Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

Thinning the hair as the hair follicles exit growth phase too early: _____

Hint: Diagnosis?

What is the first line imaging for pheochromocytoma? _____

_____ with small intestine mucosal biopsy should be performed if tropical sprue is suspected

(+) Coombs test is suggestive of _____

Hint: condition

Blood 2+ RBCs 0 / hpf _____

Hint: diagnosis

Esophageal dilation with bird's beak appearance is seen in _____

Hint: condition

Chronic pain on the sole of the foot that is worse with weight bearing (e.g. first thing in the morning) and dorsiflexion is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Elevated solid lesion < 1 cm = _____

Hint: lesion type

Osteoporosis with palpable vertebral step-off and pinpoint tenderness = _____

Hint: diagnosis?

A CT scan of a patient with dementia shows symmetrically aligned, poorly demarcated, hypodense periventricular lesions and cerebral atrophy; these findings are characteristic of _____.