{"id":6911,"date":"2013-01-18T10:45:41","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T15:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=6911"},"modified":"2013-03-30T19:43:07","modified_gmt":"2013-03-30T23:43:07","slug":"usmle-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2013\/01\/usmle-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"USMLE Questions – Characteristic Disease Findings"},"content":{"rendered":"

USMLE questions can be notoriously “picky”. The United States Medical Licensing Examination 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 that are often included in USMLE<\/a> questions .<\/p>\n

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Feature<\/strong><\/td>\nDisease<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45, X chromosome<\/td>\nTurner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5-HIAA increased in urine<\/td>\nCarcinoid syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aganglionic rectum<\/td>\nHirschsrpung\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apple-core sign on barium enema<\/td>\nColon cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arched back (opisthotonos)<\/td>\nTetanus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Argyll-Robertson pupil<\/td>\nSyphilis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ash leaf on forehead<\/td>\nTuberous sclerosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Auer rods<\/td>\nAcute myelogenous leukemia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Austin Flint murmur<\/td>\nAortic regurgitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Backwash ileitis<\/td>\nUlcerative colitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cyst<\/td>\nRheumatoid arthritis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bamboo spine<\/td>\nAnkylosing spondylitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bartonella henselae<\/td>\nCat scratch fever<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Basophilis stippling of RBCs<\/td>\nLead poisoning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bilateral lens subluxation<\/td>\nMarfan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Bird\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s beak on barium swallow<\/td>\nAchalasia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black-colored urine<\/td>\nAcute intermittent porphyria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black eschars in nose<\/td>\nMucormycosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bone spicules in retina<\/td>\nRetinitis pigmentosa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boot-shaped heart on chest radiograph<\/td>\nTetralogy of Fallot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Borrelia burgdorferi<\/td>\nLyme disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bouchard\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Heberden\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nodes<\/td>\nOsteoarthritis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boutonniere deformity of fingers<\/td>\nRheumatoid arthritis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Boxcars under microscope<\/td>\nAnthrax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breslow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s classification<\/td>\nMelanoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brushfield\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spots<\/td>\nDown\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bull-neck edema<\/td>\nDiphtheria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bunch-of-grapes tissue mass<\/td>\nHydatidiform mole<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burkolderia cepacia<\/td>\nCystic fibrosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burr\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cells (acanthocytosis)<\/td>\nAbetalipoproteinemia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Butterfly rash on face<\/td>\nLupus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Butterfly shape of brain mass on MRI<\/td>\nAstrocytoma (glioblastoma)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Button-hole sign<\/td>\nNeurofibromatosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C3 nephritic factor<\/td>\nMembranoproliferative glomerulonephritis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caf\u00c3\u00a9-au-lait spots<\/td>\nNeurofibromatosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calf muscle pseudohypertrophy<\/td>\nDuchenne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s muscular dystrophy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
c-ANCA positive<\/td>\nWegener\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s granulomatosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Candle-drippings tumor<\/td>\nTuberous sclerosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caput medusae<\/td>\nPortal hypertension<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Chagoma, Romana\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sign<\/td>\nChagas disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chain-o-lakes duct<\/td>\nChronic pancreatitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charcot-Leyden crystals<\/td>\nAsthma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cherry red spot on macula<\/td>\nTay-Sachs, Niemann-Pick disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chinese letter-shaped microbe<\/td>\nDiphtheria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chipmunk facies<\/td>\nBeta-thalassemia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chlamydia trachomatis<\/td>\nLymphogranuloma venereum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chloride sweat test positive<\/td>\nCystic fibrosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Chocolate cysts, powder burn tissue<\/td>\nEndometriosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Choreoathetoid movements<\/td>\nHuntington\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s chorea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chromosome 5 partial deletion<\/td>\nCri-du-chat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chvostek\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sign<\/td>\nHypocalcemia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Codman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s triangle<\/td>\nOsteosarcoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cogwheel rigidity<\/td>\nParkinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Complement (CH50) decreased<\/td>\nLupus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Condylomata lata, gummas<\/td>\nSyphilis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Congenital bicuspid aortic valve<\/td>\nAortic stenosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Continuous machinery murmur<\/td>\nPatent ductus arteriosus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cooing-seagull murmur<\/td>\nMitral regurgitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coronary artery aneurysms<\/td>\nKawasaki\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cotton-candy lungs<\/td>\nCOPD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Courvoisier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sign<\/td>\nPancreatic cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cowdry type A bodies<\/td>\nHerpes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coxiella burnetii<\/td>\nQ fever<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Crypt abscesses in bowel mucosa<\/td>\nUlcerative colitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Curschmann\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spirals<\/td>\nasthma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cystic medial necrosis of aorta<\/td>\nMarfan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cystic space in spinal cord<\/td>\nsyringomyelia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dark lung field<\/td>\npneumothorax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Delta wave on ECG<\/td>\nWolff-Parkinson-White<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doughnut ring in liver on CT<\/td>\nQ fever<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drusen<\/td>\nMacular degeneration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dry eyes and mouth<\/td>\nSjogren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dural tail streak of contrast on CT<\/td>\nMenigioma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dynein arm in cilia missing<\/td>\nKartagener\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
