Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Alex Magnussen

Candidate number:

Theme: Malabsorption

OPTION LIST

A	Coeliac Disease	I
B	Tropical Sprue	J
C	Bacterial Overgrowth	K
D	Intestinal resection	L
E	Parasite infection	M
F	Whipples disease	N
G	Radiation enteritis	O
H		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 35 year old women presents with watery diarrhoea. She had recently undergone treatment for chrohns disease.

2. A 15 month old child presents with diarrhoea. The mother has recently started weaning her off breast milk. There is a family history of GI problems

3. A 55 year old male presents with steatorrhoea, abdominal pain, fever and weight loss. Microscopy of a small bowel biopsy shows PAS positive macrophages and stunted villi.

4. An HIV positive male presents with features of malabsorption and steatorrhoea. Cultures show Giardia

5. A 23 year old student recently returned from the Caribbean presents with diarrhoea, anorexia and weight loss. On endoscopy jejunal mucosal changes are noticed

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