Name: Mike Quinn     

Theme: Stem cell transplantation

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Multiple myeloma	I	Hepatitis C
B	Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome	J	Veno- occlusive disease
C	Autologous transplantation
D	CMV infection
E	Chronic graft vs. host disease
F	Allogenic transplantation
G	Fanconi’s anaemia
H	Invasive aspergillosis

 

 

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 patient 2 weeks post allogenic BMT complains of RUQ pain. On examination: hepatomegaly, ascites and oedema. LFTs show hyperbilirubinaemia.

 

2. A 63 year old African American man presents with bone pain and is in renal failure. Urinary protein electrophoresis reveals Bence Jones paraproteins. He requires an _________ transplantation.

 

3. This type of transplantation is more suited to older patients and is used to treat lymphoma.

 

4. Two months post- BMT, a patient complains of fever and a dry, non-productive cough and is started on ganciclovir. 

 

5. A BMT patient on high-dose corticosteroids for GVHD presents with fever, dyspnoea, pleuritic chest pain and haemoptysis

 

 

ANSWERS

1. J

2. A

3. C

4. D

5. H