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Medical Surgical Endocrine Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
All are true except: hypothyroidism
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Hypothyroidism causes brittle hair, large tongue, pericardial effusion, and slow DTR relaxation.
Question 2 of 5
One of the following drugs which is useful in the treatment of myasthenia gravis is:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Neostigmine (cholinesterase inhibitor) enhances neuromuscular transmission in myasthenia gravis.
Question 3 of 5
Symptoms and signs specific for internal carotid artery occlusion include:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Internal carotid occlusion causes ipsilateral amaurosis fugax (transient blindness) most specifically.
Question 4 of 5
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Vitamin B12 deficiency causes subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord.
Question 5 of 5
Cloudy spinal fluid is seen in:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Tuberculous and meningococcal meningitis cause cloudy CSF from pus or protein; polio and encephalitis typically do not.