OE Easy Questions

Question 1

Presbycusis

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or age-related hearing loss, is the cumulative effect of aging on hearing.

Question 2

Soto’s syndrome is a

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genetic disorder characterised by excessive physical growth in the first three years of life, macrocrania and mild mental retardation.

Question 3

Russell-Silver syndrome is characterised by

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short stature, facial and body asymmetry with a small triangular face.

Question 4

Down’s syndrome, and hypothyroidism are well known causes of `

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short stature.

Question 5

amaurosis fugax

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painless transient monocular visual loss

Question 6

fetor oris

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halitosis

Question 7

Zenker’s diverticulum

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pharyngeal pouch

Question 8

Rett’s disorder.

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is a neurodevelopmental disorder of the grey matter of the brain that almost exclusively affects females. The clinical features include small hands and feet and a deceleration of the rate of head growth

Question 9

Dissociative fugue.

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a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality.

Question 10

Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy

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Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy is a rare disorder that is associated with severe clubbing.
This syndrome is most commonly seen in patients with bronchogenic carcinoma - 90% of cases are associated with bronchogenic carcinoma

Question 11

rigor mortis

Answer 11

A patient found with no vital signs of life with stiff limbs