Pathology Final

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An obese 45 year old female presents to ER complaining of intermittent right upper quadrant pain and increased bowel gas. She admits to drinking about 2 six packs of beer each day to help her wash down her diet of tacos, fried chicken and pork chops. The most likely diagnosis would be...

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Chronic pancreatitis

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In patients with pancreatic carcinoma who develop jaundice, the tumor would most likely be located in the:

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Head of pancreas

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Each of the following predisposes to the development of UTI's except: foreign body in bladder, muscular hypertrophy of bladder wall, residual urine in bladder post-void, stasis of urine in bladder

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Muscular hypertrophy of bladder wall

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Patients with advanced cervical cancer usually die as the result of...

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ureteral obstruction and renal failure

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The development of a kidney abscess might be anticipated in patient with...

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bacterial endocarditis

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Which has the greatest mortality in females?

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breast carcinoma

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The presenting symptoms of esophageal varices is usually

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hematemesis

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Damaged or altered red blood cells are removed from circulation by the

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spleen

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Which skin tumor is most likely to metastasize

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malignant melanoma

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The most common cause of lung abscess formation is

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aspiration

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Benign prostatic hypertrophy may be a contributing cause to the development of each of the following except: difficulty in urination, hydronephrosis, prostatic cancer, UTI

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prostatic cancer

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All are true about Diabetes Mellitus except: It has systemic manifestation involving all organ systems, prognosis depends upon the age on onset of the disease, the most common presentation is in childhood, there is an increased incidence of problem pregnancies

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the most common presentation is in childhood

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A 2 year old male infant is noted ot have a large abdominal mass whihc extends across the midline. What is the diagnosis

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Wilm's tumor

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Elevated blood levels of estrogen that are unopposed by progesterone over a long period of time may be responsible for:

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Breast cancer and endometrial cancer

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Projectile vomiting in a three week old infant would be most characteristic of what

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Pyloric stenosis

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Which of the following leukemias occurs predominantly in childhood:

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Acute lymphocytic leukemia

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Spantaneous (non traumatic) bemorrhages of the CNS are most often due to :

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Hypertension

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A relatively common inflammatory disease that results from a shortened epidermal turnover, most commonly affects males in the 4th decade, and presents as a silvery scale on the knees and elbows is:

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Dermatitis

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Which of the following tumors is likely to show pulmonary metastases at the time of diagnois:

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Renal cell carcinoma and wilm's tumor

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Endometriosis most frequently involves the:

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Ovary

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The incidence of carcinoma of the stomach is increased significantly above the general population in patients with:

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Acute monocytic leukemia

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Which of the following conditions would LEAST LIKELY be a direct result of hepatic cirrhosis:

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Hepatic infarction

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Enzymatic fat necrosis would be MOST characteristic of :

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Acute pancreatitis

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The presence of red blood cells in urine indicates:

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Nephritic syndrome

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Of the following the most common genital tumor on women of reproductive age is:

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Uterine leiomyoma

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Which of the following would be least likely overa period of time ot reult in left sided heart failure

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Chronic pulmonary disease

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Which disease is primarily a disease of young women:

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Acute mastitis

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Gastrointestinal disease that predisposes to the development of colong cancer include:

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Ulcerative colitis and villous adenoma

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Which of the following would result in a macrocytic anemia:

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B12 deficiency

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Which of the following skin lesions are virally induced:

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Condyloma acuminata and Verucca vulgaris

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Inhalation of irritant gasses (smoke, ammonia) would lead to:

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Acute bronchitis

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Each of the following diseases can be transmitted by sexual intercourse EXCEPT: AIDS, Hep B, Herpes, Impetigo, Trichomonas

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Imetigo

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Destruction of posterior pituitary gland would lead to:

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Diabetes Insipidus

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Massive proteinuria would MOST LIKELY be associated with:

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Lipoid nephrosis

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Possible complicationof gonococcal infection in the female might include:

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Ectopic pregnancy, sterility

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A newborn infact develops explosive, watery, frothy diarrhea, and abdominal distention. The most likely diagnosis is:

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Disaccharide deficiency

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The most common tumor involving bone in adolescents and young adults is:

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Osteosarcoma

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Each of the following conditions is likely to be associated with infertility EXCEPT: chronic endometriosis, chronic salpingitis, corpus luteum cyst, endometriosis

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corpus luteum cyst

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Which of the following abnormalities is most likely to cause respiratory problems in a newborn child:

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Diphragmatic hernia

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Acute cholecystitis is most often caused by bacterial infection: T or F

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False

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Of the following which would have the highest mortality rate: childhood leukemia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic renal disease, hepatic cirrhosis

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Chronic renal disease

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Of the following the most common symptom in a woman with endometrial cnacer would be:

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Post menopausal vaginal bleeding

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Each of the following is a risk factor for atherosclerotic vascular disease except: cigarette smoking, high blood estrogen levels, hyperlipidemia, hypertension

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High blood estrogen levels

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Each of the following would be considered a predisposing factor to the development of breast carcinoma EXCEPT: Early menarche and or delayed menopause, early onset of sexual activity, family history of breast carcinoma, long term unopposed estrogen activity

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Early onset of sexual activity

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Which of the following would be most prominent symptom of bowel obstruction:

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Nausea and vomiting

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The chief site of hematopoietic activity in the fetus is the:

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Liver

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On the skin of a child, erosive lesions with honey-colored crusts from which Staphylococcus an be cultured would most likely be:

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Impetigo

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Cerebrovascular accidents are most commonly the result of:

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Occlusion of cerebral vessels

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Failure of a testis to descend into the scrotom is known as:

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Cryptorchism

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Kidney stones consist primarily of

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Calcuim

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Statistically each of the following women would have an increased risk of developing cervical cancer except: A woman who begins sexual intercourse at a young age, a womna who has family history of cervical cancer, a woman who has numerous sexual partners, a woman who has promiscuous sexual partners

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A woman who has a family history of cervical cancer

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Which complications of chronic duodenal ulcers is the most common:

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Hemorrhage

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Which is the most common etiology of a microcytic hypochromic anemia

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Iron deficiency

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Which disease that affects the joints is thought to be immunogic in origin:

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Rheumatoid arthritis