Pathology EMQ template.

Name:

Candidate number:

Theme: Immune Therapies

 

OPTION LIST

 

A

Abatacept

I

Infliximab

B

Azathioprine

J

Mycophenolate Mofetil

C

Basiliximab

K

Plasmapheresis

D

Ciclosporin

L

Rituximab

E

Corticosteroids

M

Tacrolimus

F

Cyclophosphamide

N

Tocilizumab

G

Efalizumab

O

Ustekinumab

H

Etanercept

P

 

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. Which immunosuppressant can cause gingival hypertrophy?

 

 

2. Which immunosuppressant is an anti-IL2 receptor antibody?

 

 

3. Treatment with which immunosuppressant is particularly associated with the reactivation of latent TB infection?

 

 

4. Which immunosuppressive works by blocking de novo purine synthesis?

 

 

5. Which immunosuppressive acts as a decoy soluble TNF receptor?

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. D

2. C

3. I

4. B

5. H