Mcq Subject: Pathology
Liquefactive action on necrotic tissue results in?
A. Gangrene
B. Embolism
C. Infarct
D. Caseation
View DescriptionA hyperplastic mass containing neuroendocrine cells in an area of chronic inflammation and scarred tissue of lung is called?
A. Carcinoid
B. Tumorlet
C. Hamartoma
D. Teratoma
View DescriptionWhich is not seen in polycythemia vera
A. Increased Vit B12 binding capacity
B. Increased erythropoietin level
C. Increase RBC count
D. Ocular congestion
View DescriptionAll of the following are true regarding chronic myeloid leukemia, except?
A. Philadelphia chromosome
B. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are the drug of choice
C. Most cases present in blast phase
D. Sea-blue histiocytes are seen in the bone marrow
View DescriptionLack of morphological and functional differentiation is best termed as:
A. Metaplasia
B. Dysplasia
C. Anaplasia
D. None of the above
View DescriptionA 30-year-old woman suffers massive trauma in an automobile accident and expires 4 days later of respiratory insufficiency. A horizontal section of the patient’s brain at autopsy reveals numerous petechiae scattered throughout the white matter. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this pathologic finding?
A. Fat embolism
B. Global ischemia
C. Occlusion of middle cerebral artery
D. Sepsis
View DescriptionAll of the following are mediators of inflammation except –
A. Tumour necrosis factor (TNF-a)
B. Interleuekin-1
C. Myeloperoxidase
D. Prostaglandins
View DescriptionSections from a solid-cystic uniliateral ovarian tumor in a 30 year old female showed a tumor composed of diffuse sheets of small cells with doubtful nuclear grooving and scanty cytoplasm. No Call-Exner bodies are seen. The ideal immunohistochemistry panel would include:
A. Vimentin, epithelial membrane antigen, inhibin, CD99
B. Desmin, S-100 protein, smooth muscle antigen, cytokeratin
C. Chromogranin, CD45, CD99, CD20
D. CD =3, chromagranin, CD45, synaptophysin
View DescriptionA 31-year-old woman has had a persistent fever for the past 2 months. Her temperature has ranged from 38.3degC to 38.6degC on multiple occasions. On physical examination, she has diffuse abdominal pain and mild splenomegaly, but no hepatomegaly or lymphadenopathy. Laboratory studies show Hgb, 13.2 g/dL; Hct, 39.8%; MCV, 930 mm3; platelet count, 242,000/ mm3; and WBC count, 12,290/ mm3 with 71% segmented neutrophils, 19% lymphocytes, and 10% monocytes. CT imaging of her abdomen shows an ill-defined pelvic soft- tissue density mass with a mottled lucent center and a small, square, radiopaque area. Review of her medical record reveals that a salpingo-oophorectomy for ectopic pregnancy was performed on the left side 3 months ago. Which of the following is the most likely cause of her persistent fever?
A. Abscess
B. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
C. Ovarian cystadenocarcinoma
D. Sarcoidosis
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