General Medicine — Flashcards

_____ or more neurofibromas or one plexiform neurofibroma are used to confirm the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis

Less than 1% of cases of HCC are manifested with a paraneoplastic syndrome, generally with _____calcemia, Hypoglycemia, and Erythrocytosis.

Selective _____ deficiency is the most common 1* immunodeficiencyand increases susceptibility to Giardia infections

A patient of dengue hemorrhagic fever can be discharged if there is return of _____ and urine output is good, alongside visible clinical improvement

The criteria for AIDS is CD4 count less than _____, or confirmed HIV positivity with AIDS-defining opportunistic infections such as Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) or Candida esophagitis.

Sialadenitis most commonly occurs due to _____, which often leads to Staphylococcus aureus mediated sialadenitis / parotitis

According to the American heart association and Europian cardiac society, high-risk cardiac lesions include:_____ heart valves or patients who have undergone valve repair where a prosthetic material was used.

Pneumonia may present as _____ (respiratory rate) with pleuritic chest pain

In a _____ aorta, blood enters the lumen back, and this type of dissection does not progress, thus averting hemorrhage.

Invasive ductal carcinoma presents as mass detected by _____ (> 2cm) or mammography (> 1cm)