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NBME 1-31 need clue - yeastmito
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4y old girl with 5 days fever, diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting,and diarreha. Petechiae, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly. Hemoglobin 8.7, platelet 60000/mm3, blood smear shows erythrocyte fragmentation. which renal finding is most likely to be associated with the condition
a)glomerular cresent formation
b)IgG-associate glomerular basement membrane ab
c) membraneproliferative glomerulonephritis
d)narrowing of the capillary wall by fibrin deposition
e) periglomerular granuloma with giant cells

can anyone give me a clue? Ans is D
What is the condition?
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#2
dic?
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#3
yeah, I would guess so, since she has fever and petechiae, a sepsis maybe
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#4
Would diarrhea be a symptom of DIC?
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