CCEB PART B PATHO EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Achilles Tendonitis - ANSWER Swelling, + pain dorsiflexion and plantar flexion
Plantar fasciitis - Answer ache and discomfort near the heel; morning ache
worsens.
Plantar fasciitis structures: ANSWER Medial tubercle, metatarsal heads.
Anterior Compartment Syndrome: ANSWER Intense discomfort, inflamed shin,
resisted dorsiflexion.
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome - Answer Tingling in the medial arch and ball of foot.
Entrapment of _______, Tarsal tunnel cause--ANSWER The posterior tibial nerve
Metatarsalgia - Answer Pain in the plantar heads, high-heeled shoes
Morton's Neuroma - Answer: Positive squeeze test
The answer for Morton's neuroma is the third and fourth digital nerves.
Monteggia fracture: Ulnar fracture, radial head dislocation.
Galeazzi fracture - ANSWER Radial fracture with dislocation of the distal ulna.
,Colles Fracture - Answer distal radial fx, dorsal angulation (back)
Smith's fracture: ANSWER distal radial fracture with anterior angulation.
Hangman's fx: C2 bilateral pedicle fx.
Teardrop fx - ANSWER Fx of the inferior anterior corner of C2 MC
Reiter's Syndrome - ANSWER: Unilateral Sacroiliitis Reiters or AS
Answer for subarachnoid hemorrhage: Berry aneurysm, PICA.
Subdural Hemorrhage - Answer: Long lucid duration, venous haemorrhage.
Epidural haemorrhage: ANSWER Short lucid time in the middle meninges.
Intracerebral haemorrhage - answer Hypertension causes brain bleeding.
E-coli age for bacterial meningitis - ANSWER: neonates
ANSWER Influenza age for meningitis: Children
Adult Influenza Age - Answer: Strep Pneumonia.
PICA Wallenberg Syndrome - Answer Pain temperature opposite trunk; pain
temperature same side face.
, AAA - Answer Hypotension, flank discomfort, palpable abdominal mass over
3.8cm
Lytic Mets - ANSWER: elevated serum calcium cancer.
Blastic Mets - ANSWER: elevated alkaline phosphatase malignancy.
Spinal Stenosis - Answer Walking and extension make things worse. Flexion
brings relief.
Patellar tendonitis - ANSWER Pain from sitting in knees for too long.
Petit-mal - ANSWER: Seizure lasting 2-15 seconds.
Grand Mal - ANSWER Jerky, stiff convulsions.
Pellagra: B-3 deficiency, dementia, diarrhea, dermatitis.
Klein’s line - Answer: SCFE and femoral head line.
Skinner's line - ANSWER: Hip fracture
Shenton's line: ANSWER Interrupted neck—femoral neck FX and SCFE
ANSWERS
Achilles Tendonitis - ANSWER Swelling, + pain dorsiflexion and plantar flexion
Plantar fasciitis - Answer ache and discomfort near the heel; morning ache
worsens.
Plantar fasciitis structures: ANSWER Medial tubercle, metatarsal heads.
Anterior Compartment Syndrome: ANSWER Intense discomfort, inflamed shin,
resisted dorsiflexion.
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome - Answer Tingling in the medial arch and ball of foot.
Entrapment of _______, Tarsal tunnel cause--ANSWER The posterior tibial nerve
Metatarsalgia - Answer Pain in the plantar heads, high-heeled shoes
Morton's Neuroma - Answer: Positive squeeze test
The answer for Morton's neuroma is the third and fourth digital nerves.
Monteggia fracture: Ulnar fracture, radial head dislocation.
Galeazzi fracture - ANSWER Radial fracture with dislocation of the distal ulna.
,Colles Fracture - Answer distal radial fx, dorsal angulation (back)
Smith's fracture: ANSWER distal radial fracture with anterior angulation.
Hangman's fx: C2 bilateral pedicle fx.
Teardrop fx - ANSWER Fx of the inferior anterior corner of C2 MC
Reiter's Syndrome - ANSWER: Unilateral Sacroiliitis Reiters or AS
Answer for subarachnoid hemorrhage: Berry aneurysm, PICA.
Subdural Hemorrhage - Answer: Long lucid duration, venous haemorrhage.
Epidural haemorrhage: ANSWER Short lucid time in the middle meninges.
Intracerebral haemorrhage - answer Hypertension causes brain bleeding.
E-coli age for bacterial meningitis - ANSWER: neonates
ANSWER Influenza age for meningitis: Children
Adult Influenza Age - Answer: Strep Pneumonia.
PICA Wallenberg Syndrome - Answer Pain temperature opposite trunk; pain
temperature same side face.
, AAA - Answer Hypotension, flank discomfort, palpable abdominal mass over
3.8cm
Lytic Mets - ANSWER: elevated serum calcium cancer.
Blastic Mets - ANSWER: elevated alkaline phosphatase malignancy.
Spinal Stenosis - Answer Walking and extension make things worse. Flexion
brings relief.
Patellar tendonitis - ANSWER Pain from sitting in knees for too long.
Petit-mal - ANSWER: Seizure lasting 2-15 seconds.
Grand Mal - ANSWER Jerky, stiff convulsions.
Pellagra: B-3 deficiency, dementia, diarrhea, dermatitis.
Klein’s line - Answer: SCFE and femoral head line.
Skinner's line - ANSWER: Hip fracture
Shenton's line: ANSWER Interrupted neck—femoral neck FX and SCFE
