NBME 21 Answers : Block 3 : #8 = A 55-year-old woman is brought to the ...

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nbme21/Block 3/Question#8 (40.7 difficulty score)
A 55-year-old woman is brought to the ...
Mammillary bodies🔍
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submitted by hungrybox(791),

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submitted by hayayah(990),

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kreeffaorc-nKksiWo eoysr.ndm toD'n ehav to be na caohlciol to etg shti, tujs uslayul si adleret to lhscoamilo / nemtiahi enicd.yifec

d_holles Yeah the negative EtOH screen threw me off +3

dr_jan_itor Why cant it be early alzheimers and hippocampus? She could easily have been a former prominent physician and member of city council. Am i supposed to assume that simply because shes disheveled and poor hygeine that she must be an alcoholic homeless person? It also mentions no symptoms of nystagmus, ataxia, etc. +2

kimcharito it said broad based gait and nystagmus +6

lilmonkey She is/was an alcoholic and appears pretty much homeless, just not drunk at this moment. +

fatboyslim @ dr janitor. The question says "physical exam shows a broad-based gait and nystagmus." +

suckitnbme NBME questions also stereotype the shit out of their patients +4

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submitted by mrglass(25),

Despite the patient not being intoxicated, this patient is presenting with classic findings of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. Even if you figured that Thiamine deficiency wasn't likely given the history, if you know that WKS causes mammilary body atrophy, and this "mystery disease" is causing similar symptoms to WKS, you can guess that this "mystery disease" is causing mammilary body atrophy

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submitted by ibestalkinyo(29),

Anyone find it strange that the NBME loves to write questions where physicians are alcoholics?

athenathefirst Their job is to find our flaws haha +

tadki38097 this patient isn't actually a physician, they are trying to show that the patient has confabulation (making up stuff but truly believing it) +

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submitted by swagcabana(5),

Ppl remember that if you get shit face drunk, wait a day and then take a ETOH screen, its not going to be positive. Don't necessarily rule out alcoholism if an ETOH screen is negative