Second professional is long and exams would feel tough as the syllabus is MIGHTY, but everything would be good at the end. Also, do not forget to enjoy. The memories you would make in Second year are the things you are going to cherish forever.
Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection can be very well applied to Medical stream as the one who is fittest to cope up with such enormous amount of inhumane pressures survive. It was not to scare you but to make you alert for what’s coming.
Second year of MBBS is the year you spend in college when you have settled well at the new place with the new people but not able to settle with the course pressure as it just gets amplified as compared to the previous year.
Mistakes to avoid in MBBS Second year :
First of all, Second professional is not honeymoon period. Its better you understand this early.
- Wrong selection of books: Don’t be hasty while buying the book. Wait for a week or more, consult with other students and especially seniors and try to select and follow Standard books only. Below in the article you will find about the books to follow. Keep this in mind that whichever book you buy and start reading and highlighting, you will have to use the same in future too.
- Not touching the books in initial months: Before the curriculum changed and second year had 3 semesters, first semester was called as ‘Honeymoon semester.’ Students usually didn’t dare touch books for a whole semester and used to regret in later months. Though the new curriculum has shortened the duration by 1 semester, student are going to avoid studying and that’s probably not good.
- PG Preperations: Many students start PG Preparation and get so serious that they prioritize it above their MBBS Second year course. Though its recommended to start PG preparation from this time only but with maintaining balance with second year course being the first priority.
- Clinical postings: I was one of those fools who was too irregular in attending clinical postings. You can be a doctor anyway but attending postings are of utmost importance if you want to be a Good Doctor. You need to run behind seniors and actively participate in postings because teachers wont be going to teach you much actively considering you as a novice.
- For the nerds especially, don’t stay stuck inside the books. Do make memories as the future is going to be more harsh and these are the memories you are going to cherish in the coming future.
How to study Pathology?
Pathology is the king of 2nd professional subjects. Not denying this fact, Pathology is the base for your future. Whatever you want to pursue, knowledge of pathology is a must! Especially for studying medicine, knowledge of Pathology with Physiology is of utmost importance.
- Make notes from 2–3 books and make your own answers.
- Make your own flowcharts and draw as many as possible in your theory exams.
- Do solve previous year University papers to prepare well for your professional exams.
- Most Important : Stay in touch with your Seniors & get important topics marked in your textbook to be safe from Pre exam Hassle.
- Follow standard books if you can.
- Take help of Video Lectures. There are a bunch of good ones available now.
- Do read first 7 chapters of Robbin’s Pathology.
- Integrate with Pharmacology and Physiology.
- Remember, if you want to be a good doctor and ace in Medicine in Final year, you need to start studying pathology from the start of semester and at least revise it one more time.
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CELLULAR INJURY
Long Questions
- Necrosis , types and examples, fate of necrosed area, difference between apoptosis and necrosis
- Define apoptosis, what are the cause of apoptosis. Write about the biochemical features and mechanisms of apoptosis. Add a note on deregulated apoptosis
- Types of degeneration, pathology of organ affected by fatty changes, add a note on fat stains
Short Questions
- Write about cell injury and write briefly about hyperplasia with suitable examples
- Cellular swelling
- Necrosis
- Gangrenous necrosis
- Fat necrosis
- Tissue necrosis- Morphological patterns
- Caseous necrosis
- Definition and characteristic of types of necrosis
- Free radical cell injury
- Morphological changes in apoptosis
- Mechanism of apoptosis
- Classify pigments and write about lipofuscins
- Hemosiderin deposits in the diseases
- Difference between the dysplastic and metastatic calcification
- Write about dystrophic and metastatic calcifications
- Pathological calcification
- Metastatic calcification
- Define hyperplasia and give two examples
- Define atrophy. Give two examples to physiological atrophy
- Mention 4 nuclear changes in necrosis
- Types of necrosis with examples
- Enumerate four examples for metastatic calcification
- Enlist two common stains used to demonstrate fat in tissues
INFLAMMATION
Long Questions
- Define Inflammation. Enumerate the cellular events in acute inflammation.
