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MRCP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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MRCP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS 2024
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis Polyangitis (Churg-Strauss) diagnostic criteria - 4 of:
asthma
eosinophilia
mono or poly neuropathy,
paranasal sinus abnormality,
non-fixed pulmonary infiltrates on CXR
biopsy showing extravascular eosinophils
Praxbind (idarucizumab) - For the reversal of the anticoagulant effects of
dabigatran
Teicoplanin - Inhibits bacterial cell wall formation
Glomerulonephritis + low serum complement levels - post-streptococcal
glomerulonephritis
subacute bacterial endocarditis
systemic lupus erythematosus
mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis
,MRCP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024
Heinz bodies - G6PD deficiency, denatured haemoglobin within red cells
Phaeochromocytoma mx - phenoxybenzamine - alpha blocker
then
beta-blockers
brudaga syndrome - SCN5A gene
ECG changes more apparent with Na channel blocker
Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome - Profound deafness and a prolonged QT
interval
Discuss (4)Improve
Go Find Rex, Make Good Sex -
Thin Basement Membrane Disease - familial. adult. microscopic hematuria
without proteinuria. type 4 collagen. benign
,MRCP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) - ADAMSTS13 deficiency or
autoantibody, Normal PT/PTT
Can't cleave vWF into monomers, Microthrombi creating schistocytes
Pentad of neurolgical symptoms, thrombocytopaenia, haemoltyic anaemia, fever
and renal impairment
Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia - IgG antibodies react with erythrocytes at
normal body temperature. Extravascular.
Seen in CLL
aschof bodies - seen in rheumatic fever
Membraneous Glomerulonephritis - Cause of nephrotic syndrome (not nephritic)
IgG and C3 deposition
a/w - malignancy (colon), penicillamines, heavy metals, RA, SLE, Hep B, HIV, shisto,
sickle
philidelphia chromosome - Translocation of a gene segment of chromosomes
9&22.
, MRCP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024
Poor prognosis in ALL
CML
Burkitt's lymphoma - 8:14 translocation; associated with EBV
causes growths on jaw
starry sky appearance'
*8 looks like a B*
JVP waveform - a- *a*tria contract
c- tri*c*uspid closes
x- atria rela*x*es causing drop in pressures
v- atrial *V*illing
y- tr*y*cuspid opens
Primary hyperparathyroidism - mostly caused by parathyroid adenoma
mx - parathyroidectomy, medical - cincicet (if pt >50 and calcium <0.25 upper
limit, and no end-organ damage + stones)
a/w MEN I+II
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