This
section of spot diagnosis will include hundreds of short
case histories in USMLE format. The student will be
given a short case and will be asked to make a spot
diagnosis. The answer will be hidden on the same page.
Student can click the answer to check if he is right
or wrong. In this way our students will be fast and
have practice in diagnosing before attempting the actual
USMLE exams.
For
eg:
A
42 year old female is admitted to the Intensive care
unit with the chief complaint of sudden onset of diplopia,
nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain for the last 8 hours.
Patient gives a history of eating canned food hours
before the symptoms. On physical exam +ve findings are
paralysis of 6th cranial nerve, ptosis and bilateral
dilated pupils. What is the most likely diagnosis?
