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COMSAE 115 EXAM (HIGH-YIELD CLINICAL) |
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
Epiglottitis - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Characterized by 'thumb sign' on
lateral neck X-ray and patient drooling with stridor.
Man with difficulty initiating urination, weak stream, and enlarged
prostate on digital rectal exam — diagnosis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Identified by 'ground-glass' appearance on chest CT in a patient
with diffuse alveolar damage.
Primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn's syndrome) - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Likely diagnosis in a patient with hypokalemia, metabolic
alkalosis, and hypertension.
Erythema nodosum - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Characterized by painful,
raised, erythematous nodules on anterior shins.
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Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Most likely
diagnosis for a 'ring-enhancing lesion' on brain MRI in an HIV
patient.
Retinal detachment - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Described as sudden
painless loss of vision like a 'curtain coming down'.
Hodgkin lymphoma - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Diagnosed in a young
adult with fever, night sweats, and painless cervical
lymphadenopathy (Reed-Sternberg cells).
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Characterized
by difficulty climbing stairs, Gower's sign, and calf
pseudohypertrophy.
Adrenal insufficiency - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Characterized by
hyperpigmentation, hypotension, hyponatremia, and
hyperkalemia.
Hyperpigmentation, hypotension, hyponatremia, and
hyperkalemia — diagnosis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Addison's disease
(primary adrenal insufficiency).
COMSAE 115 EXAM (HIGH-YIELD CLINICAL) |
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | BRAND NEW!
Epiglottitis - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Characterized by 'thumb sign' on
lateral neck X-ray and patient drooling with stridor.
Man with difficulty initiating urination, weak stream, and enlarged
prostate on digital rectal exam — diagnosis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Identified by 'ground-glass' appearance on chest CT in a patient
with diffuse alveolar damage.
Primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn's syndrome) - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Likely diagnosis in a patient with hypokalemia, metabolic
alkalosis, and hypertension.
Erythema nodosum - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Characterized by painful,
raised, erythematous nodules on anterior shins.
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Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Most likely
diagnosis for a 'ring-enhancing lesion' on brain MRI in an HIV
patient.
Retinal detachment - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Described as sudden
painless loss of vision like a 'curtain coming down'.
Hodgkin lymphoma - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Diagnosed in a young
adult with fever, night sweats, and painless cervical
lymphadenopathy (Reed-Sternberg cells).
Duchenne muscular dystrophy - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Characterized
by difficulty climbing stairs, Gower's sign, and calf
pseudohypertrophy.
Adrenal insufficiency - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Characterized by
hyperpigmentation, hypotension, hyponatremia, and
hyperkalemia.
Hyperpigmentation, hypotension, hyponatremia, and
hyperkalemia — diagnosis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Addison's disease
(primary adrenal insufficiency).
