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2504 Pathology

A 47-year-old woman with a lengthy history of heartburn and dyspepsia experiences a sudden onset of abdominal pain. On physical examination, she has severe mid epigastric pain with guarding. Bowel sounds are reduced. An abdominal plain film radiograph shows free air under the left leaf of the diaphragm. She is immediately taken to surgery, and a perforated duodenal ulcer is repaired. Which of the following organisms is most likely to have produced these findings?

ACampylobacter jejuni
BCryptosporidium parvum
CGiardia lamblia
DHelicobacter pylori
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2505 Pathology

A 42 year old woman has had a feeling of abdominal discomfo for the past 8 months. Abdominal CT scan demonstrates a 6 cm cystic mass involving the right ovary with small areas of calcification. Post removal, the ovary grossly, the mass on sectioning is filled with abundant hair and sebum. Microscopically, the mass has glandular spaces lined by columnar epithelium, squamous epithelium with hair follicles, cailage, and dense connective tissue. What type of tumour is it?

ASarcoma of ovary
BMetastasis of cervical carcinoma
CSquamous cell carcinoma of ovary
DTeratoma
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