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A 58-year-old man develops severe pain and swelling at the base of his right great toe overnight. He is afebrile and has no skin wound or prosthetic joint. Syno…

Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old woman has photosensitive facial erythema, painless oral ulcers and symmetrical pain and swelling of the small joints of both hands. Urinalysis sho…

Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common

A 69-year-old man presents with 2 months of progressive low back pain that is worse at night and is not relieved by rest. He has lost 6 kg unintentionally and h…

Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common

A 72-year-old woman sustains a low-trauma vertebral compression fracture while lifting a light shopping bag. She has no renal impairment, oesophageal disease or…

Endocrine and Metabolic · Clinical rotations · common

A 67-year-old woman reports several years of pain at the bases of both thumbs and in the distal finger joints. The pain is worse after gardening, morning stiffn…

Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common

A 54-year-old woman presents with a painful, swollen right knee that became symptomatic over 12 hours. She has a temperature of 37.8°C and is unable to fully fl…

Infectious Diseases · Clinical rotations · common

A a 68-year-old man with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease presents with worsening kidney function over the past two weeks. He started a proton pump…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

In a study of community-dwelling individuals, researchers observe varying prevalence rates of asymptomatic bacteriuria.In which of the following populations is…

Year 1 · Foundations · common

A 70-year-old man presents with dysuria, a slow urinary stream, and a feeling of incomplete emptying. Urinalysis shows leukocytes and nitrites. He is afebrile a…

Year 1 · Mechanisms of disease · common

A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department with confusion, rapid breathing, and general weakness. He has a history of chronic kidney disease. On exa…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 2-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department after falling off a bunk bed at home. She was playing unsupervised in her older sibling’s room. She hit…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 3-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department after falling from a low-height chair at home. He has swelling and tenderness over his left forearm. X-r…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 40-year-old woman presents with a 6-month history of intermittent upper abdominal discomfort described as postprandial fullness and occasional epigastric pain…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 58-year-old man is undergoing evaluation for chronic upper gastrointestinal symptoms. He reports longstanding retrosternal burning, especially at night and af…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 52-year-old man presents to the emergency department with sudden onset of vomiting blood and lightheadedness. He reports passing black stools over the past fe…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 61-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 6-hour history of hematemesis and melena. He reports a long-standing history of osteoarthritis, fo…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 45-year-old woman presents with a painful, swollen, red area on her right forearm that developed over the past two days. She reports a minor cut from gardenin…

Year 1 · Mechanisms of disease · common

A biopsy of the tracheal epithelium shows a single layer of cells with nuclei at different levels, cilia, and mucus-secreting goblet cells. Which of the followi…

Year 1 · Foundations · common

Which function is performed by stratified cuboidal epithelium?

Year 1 · Foundations · common

Which of the following is a location of stratified cuboidal epithelium in the body?

Year 1 · Foundations · common