"Most Common" Facts

Question 1

Cancer in women

Answer 1

Breast

Question 2

Malignant tumor worldwide

Answer 2

Lung

Question 3

Lung cancer

Answer 3

NSCC

Question 4

Cause of gynecological cancer death

Answer 4

Ovarian

Question 5

Malignant brain tumor in adults

Answer 5

Glioblastoma

Question 6

Ocular tumor in adults

Answer 6

Meningioma

Question 7

Cancer in men

Answer 7

Prostate

Question 8

Entrapment neuropathy

Answer 8

Carpal Tunnel syndrome

Question 9

Cause of secondary osteoporosis

Answer 9

Corticosteroids

Question 10

“Gold standard” DMARD

Answer 10

methotrexate

Question 11

type of autoimmune arthritis

Answer 11

RA

Question 12

1 secondary cause of amyloidosis

Answer 12

RA

Question 13

most common form of JIA

Answer 13

oligoarticular/pauciarticular

Question 14

cause of cardiovascular death in young patients from developing countries

Answer 14

acute rheumatic fever

Question 15

joints for lyme disease

Answer 15

knee, ankle, elbow, wrist

Question 16

in patients who travel

Answer 16

lyme arthritis

Question 17

in Northern/Western Europeans

Answer 17

HLA-B27

Question 18

Non-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis

Answer 18

uveitis

Question 19

med most commonly associated with lupus

Answer 19

procainamide

Question 20

highest mortality of any of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Answer 20

scleroderma

Question 21

prevalence of scleroderma

Answer 21

Choctaw Indians

Question 22

associated with scleroderma

Answer 22

Raynaud’s

Question 23

type of arthritis

Answer 23

osteoarthritis

Question 24

cause of disability in the US in older adults

Answer 24

osteoarthritis

Question 25

most common vasculitis in children

Answer 25

Kawaski disease

Question 26

cause of hyperpituitarism

Answer 26

pituitary tumor (adenoma)

Question 27

pituitary tumor disorders

Answer 27

hyperprolactinemia, Cushing's disease, growth hormone

Question 28

cause of hypercortisolism

Answer 28

administration of exogenous steroids

Question 29

from a neoplasm

Answer 29

Cushing's syndrome

Question 30

primary hyperaldosteronism

Answer 30

aldosterone secreting adrenal adenoma- Conn's syndrome

Question 31

cause of endogenous hyperthyroidism

Answer 31

Graves disease

Question 32

primary hypothyroidism

Answer 32

ablation of thyroid by surgery or radiation therapy, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, primary idiopathic hypothyroidism

Question 33

most common endocrine disorder

Answer 33

primary hyperparathyroidism

Question 34

#1 cause of blindness in the US

Answer 34

diabetes mellitus

Question 35

in people of Northern European descent

Answer 35

T1DM

Question 36

cause of death in DM

Answer 36

MI

Question 37

cause of kidney failure

Answer 37

diabetes

Question 38

#2 cause of kidney failure

Answer 38

hypertension

Question 39

cause of ESRD in US

Answer 39

diabetic nephropathy

Question 40

caused by buildup of lipids in tissues

Answer 40

Fabry

Question 41

accounts for 80-90% of all malignant tumors in kidney

Answer 41

renal cell carcinoma

Question 42

most common renal cell carcinoma presentation

Answer 42

painless hematuria

Question 43

2nd most common kidney malignancy

Answer 43

Wilms' tumor

Question 44

3rd most common organ cancer in children

Answer 44

Wilms' tumor

Question 45

ESRD treatment in US

Answer 45

hemodialysis

Question 46

most satisfactory treatment for ESRD

Answer 46

renal transplantation

Question 47

#1 killer in US since 1900

Answer 47

heart disease

Question 48

sustained rhythm disturbance

Answer 48

atrial fibrillation

Question 49

causes of atrial fibrillation

Answer 49

HTN and HF

Question 50

2nd most common cause of preventable deaths in US

Answer 50

hypertension

Question 51

cause of anemia

Answer 51

microcytic anemia

Question 52

location of alpha thalassemia

Answer 52

Africa

Question 53

location of beta thalassemia

Answer 53

Mediterranean

Question 54

type of white blood cell

Answer 54

neutrophil

Question 55

leukemia in children

Answer 55

ALL

Question 56

leukemia in adults

Answer 56

CLL

Question 57

blood cancer

Answer 57

lymphoma

Question 58

than Hodgkin's lymphoma

Answer 58

non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Question 59

most rapidly proliferating lymphoma

Answer 59

Burkitt's

Question 60

second most common hematologic malignancy

Answer 60

multiple myeloma

Question 61

preventable cause of hospital deaths

Answer 61

pulmonary embolism

Question 62

LVSD commonly result of

Answer 62

IHD, HTN, valvular disease

Question 63

RVSD commonly result of

Answer 63

LVSD, pulmonary disease, tricuspid valve disease

Question 64

#1 risk for heart failure

Answer 64

ischemic cardiomyopathy

Question 65

cause of HF

Answer 65

ischemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, HTN

Question 66

cause of heart disease

Answer 66

atherosclerosis

Question 67

cause of death in individuals >45

Answer 67

atherosclerosis

Question 68

to cause ACS

Answer 68

positive remodeling

Question 69

associated with stable angina

Answer 69

negative remodeling

Question 70

leading cause of death in US

Answer 70

ischemic heart disease

Question 71

most common aortic stenosis

Answer 71

senile calcific aortic stenosis

Question 72

cause of SCD

Answer 72

hypertrophy cardiomyopathy