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USMLE Step 1 Prep 2

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Parkinson's






2. Actinomyces israelii






3. Osteogenesis imperfecta






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






5. Choriocarcinoma - hydatidiform mole






6. Pink puffer (emphysema)






7. Edward's syndrome (Trisomy 18)






8. Enterobius






9. Intussesseption






10. DVT - PE - DIC - Budd - Chiari (D dimer is fibrin breakdown products)






11. Nonpainful = syphillis. Painful with exudate = chancroid






12. Clue cells (Gardenella vaginalis)






13. Whipple's disease (Tropheryma whippelii)






14. Budd - Chiari syndrome






15. Kluver - Bucy syndrome (bilateral amygdala)






16. Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia






17. Cowdry type A bodies (HSV or CMV)






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






19. Epiglossitis (H flu)






20. Reinke crystals (Leydig cell tumor)






21. Raynaud's syndrome (vasospasm)






22. Homer Wright rosettes (adrenal neuroblastoma - medulloblastoma - Ewing's sarcoma)






23. Scarlet fever - Kawasaki disease - TSS






24. Erb - Duchenne palsy






25. Taenia solium (cysticercosis)






26. Pancoast tumor (can cause Horner's)






27. Multiple myeloma






28. Diffuse systemic scleroderma






29. Rouleax formation (high ESR - multiple myeloma)






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






31. Ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis - HLA B27)






32. Anencephaly - spina bifida (neural tube defects) - gastrocesis - omphalmocele






33. Von Hippel - Lindau diease






34. Lines of Zahn (arterial thrombus - layers of platelets/RBCs)






35. Megaloblastic anemia (B12 - folate deficiency)






36. Paget's






37. Aortic regurg






38. Goodpasture's syndome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)






39. Chronic ESRD






40. Chronic passive congestion of the liver due to right heart failure






41. 2* syphilis - Rocky Mountain spotted fever - coxsackie A






42. Minimal change disease (child - nephrotic)






43. Wegner's (c - ANCA) and Goodpasture's (anti - GBM). Wegner's can also have upper airway involvement






44. Bell's palsy (LMN CN VII)






45. Tay- Sachs - Niemann - Pick - central retinal artery occlusion






46. Blue bloater (chronic bronchitis)






47. Condylomata lata (2* syphilis)






48. Kayser - Fleischer rings (copper accumulation from Wilson's disease)






49. Turner syndrome (X0 - short stature - webbed neck - lymphedema)






50. McCune - Albright syndome (G protein problem)