- Discuss in detail the mechanism of Chemotaxis and Phagocytosis. Enlist the common defects in Leukocyte functions
- Define inflammation, write in detail about the vascular and cellular changes in inflammation
- Chemical mediators of acute inflammation and their actions
Short Questions
- Vascular Changes in acute inflammation
- Leucocyte endothelium adhesion molecules
- Chemotaxis
- Chemical mediators of inflammatiom
- Role of arachidonic metabolites in inflammation
- Chemokines
- Leukotrienes
- Cytokines
- Write about the outcomes of acute inflammation
- Different types of giant cells with morphology and examples
- Granulomatous inflammation
- Granuloma
- Leukemoid reaction
- Two difference between exudate and transudate
- Acute phase reactants
- Name four cell derived mediators of inflammation
- Four systemic effects of inflammation
- Different types of giant cells
- Two examples of acute phase proteins
- Mast cells
TISSUE RENEWAL AND REPAIR
Long Questions
- Define repair, process of repair, factors influencing repair
- Wound healing second intention, difference between the first and second intention, factor influencing it
Short Questions
- Stem cells in tissue homeostasis
- Factors influencing wound healing
- Healing by second intention
- Factors influencing wound healing
- Systemic factors that influence wound healing
- Types of wound healing
- Role of vitamin C in wound healing
- Keloid
HEMODYNAMIC DISORDER
Long Questions
- Edema, etiopathogenesis of generalized edema, clinical significance of cerebral and pulmonary edema
- Define thrombosis, write in detail about the pathogenesis, causes, morphology and fate of thrombus
- Define shock, discuss in detail the pathogenesis of septic shock, describe the morphology of kidneys and lungs affected by shock
- Define, classify , pathogenicity & morphology of shock
- Define and classify shock. Discuss in detail about septic shock
Short Questions
- Edema pathogenesis
- Cardiac edema
- Thrombogenesis
- Virchow’s triad
- Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
- Difference between thrombus and blood clot
- Embolism
- Thromboembolism
- Types of embolism, write on caissons disease
- Fat embolism
- Air embolism
- Gangrene
- Morphology of infarction
- Amniotic fluid embolism
- Gross and microscopic feature of infarct
- Difference between the dry and wet gangrene
- Gangrene – pathogenesis
- Pathogenesis of shock
- Septic shock
- Define hyperemia and congestion
- Heart failure cells
- Anticoagulants
- Lines of zahn
- State four difference between dry and wet gangrene
- Name the stages of shock
- Gamma gandy bodies
- Enlist four important sequelae for Thrombosis
GENETIC DISORDERS
Short Questions
- Mention four X-linked recessive disorders
- X linked diseases
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Niemann pick disease
- Gaucher’s disease
- Glycogen storage disorders
- Sex chromatin
- Down syndrome
- Trisomy 21
- Klinefelter’s syndrome
- Turner’s syndrome
- Give two examples of autosomal recessive disorders
- Mention 4 X-linked recessive disorders
- Gaucher’s cell
- Special stain to diagnose Gaucher’s disease
- Enumerate 4 types of chromosomal rearrangements
- Clinical features of trisomy 21
- Trisomy 18
- Name two trisomy syndromes
- FISH
- Enumerate two common cytogenetic disorders involving Sex Chromosomes
DISEASES OF IMMUNITY
Long Questions
- Define auto, iso, allo , xenografts, factors influencing allograft rejection, types and mechanism of allograft rejection
- Classify primary immunodeficiency syndrome, details about AIDS
Short Questions
- Classify amyloidosis, details about it
- Type II hypersensitivity
- Opportunistic lung infections in AIDS
- Type I hypersensitivity
- Type III hypersensitivity reaction
- Mechanism of autoimmunity
- LE phenomenon
- Morphology of renal changes in SLE
- Amyloidosis
- Pathology of spleen in amyloidosis
- NK cells
- HLA