E antigen<\/td>\nHepatitis B<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eaton-Lambert<\/td>\nSmall cell lung cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Erdrophonium (Tensilon) test positive<\/td>\nMyasthenia gravis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eggshell calcifications in hilar nodes<\/td>\nsarcoidosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elliptical RBCs<\/td>\nElliptocytosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ghon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s complex<\/td>\nTuberculosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gleason score<\/td>\nPancreatic cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gluten-caused<\/td>\nCeliac sprue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gowers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sign<\/td>\nDuchenne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s muscular dystrophy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Guarnieri\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bodies<\/td>\nSmallpox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Halo, crescent signs on chest radiograph<\/td>\naspergillosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ham\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s test positive<\/td>\nParoxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hand-foot syndrome<\/td>\nSickle cell disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Hemoglobin S<\/td>\nSickle cell disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HLA-B27<\/td>\nAnkylosing spondylitis, Reiter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HLA-B35<\/td>\nDe Quervain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s thyroiditis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Homan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sign<\/td>\nDeep vein thrombosis (DVT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hutchinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s teeth<\/td>\nsyphilis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hypertrophy of gastric folds<\/td>\nMenetrier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hypopyon uveitis (pus in anterior eye)<\/td>\nBehcet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IgA in mesangium<\/td>\nBerger\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
IgG in glomerular basement membrane<\/td>\nGoodpasture\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153infant Hercules\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/td>\nCongenital hypothyroidism, cretinism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irregularly irregular pulse<\/td>\nAtrial fibrillation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Itchy, scaly skin on nipple<\/td>\nPaget\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease of breast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Janeway spots<\/td>\nBacterial endocarditis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jarisch-herxheimer reaction<\/td>\nLyme disease, syphilis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kernig\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, brudzinski\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s signs<\/td>\nBacterial meningitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Koplik\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spots<\/td>\nMeasles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Kussmaul\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s respiration<\/td>\nDiabetic ketoacidosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
lanugo<\/td>\nAnorexia nervosa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Large motor neuron loss<\/td>\nALS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lenticonus (anterior conical lens displacement)<\/td>\nAlport\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leonine facies<\/td>\nleprosy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leukocoria (white pupil)<\/td>\nretinoblastoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lewy body<\/td>\nParkinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Libman-sacks lesions<\/td>\nLupus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Lip biopsy<\/td>\nSjogren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucio\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s phenomenon<\/td>\nLeprosy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lytic bone lesions in skull<\/td>\nMultiple myeloma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mcburney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s point tenderness<\/td>\nappendicitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mid to late systolic click<\/td>\nMitral valve prolapse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monoclonal spike-protein electrophoresis<\/td>\nMultiple myeloma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moon facies, buffalo hump, striae<\/td>\nCushing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mousy odor<\/td>\nphenylketonuria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Multiple aneurysms in arteries<\/td>\nPolyarteritis nodosa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multiple bone fractures in infants<\/td>\nOsteogenesis imperfecta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Murphy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sign<\/td>\nAcute cholecystitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Negri body<\/td>\nRabies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neurofibrillary tangles, senile plaques<\/td>\nAlzheimer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nontender pustular papule with black eschar<\/td>\nanthrax<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Notched ribs, 3 sign on chest radiograph<\/td>\nCoarctation of aorta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nutmeg liver<\/td>\nCongestive heart failure (CHF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Obturator sign<\/td>\nAppendicitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Omphalomesenteric duct<\/td>\nMeckel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s diverticula<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Onion-peel tumor on radiograph<\/td>\nEwing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sarcoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Osler\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nodes<\/td>\nBacterial endocarditis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Osmotic fragility abnormal<\/td>\nspherocytosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Panacinar emphysema<\/td>\nAlpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
