Which is not true?
Fibrothecoma - good prognosis if ascites present
Brenner tumour - often solid
non-gestational choriocarcinoma - highly radiosensitive
CCF - non-gestational choriocarcinoma - highly radiosensitive (False)
Fibrothecoma - good prognosis if ascites present T – Ass meigs syndrome – good prog.
Brenner tumour - often solid - T - Transitional cell epithelium solid
**SCS: Meig syndrome = presence of ascites and pleural effusion (tends to be RIGHT sided) with a benign solid ovarian tumour (examples include fibrothecoma, granulosa, Brenner). Less that 1% of ovarian tumours present like this.
Effusion and Ascites resolves after resection.
Downs- least likely?
CCF - Mxomatous MV – no assc
Moderately is a subjective term but -
**SCS: Myxomatous MV degen = marfans
Cystic fibrosis, most likely?
Answer: Focal biliary cirrhosis develops in 1/3 of patients.
ROBBINS
- most common lethal genetic disease that affects Caucasian populations
- carrier frequency USA 1 in 20.
- lower in AA, asians, hispanics
- AR inheritance pattern, but heterzygote carriers can have respiratory and pancreatic disease.
Clinical features
Pancreas
- 85-90% of patients
- severe cases in older children/adolescents, atrophy of exocrine gland and progressive fibrosis.
- a subset of patients have recurrent bouts of pancreatitis.
Liver
- bile canaliculi plugged by mucous
- ductular proliferation and portal inflamation
- Hepatic steatosis common.
- over time, focal biliary cirrhosis develops in 1/3 of patients
- can eventually involve entire liver, diffuse biliary cirrhosis develops in less than 10% of cases.
Salivary glands
- similar to pancreas, atrophy and fibrosis.
Pulmonary
- most serious complications
- bronchiectasis, lung abscesses
- S. aureus, H. influenzae, P. aeruginosa are 3 most common organisms.
Azoospermia and infertility are found in 95% of males who survive into adulthood.
Congenital bilateral abscence of vas deferens is afrequent finding in these patients.
Meconium ileus
- 5-10% of case present at birht with meconium ileus.
**most common cause of pancreatitis in childhood is trauma.
**malabsorption mainly with Fat-soluble vitamins, not water soluble i.e. B12.
Breast textured implant, which association?
CCF - - anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Polycythemia rubra vera, most likely to get which complication?
Answer: Myelofibrosis
ROBBINS
Note, “rubra vera” is old term, not used anymore. Just means primary polycythemia vera.
It is a myeloproliferative disorder secondary to a JAK2 point mutation which is found in >95% of cases.
At diagnosis, a moderate to marked increase in reticulin fibers is seen in about 10% of marrows.
Mild organomegaly is common.
Peripheral blood often contains increased numbers of basophils and abnormally large platelets.
High cell turnover gives rise to hyperuricemia, with gout seen in 5-10% of cases.
25% of patients 1st present with DVT, MI or stroke. Budd-Chiari is also prominent.
Late in the course of PCV, often progresses to a spent phase, characterized by extensive marrow fibrosis (myelofibrosis) that displaces hematopoietic cells (15-20% of patients).
This is accompanied by extramedullary hematopoiesis in the spleen and liver with organomegaly.
Transformation to AML is seen in 1-2% of patients.
Bicuspid valve, with progressive exertional dyspnoea, ejection systolic murmur, most likely finding on CXR
Answer: Calcification of the aortic valve.
EH: Fun fact David Smythe has bicuspid arotic valve.
endometrioid carcinoma of ovary?
CCF - 40% bilateral – St8 outta robbins p1023 table 22-6
Adenomyosis
Answer (most correct): diffuse globular enlargement of the uterus
ROBBINS
Adenomyosis is presence of endometrial tissue within the uterine wall.
Remains in continuity with the endometrium, signifying downgrowth of endometrial tissue into and between the smooth muscle fascicles of the myometrium
Occurs in 20% of uteri.
Clinical symptoms: menometrorrhagia, colicky dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, pelvic pain.
STATDX
- Firm, large, and globular uterus.
- Rare malignant degeneration to adenocarcinoma.
PATHOUTLINES
Prognosis: Benign, excelling prognosis even if not removed.
Leiomyoma, false?
Answer: ?both
No case of pregnancy implanted into leiomyoma, however Leiomyomas in pregnant women increase the frequency of spontaneous abortion, fetal malpresentation, uterine inertia, and post-partum hemorrhage.
