Pathology

Question 1

What is the cause of nutmeg liver?

A. Fatty liver

B. Hepatocellular carcinoma

C. Hepatitis C

D. Congestive hepatopathy

E. Liver cirrhosis

Answer 1

D. Congestive hepatopathy.

The liver becomes darkly speckled when congested due to heart failure, supposedly making it look like nutmeg.

Question 2

What condition causes ‘Orphan Annie Eyes’?

A. Follicular thyroid cancer

B. Papillary thyroid cancer

C. Thyroiditis

D. Graves’ disease

E. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

Answer 2

B. Papillary thyroid cancer.

Papillary thyroid cancer gives rise to characteristic ‘Orphan Annie Eye’ nuclear inclusions, which appear as blank spots.