MCCQE Patterns UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Apthous ulcers, genital ulcers, uveitis - CORRECT ANSWER - Bechet's disease
Inflammation of large joint, conjuntivitis/uveitis, urethritis/cervicitis - CORRECT
ANSWER - Reiter's syndrome
Asymmetrical oligoarthritis (DIP), symmetrical seronegative arthritis, dactylitis, onycholysis,
psoriasis - CORRECT ANSWER - Psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly, neutropenia - CORRECT ANSWER - Felty's
syndrome
Joint space narrowing, subchondral sclerosis, subchondral cysts, osteophytes, (Bouchard's Nodes
@ PIP) (Heberden's Nodes @ DIP) (thumb squaring) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Osteoarthritis
Oval Herald patch, Christmas tree pattern, collarette scaling, pruritic rash, preceded by URTI -
CORRECT ANSWER - Pytariasis Rosea
HyperCalcemia, Renal failure, Anemia, Boney lesions - CORRECT ANSWER - Multiple
Myeloma
CATCH-22, Congential heart (Tetralogy of Fallot), Abnormal facies, Thymic dsyplasia, Cleft
Palate, Hypocalcemia, (Chromosome 22) - CORRECT ANSWER - Di George syndrome
Hypertension, Bradycardia, Irregular resp pattern - CORRECT ANSWER - Cushing's
Triad (ICP)
, Butt and thigh claudication, decreased femoral pulses, impotence - CORRECT
ANSWER - Leriche's syndrome
String of pearls sign - CORRECT ANSWER - Small bowel obstruction
Trismus (masticating spasm), Uvular Deviation, dysphonia - CORRECT ANSWER -
Quinsy Triad for Peritonsillar abscess
Hypotension, elevated JVP, muffled heart sounds - CORRECT ANSWER - Beck's Triad
Deafness, Hutchinson's teeth, interstitial corneal keratitis - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hutchinson's triad
AML, pancytopenia, congenital defects, short stature - CORRECT ANSWER - Fanconi
anemia
Polycythemia, hematuria, hypercalcemia - CORRECT ANSWER - Paraneoplastic
syndrome
Agalactorrhea, post-partum amenorrhea, secondary hypothyroidism, adrenalinsufficiency -
CORRECT ANSWER - Sheehan's syndrome
Amenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, dysmenorrhea post D&C - CORRECT ANSWER -
Asherman's syndrome
Eating disorder, amenorrhea, osteoporosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Female athlete triad
Lower abdominal pain (+peritoneal signs), bilateral adnexal tenderness, cervical motion
tenderness, or exposure to (gon/chlam) - CORRECT ANSWER - Pelvic Inflammatory
Disease
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Apthous ulcers, genital ulcers, uveitis - CORRECT ANSWER - Bechet's disease
Inflammation of large joint, conjuntivitis/uveitis, urethritis/cervicitis - CORRECT
ANSWER - Reiter's syndrome
Asymmetrical oligoarthritis (DIP), symmetrical seronegative arthritis, dactylitis, onycholysis,
psoriasis - CORRECT ANSWER - Psoriatic arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly, neutropenia - CORRECT ANSWER - Felty's
syndrome
Joint space narrowing, subchondral sclerosis, subchondral cysts, osteophytes, (Bouchard's Nodes
@ PIP) (Heberden's Nodes @ DIP) (thumb squaring) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Osteoarthritis
Oval Herald patch, Christmas tree pattern, collarette scaling, pruritic rash, preceded by URTI -
CORRECT ANSWER - Pytariasis Rosea
HyperCalcemia, Renal failure, Anemia, Boney lesions - CORRECT ANSWER - Multiple
Myeloma
CATCH-22, Congential heart (Tetralogy of Fallot), Abnormal facies, Thymic dsyplasia, Cleft
Palate, Hypocalcemia, (Chromosome 22) - CORRECT ANSWER - Di George syndrome
Hypertension, Bradycardia, Irregular resp pattern - CORRECT ANSWER - Cushing's
Triad (ICP)
, Butt and thigh claudication, decreased femoral pulses, impotence - CORRECT
ANSWER - Leriche's syndrome
String of pearls sign - CORRECT ANSWER - Small bowel obstruction
Trismus (masticating spasm), Uvular Deviation, dysphonia - CORRECT ANSWER -
Quinsy Triad for Peritonsillar abscess
Hypotension, elevated JVP, muffled heart sounds - CORRECT ANSWER - Beck's Triad
Deafness, Hutchinson's teeth, interstitial corneal keratitis - CORRECT ANSWER -
Hutchinson's triad
AML, pancytopenia, congenital defects, short stature - CORRECT ANSWER - Fanconi
anemia
Polycythemia, hematuria, hypercalcemia - CORRECT ANSWER - Paraneoplastic
syndrome
Agalactorrhea, post-partum amenorrhea, secondary hypothyroidism, adrenalinsufficiency -
CORRECT ANSWER - Sheehan's syndrome
Amenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, dysmenorrhea post D&C - CORRECT ANSWER -
Asherman's syndrome
Eating disorder, amenorrhea, osteoporosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Female athlete triad
Lower abdominal pain (+peritoneal signs), bilateral adnexal tenderness, cervical motion
tenderness, or exposure to (gon/chlam) - CORRECT ANSWER - Pelvic Inflammatory
Disease