p-ANCA positive<\/td>\nChurg-Strauss disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pancoast\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tumor<\/td>\nSquamous cell lung cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Paul-Bunnell heterophile antibodies<\/td>\nMononucleosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peaked T waves on ECG<\/td>\nHyperkalemai, MI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pebbling of skin<\/td>\nHunter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pericardial friction rub<\/td>\nAcute pericarditis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philadelphia chromosome (t9\/22)<\/td>\nChronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pipestem fibrosis of liver<\/td>\nSchistosomiasis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plasmodium<\/td>\nMalaria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plucked-chicken skin<\/td>\nPseudoxanthoma elasticum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Podagra, tophi<\/td>\ngout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Popcorn cells<\/td>\nHodgkin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pretibial myxedema<\/td>\nHypothyroidism, Hashimoto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psammoma bodies<\/td>\nPapillary thyroid carcinoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psoas sign<\/td>\nAppendicitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Q wave on ECG<\/td>\nMyocardial infarction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachitic rosary chest<\/td>\nRickets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ranke\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s complex<\/td>\nTuberculosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ranson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s criteria<\/td>\nAcute pancreatitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red, swollen Stensen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s duct<\/td>\nMumps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reed-sternberg cell<\/td>\nHodgkin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RET gene mutations<\/td>\nMEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rhodopsin defect<\/td>\nRetinitis pigmentosa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rice-water stools<\/td>\nCholera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rickettsia rickettsii<\/td>\nRocky mountain spotted fever<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ring hemorrhages in brain<\/td>\nWernicke\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ristocetin cofactor<\/td>\nVon Willebrand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rose spot rash on trunk<\/td>\nTyphoid fever<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spots<\/td>\nBacterial endocarditis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rotten egg smell on belching<\/td>\nGiardiasis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S1-Q3-T3 on ECG<\/td>\nPulmonary embolus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153safety pin\u00e2\u20ac\u009d under microscopy<\/td>\nplague<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salty tasting skin<\/td>\nCystic fibrosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sawtooth waves on ECG<\/td>\nAtrial flutter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scalloped pupils<\/td>\nFamilial amyloid polyneuropathy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sentinel loop on abdominal radiograph<\/td>\nAcute pancreatitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serotonin secretion increased<\/td>\nCarcinoid syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sezary\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\nMycosis fungoides<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skin crepitus<\/td>\nGas gangrene<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Skip areas in bowel<\/td>\nCrohn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small platelet size<\/td>\nWiskott-Aldrich syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smudge cell<\/td>\nChronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Snowstorm on ultrasound<\/td>\nHydatidiform mole<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spectrin defects<\/td>\nElliptocytosis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Starry sky pattern in lymph nodes<\/td>\nBurkitt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\/non-Hodgkin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lymphoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Strawberry tongue<\/td>\nToxic shock syndrome, typhoid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
String sign on barium enema<\/td>\nCrohn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subclavian arteritis<\/td>\nTakayasu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s arteritis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sunburst tumor<\/td>\nosteosarcoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swimmer\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s itch<\/td>\nschistosomiasis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Target\/bullseye rash<\/td>\nLyme disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tender, pustular papule with black eschar<\/td>\nTularemia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennis racket-shaped organism<\/td>\nTetanus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennis racket shaped structure inside cell<\/td>\nHand-schuller-christian disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tight skin on face, mouth , and eyes<\/td>\nscleroderma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tinel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Phalen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s signs<\/td>\nCarpal tunnel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Translocation of 11 and 22 chromosomes<\/td>\nEwings sarcoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Treponema pallidum<\/td>\nSyphilis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Trisomy 21<\/td>\nDown\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trypanosome cruzi<\/td>\nChagas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Two paternal 15 chromosomes<\/td>\nPrader-Willi syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Urease breath test<\/td>\nPeptic ulcer disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) increased in urine<\/td>\nNeuroblastoma, pheochromocytoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Warthin-Finkeldey giant cells<\/td>\nMeasles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water bottle-shaped heart<\/td>\nAcute pericarditis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water-hammer pulse<\/td>\nAortic regurgitation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Wire-loop complexes in mesangium<\/td>\nLupus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153worst headache of my life\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/td>\nCVA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
XXY chromosomes<\/td>\nKlinefelter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yersinia pestis<\/td>\nPlague<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Z deformity of hand<\/td>\nRheumatoid arthritis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The key to do answering USMLE questions during the examination is early and intensive preparation. Unfortunately,a poor score may not reflect on what type of physician an examinee might develop into but a high number of correctly answered USMLE questions will make obtaining a competitive residency easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

USMLE questions can be notoriously “picky”. The United States Medical Licensing Examination is designed to emphasize knowledge of clinical scenarios and clinical pearls, even on Step I. 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