STEP 1 USMLE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+ -LATEST - GUARANTEED PASS.docx

STEP 1 USMLE REVIEW QUESTIONS
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Chvostek's sign - what is it, and what does it indicate? - CORRECT ANSWER-facial muscle spasm
upon tapping - sign of hypocalcemia



DES exposure in utero predisposes to what? - CORRECT ANSWER-clear cell adenocarcinoma of
the vagina



clue cells - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-Gardnerella vaginitis



Codman's triangle on x-ray - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-osteosarcoma



cold agglutinins - possible diagnoses? - CORRECT ANSWER-Mycoplasma pneumonia or
infectious mononucleosis

,cold intolerance - sign of what? - CORRECT ANSWER-hypothyroidism



condylomata lata - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-secondary syphilis



continuous machinery murmur - indicates what? - CORRECT ANSWER-patent ductus arteriosus



what is the defect in Cori's disease? - CORRECT ANSWER-debranching enzyme deficiency



cough, conjunctivitis, coryza, fever - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-measles



Councilman bodies - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-toxic or viral hepatitis



Cowdry type A bodies - caused by what? - CORRECT ANSWER-herpesvirus



crescents in Bowman's capsule - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-rapidly progressive crescentic
glomerulonephritis



what is Crigler-Najjar syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWER-congenital unconjugated
hyperbilirubinemia - due to absent UDP glucuronyl transferase



acute gastric ulcer associated with severe burns - CORRECT ANSWER-Curling's ulcer



currant-jelly sputum - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-Klebsiella



Curschmann's spirals - diagnosis?

- what are they? - CORRECT ANSWER-bronchial asthma - whorled mucous plugs

,acute gastric ulcer associated with CNS injury - CORRECT ANSWER-Cushing's ulcer



D-dimers - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-DIC



depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra - diagnosis?

- where is the defect?

- symptoms? - CORRECT ANSWER-Parkinson's disease - basal ganglia disorder

- rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia



dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-pellagra (niacin/vitamin B3
deficiency)



dog or cat bite - infected with? - CORRECT ANSWER-Pasteurella multocida



what is Dressler's syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWER-post-MI fibrinous pericarditis



what is Dubin-Johnson syndrome?

- what is the defect?

- what is the pathologic consequence? - CORRECT ANSWER-congenital conjugated
hyperbilirubinemia - due to defective liver excretion of conjugated bilirubin, causing black liver



what is the defect in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy?

- what is the inheritance pattern? - CORRECT ANSWER-deleted dystrophin gene - X-linked
recessive



eburnation - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-osteoarthritis

, trisomy 18 associated with rocker-bottom feet, low-set ears, heart disease - CORRECT ANSWER-
Edwards' syndrome



what is Eisenmenger's complex? - CORRECT ANSWER-late cyanosis shunt (reversal of an
uncorrected L-R shunt to an R-L shunt)



elastic skin - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ehlers-Danlos syndrome



where and what is Erb-Duchenne palsy? - CORRECT ANSWER-superior trunk injury to brachial
plexus (C5-6) - "waiter's tip"



erythema chronicum migrans - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-Lyme disease



genetically inherited aplastic anemia - CORRECT ANSWER-Fanconi's anemia



what is Fanconi's syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWER-proximal tubular reabsorption defect (causes
excretion of many things - leads to, among other things, rickets, metabolic acidosis,
hypokalemia)



"fat, female, forty, and fertile" - at risk for? - CORRECT ANSWER-acute cholecystitis



fatty liver - associated with? - CORRECT ANSWER-alcoholism



ferruginous bodies - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-asbestosis



colon polyps with osteomas and soft tissue tumors - diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER-Gardner's
syndrome