PACKRAT Questions with correct answers

ID - Ring Enhancing lesions shown on MRI in a HIV + pt indicates what and what is the treatment? CORRECT ANSWER Toxiplasmosis - fever, hemiparesis, HA, Dementia GYN - Define Haegars sign, Chadwicks sign, McDonald's sign CORRECT ANSWER Chadwick - bluish discoloration of cervix indicating pregnancy McDonald's - Flexibility at uterocervical junction at 7-8 weeks of pregnancy Haegar's sign - Softening of the cervix ENT - Most reliable sign of Acute Otitis Media is what? CORRECT ANSWER Loss of TM mobility during pneumoinsufflation *not bulging of the TM (Suggests effusion as likely) GYN - What is swelling of the breast tissue a result of in a female prior to Menses? CORRECT ANSWER Breast tissue swells due to progesterone which increases the ducts and alveoli MSK - Anatomically, what portion of the spinal column is responsible for vibration sense and proprioception? C