(Single Best Answer) Question 1611: A three year old male child presents with history of constipation and abdominal distension for the last two years. The plain radiograph of abdomen reveals fecal matter containing distended bowel loops. A barium enema study done subsequently shows a transition zone at the rectosigmoid junction with reversal of recto-sigmoid ratio. The most probable diagnosis is ?
A) Anal atresia B) Malrotation of gut C) Hirschprung's disease D) Congenital megacolon Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1612: A thirty one year old male with Nephrotic syndrome complains of pain in right hip joint of 2 months duration. The movements at the hip are free but painful terminally. The most likely diagnosis is ?
A) Tuberculosis of hip B) Avascular necrosis of femoral head C) Chondrolysis of hip D) Pathological fracture of femoral neck Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1613: A resident doctor sustained a needlestick injury while sampling blood of a patient who is HIV positive. A decision is taken to offer him post-exposure prophylaxis. Which one of the following would be the best recommendation ?
A) Zidovudine + Lamivudine for 4 weeks B) Zidovudine + Lamivudine + Nevirapine for 4 weeks C) Zidovudine + Lamivudine + Indinavir for 4 weeks D) Zidovudine + Stavudine + Nevirapine for 4 weeks Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1614: A pregnant woman with fibroid uterus develops acute pain in abdomen with low grade fever and mild leucocytosis at 28 weeks. The most likely diagnosis is ?
A) Preterm labour B) Torsion of Fibroid C) Red degeneration of Fibroid D) Infection in Fibroid Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1615: A pregnant woman is found to have excessive accumulation of amniotic fluid. Such polyhydramnios is likely to be associated with all of the following conditions, except ?
A) Twinning B) Microanencephaly C) Oesophageal atresia D) Bilateral renal agenesis Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1616: A pole vaulter had a fall during pole vaulting and had paralysis of the arm. Which of the following investigations gives the best recovery prognosis ?
A) Electromyography B) Muscle biopsy C) Strength duration curve D) Creatine phosphokinase levels Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1617: A patient, resident of Himachal Pradesh presented with a series of ulcers in a row, on his right leg. The biopsy from the affected area was taken and cultured on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar. What would be the most likely causative organism ?
A) Sporothrix schenkii B) Cladosporium spp. C) Pseudoallescheria boydii D) Nocardia brasiliensis Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1618: A patient with salicylic acid poisoning has the following arterial blood gas analysis report: pH-7.12, PCO2 = 18 mmHg; HCO3 = 12 mmol/L. The resulting acid-base abnormality can be best labelled as ?
A) Metabolic acidosis with respiratory alkalosis B) Metabolic acidosis wiht respiratory acidosis C) Respiratory acidosis with metabolic alkalosis D) Metabolic acidosis Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1619: A patient made a self-diagnosis of athleteâ??s foot (tinea pedis) and began using a product advertised on television. The condition improved but did not clear and then the patient showed himself to a Dermatologist. A skin scraping was sent to the laboratory for culture, including culture for fungi. The fungal culture yielded a slow growing colony, which produced a few small microconidia. This is consistent with isolation of a dermatophyte of the genera ?
A) Trichophyton B) Microsporum C) Epidermophyton D) Trichosporon Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1620: A one year old boy presented with hepatosplenomegaly and delayed milestones. The liver biopsy and bone marrow biopsy revealed presence of histiocytes with PAS-positive. Diastase-resistant material in the cytoplasm. Electron-microscopic examination of these histiocytes is most likely to reveal the presence of ?
A) Birbeck granules in the cytoplasm B) Myelin figures in the cytoplasm C) Parallel rays of tubular structures in lysosomes D) Electron dense deposit in the mitochondria Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):