Review questions

Question 1

What is the best description of the skin condition vitiligo?

Answer 1

depigmented macules often appearing on the face, hands, feet and extensor surfaces, and can coalesce to form extensive areas that lack melanin

Question 2

Which characteristics are often associated w/ a BCC?

Answer 2

shiny, translucent and ten to grow slowly

Question 3

what tongue condition can occur with a nutritional deficiency of various B vitamins?

Answer 3

smooth tongue (atrophic glossitis)

Question 4

if a pt c/o dizziness stating “the room is spinning” and also c/o diminished in one ear. The pt’s hearing loss is most likely caused by…..

Answer 4

sensorineural HL

Question 5

What would you suspect as ddx in a pt w/ a fever of 101.6, moderately severe dyphagia and throat pain; denis cough and has tonsillar exudate on exam

Answer 5

infectious mono and strep

Question 6

kussmaul breathing is characterized by..

Answer 6

(happens in DKA) rapid, deep, labored breathing

Question 7

What could cause lack of a red reflex?

Answer 7

Cataracts, detached retina, retinoblastoma

Question 8

21 y/o F c/o “white spots” on her back after suntan. Upon inspection of the back you observe numerous hypopigmented, slightly scaly macules of varying sizes. the most likely dx is

Answer 8

tinea versicolor

Question 9

What are petechiae?

Answer 9

non-blanching red macules

Question 10

transverse lines on the fingernails, following an acute severe illness are known as..

Answer 10

Mee’s lines

Question 11

Which middle ear ossicle is most likely to be seen on teh otoscopic exam

Answer 11

malleus