Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

Flashcard 521: Posterior testicular pain is suggestive of _____

Answer: epididymitis

Flashcard 522: What type of hearing loss is suggested by the hearing test results below in a patient with left-sided hearing loss? Rinne: air > bone conduction in both ears Weber: lateralizes to the right ear _____

Answer: Sensorineural hearing loss

Flashcard 523: What is the likely diagnosis for a solid liver mass in a young woman on oral contraceptives? _____

Answer: Hepatic adenoma

Flashcard 524: _____ is a feature of Tetanus that is also referred to as Lockjaw

Answer: Trismus

Flashcard 525: Refractory duodenal ulcers and diarrhea is suggestive of _____

Answer: ZES

Flashcard 526: X-ray at the time of injury has _____ sensitivity for scaphoid fracture

Answer: low

Flashcard 527: How do you dx perforation?\n_____

Answer: Upright X-ray (Chest or Abdomen)

Extra: The upright chest X-ray is generally more sensitive than abdominal films for detecting pneumoperitoneum (free air under the diaphragm).

Flashcard 528: Patient presents with bilateral renal cell carcinoma, hemangioblastomas, angiomatosis, and pheochromocytoma: _____

Answer: von Hippel-Lindau disease

Flashcard 529: Which type of parapneumonic effusion is characterized by the following values: pH > 7.2 Glucose > 60 mg/dl WBC < 50,000/mm3 Gram stain/culture: negative _____

Answer: Uncomplicated Parapneumonic Effusion

Flashcard 530: Pericardial effusion / tamponade = _____

Answer: echo