8 important CTVS/cardiology signs asked in exams

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8 CTVS signs on imaging

Expect 2-3 questions on cardiology signs asked in MCH exams 

I am listing the 8 most common 

  1. Egg on String sign - Transposition of great arteries
  2. Snowman Sign - TAPVC ( Total Anomalous pulmonary venous return) 

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Grades of Splenic Injury – Image based Question

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Q) 45 year old male with road side accident and fracture of 3 ribs on left side.

CT scan of the abdomen is shown below. Out of the five grades of splenic injury What is the grade  in him ?

Splenic Injury grades

 

 

 

 

 

a) Grade II

b) Grade III

c) Grade IV

d) Grade V 

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Ans b Grade III

Grade 1
Subcapsular haematoma <10% of surface area
Parenchymal laceration <1 cm depth Capsular tear
Grade 2
Subcapsular haematoma 10–50% of surface area; Intraparenchymal haematoma <5 cm
Parenchymal laceration 1–3 cm
Grade 3
Subcapsular haematoma >50% surface area; ruptured subcapsular or intraparenchymal haematoma ≥5 cm Parenchymal laceration >3 cm depth
Grade 4
Any injury in the presence of a splenic vascular
injury or active bleeding confned within the splenic
capsule
Parenchymal laceration involving segmental or hilar
vessels producing >25% devascularisation
Grade 5
Any injury in the presence of splenic vascular injurya
with active bleeding extending beyond the spleen
into the peritoneum – shattered spleen
Vascular injury is defined as a pseudoaneurysm or arteriovenous fistula and appears as a focal collection of vascular contrast that decreases in attenuation with delayed imaging.
Active bleeding from a vascular injury presents as vascular contrast, focal or diffuse, that
increases in size or attenuation in the delayed phase

THE vs TTE

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Esophagus Surgery
Esophagus Mock Test 1
Q) Trans Hiatal Esophagectomy (THE) vs Trans Thoracic Esophagectomy (TTE) – which is not true?
(Question asked in all AIIMS and INI exams since 2017)
a) Leak rates are more with TTE
b) Pulmonary complication is more with TTE
c) Side to side stapler anastomosis has less leaks than open two layer suturing
d) THE can be done through minimally invasive surgery
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Hereditary pancreatic cancers

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Hereditary pancreatic cancers questions is asked many times in NEET SS and GI and onco Surgery CET 

Please understand the difference between x% lifetime risk of pancreatic cancer and x fold increase in risk as compared to normal population

  1. PRSS & SPINK 1 - Familial pancreatitis 40% lifetime increase . 50 fold increase as compared to Normal
  2. STK 11 - Peutz Jeghers - 100 fold increase in Pancreatic cancer . Also associated with lung, ovarian, breast, uterine, and testicular cancers
  3.  CFTR - cystic fibrosis - 30 fold increase
  4. Familial atypical mole and multiple melanoma syndrome (CDKN2A gene mutation). CDKN2A - 20 fold increase
  5.  BRCA 2 - 10 fold increase
  6. Lynch Syndrome  ( MLH) ( MSH) - 8 fold increase
  7. FAP APC gene - 4 fold

Abbe Estlander Flap

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Q) Abbe Estlander flap is for?
a) Lip
b) Tongue
c) Breast
d) Nose
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Bile leak after lap Cholecystectomy

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Q) 60 year old female undergoes lap cholecystectomy and is discharged She comes back 8 days later with pain abdomen, distension, fever and tachycardia. USG shows a 500 ml collection in Morrisons Pouch. Next step?

a) Conservative, I V antibiotics

b) USG guided drainage

c) LAP exploration and ligation of cystic duct stump

d) CECT followed by open exploration

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Ulcerative colitis Surgery in Young female

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Ulcerative Colitis Surgery Choice
#AIIMS 2022 April
Q) Which surgery would be preferred to be done in young unmarried female with steroid refractory Ulcerative colitis and 15 bloody bowel movements per day?
a) TPC with IPAA
b) TPC with EI (end ileostomy)
c) TAC with EI (end ileostomy)
d) TAC with IRA (Ileo rectal anastomosis)
Ans b

The risk of infertility following IPAA was estimated to be approximately 50% compared with 15% among medically treated patients.

Given these data, many surgeons advocate for a three-stage procedure in which subtotal colectomy with end ileostomy is performed and IPAA is deferred until childbearing is completed.
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Pyoderma Gangrenosum

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Q) Which of the following systemic disease is not associated with Pyoderma Gangrenosum ?

a) Rheumatoid arthritis

b) Inflammatory bowel disease

c) Non Hodgkin disease

d) Sjogern syndrome