Word Association (If you're forced to guess....)

Question 1

Friction rub

Answer 1

Pericarditis

Question 2

Deep, rapid breathing

Answer 2

Kussmaul breathing

Seen in DKA

Question 3

Kayser-Fleischer ring in the eye

Answer 3

Wilson Disease

Question 4

Bitot spots

Answer 4

Vitamin A deficiency

Question 5

Dendritic corneal ulcers on fluorescein stain of the eye

Answer 5

Herpes keratitis

Question 6

Cherry-red spot on the macula without hepatosplenomegaly

Answer 6

Tay-Sachs disease

Question 7

Cherry-red spot on the macula with hepatosplenomegaly

Answer 7

Niemann-Pick disease

Question 8

Bronze skin plus diabetes

Answer 8

Hemochromatosis

Question 9

Malar rash on the face

Answer 9

Systemic lupus erythematous

Question 10

Purplish rash on the eyelids

Answer 10

Heliotrope rash

Seen in dermatomyositis

Question 11

Clue cells

Answer 11

Gardnerella vaginalis infection

Question 12

Meconium ileus

Answer 12

Cystic fibrosis

Question 13

Rectal prolapse

Answer 13

Cystic fibrosis

Question 14

Salty-tasting baby

Answer 14

Cystic fibrosis

Question 15

Café-au-lait spots with normal IQ

Answer 15

Neurofibromatosis

Question 16

Café-au-lait spots with mental retardation

Answer 16

Either:

1) McCune-Albright syndrome, or
2) Tuberous sclerosis

Question 17

“Worst headache in my life!”

Answer 17

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Question 18

Abdominal striae

Answer 18

Either:

1) Cushing syndrome, or
2) Pregnancy

Question 19

Honey ingestion

Answer 19

Infant botulism

Question 20

Left lower quadrant tenderness/rebound

Answer 20

Diverticulitis

Question 21

Children who torture animals

Answer 21

Conduct disorder

Question 22

Dark red stool mixed with sloughed-off mucosa, blood, and mucus in children

Answer 22

Currant jelly stool

Seen in intussusception

Question 23

Ambiguous genitalia and hypotension

Answer 23

21-Hydroxylase deficiency in girls

Question 24

Cat-like cry in an infant

Answer 24

Cri-du-chat syndrome

Partial deletion of chromosome 5

Question 25

Infant weighing more than ten pounds

Answer 25

Maternal diabetes

Question 26

Anaphylaxis from immunoglobulin therapy

Answer 26

IgA deficiency

Question 27

Postpartum fever unresponsive to broad-spectrum antibiotics

Answer 27

Septic pelvic thrombophlebitis

Question 28

Increased hemoglobin A2 and anemia

Answer 28

Thalassemia

Question 29

Heavy young woman with papilledema and negative CT/MR scan of the head

Answer 29

Pseudotumor cerebri

Question 30

Low-grade fever in the first twenty-four hours after surgery

Answer 30

Atelectasis

Question 31

Vietnam veteran

Answer 31

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 32

Bilateral hilar adenopathy in an African-American patient

Answer 32

Sarcoidosis

Question 33

Sudden death in a young athlete

Answer 33

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Question 34

Fractures or bruises in different stages of healing in a child

Answer 34

Child abuse

Question 35

Absent breath sounds in a trauma patient

Answer 35

Pneumothorax

Question 36

Shopping sprees

Answer 36

Mania

Question 37

Constant clearing of throat in a child or teenager

Answer 37

Tourette syndrome

Question 38

Intermittent bursts of swearing

Answer 38

Tourette syndrome

Question 39

Koilocytosis

Answer 39

HPV or CMV

Question 40

Rash develops after administration of ampicillin or amoxicillin for sore throat

Answer 40

EBV infection

Question 41

Daytime sleepiness and occasional falling down (cataplexy)

Answer 41

Narcolepsy

Question 42

Facial port wine stain and seizures

Answer 42

Sturge-Weber syndrome