Clinical Reasoning — Flashcards

What disease is associated with a spinal cord lesion involving the posterior (dorsal) columns and dorsal roots?

Diagnosis of pneumonia is made by _____ and sputum & blood gram stain/culture

Brain arteriovenous malformations are developmental vascular lesions that present with intracranial _____, seizure, headache, or focal neurologic deficits

What imaging technique is used to diagnose gallstones? _____

In Legg-Calve-Perthes, will you often observe pathology on the initial x-ray?_____

A patient with abdominal pain and distension, bloody diarrhea, fever and shock in the setting of ulcerative colitis or clostridium difficile is most likely presenting with _____

Does Pneumocystis pneumonia show consolidations on chest xray?_____

Which thyroid imbalance characteristically presents with Myoedema?_____

Chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis in a cystic fibrosis patient leads to a _____ pattern on CXR

Which stage of Lyme disease can present with erythema chronicum migrans?_____