A strangulated hernia can present with:
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7%
Tenderness with intact impulse on cough
0%
No tension
0%
C.Hydrocele of hernia sac
93%
Lost expansible impulse on cough, tenderness, tension, and irreducibility
What is a common clinical presentation of hydrocele in a hernial sac?
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11%
Severe pain and tenderness
89%
Cystic swelling in the upper part of the spermatic cord
0%
Absence of any swelling
0%
Fever and chills.
Injury to the ilio-inguinal nerve during hernia repair can cause:
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43%
Direct hernia due to paralysis of the conjoint tendon
0%
Loss of erectile function
57%
Numbness of the scrotum and medial aspect of the upper thigh
0%
Testicular dragging pain
What is the treatment of choice for oblique inguinal hernia?
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0%
Observation
93%
Surgery
0%
Medication
7%
Truss application
A 2-month-old baby presents with a congenital umbilical hernia with a defect that admits one finger. This is best treated by:
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73%
Reassurance of the parents
13%
Herniotomy
7%
Herniorrhaphy
7%
Hernioplasty
Which of the following is NOT an incisional hernia?
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17%
A.Port site hernia
13%
B.Drain site hernin
7%
C.Paracolostomy hernia
63%
D.Superior lumbar hernin
All the following are types of dermoid cysts, except:
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6%
Sequestration
3%
Inclusion
20%
Ovarian dermoid
71%
Sebaceous cyst
What is the most common complication of sebaceous cysts?
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6%
Malignancy
6%
Calcification
68%
Infection
21%
Localized alopecia
All the following are correct regarding lipoma, except:
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9%
It is a benign tumour of adipose tissues.
3%
Pathologically, it is a yellowish, lobulated aggregation of fat cells
86%
Attached to covering skin by a punctum
3%
The most common type is the subcutaneous lipoma
Arterial plexiform haemangioma is called:
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69%
Cirsoid aneurysm
12%
Pachydermatocele
8%
Acoustic neuroma
12%
Merritt-Kasabach syndrome
The thyroid gland begins to develop embryologically during which week of life?
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3%
First week
81%
Third week
17%
Fifth week
0%
Tenth week
FNAC (fine needle aspiration cytology) can be diagnostic of:
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20%
Follicular thyroid carcinoma
5%
Autonomous toxic nodule
65%
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
10%
Plummer's disease
The origin of a thyroglossal fistula is:
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85%
Infected thyroglossal cyst
3%
Traumatic
0%
TB lymphadenitis
13%
Rosenmüller's fossa
The nodular stage of goitre formation is characterized by:
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10%
Diffuse hyperplasia of the thyroid
13%
Homogeneous follicles with uniform iodine uptake
51%
Haemorrhages and nodules containing inactive follicles
26%
Colloid-filled follicles
Which of the following is a sign of retrosternal goitre?
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11%
The goitre moves up with deglutition
74%
Dilated veins over the manubrium sterni
6%
Visible lower edge of the gland
9%
Trachea shifted backward
Regarding treatment of thyrotoxicosis, which is contraindicated in pregnancy?
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15%
Thiouracil
79%
Radioiodine
2%
Surgery
4%
None
Which of the following cardiovascular manifestations is commonly associated with hyperthyroidism?
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93%
Palpitations
4%
Bradycardia
2%
Heart block
2%
Angina pectoris
Blood metastasis is most common in one of the following thyroid malignancies:
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65%
Follicular
13%
Papillary
15%
Anaplastic
6%
Medullary
Which of the following thyroid cancers secretes calcitonin?
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84%
Medullary carcinoma
5%
Papillary carcinoma
11%
Follicular carcinoma
0%
Anaplastic carcinoma
A hot thyroid nodule on isotope scan typically indicates:
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57%
Toxic nodule with low risk of malignancy
8%
Non-functioning adenoma
29%
Increased risk of carcinoma
6%
Cyst formation