(Single Best Answer) Question 141: A two-year old girl child is brought to the Out Patient with features of hand wringing stereotype movements, impaired language and communication development, breath-holding spells, poor social skills, and deceleration of head growth after 6 months of age. The most likely diagnosis is ?
A) Asperger's syndrome B) Rett's syndrome C) Fragile X syndrome D) Cotard syndrome Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 142: A three year old male child presents with history of constipation and abdominal distension for the last two years. The plain radiograph of abdomen reveals fecal matter containing distended bowel loops. A barium enema study done subsequently shows a transition zone at the rectosigmoid junction with reversal of recto-sigmoid ratio. The most probable diagnosis is ?
A) Anal atresia B) Malrotation of gut C) Hirschprung's disease D) Congenital megacolon Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 143: A thirty one year old male with Nephrotic syndrome complains of pain in right hip joint of 2 months duration. The movements at the hip are free but painful terminally. The most likely diagnosis is ?
A) Tuberculosis of hip B) Avascular necrosis of femoral head C) Chondrolysis of hip D) Pathological fracture of femoral neck Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 144: A resident doctor sustained a needlestick injury while sampling blood of a patient who is HIV positive. A decision is taken to offer him post-exposure prophylaxis. Which one of the following would be the best recommendation ?
A) Zidovudine + Lamivudine for 4 weeks B) Zidovudine + Lamivudine + Nevirapine for 4 weeks C) Zidovudine + Lamivudine + Indinavir for 4 weeks D) Zidovudine + Stavudine + Nevirapine for 4 weeks Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 145: A pregnant woman with fibroid uterus develops acute pain in abdomen with low grade fever and mild leucocytosis at 28 weeks. The most likely diagnosis is ?
A) Preterm labour B) Torsion of Fibroid C) Red degeneration of Fibroid D) Infection in Fibroid Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 146: A pregnant woman is found to have excessive accumulation of amniotic fluid. Such polyhydramnios is likely to be associated with all of the following conditions, except ?
A) Twinning B) Microanencephaly C) Oesophageal atresia D) Bilateral renal agenesis Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 147: A pole vaulter had a fall during pole vaulting and had paralysis of the arm. Which of the following investigations gives the best recovery prognosis ?
A) Electromyography B) Muscle biopsy C) Strength duration curve D) Creatine phosphokinase levels Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 148: A patient, resident of Himachal Pradesh presented with a series of ulcers in a row, on his right leg. The biopsy from the affected area was taken and cultured on Sabauraud's Dextrose agar. What would be the most likely causative organism ?
A) Sporothrix schenkii B) Cladosporium spp. C) Pseudoallescheria boydii D) Nocardia brasiliensis Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 149: A patient with salicylic acid poisoning has the following arterial blood gas analysis report: pH-7.12, PCO2 = 18 mmHg; HCO3 = 12 mmol/L. The resulting acid-base abnormality can be best labelled as ?
A) Metabolic acidosis with respiratory alkalosis B) Metabolic acidosis wiht respiratory acidosis C) Respiratory acidosis with metabolic alkalosis D) Metabolic acidosis Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 150: A patient made a self-diagnosis of athleteâ??s foot (tinea pedis) and began using a product advertised on television. The condition improved but did not clear and then the patient showed himself to a Dermatologist. A skin scraping was sent to the laboratory for culture, including culture for fungi. The fungal culture yielded a slow growing colony, which produced a few small microconidia. This is consistent with isolation of a dermatophyte of the genera ?
A) Trichophyton B) Microsporum C) Epidermophyton D) Trichosporon Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):