Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Tanya Patrick 

Theme: Respiratory Disease

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Asthma	I	Tuberculosis
B	COPD	J	Sarcoidosis
C	Squamous cell lung cancer	K	Pulmonary Embolism
D	Small cell lung cancer	L	Mesothelioma
E	Bronchiectasis	M	Emphysema
F	Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis	N	Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
G	Bronchitis	O	Pneumonia
H	Cystic Fibrosis	P	Pulmonary Oedema

 

 

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 19 year old male presents with shortness of breath and wheeze that he says are worse when he plays football. He mentions that he thinks his brother suffers from this problem as well.

 

 

2. A 55 year old male has a long history of shortness of breath and productive cough. He is a smoker and also suffers from pulmonary hypertension.

 

 

3. A 40 year old female presents with productive cough with green sputum. She mentions she had pertussis as a child. This is the third time she has been presented in this way in the past year and she says this has been happening for years.

 

 

4. A 25 year old female has just returned from a holiday to Australia and is complaining of pleuritic chest pain. She is also coughing up specks of blood.

5. A 60 year old ex-builder presents with shortness of breath and chest pain and weight loss. A CT scan shows pleural thickening and a tumour.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. A

2. G

3. E

4. K

5. L