Pathology EMQ template.

Name:  Matthew Routledge

Theme:  Stem cell transplantation

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	CMV infection	I	Graft failure
B	HSV infection	J	Invasive Aspergillosis
C	Candidiasis	K	Transplant Related Lung Injury
D	Streptococci infection	L	H. influenzae infection
E	Staph aureus infection	M	Veno-occlusive disease
F	VZV infection	N
G	Chronic GVHD	O
H	E. coli infection	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. Complication specific to stem cell transplantation, with clinical features similar to scleroderma.

 

 

2. Post-transplant infection resulting in shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain and fever.

 

 

3. BMT patient presents with fluid retention, hepatomegaly and hyperbilirubinaemia.

 

 

4. BMT patient does not seem to be recovering following transplantation.  On FBC: RBC, WBC and platelets were extremely low.

 

 

5. The most common infectious agent causing disease in BMT patients.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. G

2. J

3. M

4. I

5. A