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A 35-year-old woman complains of slowly progressive dyspnea. Her history is otherwise negative, and there is no cough, sputum production, pleuritic chest pain, or thrombophlebitis. She has taken appetite suppressants at different times. Physical examination reveals jugular venous distention, a palpable right ventricular lift, and a loud P2 heart sound. Chest x-ray shows clear lung fields. Oxygen saturation is 94%. ECG shows right axis deviation. A perfusion lung scan is normal, with no segmental deficits. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

APulmonary arterial hypertension
BRecurrent pulmonary emboli
CRight-to-left cardiac shunt
DInterstitial lung disease
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16290 Medicine

A 60-year old male presents to the clinic with complaints of abdominal pain, constipation oand loin pain radiating to the groin of over a week duration. He has a 25-pack year smoking history and is currently being evaluated for a hilar mass picked up on chest radiography. As pa of this work up, the serum calcium was found to The elevated serum calcium level is linked to

AParathyroid adenoma
BParathyroid hyperplasia
CVitamin D intoxication
DSecretion of PTH related peptide
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