Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2018
A 5-year-old boy complains of severe dyspnea and sensation of lack of air. Objectively the child assumes orthopneic position, presents with marked peripheral cyanosis, drumstick fingers, nail plates resembling a "clock face", the borders of cardiac dullness are bilaterally extended; coarse systolic murmur can be detected over the whole surface of the heart and is especially pronounced in the II intercostal area on the left near the sternum. What disease can be characterized by such presentations?
Answer options
- Primary bacterial endocarditis
- Fallot’s tetrad
- Defect of the interventricular septum
- Defect of the interatrial septum
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
Correct answer
Fallot’s tetrad
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