Didactic Year

Reviewed January 2024 Hyphema Sample Question: A 13-year-old boy is brought to the urgent care clinic by his mother. He was struck in the eye with a baseball while playing with classmates during recess. He complains of blurred vision and excruciating eye pain. Examination of the eye reveals decreased visual acuity, miosis, photophobia, and grossly visible read more…

Reviewed February 2024 Ménière Disease Sample Question: A 28-year-old man presents to his primary care physician for evaluation of intermittent episodes of left ear tinnitus, fullness, and hearing loss over the past 6 months. He reports no history of loud noise exposure or recent ear or upper respiratory tract infections. On two occasions without any read more…

Reviewed February 2024 Osgood-Schlatter Disease Sample question: A 15-year-old boy presents to the ED with right knee pain for the last 2 weeks. He is the point guard on his high-school basketball team. The pain is worse after basketball practice or a game. He does not specifically remember injuring his knee. On examination, he is tender read more…

Reviewed February 2024 Myasthenia Gravis Sample Question: A 27-year-old woman presents to the clinic concerned about eye strain. Her vision is sometimes blurry after working at a computer all day. Her boyfriend has noticed that one of her eyelids sometimes droops. Her symptoms are absent in the morning but develop and worsen as the day read more…

Reviewed February 2024 Multiple Myeloma

Reviewed February 2024 Molluscum Contagiosum

Reviewed February 2024 Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

Bacterial Tracheitis Sample Question: A 3-year-old boy presents in severe respiratory distress. His mother informs you that he has been ill for the last five days, initially with a low-grade fever and “barky cough.”  He was seen at an urgent care facility four days ago and given a “breathing treatment” and discharged on steroids. He has become read more…

Reviewed January 2024 Absence Seizures

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Reviewed January 2024 Small Bowel Obstruction

Reviewed January 2024 Appendicitis

Today’s teaching image and Rapid Review covers cardiac tamponade. Pericardial Tamponade Patient will be complaining of dyspnea and chest pain PE will show muffled heart sounds, JVD and hypotension (Beck’s triad), pulsus paradoxus  ECG will show low voltage QRS, electrical alterans Echocardiography will show diastolic collapse of RV Treatment is pericardiocentesis For more teaching images, try read more…

Today’s teaching image and Rapid Review covers tinea versicolor. Tinea Versicolor Malassezia furfur Patches with altered pigmentation Torso Affected skin does not tan Selenium shampoo For more teaching images, try a free trial of our board review qbanks.

Today’s teaching image and Rapid Review covers basilar skull fracture. Basilar Skull Fracture Petrous portion of temporal bone fracture most common Battle’s sign, raccoon eyes, hemotympanum, CSF otorrhea/rhinorrhea CN VII, VIII entrapment CT For more teaching images, try a free trial of our board review qbanks.