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The treatment of choice for ambulatory patients with diabetes insipidus is:

A. lysine vasopressin spray B. pitressin tennate in oil C. thiazides D. chlorpropamide

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Lysine vasopressin (desmopressin) spray is convenient and effective for central diabetes insipidus.

Thymoma is found in approximately 8-10% of patients with:

A. tuberculosis B. Cushing syndrome C. myasthenia gravis D. sarcoidosis

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Thymomas occur in 8-10% of myasthenia gravis patients, linked to autoimmunity.

Deafness may be caused by each of the following, except:

A. rubella B. mumps C. herpes zoster D. all of these

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: All listed infections "rubella, mumps, herpes zoster, syphilis "can cause deafness.

Psychomotor seizures

A. temporal lobe B. brief lapse of consciousness C. single muscle group D. aura (prodrome)

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Psychomotor (complex partial) seizures originate in the temporal lobe.

Sydenham's chorea:

A. predominantly in males B. purposeless movements that increase during sleep C. hereditary (sex-linked) D. none of these

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Sydenham's chorea (post-streptococcal) affects children, mostly females, with movements ceasing in sleep.

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