Revision Book Questions

Question 1

What is the cancer marker for ovarian cancer?

Answer 1

Ca 125

Question 2

What does Ca 125 test for?

Answer 2

Ovarian cancer

Question 3

What are the tumour markers for breast cancer?

Answer 3

Ca 15-5 and Ca 27-29

Question 4

What are Ca 15-3 and Ca 27-29 tumour markers used to detect?

Answer 4

Breast cancer

Question 5

What is PSA used to detect?

Answer 5

Prostate cancer

Question 6

What tumour marker do we use to detect prostate cancer?

Answer 6

PSA

Question 7

What is CEA mainly used to detect?

Answer 7

Colorectal cancer

Question 8

What tumour marker do we use to detect colorectal cancer?

Answer 8

CEA

Question 9

What is AFP tumour marker used to detect?

Answer 9

Liver cancer

Question 10

What tumour marker do we use to detect liver cancer?

Answer 10

AFP

Question 11

What is B2M used to mainly detect?

Answer 11

Multiple myeloma

Question 12

What tumour marker do we use to detect multiple myeloma?

Answer 12

B2M

Question 13

What tumour marker can we use to detect colorectal, stomach and pancreatic cancer?

Answer 13

Ca 19-9

Question 14

What do we use Ca 19-9 to detect?

Answer 14

Colorectal, stomach and pancreatic cancer

Question 15

If you are having a stroke in your anterior cerebral artery where would your sensory loss be greater? upper or lower extremeties?

Answer 15

Lower extremeties

Question 16

What is contralateral hemiparesis?

Answer 16

Weakness on the opposite side to the infarct

Question 17

When will you see contralateral hemiparesis?

Answer 17

When the stroke is effecting the anterior or middle cerebral artery

Question 18

What are the symptoms of a posterior cerebral artery stroke?

Answer 18

Contralateral homonymous hemiopia with macular sparing, and visual agnosia

Question 19

How can you differential between an anterior and a middle cerebral artery stroke?

Answer 19

Middle cerebral anatomy also presents with aphasia and contralateral homonymous hemiopia

Question 20

If your patient presents with stroke symptoms and contralateral homonymous hemiopia, where would the stroke be?

Answer 20

Middle cerebral artery

Question 21

Where is the infarct in Weber’s syndrome?

Answer 21

Posterior cerebral artery that supplies the midbrain

Question 22

What are the symptoms of Weber’s syndrome?

Answer 22

CN3 palsy, contralateral weakness of both upper and lower extremities

Question 23

Where would the infarcy be located if the patient presents with ipsilateral facial pain and temperature loss on the same side?

Answer 23

Posterior inferior cerebral artery

Question 24

What artery is occluded if the patient experiences ataxia and nystagmus?

Answer 24

Posterior inferior cerebral artery

Question 25

What is the definitive difference between a posterior and anterior inferior cerebral artery infarct?

Answer 25

Anterior ICA will be the same as a posterior ICA but with the addition of hearing loss and facial paralysis

Question 26

What is Amaurosis fugax?

Answer 26

Transient darkening and temporary vision loss in just one eye

Question 27

How does a Pontine haemorrhage usually present like?

Answer 27

Low GCS, paralysis and bilateral pinpoint pupils