Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Sara Maki        

Theme: Opportunistic Viral Infections

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Adenovirus	I
B	Cytomegalovirus	J
C	Epstein Barr Virus	K
D	Hepatitis B	L
E	Human Herpes Virus 8	M
F	Measles	N
G	Parvovirus	O
H	Varicella Zoster	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. Cause of chronic anaemia in immunocompromised patient. Treated with HNIG and blood transfusion.

 

 

2. Prevented by administering HBIG and keeping serum levels at >100mIU/ml (monthly administerations).

 

 

3. Risk reduced from 80% to <10% with nucleoside/nucleotide analogues pre and post transplant.

 

 

4. Post BMT patient presenting with fever, haemorrhagic cystitis and necrotising pneumonitis.

 

 

5. Presents with Kaposi’s sarcoma, Primary Effusion Lymphoma and Multicentric Castleman’s disease.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. G

2. D

3. D

4. A

5. E