UWORLD SELF ASSESSMENT FINAL PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT
◉Destruction of what is used to tx axillary hyperhydrosis?. Answer:
T2 sympathetic ganglion
◉Free floating tissue fragments in the joint space. Answer: OA
Degradation of cartilage type II collagens and proteoglycans
◉Vestige of gubernaculum in females that goes through the inguinal
canal and into the labia majora. Answer: Round ligament
◉Most likely to be elevated in a patient with pheochromocytoma.
Answer: Urinary metanephrines
◉PE complications. Answer: Hypoxemia and hyperventilation
leading to hypocapnia with respiratory alkalosis (dec PaCO2, dec
PaO2, inc pH, hyperventilation)
, ◉Right ventricular heave on chest palpitation and bilateral pitting
edema of the ankles. Answer: PAH
Results from pulmonary arterial endothelial dysfunction
◉Heavy menses and pelvic heaviness. Answer: Leiomyoma
◉Ischemic colitis. Answer: Mucosal hemorrhage and patchy areas of
necrosis
Bowel wall thickens and becomes edematous -> transmural
infarction
Associated with CV disease (weak pulses)
◉Type of collagen messed up in OI. Answer: Type 1
Blue sclera
◉Hypoglycemia and low ketone bodies after 24 hour fast. Answer:
Acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
Impaired beta oxidation
This is the most common genetic defect in beta oxidation
2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT
◉Destruction of what is used to tx axillary hyperhydrosis?. Answer:
T2 sympathetic ganglion
◉Free floating tissue fragments in the joint space. Answer: OA
Degradation of cartilage type II collagens and proteoglycans
◉Vestige of gubernaculum in females that goes through the inguinal
canal and into the labia majora. Answer: Round ligament
◉Most likely to be elevated in a patient with pheochromocytoma.
Answer: Urinary metanephrines
◉PE complications. Answer: Hypoxemia and hyperventilation
leading to hypocapnia with respiratory alkalosis (dec PaCO2, dec
PaO2, inc pH, hyperventilation)
, ◉Right ventricular heave on chest palpitation and bilateral pitting
edema of the ankles. Answer: PAH
Results from pulmonary arterial endothelial dysfunction
◉Heavy menses and pelvic heaviness. Answer: Leiomyoma
◉Ischemic colitis. Answer: Mucosal hemorrhage and patchy areas of
necrosis
Bowel wall thickens and becomes edematous -> transmural
infarction
Associated with CV disease (weak pulses)
◉Type of collagen messed up in OI. Answer: Type 1
Blue sclera
◉Hypoglycemia and low ketone bodies after 24 hour fast. Answer:
Acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
Impaired beta oxidation
This is the most common genetic defect in beta oxidation