- Anaphylactic reaction
- Antibody mediated hypersensitivity
- Immune complex mediated hypersensitivity
- Cell mediated hypersensitivity
- Arthus reaction
- Antinuclear antibodies
- Transplant rejection
- Graft versus host disease
- AIDS
- Amyloid stains
- Primary amyloidosis
- Sago spleen
- Two neoplasm seen in AIDS
- Mention 4 special stains for amyloid
- Chronic granulomatous disease
- Hyper IgM syndrome
- Four opportunistic infections in HIV. Mention two sites of biopsy for amyloidosis
- Enumerate four common organs involved in Amyloidosis
NEOPLASIA
Long Questions
- Classify neoplasia, difference between benign and malignant tumor, mode of spread of malignant tumor
- Metastasis, different pathway of spread , details about anyone
- Write in detail about carcinogenesis physical, chemical and biological and also molecular basis of carcinogenesis
- Define neoplasia, discuss in detail the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of radiation oncogenesis
- Mention oncogenic viruses. Describe oncogenesis by HPV
Short Questions
- Tumor markers
- Teratoma
- Growth factors
- Chemical carcinogen
- Hamartoma
- Carcinoma in situ
- Paraneoplastic syndrome
- FNAC
- Laboratory diagnosis of cancer
- Difference between benign and malignant tumors
- Metaplasia
- Dysplasia
- Tumor metastasis
- Tumor suppressor genes
- Oncogenic RNA virus
- Grading and staging of tumor
- Automatic tissue processor
- Differentiation and anaplasia
- Trans coelomic spread of neoplasm
- Molecular basis of cancer
- P53
- Tumor antigens
- EBV
- Lab diagnosis of neoplasm
- Exfoliative cytology
- Liquid base cytology
- Define metaplasia and give 2 examples
- Warburg effect
- Two tumor suppressor genes
- Name four virus implicated in carcinogenesis
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Long Questions
- Describe the pathogenesis, morphology and clinical features of TB
- Define Gangrene , types, details about gas gangrene
Short Questions
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Histological differences between TB leprosy and Lepromatous leprosy
- Morphology and evolution of tubercle
- Morphology of primary TB
- Primary complex
- Primary pulmonary tuberculosis
- Ghon’s complex
- Primary Atypical pneumonia
- Miliary TB
- Lepromatous leprosy
- Tertiary syphilis
- Hydatid cyst
- Mycetoma
- Fungal granuloma
- Rhinosporidosis
- Tertiary syphilis
- Hematocrit in dengue fever
- Actinomycosis
- Cysticercosis
- Ghon’s foci
- Gross appearance of mycetoma foot
- Black water fever
- Microscopic appearance of lepromatous leprosy
- Types of leprosy
NUTRITION AND ENVIRONMENT
Short Questions
- PEM
- Kwashiorkor
- Vitamin A deficiency
- Rickets
- Vit D deficiency
- Obesity
- Lead poisoning
- Vitamin C deficiency
- Give two examples for trace elements and their deficiency states
- Mention two causes for Basophilic Stippling
- Gross skeletal changes in rickets
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
Short Questions
- Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
- Hemolytic diseases of newborn
- Erythroblastosis fetalis
- Hemolytic disease of Newborn
- Cystic Firbrosis
- Neuroblastoma
- Nephroblastoma
- Wilm’s tumor
- Rh Factor
- Kernicterus
- Mention any 4 childhood malignancies
RBC AND BLEEDING DISORDERS
Long Questions
- Classify hemolytic anemia, compare etiopathogenesis and lab findings of Thalassemia and sickle cell anemia
- Classify Hemolytic anemia, write in detail about the pathogenesis, Blood picture and clinical features of Beta Thalassemia Major
- How will you interpret bone marrow, bone marrow findings of megaloblastic anemia
- Classify anemia, details about iron deficiency anemia
- Classify thrombocytopenia, etiopathogenesis, details about idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Define Thrombocytopenia? Classify causes of thrombocytopenia? Discuss the various test in evaluating bleeding disorders?
