Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Gurpal Liddar

Theme: Lower gastrointestinal disease

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Adenoma of the bowel	I	Irritable Bowel Syndrome
B	Bowel ischaemia	J	Pseudomembranous Colitis
C	Carcinoma of the bowel	K	Tuberculosis infection
D	Crohn’s disease	L	Ulcerative Colitis
E	Diverticular disease	M	Volvulus
F	Diverticulitis
G	Gardener’s Syndrome
H	Hirschsprung’s disease

 

 

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. A 12 year old male patient who suffers episodes of constipation and has a distended abdomen. His younger brother also suffered from the same symptoms.

 

 

2. A 65 year old male with intestinal obstruction at the region of the sigmoid colon. The patient is acutely unwell.

 

 

3. A 45 year old female has abdominal pain and diarrhoea. She is generally fit and well and has just recovered from a mild community-acquired pneumonia.

 

 

4. A 21 year old female is having episodes of profuse diarrhoea. On investigation, two separate regions of the small bowel are affected and non-caseating granuloma are present.

 

 

5. A 25 year old male has been made aware that his condition puts him at a 20-30 times greater risk of developing cancer of the bowel (adenocarcinoma).

 

 

ANSWERS

1. H

2. M

3. J

4. D

5. L