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12450 Medicine

Which of the following is TRUE/FALSE about weight loss? a) Psychiatric disorders are a major cause of involuntary weight loss. b) Up to 20% of all cancer deaths are caused directly by cachexia. c) Connective tissue diseases decreases metabolic demand. d) Hypehyroidism in the elderly have more prominent sympathomimetic features. e) Involuntary weight loss may be one of the earliest manifestations of Alzheimer’s dementia.

Aa,b,c,d,e-True None-False
Ba,b,c-True & d,e-False
Ca,b,c,d-True & e-False
Da,b,e-True & c,d,-False
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12451 Pathology

A 16-yrs-old girl presents with bowel obstruction. Laparotomy reveals markedly enlarged para-aoic lymph nodes. Biopsy of lymph nodes exhibit a diffuse neoplastic infiltrate of small, round lymphocytes with a “starry sky” appearance on low power. The cytoplasm of some of the lymphocytes is vacuolated and fat stains are positive. You would expect the neoplastic cells to demonstrate a

APositive non-specific esterase stain of the cells
BPositive specific esterase stain of the cells
CLow leukocyte alkaline phosphatase score
Dt(8;14) translocation
Pathology
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