Week 3 Flashcards
(80 cards)
Polycythemia vera is associted with that mutation?
JAK2
What is the most likely aneurysm in the circle of willis?
Anterior Communicating Artery
A patient has an MI that affects that SA and AV node. What vasculature most likely supplies this area, and what type of MI is this?
PDA coming off the RCA (Inferior MI)
temporal encephalitis is most likely caused by what viral pathogen?
Herpes simplex virus 1
A lymphoid mass in a salivary gland is know as what kind of tumor?
Warthin tumor
A pediatric patient is noted to have hematuria with a concurrent URI. What is the most likely diagnosis?
IgA Nephropathy (Berger’s Disease)
According to USPSTF, patients 50-74 should get a breast cancer screening and mammogram how often?
Every 2 years
What is the mechanism of action of fluoxetine?
SSRI
A patient presents with chest pain and emphysema. What potential syndrome might this patient be suffering from?
Boarhaeve syndrome.
What does the locus ceruleus produce?
Epinephrine
A patient with sickle cell disease and experiencing lowered reticulocyte is characteristic of what disease?
Aplastic anemia caused by parvovirus B19
What is the mechanism of action of Kartagener syndrome?
Motor defects in dynein
What disease has characteristic mannose debris that is not phosphorylated on proteins?
I-cell disease
What is the location of the macula densa?
Distal Convoluted Tubule
A patient comes into clinic and you determine he has permanent airway dilation. What is the diagnosis?
Bronchiectasis.
A patient presents with complaints of painful joints. The patient states the pain is worsening. The patient has no increase in CRP, but there is crepitus in the right knee and nodes on the DIP and PIP joints. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Osteoarthritis
A patient of yours has been infected by strep bovis. What is one diagnostic procedure that MUST be completed?
colonoscopy. Patients infected with strep bovis have significantly increased incidence of polyps and colorectal cancer
What type of sensitivity reaction is goodpasture syndrome?
Type 2 hypersensitivity reaction
What autoantibodies are associated with primary biliary cholangitis?
Anti-mitochondrial autoantibodies
What syndrome in children can be caused by aspirin administration?
Reye’s Syndrome
What structures are supplied by the inferior mesenteric artery?
Splenic flexure to upper rectum
What antibodies are associated with diffuse scleroderma
anti topoisomerase and anti scl-70
You notice a patient has acromegaly and want to confirm with a test. What do you test for?
IGF1
According to the USPSTF, who should be tested for osteoporosis?
Women at or over the age of 65.