Chest/Neuro/Endocrine/Skin/Soft Tissue Flashcards
Size of pneumothorax small enough for expectant management
less than 3cm
Age and pack-year history for CT lung cancer screening
55; 30
Diagnosis of lung cancer
CT-guided biopsy (peripheral), bronchoscopic biopsy (central)
Skin cancer: describes depth of invasion
Clark Level
Skin cancer: describes measurement of tumor from top of epidermal layer to the base
Breslow Measurement
SLNB diagnosis in skin cancer
Lymphoscintigraphy
Most common melanoma type
superficial spreading
Most common site of GIST
Stomach
Mutation associated with GIST
c-kit
Diagnosis of necrotizing soft tissue infection
CT
Treatment of thyroid toxic adenoma
lobectomy and isthmectomy
Most common thyroid carcinoma
Papillary
Treatment of papillary or follicular thyroid carcinoma
Excision, radioactive iodine, and levothyroxine
Treatment of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma
chemotherapy and external beam radiotherapy
Diagnosis of Adrenal tumor
CT/MRI
Screening for primary aldosteronism
aldosterone/renin ratio
In pheochromocytoma, ____ blockade should precede ____ blockade
alpha; beta
Diagnosis and treatment of acute organ rejection
biopsy; steroid bolus (Antilymphocyte agents or anti-thymocyte serum if refractory)
Time course of acute organ rejection
5 days to 3 months
Most common intracranial tumor
Metastasis
Which diagnosis? child with short stature for age, bitemporal hemianopsia
Craniopharyngioma
Diagnosis of Acromegaly
Somatomedin C level and pituitary MRI
Which diagnosis? loss of upward gaze (sunset eyes)
Pineal gland tumor
Diagnosis brain abscess
CT
