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Which of the following conditions cause hypercalcaemia?
a. Osteomalacia
b. Paget’s disease
c. Sarcoidosis
d. Secondary hyperparathyroidism
e. Osteoporosis
Sarcoidosis
By what mechanism does the disease in the last question cause hypercalcaemia?
a. Ectopic expression of 1 alpha hydroxylase
b. Ectopic expression of 25 hydroxylase
c. Very high levels of PTH in circulation
d. Very high levels of PTH related peptide in circulation
e. Osteoblast activation
Ectopic expression of 1 alpha hydroxylase
Which of the following is useful in patients with pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection?
a. Ceftriaxone
b. Clarithromycin
c. Gentamicin
d. Metronidazole
e. Flucloxacillin
Gentamicin
A chronic inflammatory bowel disease affecting the large bowel and duodenum is most likely to be:
a. Adenocarcinoma
b. Crohns disease
c. Diverticular disease
d. Ulcerative colitis
e. Familial polyposis coli
Crohns disease
The severity of which of these conditions is measured by the Breslow score?
a. Melanoma
b. Multiple myeloma
c. Peptic ulceration
d. Sarcoidosis
e. Risk of stroke in patients in atrial fibrillation
Melanoma
Which of the following is a complication of a berry aneurysm?
a. Haemorrhagic stroke
b. Ischaemic stroke
c. Subarachnoid haemorrhage
d. Subdural haemorrhage
e. Extradural haemorrhage
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
In a gastric biopsy from a patient with helicobacter pylori the biopsy is most likely to show:
a. Adenocarcinoma
b. Chronic gastritis
c. Gastric ulcer
d. Lymphoma
e. Squamous cell carcinoma
Gastric ulcer
Where is the enzyme 25 hydroxylase found?
a. Kidney
b. Bone
c. Lung
d. Liver
e. Parathyroid gland
Liver
A patient with diabetes is developing cellulitis. What is the most appropriate antibiotic?
a. Amoxicillin
b. Flucloxacillin
c. Gentamicin
d. Trimethoprim
e. Clarithromycin
Flucloxacillin
Which of the following suggest a microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia?
a. A raised bilirubin
b. A raised platelet count
c. A raised TIBC
d. Positive Coombes test
e. A raised INR
A raised bilirubin
