PATHOLOGY PAPER 1- 2ND MBBS KUHS - FEBRUARY 2016

Q.P. Code: 203001                         Reg. no.: ………………… 

Second Professional MBBS Degree Examinations, February 2016 

Clinical Pathology and General Pathology - Paper I 

Time: 2 Hours                                  Total Marks: 40 

•  Answer all questions 
•  Draw diagrams wherever necessary  

Essay:  (8)

1. Define necrosis. Describe the various types of necrosis with suitable examples. How does it differ from apoptosis.  (1+4+3=8)

Short essay: (6)

2. A 14 years old boy presented with fever, cervical lymphadenopathy, rashes, mild hepatomegaly.  No bleeding manifestation. TC: 20,000 cell/mm3; predominantly lymphocytes in peripheral blood. Answer the following:

•  What is your provisional diagnosis 
•  What are the confirmatory tests 
•  What is the complication 
•  What is the etiologic agent (1+2+2+1=6)     

   
Short notes: (4x4=16) 

3. Spleen in amyloidosis
4. Radiation and cancer
5. Metaplasia
6. Dystrophic calcification

Answer briefly:  (4x2=8)

7. Thromboembolism
8. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
9. Healing by secondary intention
10. Chemotaxis

Answer in single sentence:  (4x½=2)

11. Define gangrene
12. Principle  of Benedict’s test
13. Draw Langhan’s giant cell.
14. Normal reticulocyte count.