Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

Osteoporosis is diagnosed by DXA scan with a T-score of ≤ _____ or a fragility fracture of the hip or vertebrae

The longer life of reticulocytes in anemia can be corrected for by _____ (reticulocyte production index)

Phlegmasia alba dolens (painful white "milk" leg) is a result of massive _____ vein occlusion

What significant laboratory finding is associated with Wegener granulomatosis (granulomatosis with polyangiitis)?_____

On CT, _____ presents with calcification and thickening of the pericardium

_____ renal cysts are septated, enhanced, or have solid components on imaging

Angiodysplasia is confirmed by _____

What is test used to measure bone density? _____

What enzyme is elevated in both dermatomyositis and polymyositis?_____

Salivary gland tumors typically present as a mobile, _____ mass/swelling (painful or painless) at the angle of the jaw