Differential diagnosis — Flashcards

_____ parapneumonic effusions are a type of pleural effusion that causes a sterile exudate in the pleural space

Hint: Uncomplicated/Complicated

Thalassemia = _____ MCV and _____ iron levels

- Unilateral, severe radicular pain - LMN symptoms only (e.g. normal Babinski) _____

Hint: Cauda Equina or Conus Medullaris

NASH is a diagnosis of exclusion _____

Hint: T/F

_____

Hint: Diagnosis?

A(n) _____ cyst is one that is small, homogenous, cystic, unilocular

Hint: simple/complex

What is the likely diagnosis in an afebrile farmer with RUQ pain and a smooth, round hepatic cyst with septations and eggshell calcifications on ultrasound? _____

Newborn with cataracts, failed hearing test, and continuous heart murmur: _____

Hint: Diagnosis?

Post-abdominal surgery and absent bowel sounds/flatus, X-ray shows dilated gas-filled loops with no transition point: _____

What type of thyroid nodule, hyperfunctioning ("hot") or hypofunctioning ("cold"), is more likely to be cancerous? _____