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Ultra-High Yield Clinical Case Scenarios For USMLE Step 1
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By
Adam Brochert, MD, Staff Radiologist, Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA
Included in series
Platinum Vignettes,
Description
Each volume of the Platinum Vignettes presents 50 classic, ultra-high-yield case scenarios of frequently tested topics to give you a clear
advantage on the vignette-based Step 1 exam. Plus, the case discussions provide a wealth of tips, insights, buzzwords, advice on handling
distractors, and guidance on just what the boards will ask and how to answer.
Audience
Medical Students
Contents
Case
1. Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
2. Stroke, also known as cerebral infarction and cerebrovascular accident
3.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease and Barrett metaplasia
4. Seminoma and testicular cancer
5. Parkinson disease
6. Hyperbilirubinemia,
in this case resulting from choledocholithiasis (gallstone in the common bile duct)
7. Gastric adenocarcinoma
8. Hereditary hemochromatosis
9.
Astrocytoma, in this case gliblastoma multiforme
10. Paraneoplastic syndromes, in this case the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic
horomone secretion
11. Goodpasture syndrome
12. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
13. Cervical carcinome
14. Deep venous thrombosis
15.
Hepatocellular carcinoma
16. Myasthenia gravis
17. Renal cell carcinoma
18. Smoking and tobacco use
19. Hypertrophic cardimyopathy
20.
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and thrombocytopenia (i.e, decreased platelet count)
21. Anitrypsin deficiency
22. Disseminated
intravascular coagulation
23. Dermatomyositis
24. Eclampsia and preeclampsia
25. Iron-deficiency anemia
26. Asthma
27.
Graves disease
28. Nephrotic syndrome
29. Sarcoidosis
30. Tumor markers
31. Skin cancer
32. Endometriosis and adenomyosis
33.
Cushing syndrome
34. Fat-soluble vitamins
35. Inflammatory bowel disease
36. Rheumatoid arthritis
37. Benign ovarian teratoma
(also called mature teratoma or dermoid cyst) and other ovarian germ cell tumors
38. Diabetes mellitus
39. Esophageal carcinoma
40.
Intracranial hemorrhage
41. Hodgkin disease, also known as Hodgkin lymphoma
42. Congestive heart failure
43. Megaloblastic anemia,
in this case caused by vitamin B12 deficiency from pernicious anemia
44. Achalasia
45. Acute myelogenous leukemia
46. Carcinoid
tumor with the carcinoid syndrome
47. Psoriasis
48. Pheochromocytoma and other causes of secondary hypertension
49. Thyroid
cancer, in this case the papillary subtype
50. Multiple sclerosis
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 100 pages, publication date: MAY-2003
ISBN-13: 978-1-56053-569-0
ISBN-10: 1-56053-569-5
Imprint: HANLEY AND BELFUS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS
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