uncertain questions in NBME

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Hi, guys, I took nbme yesterday and got low score. Would you help me in answering these questions?:

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1. A 35 yr man who takes street drugs iv. develops fever, cough, and hemoptysis. X-ray film of the chest shows bilateral infiltrates. Echocardiogram discloses a 1-cm mass that is attached to the tricupsid valve. Blood culture grows yeast. THne most likely causal organism is:
a. asper****us flavus
b. candida albicans
c. cryptococcus neoformans
d. hisoplasma capsulatum
e. mucor species

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2. an asymptomatic 65 yr. woman comes to the gynecologist for a routine examination. Physical examination shows a left adnexal enlargement that was not present 1 year ago. Which of the followig is the most likely diagnosis?
a. Endometriosis
b. Leiomyoma
c. Ovarian tumor
d. Polycystic ovarian disease
e. Ruptured luteal cyst

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3. A 39 yr. old woman with RA develops proteinuria after treatment with penicillamine. Examination of tissue obtained on renal biopsy shows diffuse fine granular deposits of IgG and C3 in the glomerular basement membrane. The most likely diagnosis is
a. focal segmental sclerosis
b. Goodpasture's syndrome
c. IgA nephropathy
d. Membranous glomerulonephritis
e. minimal change disease

Pls. help me with these questions!!!!
Thanx!

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1. a

2.c

3.d

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could anybody explain why?

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ithink
1.b
3.d penicillamine cause membranous gn

[saghar]

I checked the naswers with CMDT and Harrison's and they are:

1 b. candida albicans
2 c. Ovarian tumor
3 d. Membranous glomerulonephritis

GL.

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I did wrong on question 2!