Brain Teasers
You're giving me a headache
Oh no! I'm bleeding!
I've got butterflies in my stomach
Stop being hormonal.
100
Locked-in syndrome is due to the stroke of this artery
What is Basilar Artery?
100
Steady, "band-like" head pain bilaterally with no photophobia or phonophobia.
What is Tension headache?
100
Disorder of increased RBCs. May present as intense itching after a hot shower.
What is polycythemia vera?
100
Infection of the biliary tree usually due to obstruction that leads to stasis and bacterial overgrowth. Symptoms include jaundice, fever, and RUQ pain
What is ascending cholangitis?
100
Psammoma bodies + nuclear grooves + empty-appearing nuclei with central clearing on histology.
What is papillary carcinoma?
200
This syndrome can present with a port-wine stain the in CN V1/V2 distribution
What is Sturge-Weber Syrdrome?
200
Appearance of increased CSF on imaging, but is actually due to decreased brain tissue and neuronal atrophy.
What is hydrocephalus ex vacuo?
200
Cancer that is association with hypercalcemia, renal involvement, bone lytic lesions and anemia.
What is multiple myeloma?
200
Usually seen in premature, formula-fed infants with an immature immune system and can lead to pneumatosis intestinalis.
What is necrotizing enterocolitis?
200
Cystic bone spaces filled with brown fibrous tissue usually due to increased PTH
What is Osteitis fibrosa cystica?
300
Damage to this nerve can present with visual problems going down the stairs.
What is trochlear nerve?
300
Disorder that is due to correcting serum sodium too fast.
What is osmotic demyelination syndrome?
300
Treatment of von Willebrand disease
What is desmopressin?
300
Herniation of mucosal tissue at Killian triangle between thyropharyngeal and cricopharyngeal parts of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor
What is Zenker diverticulum?
300
Enlargement of existing ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma after bilateral adrenalectomy after refractory Cushing disease.
Symptoms: hyperpigmentation, headaches and bitemporal hemianopsia
What is Nelson Syndrome?
400
This is AGING-related progressive bilateral sensorineural hearing loss
What is presbycusis?
400
Most common childhood supratentorial tumor derived from the remnants of Rathke's pouch
What is craniopharyngioma?
400
Triad of iron deficiency anemia, esophageal webs, and dysphagia.
What is Plummer-Vinson Syndrome?
400
This disease presents with hyperplasia of gastric mucosa and looks like hypertrophied rugae on imaging like brain gyri
What is menetrier disease?
400
Sudden hemorrhage of the pituitary gland, often in the presence of an existing pituitary adenoma.
What is Pituitary Apoplexy?
500
Subacute combined degeneration is due to this deficiency
What is Vitamin B12?
500
Disorder characterized by staggering gait, frequent falling, diabetes mellitus, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, pes cavus.
What is Friedreich ataxia?
500
Increased complement mediated intravascular RBC lysis. CD55/59-. Red urine after waking up.
What is Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria?
500
Thrombosis or compression of hepatic vein with centrilobular congestion and necrosis leading with congestive liver disesase. Nutmeg liver
What is budd-chiari syndrome?
500
Tumor of pancreatic delta cells that may present with diabetes, steatorrhea, gallstones, etc. Can be treated with octreotide
What is a somatostatinoma?