[MCCQE I] Past Recalls
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Medicine
A 28-year-old woman presents because of lethargy, dizzy spells and occasional syncope. During a dizzy spell the heart rate is 32 beats/min and the blo
- System: Cardiology & Vascular System
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Medicine
A 62-year-old man is prescribed a pharmaceutical agent that inhibits the activity of the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase. This patient most likely has which
- System: Cardiology & Vascular System
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Medicine
A 70-year-old man is brought to the emergency department by his family because of the rapid onset of rightsided weakness and confusion. On arrival, th
- System: Cardiology & Vascular System, Nervous System
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Paediatrics
An 11-year-old boy complains of sudden onset of pain in the right side of the scrotum four hours ago, followed by nausea and vomiting. On examination,
- System: Male Reproductive System
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Medicine
A 47-year-old man who is a chronic alcoholic with established liver damage, has been brought to the hospital after an episode of heavy drinking. He is
- System: Nervous System
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Psychiatry
A 32-year-old woman presents to her primary care physician complaining of overwhelming fear and apprehension. The patient states that for the past 8 m
- System: Psychiatric/Behavioral & Substance Abuse
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Surgery
The physician on call is paged to the well-baby nursery because a full-term, 3-hour-old boy has had green emesis twice, once after each of his feeding
- System: Gastrointestinal & Nutrition
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Medicine
A 62-year-old woman is evaluated for a 3-day history of fever and left knee pain and swelling. She has a 30-year history of rheumatoid arthritis treat
- System: Rheumatology/Orthopedics & Sports
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Medicine
A 60-year-old man who has enjoyed good health complains of increasing breathlessness, abdominal discomfort and swelling of the feet for 3 weeks. His v
- System: Cardiology & Vascular System
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Paediatrics
A 5-year-old, mentally retarded boy is brought to the city from a rural community for evaluation. A careful history reveals mental retardation in a nu
- System: Psychiatric/Behavioral & Substance Abuse
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Medicine
A 60-year-old woman is hospitalized with a severe case of pneumonia that is treated with cephalosporins. Her condition improves over the course of the
- System: Gastrointestinal & Nutrition
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Paediatrics
A 12-year-old boy whose weight and height are on the 90th percentile complains of pain in the right hip for several days and his mother has noticed t
- System: Rheumatology/Orthopedics & Sports
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Obstetrics and Gynaecology
A 32-year-old woman of 39 weeks gestation attends the antenatal day unit feeling very unwell with sudden onset of epigastric pain a/w nausea and vomit
- System: Pregnancy, Childbirth & Puerperium
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Medicine
A 64-year-old man develops chronic renal failure. He has an extensive medical history, and also complains of increasingly poor vision in his right eye
- System: Renal, Urinary Systems & Electrolytes
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Medicine
A 68-year-old African-American man presents to his primary care physician for a check-up. He has not been to the physician’s office in over 15 years.
- System: Gastrointestinal & Nutrition, Hematology & Oncology
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Medicine
A 32-year-old woman is evaluated in the emergency department for a 4-day history of pain and swelling of the right wrist and low-grade fever. She has
- System: Rheumatology/Orthopedics & Sports
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Medicine
In the elderly, with mild systolic hypertension (170–180 mmHg), which of the following is correct?
- System: Cardiology & Vascular System
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Medicine
Liver cells in culture were kept at 0 C (32.0 F) and treated with trypsin to digest the receptors on the cell surface. The temperature was then raised
- System: Allergy & Immunology
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Medicine
A 35-year-old man with a history of chronic hepatitis B presents to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain. The patient states that he ha
- System: Cardiology & Vascular System
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Surgery
A 25-year-old woman presents with a two-month history of a painless mass appearing in the neck. Examination shows a 5cm fluctuant smooth round mass in
- System: Dermatology
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