Cardiology — Flashcards

Flashcard 81: Costosternal syndrome (costochondritis) typically presents after repetitive activity and involves the upper costal cartilage at the _____ or _____ junctions

Answer: costochondral

Flashcard 82: T-cell ALL (leukemia or lymphoma) often presents with _____, particularly in the cervical, supraclavicular, and axillary lymph nodes

Answer: lymphadenopathy

Flashcard 83: How do serum K+ levels change in Bartter syndrome? _____

Answer: Decreased (hypokalemia)

Flashcard 84: Which microcytic anemias present with increased free erythrocyte protoporphyrin? _____

Answer: Iron deficiency anemia, Anemia of chronic disease

Extra: * excess of protoporphyrin relative to iron (decreased heme) Other:

Flashcard 85: One source of von Willebrand factor (vWF) is from the _____ of endothelial cells

Answer: Weibel-Palade bodies

Flashcard 86: Headache, seizures, and vomiting may present with _____ hypertension

Answer: intracranial

Flashcard 87: Degeneration of the **dorsal columns** and **dorsal roots** is characteristic of which disease?\n_____

Answer: Tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphilis)

Extra: Tabes dorsalis is a manifestation of tertiary syphilis. It results in impaired proprioception and vibratory sense (dorsal columns), sensory ataxia, and lancinating pains. It is often associated with Argyll Robertson pupils.

Flashcard 88: 1-2% of patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) develop _____ per year

Answer: multiple myeloma

Flashcard 89: Coronavirus is a virus that can cause acute bronchitis, eventually leading to _____

Answer: ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome)

Flashcard 90: What is the treatment for von Willebrand disease? _____

Answer: Desmopressin