An obese 45 year old female presents to the ER complaining of intermittent right upper
quadrant pain increased bowel gas. She admits to drinking about 2 six packs of beer
each day to help wash down her diet of tacos, friend chicken and pork chops. The most
likely diagnosis would be;
a.alcoholic hepatitis
b.chronic cholecystitis
c.chronic pancreatitis
d.serum hepatitis – answer b.chronic cholecystitis
in patients with pancreatic carcinoma who develop jaundice, the tumor would most likely
be located in the;
a.body of pancreas
b.head of pancreas
c.islets of Langerhans
d.tail of pancrease – answer b.head of pancreas
Each of the following predisposes to the development of UTI’s EXCEPT;
a.foreign body in bladder
b.residual urine in bladder post-void
c.muscular hypertrophy of bladder wall
d.stasis of urine in bladder – answer c.muscular hypertrophy of bladder wall
Patients with advanced cervical cancer usually die as the result of;
a.hepatic metastases and liver failuer
b.hypertension and heart failure
c.pulmonary metastases and respiratory failure
d.ureteral obstruction and renal failure – answer d.ureteral obstruction and renal failure
The development of a kidney abscess might be anticipated in a patient with..
a.bacterial endocarditis
b.gallstones
c.hypertension
d.nephrotic syndrome – answer a.bacterial endocarditis
which has the greatest mortality in females?
a.breast carcinoma
b.cervical carcinoma
c.endometrial carcinoma
d.ovarian carcinoma – answer a.breast carcinoma
the presenting symptoms of esophageal varices is usually..
a.dysphasia
b.epigastric tenderness
c.hematemesis
d.retrosternal chest pain – answer c.hematemesis
damaged or altered red blood cells are removed from circulation by the..
a.bone marrow
b.lymph node
c.megakaryocytes
d.spleen
e.thymus – answer d.spleen
which of the following skin tumors is most likely to metastasize..
a.basal cell carcinoma
b.malignant melanoma
c.seborrheic keratosis
d.squamos cell carcinoma – answer b.malignant melanoma
the most common cause of lung abscess formation is..
a.aspiration
b.cancer
c.obstruction of a bronchus
d.pulmonary infarct – answer a.aspiration
benign prostatic hypertrophy may be a contributing cause to the development of each of
the following EXCEPT..
a.difficulty in urination
b.hydronephrosis
c.prostatic cancer
d.UTI – answer c.prostatic cancer
All are true about Diabetes Mellitus EXCEPT..
a.it has systemic manifestation involving all organ systems
b.prognosis depend upon the age of onset of the disease
c.the most common presentation is in the childhood
d.there is an increased incidence of problem pregnancies – answer c.the most common
presentation is in the childhood
a 2 year old male infant is noted to have a large abdominal mass which extends across
the midline. of the following, the most likely diagnosis
a.horseshoe kidney
b.hydronephrosis
c.hypoplastic kidney
d.wilm’s tumor – answer d.Wilm’s tumor