Clinical Flashcards
Patient presents with sore throat and hepatosplenomegaly at young age, what’s a likely diagnosis?
Mono
Maligancy is often diagnosed when a patient complains of weight loss, fatigue, and ….
fever
Lymphadenopathy may suggest…
infection or cancer
Amenorrhea suggests…
pregnancy. I bet this will be a test question just to fuck with us
Dyspnea suggests heart failure and ….
maybe related to blood loss from colon bleed secondary to cancer, or present with hepatomegally.
Pain in the gut often suggests what in the underlying organ?
inflammation
You’re palpating your patient and notice bilateral lymphadenopathy, what further description of these findings would be most worrisome?
A Hard B soft C mobile D Fixed E tender F non tender G ADF H BCE
G hard fixed and non-tender suggests cancer or infection
Names some tumor markers for Colon, and pancreas?
colon CEA
Pancreas- CA 19-9