Long-term survivor follow-up — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Pseudomonas causes pneumonia and respiratory failure in _____ patients

Answer: cystic fibrosis

Flashcard 2: B-ALL has a(n) _____ response to chemotherapy

Answer: excellent

Flashcard 3: _____ is the isolated, temporary halting of skeletal growth in the absence of other causal physical abnormalities

Answer: Constitutional delay of growth and puberty

Flashcard 4: What is the most common renal malignancy of early childhood (ages 2-4)? _____

Answer: Wilms tumor

Flashcard 5: Clinical features of _____ syndrome include short height, small head circumference, facies with saddle nose and prominent forehead, small genitalia, and delayed skeletal maturation

Answer: Laron

Flashcard 6: Between Smallpox and Chickenpox, which viral infection is characterized by lesions that predominantly affect the **trunk** (centripetal distribution)?

Answer: Chickenpox (Varicella)

Extra: Chickenpox has a **centripetal** distribution (more lesions on the trunk than the extremities). In contrast, Smallpox has a **centrifugal** distribution (more lesions on the face and extremities than the trunk).

Flashcard 7: What is the most common cancer in children?_____

Answer: Leukemia

Flashcard 8: Patients with Edwards syndrome and Patau syndrome often die within _____ year(s) of birth

Answer: 1

Flashcard 9: What is the likely diagnosis in a child that presents with fever and signs of heart failure ~1 week after an URI? _____

Answer: Viral myocarditis

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