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USMLE Step 1 Prep 2

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Diffuse systemic scleroderma






2. Paget's disease of the breast






3. 1. Bence Jones proteins (multiple myeloma - kappa or lambda light chains in urine) 2. Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM)






4. Interstitial fibrosis






5. Pott's (TB to the vertebrae)






6. Tetralogy of Fallot - RVH






7. Gower's sign (Duchenne's)






8. Kussmaul breathing - DKA






9. Hemangioma (benign - associated with Sturge - Weber syndrome - in which case it's V1 distribution)






10. Simian crease (Down's)






11. Fanconi's syndrome (proximal tubular reabsorption defect)






12. Sheehan's syndrome






13. Drug - induced SLE (hydralazine - isoniazid - phenytoin - procainamide)






14. Bell's palsy (LMN CN VII)






15. Blue bloater (chronic bronchitis)






16. Neurofibrillary tangles (Alzheimer's and CJD)






17. Strep pneumo






18. Parkinson's






19. Megaloblastic anemia (B12 - folate deficiency)






20. Curschmann's spirals (bronchial asthma - can result in whorled mucous plugs)






21. Chronic bacterial pyelo






22. Tabes dorsalis - lose proprioception (3* syphilis)






23. Whipple's disease (Tropheryma whippelii)






24. Infectious mono (HBV). IgM that agglutinates sheep RBCs






25. Addison's






26. Osler's node (infective endocarditis)






27. Membranous glomerulonephritis (may progress to nephrotic)






28. CF






29. 1. Multiple myeloma (M protein - IgG or IgA) 2. Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (aging) 3. Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM) 4. Primary amyloidosis






30. Roth's spots (bacterial endocarditis)






31. Actinomyces israelii






32. Chvostek's sign (hypocalcemia)






33. Celiac (diarrhea - distention - weight loss)






34. Gallstones






35. Duchenne's muscular dystrophy






36. Becker's muscular dystrophy






37. Peyronie's disease






38. Henoch - Schonlein purpura (IgA vasculitis)






39. Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis: risk of mesothelioma)






40. Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)






41. Fibrocystic change of the breast






42. Horner's syndrome (usually with Pancoast tumor in apex of lung)






43. Goodpasture's syndome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)






44. Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia






45. MS (Charcot's)






46. GBM (cells may be called 'serpentine')






47. Call - Exner bodies (granulosa - theca cell tumor of the ovary)






48. Trousseau's sign (adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung)






49. 'b - thalassemia - sickle cell anemia (extramedullary hematopoiesis). ''Hair on end'' means marrow expansion (skull)






50. Acute toxic/viral nephrosis