Joint Diseases
QUESTION 6.2 A. Alcohol abuse B. Diabetes mellitus C. Spinal cord injury D. Syphilis E. Syringomyelia 3. This photomicrograph shows a section of the femoral head removed from an elderly woman with acute hip pain. The…
Anus and Perianal Area
!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd”> 39 Anus and Perianal Area 1. Which of the following histologic patterns is most suggestive of the basaloid variant of anal carcinoma? A. Extensive mucin…
Gallbladder, Extrahepatic Biliary Tree, and Ampulla
QUESTION 38.5 A. Biliary atresia B. Caroli disease C. Choledochal cyst D. Phrygian cap E. Sclerosing cholangitis Answers and Explanations 1. Correct choice: B GALLSTONE TYPES—Cholesterol stones develop in bile supersaturated with cholesterol. Of the two…
Eye and Ocular Adnexa
QUESTION 24.2 A. Bullous keratopathy B. Chronic actinic keratopathy C. Chronic herpes simplex keratitis D. Fuchs endothelial dystrophy E. Keratoconus 3. Which of the following types of corneal dystrophies is most frequently observed in corneal specimens…
Pituitary and Sellar Region
QUESTION 12.1 A. Acromegaly/gigantism B. Cushing syndrome C. Hyperprolactinemia D. Panhypopituitarism E. Visual field deficits 2. A 23-year-old female undergoes transsphenoidal resection of a prolactinoma after receiving prolonged treatment with bromocriptine. Which of the following are…
Muscle Biopsy in Neuromuscular Diseases
QUESTION 4.3 A. Inflammatory myopathy B. Mitochondrial myopathy C. Motor neuron disease D. Muscle disuse E. Myotonic dystrophy 4. On Gomori trichrome staining, frozen sections of a muscle biopsy reveal numerous myofibers with a ragged profile…
Nonneoplastic Diseases of Bones
QUESTION 7.2 A. Abnormal mineralization of growth plate B. Fragmentation of growth plate C. Increased density of bone D. Premature fusion of growth plate E. Thinning of bone trabeculae 3. A patient under treatment with hemodialysis…
