PLE Category: Internal Medicine

PLE-2460

A 27-year-old male is brought to the ER due to severe chest pain radiating to his left arm, with associated body weakness and diaphoresis. PE revealed small, raised yellowish lesions around the eye and on volar surfaces of both arms. ECG revealed ST elevations. His brother died at the age of 24 due to a heart problem. What is the underlying genetic condition of this patient?

PLE-2456

A 65-year-old male, non-smoker, with a chronic history of gastroesophageal reflux disease, consults your clinic for dysphagia. What is the diagnosis?

PLE-2457

What is a risk factor for breast cancer?

PLE-2458

What is the most common trigger in an asthmatic attack?

PLE-2454

What is the goal of reducing blood pressure in a diabetic patient?

PLE-2455

What is the initial imaging modality of choice for patients suspected of having pulmonary embolism?

PLE-2447

What is the substance produced by macrophages in chronic granulomatous diseases such as tuberculosis and sarcoidosis, which causes hypercalcemia?

PLE-2448

What is the first-line anti-epileptic drug for petit mal and grand mal seizures according to HPIM p2507 table 363-8?

PLE-2449

What are Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules seen in?