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Medical Surgical Endocrine Practice Quiz Questions
Question 1 of 5
Moon face, cutaneous telangectasia, muscular weakness and buffalo hump are characteristic of:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Cushing's syndrome features moon face, telangiectasia, weakness, and buffalo hump from cortisol excess.
Question 2 of 5
Immunologic aberration has been implicated in all but one of the following disease:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is primarily metabolic, not autoimmune, unlike the others.
Question 3 of 5
The chvostek sign is of importance in the diagnosis of:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Chvostek's sign (facial twitching) indicates hypocalcemia, common in hypoparathyroidism.
Question 4 of 5
Myeloid metaplasia
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Myeloid metaplasia (myelofibrosis) features thrombocytopenia from marrow replacement.
Question 5 of 5
One of the following thyroid carcinomas is associated with the production of thyrocalcitonin and pheochromocytoma:
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Medullary thyroid carcinoma produces calcitonin and is linked to pheochromocytoma in MEN2 syndromes.