Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Noel Timothy

Candidate number:

Theme: Transplantation

OPTION LIST

A	Acute Cellular Rejection	I	HLA Antigen
B	Acute Vascular Rejection	J	Hyperacute Rejection
C	Antibodies	K	Kidney
D	CD4 + Cells	L	Liver
E	CD8+ Cells	M	Lung
F	Chronic Allograft Failure	N	Monocytes
G	Eosinophils	O
H	Heart	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 65 year old male develops acute dyspnoea & fever, just 2 hours after receiving a lung transplant.

2. What type of mediator is responsible for the unsuccessful lung transplant in the case above?

3. In an acute cellular rejection, the donor antigens present on the transplanted organ are recognised by which type of cell?

4. A patient dies after an unsuccessful kidney transplant. The pathologist reports that on autopsy there is profuse interstitial fibrosis & scarring. The renal artery is completely occluded due to smooth muscle cell proliferation.

5. HLA matching is considered absolutely essential in transplanting which above named organ, in order to prevent rejection?

ANSWERS

1. J

2. C

3. D

4. F

5. K