at biopsy
D. Palpable abdominal mass
A. Rectal involvement
- A patient underwent subtotal thyroidectomy and was given levothyroxine. Came in later with palpitations and TSH was found low, how to manage?
A- lower the dose
B- leave the dose
A- lower the dose
A 23-vear-old woman presented to the emergency department complaining of bruising and bleeding from gums. She never had bleeding problems before. Her menarche was at 13 and she had regular menses. On examination, she had ecchymosis and petechia. Rest of examination was normal. Her labs show.
Normal PT
Normal APTT
Normal INR
Normal WBC
Normal Hb Low platelets
What is the management?
A. oral prednisolone
B. tranexamic acid
C. plasma exchange
A. oral prednisolone
A patient with COPD and is a heavy smoker of hubble bubble. What is the best long term management of his case
A. Council him to stop smoking
b. Prescribe pregnisolone
C. O2 therapy
A. Council him to stop smoking
Patient presents with weight loss you suspect diabetes type 1 which will confirm the diagnosis?
A. tasting plasma glucose 6.5
B. fasting plasm glucose 7.5
C. random glucose 10.5
D. plasma glucose 10 mol after OGTT
B. fasting plasm glucose 7.5
Which of the following best indicates the severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea:
A. BMI
B. sleep Epworth score
C. apnea hypopnea score
D. Stop Bang score
C. apnea hypopnea score
Which of the following cannot be obtained from a spirometer?
A. Inspiratory capacity
B. Expiratory reserve volume
C. -functional residual capacity
C. -functional residual capacity
25-year-old female with SLE, presented with anemia, jaundice, dark urine, high reticulocytes, high LDH.
A. Liver cell failure
B. Autoimmune hemolvtic anemia
C. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
D. Thalassemia major
B. Autoimmune hemolvtic anemia
A woman has a 3-month history of inability getting up from a low seat or toilet, she is also found it difficult to raise her arm up to do her hair, What is the best investigation to show the location of the patient’s deficit?
A- brain MRI
B- spine MRI
C- lumbar puncture
D- Nerve conduction study/electromyography
D- Nerve conduction study/electromyography
A 32 years old male, who has stress at work, presents with diarrhea relived by defecation. He underwent a colonoscopy, which showed multiple diverticulosis otherwise normal mucosa. He went back to work after the appointment and had abdominal pain relieved by defecation. What is the diagnosis?
A. Diverticulitis
B. Irritable bowel syndrome
B. Irritable bowel syndrome
A young female presented with tinnitus and bilateral papilledema. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
B. Stroke
A. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
A patient is on insulin glargine developed diabetic ketoacidosis, glucose was 18? Positive ketones in pH: 7.18? urine K was 4.1 (4.4?), how will you manage?
A. add insulin and norma saline
B. Insulin potassium and normal saline
C. Insulin normal saline and NaHCO3
D. Insulin and NS
B. Insulin potassium and normal saline
(if the potassium is LOW or NORMAL we either fix the abnormality or give prophylactic KCL because the insulin will definitely lower the potassium. We only refrain from KCL infusion when the potassium is high before starting NS).
A tall female, with mid-systolic click and a late systolic murmur. What is the most likely finding on echo?
A. Myxomatous degeneration of mitral valve
B. Thick interseptal wall
C. Calcified aortic valves
A. Myxomatous degeneration of mitral valve
A patient with T2DM and ESRD presenting to the ER with a fever of 38. He was found to have right lower lobe pneumonia. Sodium is 123, glucose is 60, and PH is 7.38. Which of the following is true? (I think urea is missing?)
A Heis in DKA
B. He is in a hyperosmolar state
C. The cause of his hyponatremia is due to osmotically-active glucose-mediated diuresis
D. He has a high osmolal gap
B. He is in a hyperosmolar state
A patient presented with painless lymphadenopathy. He also had weight loss and night sweats.
What is the diagnosis?
A- Hodgkin’s lymphoma
B- NonHodgkin’s disease
C- Infectious mononucleosis
D- Thyroid cancer
A- Hodgkin’s lymphoma
A 45-year-old patient underwent a surgery recently to replace his aortic valve. Few days later, he developed fever, high temperature 39 and hypotension. There is no sign of chest infection. Which of the following is the best next step to investigate this patient?
A. Transthoracic echocardiogram
B. Complete blood count and ESR
C. Blood culture
D. Chest x-ray
C. Blood culture
A 46-year-old female who is a known case of Rheumatoid Arthritis and is on treatment is
scheduled for abdomina surgerv
What is mandatory before inserting tracheal intubation?
A. Chestx-ray
B. Hands x-ray
C. Cervical x-ray
D. Lumbarx-rav
C. Cervical x-ray
A healthy 35-year-old male presented with indigestion and retrosternal heartburn. No alarm svmptoms. Labs within normal limits. Which of the following is most proper initial step?
A- Empiric trial of PPl
B- Esophageal manometry
C- Noninvasive h. Pylori tests
D- Upper Gl endoscopy.
A- Empiric trial of PPl