USMLE Questions – Characteristic Disease Findings

The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is designed to emphasize knowledge of clinical scenarios and clinical pearls, even on Step I. Listed below are some commonly encountered disease findings and characteristics.

Feature
Disease

45, X chromosome
Turner’s syndrome

5-HIAA increased in urine
Carcinoid syndrome

Aganglionic rectum
Hirschsrpung’s disease

Apple-core sign on barium enema
Colon cancer

Arched back (opisthotonos)
Tetanus

Argyll-Robertson pupil
Syphilis

Ash leaf on forehead
Tuberous sclerosis

Auer rods
 Acute myelogenous leukemia

Austin Flint murmur
Aortic regurgitation

Backwash ileitis
Ulcerative colitis

Baker’s cyst
Rheumatoid arthritis

Bamboo spine
Ankylosing spondylitis

Bartonella henselae
Cat scratch fever

Basophilis stippling of RBCs
Lead poisoning

Bilateral lens subluxation
Marfan’s disease

Bird’s beak on barium swallow
Achalasia

Black-colored urine
Acute intermittent porphyria

Black eschars in nose
Mucormycosis

Bone spicules in retina
Retinitis pigmentosa

Boot-shaped heart on chest radiograph
Tetralogy of Fallot

Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease

Bouchard’s, Heberden’s nodes
Osteoarthritis

Boutonniere deformity of fingers
Rheumatoid arthritis

Boxcars under microscope
Anthrax

Breslow’s classification
Melanoma

Brushfield’s spots
Down’s syndrome

Bull-neck edema
Diphtheria

Bunch-of-grapes tissue mass
Hydatidiform mole

Burkolderia cepacia
Cystic fibrosis

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Source: Inside Surgery - January 18, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Editor Tags: Surgpedia USMLE diseases findings VMA water hammer pulse Source Type: blogs