Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Neil Soneji

Candidate number:

Theme: STDs

 

OPTION LIST

 

A

HSV

I

Candida albicans

B

HPV

J

Granuloma inguinale

C

Trichomonas vaginalis

K

Staph aureus

D

Calymmatobacterium granulomatosis

L

Gardnerella

E

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

M

 

F

Chlamydia trachomatis

N

 

G

Treponema pallidum

O

 

H

Haemophilus ducreyi

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. 24 yr old woman using the COC pill presents with post-coital bleeding for the last 2 months. Speculum examination reveals a cervical ectropion.

 

 

2. 18 yr old has developed small painless papilliform swellings near the vulval skin.

 

 

3. 28 yr old woman presents with painful genital ulcers which bleed. She also has painful swollen inguinal lymph nodes.

 

 

4. 22y yr old woman presenting with irritating green vaginal discharge. Organism was seen best under the microscope with a drop of saline.

 

 

5. 21 yr old lady with a history of lower abdominal pain has now had a yellow vaginal discharge over the last week and vague right hypochondrial pain.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. F

2. B

3. H

4. C

5. F