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Monoclonal
Immunoglobulin light chain
urine or serum

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Bence-Jones protein

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Bence-Jones found in what conditions

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Multiple Myeloma
Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia
Amyloidosis

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Blood serum paraprotein GREATER than 30

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Multiple Myeloma

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Amyloid in myeloma-associated amyloidosis

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AL amyloid

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Initial multiple myeloma chemo pre-autologous stem cell transplant

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Lenalidomide + dexamethasone

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proteasome inhibitor used for multiple myeloma

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Bortezomib

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Old patient with multiple myeloma not eligible for transplant. What treatment do they get?

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melphalan and prednisolone

with either thalidomide or bortezomib

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8
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Which immunoglobulin is raised in macroglobulinaemia?

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IgM

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The most common paraprotein in multiple myeloma

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IgG

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Raised beta2-microglobulin

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Poor prognosis in multiple myeloma

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Weight loss and IgM paraprotein on electrophoresis

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Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia

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tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase

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Hairy-cell leukaemia

Gaucher’s disease

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Haemolytic anaemia refractory to corticosteroids, next line treatment?

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Splenectomy and rituximab

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14
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Chemo options for CLL?

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FCR = Fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, Rituximab

CHOP = Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine and Prednisolone

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Antiproliferative used in polycythaemia vera

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Hydroxyurea

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Anagrelide

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Reduces platelets in thrombocythaemia

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17
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Lecuovorin

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Methotrexate rescue drug

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Solid organ transplant, MS, NHL

Reduces B lymphocytes more than T

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Rituximab

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Treatment of hodgkins

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ABVD (Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, Decarbazine) +/- radiotherapy

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Raised ESR

History of temporal arteritis

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Polymyalgia rheumatica

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Schistocytes

anaemia

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Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia

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Gram-negative monocytosis, urease positive

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Brucella

Urease negative = salmonella

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C1 inhibitor deficiency aka…

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hereditary angioedema

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Bubonic plague

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Yersinia pestis

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25
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Dodgy water source

Profuse, non-bloody diarrhoea

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Cryptosporidium parvum

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Rat bite fever

sodoku

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Spirillium minus

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Cat-scratch disease

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Bartonella henselae or Bartonella quintana

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Epidemic typhus

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Rickettsia prowazekii

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Hunter who has been skinning animals

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Tularemia

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30
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Erythema chronicum migrans

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Lyme disease

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31
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A form of brucella …
Mediterranean
Goats
Easy culture

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Brucella melitensis

‘m’ for mediterranean

Brucella abortus is more common in cows

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Ulceration
Black and necrotic
Gram positive rods
Respond to penicillin

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Bacillus anthracis

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33
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Trichophyton rubrum

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Tinea pedis

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34
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Epidermophyton floccosum

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Tinea pedis

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35
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Tichophyton interdigitale

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Tinea pedis

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36
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Fungus associated with hepatocellular carcinoma

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Aspergilllus flavus

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37
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Malassezia furfur

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Pityriasis versicolor

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38
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Malassezia restricta

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Seborrhoeic dermatitis

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Malassezia globosa

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Sebrrhoeic dermatitis

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40
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Woods lamp exam - yellow or orange

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Pityriasis versicolor

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Woods lamp exam - red pink fluorescence

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Porphyria cutanea tarda

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42
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India ink with halo around the cell

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Cryptoccus neoformans

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43
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Swollen and painful limb near a boil

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Staphylococcal osteomyelitis

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44
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Female
Macular rash
Pain in wrists and hands
No respiratory symptoms

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Rubella

This is common for women, more than men

45
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Clutton’s joints

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symmetrical joint swelling with congenital syphillis

46
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Radiography:
Oval, elliptical or serpentine 
sclerosis
granulation
nidus
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Brodie’s abscess - subacute osteomyelitis

47
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RANK ligand is involved with the differentiation of which bone product?

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osteoclast differentiation and activation

48
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This type of bone is 80-90% calcified and has mostly mechanical and protective functions

49
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bone which is haphazard in its organisation of collagen fibers and is mechanically weak

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Woven/fibrous bone

50
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Bone which has a regular parallel allignment of collagen into sheets and is mechanically strong

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lamellar bone

51
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These star shaped cells are important in the regulation of bone formation and are the most commonly found tissue in the bone marrow.

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osteocytes

52
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This part of bones has fibrous and cambium layers which are involved in fibroblast and osteoblast formation.

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Periosteum

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This type of bone is found towards the ends of long bones near the joints and has trabeculae aligned towards the mechanical load distribution.

