Spider fingers, high arched palate, aortic abnorma

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Spider fingers, high arched palate, aortic abnormalities and ectopic lenses are seen in what syndrome:

A. Zollinger-Ellison syndrome B. Peutz-Jegher syndrome C. marfan's syndrome D. Reiter's syndrome

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Marfan syndrome features arachnodactyly, high arched palate, aortic defects, and lens dislocation due to fibrillin-1 mutation.

Moon face, cutaneous telangectasia, muscular weakness and buffalo hump are characteristic of:

A. sjogren's syndrome B. Addison's disease C. Plummer Vinson's syndrome D. Cushing's syndrome

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Cushing's syndrome features moon face, telangiectasia, weakness, and buffalo hump from cortisol excess.

Iodine is not used exclusively in the treatment of grave's disease because of:

A. prominent side effect B. incomplete, unstained remissions C. hypersensitivity D. production of hypothyroidism

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Iodine provides temporary control in Graves' disease but not sustained remission, limiting its exclusive use.

Immunologic aberration has been implicated in all but one of the following disease:

A. rheumatoid arthritis B. ulcerative colitis C. diabetes mellitus D. thyroiditis

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is primarily metabolic, not autoimmune, unlike the others.

The chvostek sign is of importance in the diagnosis of:

A. Addison's disease B. hypoparathyroidism C. hyperthyroidism D. carcinoid syndrome

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Chvostek's sign (facial twitching) indicates hypocalcemia, common in hypoparathyroidism.

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