Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 2661: Which immunodeficiency is characterized by absent/scanty lymph nodes and tonsils? _____

Answer: X-linked (Bruton) agammaglobulinemia

Flashcard 2662: Which amyloidosis may present as carpal tunnel syndrome? _____

Answer: Dialysis-associated

Flashcard 2663: Which type of transplant rejection occurs within weeks to months? _____

Answer: Acute

Flashcard 2664: Pseudotumor Cerebri (aka Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension) causes a palsy of which cranial nerve?

Answer: CN VI (Abducens nerve)

Flashcard 2665: Excessive heat production in malignant hyperthermia induces fever and _____

Answer: muscle damage (e.g. rhabdomyolysis)

Flashcard 2666: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome may present with easy bruising and a tendency to _____

Answer: bleed

Flashcard 2667: Etiologies of _____ diabetes insipidus include pituitary tumor, autoimmune, trauma, surgery, and ischemic encephalopathy

Answer: central

Flashcard 2668: Characteristic petechial rash in meningococcemia indicates _____ (platelet levels)

Answer: thrombocytopenia

Flashcard 2669: Are the symptoms of cauda equina syndrome typically symmetric (bilateral) or asymmetric (unilateral)?

Answer: Asymmetric (unilateral)

Extra: Cauda equina syndrome involves compression of multiple spinal nerve roots and typically presents with asymmetric symptoms. In contrast, conus medullaris syndrome involves the terminal end of the spinal cord and presents with symmetric, sudden-onset symptoms.

Flashcard 2670: What ethnicity has the highest risk of developing hypertension?_____

Answer: African Americans