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have got worse since two weeks & she is
anorexic, vomiting & slightly jaundice. Theme 9. Nerve Injury
A. Axillary
B. Musculocutaneous
C. Radial
D. Ulnar
E. Common peroneal nerve
F. Sciatic
38. Pt has history of fracture shoulder now
has decreased sens ation on the lateral
aspect of the deltoid muscle
39. Pt had fracture of fibula or at level of
fibula & now lost his dorsiflex &
sensation loss on the lateral side of his
low leg.
40. Pt had fracture of medial epicondyle &
now come with decreased sensation of
th th
5 & 4 finger
41. Pt has some fracture of humerus &
comes with s/s/ of wrist drop
42. Old man had a fall & fracture or
dislocation of hip now has weakness in
his hamstring.
A. Allopurinol
B. Radio therapy
C. TENS
D. I/m diam orphine
E. Oral NSAIDs
F. Paracetamol
G. Prednisolone
H. Physiotherapy
I. Home exercise
J. I/M steroids in joint
43. Pt with CA-prostate & now has 2 aries to
back with severe pain, no NSAIDs,
morphine has helped? wants to
continue his work.
44. Pt with ca lung with 2 aries now has
come with an unilateral swollen arm , all
other medications have failed ( i.e
nsaids & morphine )
45. 50 yr old woman has come with painful
shoulder joint & hip joint
46. 30 yr old busy executive has got pain on
lateral aspect of thigh . he shows no
improvement with nsaids . x ray taken
was normal
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47. A man is on Fresmide & got pain in his joint
Theme 11. MECHANISM OF ABORTION
a. Immunological
b. Genetic
c. Anatomical
d. Endocrine
e. Drug-induced
f
A. Pyoderma gangrenosum
B. Bowen’s disease
C. Venous stasis
D. Arteriography
E. Melanoma biopsy
F
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Theme 14. Diagnostic tests on loss of vison 72. 8 year girl falls down in the assembly. She is
A. MRI temporal lobe pale & loss consciousness for 1 min. She
often falls in dentist visit.
B. MRI pituitary
C. MRI occipital lobe 73. Boy has period of breath holding spells
D. Doppler carotid artery where he becomes blue & loss
E. ESR consciousness. This happens when he is
separating from his parents.
F. MRI parietal lobe
74. A 30 year female has 2- 3 episodes of falling
62. Pt comes with repeated h/o loss of vision in one down, she also has got a loud murmur in
eye & it improves after a few hours inspiration
63. Pt with bitemporal hemianopia & increase in 75. A 50 yrs woman has episodes of
shoe size. unconsciousness starting in the left thumb
& then going to whole body . she loses
64. Pt has come with vomiting & upper quadranopia consciousness
(not sure of the full question ) 76. A 10 yrs boy behaves strangely (cannot
65. Pt having pain while brushing her hair & now remember exactly), & his teacher says that
he is not concentrating at the moment.
comes with loss of vision in one eye
77. A young man has some kind of fit, his heart
rate drop down to 50/min
78. A young boy has fit, he is a DM, his blood
glucose is 2mmol.
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has occurred on another same occasion.
Theme 21. Anal Conditions
A) Anal hematoma
B) Ischaemic colitis
C) Proctalis fugalis
D) CA rectum
E) Sq cell ca of anus
F) Choron’s
G) Ulcerative colitis
H) Anal fissure
A) Rectal hematoma
B) Carcinoma of rectum
C) Ischaemia colitis
D) Ulcerative colitis
E) Crohns disease
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A. Occupational asthma
Theme 26. Dysphagia B. Pneumothorax
A. Achalasia C. Aortic dissection
B. Pill Stricture D. Interstitial ~{~}
C. Barrett’s E. Pulmonary embolism
D. CA esophagus
E. Post cricoid cancer 133. A carpenter has chronic
F. Phar Pouch breathlessness, he does not smoke. He
G. GORD becomes normal when he goes away
120. A 34 yrs aged plump wom an has difficult in for holidays.
swallowing food, particularly after drinking 134. A woman has cough. On examination
alcohol & in the night. she has crept on her lung base. (not
121. A young girl (cannot remember this Q) exactly)
122. 45 yrs old man, he has difficulties in swallowing 135. 50 year old Pt comes with severe pain
the food to start with, but the rest of the swallow in chest & now has breathlessness &
is normal. He does not have regurgitation. difficult in breathing ECG shows gallop
rhythm
123. This Q is about a man has difficult in
swallowing, & there is lump in his throat. 136. A 50 yrs old man had severe chest
pain under the sternal. He late had
124. Pt having difficulty in swallowing specially hemiparesis.
liquids (did not mention about weight loss)
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160. A old woman had breast cancer which was 167. 52 yo businessman present with fever
operated a few years ago, now she has & rigor after coming back form 10
numbness on her chest. days meeting at Zambia
A. Crampy diarrhea
B. Gastroenteritis
C. UTI
D. Carcinoma Colon
E. Acute appendicitis
F. Salmonella infection
A. ECG
B. CXR
C. FBC
D. Blood glucose
E. Angiography
F. CT
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