Sharpen your USMLE skills with this top missed test prep question

A top priority for medical students is preparing for the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE), which is why each month, we’re giving you an exclusive scoop on the most challenging USMLE questions and expert strategies to help you beat them. This month’s question explores pathophysiology. Think you know the answer? Check out the question that stumped most of your peers—and hear an expert video explanation of the answer from Kaplan Medical. Welcome to the second post in AMA Wire’s series, “Tutor talk: Tips from Kaplan on the most missed USMLE questions.” Each month, we’ll reveal one of the top questions students miss on the USMLE, a helpful analysis of answers and video featuring tips on how to advance your test-taking strategies. Test your knowledge of the endocrine system with this question. Ready. Set. Go. This month’s question that stumped most students: A 40-year-old woman comes to the physician because of epigastric pain, especially after meals. Vital signs are within normal limits. Physical examination shows multiple angiofibromas and lipomas. There is mild epigastric tenderness with deep palpation. Laboratory studies show hypercalcemia and elevated serum parathyroid hormone. Exploratory surgery of the neck shows diffuse hyperplasia of all four parathyroid glands. Which of the following laboratory studies is most appropriate to confirm the likely diagnosis? A. Pentagastrin-simulated calcitonin secretion B. Serum epinephrine C. Ser...
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