jan 8 2021 cont

Question 1

A child with bone pain, diffuse lymphadenopathy and pancytopenia likely has….

Answer 1

acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Question 2

how do diagnose acute lymphoblastic anemia?

Answer 2

bone marrow biopsy - >25 % lymphoblasts

Question 3

do people with mono have bone pain?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

which part of the brain may be atrophied in alzheimers disease?

Answer 4

temporal lobe - especially hippocampi

Question 5

granulomatos with polyangitis =

Answer 5

wegeners

Question 6

diagnosis of granulomatous with polyangitis?

Answer 6

ANA cytoplasmic antibodies + tissue biopsy showing granolumatous inflammation

Question 7

treatment of granulomatous with polyangitis?

Answer 7

high-dose corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide or rituximab

Question 8

pathogenesis of wilsons disease?

Answer 8

AR mutation in ATP7B - > HEPATIC coppuer accumulation- > leakage and deposition in tissues

Question 9

diagnosis of wilsons disease

Answer 9

-decreased ceruloplasm and increased urinary copper excretion

Question 10

treatment of wilsons disease

Answer 10

Chelators (D-penicillamine, trientine)

Zinc

Question 11

where does tongue biting occur in a seizure?

Answer 11

laterally

Question 12

does tongue biting occur with syncope?

Answer 12

rarely - frontal if so