Leiomyoma variants include diffuse leiomyomatosis
- diffuse enlargement of the uterus
- gross pathology: innumerable confluent nodules that are less discrete than typical leiomyoma, causing symmetric uterine enlargement.
placental abruption
Answer: first and last options correct.
STATDX
Placental abruption = premature separation of placenta.
Etiology
- compromise of vascular structures supporting placenta leads to dissection of blood
- abnormal trophoblast invasion -> rupture of spiral arteries -> premature placental separation
- Intrauterine hypoxia, placental insufficiency.
Associated abnormalities
- Placenta previa (13-14x increase risk for placenta abruption)
- Leiomyoma (2.6x increase risk)
Acute hematoma
- blood often isoechoic to placenta
- may appear as thick placenta (placentomegaly)
- associated echogenic amniotic fluid is common (from clot proteins, large bleed can traverse amniotic fluid).
Marginal Placenta Abruption
- most common type
- hemorrhage from edge of placenta, can see a raised edge in 50% of cases.
- hematoma adjacent to placenta.
- Remote hematoma common, normally infront of os.
CT - blocked Eustachian tube, fluid in mastoid and middle ear, in a middle aged man, next most appropriate test? PET-CT MRI base of skull and neck Some nuclear medicine scan Some ultrasound scan
CCF - MRI base of skull and neck
*SCS: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma until proven otherwise.
Note this question is incorrectly recalled in the 2021 RD section (says a paed)
[Path?] Crazy paving, least likely
CCF - RB
(path) which is least common hepatitis to cause cirrhosis Hep B Hep C Hep A Hep E Alcoholic hepatitis NASH Hep D
CCF - Hep A
**SCS: Hep E also does not have a chronic state. Can lead to fulminant hepatitis (liver failure w massive necrosis) in pregnancy especially.
path) Which is least associated with HCC? Hep A Hep B Hep C Haemochromatosis Non-alcoholic hepatitis Wilsons
CCF – Hep A
(path) Which is least likely to cause hepatic deposition of collagen and fibrosis early in its symptomatic course? Budd Chiari Veno-occlusive disease Uncontrolled right heart failure NASH Hep C Hep B
CCF – Favour NASH, fibrosis later /endstage feature- but usually asymptomatic early.
Difficult to find time course vs RHF - so not entirely sure - Thoughts?
**SCS: also unsure… this is what I could find:
Budd Chiari: Robbins 10th Ed (small one): “centrilobular fibrosis develops in instances in which the thrombosis is more slowly developing”
Venoocclusive definitely does this.
I Favour RHF (same Robbins as above): “uncommonly with sustained chronic severe CHF, centrilobular fibrosis … develops”
WJI:
additionally HBV not always cirrhotic, HCV develop cirrhosis >6months post infection. Hard to know what this Q is getting at
[PATH] Sarcoid, which is least likely a manifestation?
CCF – Mikulicz syndrome – v. rare thought to be IGG4 disease with sarcoid tangentially related.
All others direct manifestations.
** SCS: Sarcoid causes granulomatous interstitial nephritis.
Pagets disease of the nipple
CCF -
Associated with IDC in 50% (“[ in pagets ]palpable mass present in 50-60% almost all of these have invasive carcinoma” – my guy Robbins”. “quik maffs” -Big Shaq
(DICS higher than 50% (90%))
Stat dx, robbins orange box pg 1057.
Thymoma, not associated with? Red cell aplasia low T cells Hypogammaglobulinanaemia (this is how it was spelled) Myaesthenia gravis Graves disease
CCF
low T cells
All below listed on radiopeida Red cell aplasia – Yes 5% Hypogammaglobulinanaemia (this is how it was spelled) - Yes Myaesthenia gravis - Yes Graves disease Yes
[path] Giant cell arteritis, true?
CCF – Multiple true
Renal cystic disease, which is most likely hereditary? (repeat)
CCF
**SCS: prior recall said NOT hereditary.
Therefore MSK.
Which of the following is most likely to cause bilateral ovarian enlargement? (repeat, but with different wording from recalls)
CCF – Serous ovarian
Pg 1023 robbins
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, most likely associated with? (repeat)
CCF - - diastolic dysfunction - True
MEN1 don’t get which thing? (this question was duplicated in the exam)
CCF – pheochromocytoma.
Paraganglioma, least likely associated with (this was in the same exam as the question above)?
CCF – MEN1
**SCS: The most common genetic cause of hereditary paragangliomas are mutations in the succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) subunit (SDHB, SDHD, SDHA or SDHAF2) (radiopaedia)