2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ CI to copper IUD. Answer: Heavy menstrual bleeding
◉ Tx for mastoiditis. Answer: IV Abx and drainage
◉ Dx of COPD. Answer: Spirometry
◉ ABD XR reveals distended loops of small bowel with air fluid
levels. There is air in the rectum. Dx?. Answer: SBO
◉ Findings with APLS. Answer: Increased PTT
Livedo reticularis
False + RPR
◉ Lower back pain and a lower uterine segment mass with
associated hydronephrosis. Answer: Cervical cancer
◉ Cause of extensive calcifications in the basal ganglia. Answer:
Hypoparathyroidism due to a calcium-phosphorus product
,◉ Patient with DMII presents with UA that demonstrates 4+ protein
and RBC casts. Next step?. Answer: Kidney biopsy
Needed to establish a clear diagnosis since patient has proteinura
and hematuria
◉ Factors that have a good prognosis in schizophrenia. Answer: +
symptoms
Late onset
Female
Acute onset
No FH
◉ Auer Rods. Answer: AML
◉ RF for retained placenta. Answer: Gestational age 24-27 weeks
Stillbirth
Placenta accreta
Tx: gentle cord traction and oxytocin
,◉ Cause of doxyrubicin-mediated cardiotoxicity. Answer:
Cardiomyocyte replacement by fibrous tissue
◉ Myocardial stunning/ hibernation. Answer: Trastuzumab
◉ Olecranon bursitis. Answer: Soft, rounded, well-demarcated
swelling at the end of the elbow
◉ Next step in patient hypovolemic shock. Answer: IVF + O- blood
transfusion
◉ T for FNH. Answer: None
◉ Arterial flow and central scar on imaging. Answer: Focal Nodular
Hyperplasia
◉ Cause of cachexia in patient with lung disease. Answer: Advanced
COPD
◉ PE shows a pulsatile mass at the catheter insertion site in the R
inguinal region. Auscultation over the mass reveals a systolic bruit.
Dx?. Answer: Femoral artery pseudoaneurysm
, ◉ Dx of esophageal perforatio. Answer: Water-soluble contrast
esophagography
◉ 14 day old with tonic-clonic seizure. Born with a cleft palate, low
set ears, harsh holosystolic murmur at the LLSB. Dx?. Answer:
DiGeorge syndrome--> cellular immune deficiency
◉ Expanding discoloration on finger nail. Answer: Melanoma
◉ Tx for borderline personality disorder. Answer: Psychotherapy
◉ Tx for OA. Answer: NSAIDs, quad strengthening exercises--> GCs--
> surgery
◉ Viral pleuritis. Answer: Viral prodrome, pleuritic CP, dyspnea,
pleural friction rub
◉ Chalazion. Answer: Painless
Blocked meibomian tear gland on eyelid margin
Tx: warm compress