Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Krupa Pitroda

Candidate number:

Theme: Pathology of Infection

OPTION LIST

A	Acute Mucosal Inflammation	I	Proteolytic Necrosis
B	Calcification and Cavitation	J	Psoas Abscess
C	Caseous Necrosis	K
D	Epithelial Damage	L
E	Fluid Secretion without Mucosal Damage	M
F	Granuloma	N
G	Pancreatic Ductular Hypertension	O
H	Plaque-like Adhesions	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. A 48 year old man presents with a 3 week history of tiredness, anorexia, fever and malaise. Sputum staining reveals acid-fast bacilli.

2. A 16 year old girl presents with upper abdominal pain, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. She has recently suffered a Mumps infection.

3. A 23 year old man working in rural India, in conditions of poor hygiene, presents with a 24 hour history of classical bacterial dysentery: bloody diarrhoea, fever and abdominal pain.

4. A 70 year old hospitalised lady, on antibiotics, develops diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Pseudomembranous colitis is suspected.

ANSWERS

1. B

2. I

3. A

4. H

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