Differential diagnosis — Flashcards

What type of kidney stone is characterized by rhomboid-shaped crystals on urinalysis and radiolucency?\n_____

2-10 days after lap chole, patient develops fever, n/v, cholestatic picture without biliary dilation is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Painless testicular mass in a young man that cannot be transilluminated is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

_____ is the presence of gallstones in the common bile duct, often leading to elevated ALP, GGT, direct bilirubin, and/or AST/ALT

Hemorrhagic strokes appear immediately on non-contrast CT as _____ regions in the brain parenchyma

Hint: description

Pt who had a cold a little bit ago now has abd pain, palpable purpura and RBC casts: _____

Hint: Diagnosis?

Does PE cause low glucose or pH in pleural fluid? _____

Hint: Yes/No

Limited upward gaze, eyelid retraction and eyes non-reactive to light but intact accommodation is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

_____ diarrhea = bloody stool; fever; abdominal pain; leukocytosis; fecal WBCs _____ diarrhea = watery stool without leukocytosis, fever, bloody stool, and fecal WBCs

Hint: Invasive/Enterotoxic

Arteriovenous fistula is a local vascular complication of cardiac catheterization characterized by a(n) _____ bruit and palpable thrill (with no mass)