An 11-year-old boy presents to your clinic after 4 months of pain and swelling in his thigh. His mother states that at first she thought his condition was due to roughhousing, but it hasn’t gone away and now she’s concerned. You perform an X-ray that shows an ‘onion skin’ appearance on the diaphysis of the femur. You are concerned about a malignancy, so you perform a PET scan that reveals lung nodules. Which of the following is most associated with this disease?
ADefective mitochondrial DNA
BNonsense mutation to DMD gene
Ct(11;22) translocation
Dt(9;22) translocation
ERb loss of function mutation
An 82-year-old woman presents to the emergency department because of excruciating right flank pain and fever for the past 2 days. She states that she is having trouble urinating. Her past medical history is unremarkable. A urinalysis is performed and comes back positive for leukocytes and gram-negative bacilli. A contrast computed tomography of the abdomen is performed and reveals a large retroperitoneal mass compressing the right ureter, leading to hydronephrosis of the right kidney. The mass is excised. Histopathologic evaluation of the mass is shown in the image below, and it is determined to be malignant. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis in this patient?
ARhabdomyosarcoma
BLeiomyosarcoma
CLipoma
DTeratoma
ELiposarcoma
A 14-year-old boy presents as a new patient to your practice. While conducting your physical exam, you observe the findings depicted in Figures A and B. Which of the following additional findings would most likely be found in this patient?
AMultiple café-au-lait macules
BA white tuft of scalp hair since birth
CThe presence of ash-leaf spots
DFacial angiofibromas
EA family history of seizures and intellectual disability
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