Surgery MCQ File 4

The thyroid develops from

Hyperthyroidism can be caused by all of the following except:

A 56 year old man, who has recently had surgery for large bowel obstruction secondary to a pelvic mass, has had an erect CXR brought to your attention. His surgery 3 days ago and he now appears to have an ileus but is comfortable. Free air is apparent under his diaphragm. His abdomen is distended and he is tender in the midline. The free air is likely to be due to

Reed-Sternberg cells are characteristic of

A 50-year old patient develops sudden left lower chest pain and epigastric pain after vomiting. The patient shows diaphoresis, breath sounds are decreased on the left, and there is abdominal guarding. The most appropriate diagnostic test is:

Right sided tumors of the large bowel present more frequently with which of the following characteristic when compared to the left sided tumors

What is the commonest type of ulcers that can appear at the neck

A 62 year old man presents to the hospital with large bowel obstruction. You decide to take this patient to the operating theatre after appropriate investigations and resuscitation. During laparotomy, a tumour is found in the transverse colon. Appropriate further management of this patient during surgery include

Where is the ‘gaiter’ area

Advantages of the use of bipolar diathermy over monopolar include all of the following during surgery except:

Venous ulcer is a complication of

Which of the following is an absolute contraindication to performing laparoscopic surgery

The neuropathic ulcer can appear in

All of the following may be found as part of the MEN 1 (multiple endocrine neoplasia) syndrome except

Sebaceous cyst can appear in any place except:

All of the following statements are true of solitary thyroid nodules except:

The following examples of swelling move in only one direction except

Which of the following structures passing through the diaphragm are correctly associated with their corresponding vertebral level

As an example of malignant ulcer

Following pelvic surgery, patient reports numbness along the medial thigh as well as weakness of hip addiction. Which nerve has most likely been injured during the operation

The average range of normal temperature is

Psammoma bodies are typically found in the following thyroid cancers?

The features of toxic look of a patient include all of the following except:

Complication of massive blood transfusion include all of the following except:

When the swelling is deep to the muscle

Which of the following is the most common primary lung tumour in infants and children

In ‘catabolic’ surgical patients, which of the following changes in body composition do not occur

Which of the following approaches is considered standard care for most of Wilms’ tumour patients?

Shock can be best defined as

Renal adenocarcinomas

All of the following are true about neurogenic shock except:

Which of the following statements about the anatomic course of the esophagus is correct

Prolactinomas of the pituitary:

The following are true about inguinal canal except

Concerning the walls of the inguinal canal, which of the following is not correct

The following are true about Indirect inguinal hernia except ..

The following are the complications of inguinal hernia except

The following statements are correct about femoral hernia except

The following are varieties of Hernias

The following are true about breast cancer except

Role of surgery in breast cancer includes

Prognostic factors for breast cancer includes the following

Concerning breast cancer Chemotherapy..

Follow-up of breast cancer patients..

Advanced breast cancer include the following except..

Indication for Post-mastectomy radiotherapy includes

Concerning breast cancer

Concerning breast conserving surgery

The following are risk factors for breast cancer..

Which of the following is not to be used in the treatment of raised intracranial pressure from traumatic brain injury..