Omental cyst

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Q) True statement about omental cyst is ?

a) It is always unilocular

b) Commonly seen in old age group

c) Arise from acquired or congenital obstruction of the lymphtaic channels

d) Complications are more common in old age.

Answer c

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Duodenal obstruction

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Q) Duodenal obstruction is caused by all except (#duodenum)
a) Duodenal Diverticulum
b) Annular Pancreas
c) SMA syndrome
d) Malrotation of duodenum

EUS in pancreatic cancer

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Q) What is true about the role of EUS in Carcinoma head of pancreas.

  • a) It has a sensitivity of 50-60% in detecting lesions less than 3 cm in size
  • b) It has a  high negative predictive  value
  • c) Chronic pancreatitis can be easily differentiated from Carcinoma head of pancreas by EUS
  • d) Small caliber needles have low accuracy than high caliber needles in FNAC
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Lymph node stations in Carcinoma stomach

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Q) In gastric cancer, lymph node station 12 corresponds to 

a) Common hepatic

b) Hepatoduodenal

c) Retropancreatic

d) Superior Mesenteric

Ans b

In gastric cancer, lymph node station 12 corresponds to the hepatoduodenal ligament lymph nodes.  These nodes are specifically located along the hepatoduodenal ligament and are further subdivided into groups based on their anatomical relationship: along the hepatic artery (12a), along the bile duct (12b), and behind the portal vein (12p)

Altemeier procedure

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Q) True about altemeier procedure?

a) It is proctosigmoidectomy with posterior levataroplasty

b) Done in left lateral position

c) Recurrence rate can be as high as 50%

d) Altemeier was the 1st person to do it

Ans a

The Altemeier procedure, also known as perineal rectosigmoidectomy, is a surgical technique used to treat rectal prolapse.

Altemeier procedure is a perineal surgical procedure in moribund and old patients.

It combines proctosigmoidectomy with posterior  levatorplasty.

A disadvantage of the perineal proctosigmoidectomy is the increased recurrence rates of
12% to 24% compared with the abdominal approach.

It is done in prone jack- knife position It was initiated by Mikulicz in 1899 and popularized by Altemeier in 1920s

Hydatid liver

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Q) Not an indication of surgery in hydatid cyst liver

a) CE2 cyst with multiple daughter cysts

b) Large 10 cm cyst situated peripherally

c) Infected cyst

d) 6 cm asymptomatic cyst

All the following would be seen after splenectomy for hereditary spherocytosis except?

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a) Persistence of spherocytosis

b) Anemia

c) Same osmotic fragility

d) Normal life span of erythrocytes

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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

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Q) Which is not an indication of liver transplantation in primary sclerosing cholangitis?

a) Intractable pruritis

b) Recurrent episodes of cholangitis

c) Cholangiocarcinoma

d) Dominant stricture

Esophageal hiatus hernia

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Q) What is type III esophageal hernia? 

a) Paraesophageal hiatus hernia

b) Sliding hiatus hernia

c) Both sliding and paraesophageal hernia

d) Large part of stomach in the mediastinum with pylorus near the esophageal hiatus

Answer  c

Hiatal hernias are protrusion of stomach through a defect in the esophageal hiatus into the mediastinum.

They are of four  types of hiatus hernia

  1. Sliding - GE junction migrates to the mediastinum and rests superior to the diaphragm.
  2. Paraesophgaeal - Part of stomach migrates through the esophageal hiatus into the mediastinum with GE junction remaining at its normal position.

paraesophgeal hiatus hernia

  1. There are IV types of hiatal hernia

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