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Cancellous aka trabecular aka spongy bone

54
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onion-skin on radiograph

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Ewing’s sarcoma

55
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CD99 immunostain

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Ewing’s sarcoma

56
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Bone-in-bone radiological appearance

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Osteopetrosis

57
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marble bone

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osteopetrosis

58
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Bone conditions with Codman’s triangle

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Osteosarcoma

Ewing’s sarcoma

59
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Sun burst, moth-eaten, fir-tree appearance on radiograph

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Osteosarcoma

60
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Hypercalcaemia with hypocalciuria in an otherwise well patient

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Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia

61
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Condition caused by hyperparathyroidism, may see Brown’s tumours on xray

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Osteitis Fibrosa cystica

62
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Young men
Dull pain in long bone which gets worse at night
Relieved with NSAIDs

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Osteoid osteoma

63
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Anastomosing bony trabeculae

Osteoblastic rimming

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Osteoid osteoma

64
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Hard immobile painless palpable mass that is slowly growing

Teenager

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osteochondroma

65
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Cavity in bone filled with yellow fluid which grow next to epiphyseal plate until it fills the entire diaphysis.
Can lead to fractures

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Simple bone cyst

66
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Glycogen on staining cells from a bone biopsy

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Ewing’s sarcoma

67
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Rings and arcs calcification

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Enchondroma

68
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Cartilage cyst in bone

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Enchondroma

69
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Bone tumour that exhibits osteoblastic differentiation and produces malignant osteoid

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Osteosarcoma

70
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This lung cancer is often found alongside LEMS

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Small-cell

71
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anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

72
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Initial hyperthyroidism with neck pain

Returns to normal within a few weeks

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De Quervain’s

73
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This teratoma is often malignant and found in men

74
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This teratoma is often benign and found in women

75
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This tumour can present as an ovarian mass. It is multi-lobular with a smooth lining of epithelium. Most often are benign.

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Mucinous tumour

76
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A neoplasm that produces oestrogen typically

Spindle cells with moderate pale cytoplasm containing lipid droplets and central nuclei

77
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Ovarian neoplasm

cells surrounded by serous fluid and psammomma bodies

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Seroud cystadenocarcinoma

78
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mucin-secreting signet-ring cells in the tissue of the ovary

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Krukenburg tumour

79
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A malignancy in the ovary that has metastasized from a primary site - can show mucin-secreting signet-ring cells in the tissue of the ovary.

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Krukenburg tumour

80
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Ovarian tumour which has uniform germ cells mixed with lymphocytes

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Dysgerminoma

81
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Rises in placental alkaline phosphatase, hCG, LDH but not classically alpha fetoprotein

82
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Schiller-Duval bodies

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Endodermal sinus tumour

83
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Neoplasm composed of cytotrophoblast and syncytiotrophoblase cells

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Choriocarcinoma

84
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Arise from the germinal epithelium of the seminiferous tubules

85
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This tumour can produce masculinisation in women with raised serum testosterone.

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Sertoli-Leydig cell tumour

86
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Metaplasia that occurs in the transformation zone which involves which cell-types?

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Glandular to squamous epithelium

87
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Breast investigation that gives histology

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Core biopsy

88
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Breast investigation that gives cytology

89
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Common drug used for cardiovascular conditions which affects kidney’s ability to excrete uric acid

90
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Which drug competes with uric acid for the organic acid transporter in the kidney thereby increasing serum urate

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Thiazide diuretics

91
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Chvostek’s and Trousseau’s indicate what biochemical state …

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hypocalcaemia

92
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What is PTH-rP?

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PTH related peptide - undetectable by usual PTH test . Common cause for malignant hypercalcaemia

93
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Short metacarpals
Rounded facies
Low serum calcium
High phosphate
High PTH
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Pseudohypoparathyroidism aka Albright’s hereditary osteodystrophy

94
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Bowing of long bones in adults

95
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IgM spike

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Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinaemia

96
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young COPD patient with worsening LFTs

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?Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency which can lead to liver cirrhosis

97
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Micrognathia
posterior displacement of tongue
upper airway obstruction
clef palate

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Pierre-Robin sequence

98
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T and B cell lymphocyte infiltration of the islets of Langerhans leading to inflammation and destruction of the beta cells

99
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The three hormones used in the combined pituitary function test

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Insulin
GnRH
TRH

100
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Overweight with central obesity
Hypertension
Raised triglycerides
PCOS
erectile dysfunction
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Metabolic syndrome

101
Q

Massive accumulation of chylomicrons in the plasma and severe hypertriglyceridaemia.
The plasma has a creamy appearance.

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Lipoprotein lipase deficiency

102
Q

This molecule is formed by the gut post-meal and carries dieatary triglycerides

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Chylomicrons

103
Q

The smallest lipoprotein particle which transports cholesterol to the liver

104
Q

Persistent jaundice from day 1 of life which has been worsening

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Crigler-Najjar syndrome

105
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Haemoglobinuria … intra or extra vascular haemolysis?

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Intravascular haemolysis

106
Q

Niacin deficiency

107
Q

Delayed motor development
Self-mutilation, e.g. biting
Sand-like crystals in nappies

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Lysch-nyhan syndrome

108
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The virus that can only propagate in the presence of HBV.

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Hepatitis D virus

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