Q184) A 10 year old boy is evaluated in the emergency room after he tripped over and fell during a basketball game. There is no history of loss of consciousness. He denies any injury except some pain in the occipital area of the skull. He also reports chronic fatigue. A routine skull x-ray is obtained for evaluation and is shown below:
Which of the following is most likely to be associated with these incidental skull x-ray findings ?
A) Monoclonal gammopathy
B) Pituitary tumor
C) Hemolysis
D) Paget disease
E) Glioma
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c: hemolysis
This one baffles me but its seems you want me to look at his skull and that would only mean Pagets since there are no other findings.
HEMOLYSIS seems to be the answer. I looked up the answer and there is much more to this question than what you gave me. These question (i hope) r not on the exam. You need to be an expert in the feild to get these correct. I study with doctors of many specialties and they say its too difficult to answer.
Radiology images will be tested on your exam. You need not be an expert to recognize “hair-on-end” appearance on the skull – as these are taught at medical school level and also, in USMLE Step I pathophysiology. Most characteristic Radiology images do show up on the exam. So, these questions are often tested on the exam.
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due to hemolysis in thalasemia major pt