Short Questions
- Reticulocyte
- Evidences of haemolytic anemia
- PCV estimation and its significance
- Hematocrit
- G6PD deficiency anemia
- Sickle cell disease
- Pathogenesis of sickle cell disease
- Peripheral blood smear and bone marrow changes in Vitamin B12 deficiency (Megaloblastic anemia ) (6)
- Coomb’s test
- Bone marrow changes in microcytic anemia
- Microcytic hypochromic anemia
- Etiology and morphology of bone marrow in Aplastic Anemia
- Pancytopenia in peripheral smear
- Aplastic anemia
- Fanconi’s anemia
- Polycythemia Vera
- Prothrombin time
- Bleeding time
- Thrombocytopenia
- Chronic ITP
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Glanzmann’s disease
- Coagulation disorders
- Mention Important investigations necessary for diagnosis of Hemophilia
- hemophilia A
- Von Willebrand’s disease
- Christmas disease
- DIC
- Pathogenesis of DIC
- DIC lab diagnosis
- Transfusion reaction
- Complications of blood transfusion
- Sideroblastic anemia
- Osmotic fragility test
- Indication of bone marrow aspiration
- Laboratory Investigations done for diagnosis of Autoimmune Haemolytic Anaemia
- What are red cell indices ?
- MCV
- Mention 4 applications of reticulocyte count
- Heinz Bodies
- Reticulocyte
- Howell-jolly body
- Tests for Sickling
- Coomb’s test
- Megaloblast
- Mention two important marrow changes in B12 deficiency
- Blood picture in Megaloblastic anemia
- Give 4 causes for IDA
- Mention two causes of pancytopenia
- Prothrombin time
- Mention the causes of Thrombocytopenia
- Bernard Soulier syndrome
- Hemophilia
- What is cross matching?
- What is Bombay Blood group?
- Sea blue histiocytes
- Mention 4 indications of Bone marrow aspiration
- Cross matching
- Blood components prepared in a blood bank
WBC DISORDERS
Long Questions
- Classify leukemia, details about ALL
- Classify Hodgkin’s disease and explain it
- Classify lymphoma, details about Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Define and classify leukaemia. Describe the blood and bone marrow findings in
- Acute myeloid leukaemia
- Classify leukemia , bone marrow and peripheral blood smear findings of CML
Short Questions
- Morphological disorder of leucocytes
- Agranulocytosis
- Eosinophilia
- Classify acute leukemia
- Classification of NHL
- Cytochemistry of acute leukemia
- Burkitt lymphoma
- Lab diagnosis multiple myeloma
- Lab investigation of plasma cell myeloma
- Bence Jones proteins
- Peripheral smear and Bone marrow findings in Multiple myeloma
- Rye’s classification and its value
- Hodgkins Lymphoma
- Reed-Sternberg Giant Cells
- Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma
- Classify Hodgkin lymphoma
- Classify AML
- Chloroma
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
- Blood pictures on CML
- Myelofibrosis
- Primary myelofibrosis
- Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase
- Describe the peripheral smear and bone marrow appearance in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia with suitable diagrams
- Draw megaloblast, Maxicanhat cell, Pessary cell, Macropolycyte
- Agranulocytosis
- Two characteristic difference between myeloblasts and lymphoblasts
- Russell bodies
- Name four monoclonal gammopathies
- Mention two pathogenic features of Hairy cell leukemia
- 4 difference between Hodgkin’s and non-hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Reed sternberg cell and its variants
- Chloroma
- Auer rods
- Psuedopelger Huet anomaly
- Philadelphia chromosome
- Mutations in chronic myeloid leukemia
- Tear drop cells
Clinical Case Scenario
- 40 years male H/o chronic fatigue, weight loss since 6 months. O/E pallor, marked splenomegaly+, laboratory report shows Hb 10 GM%, TC 215000/CMM. Platelets 4 lacks/mm. Answer the following: a) What is your diagnosis? b) What is common genetic abnormality? c) Blood and Bone Marrow findings to confirm your diagnosis? d) Prognosis of the condition?
- A 70 year old women admitted with worsening anemia and pathological fracture of the Humerus had an ESR of 120mm in 1 hour. Her peripheral smear showed increased rouleaux formation. X-ray of skull showed multiple punched out osteolytic lesions. a) What is the most probable diagnosis? Write briefly on the etiopathogenesis of this disease. b) Describe the Bone Marrow Changes in this disease. c) Enumerate the common laboratory investigations for this disease. d. Enlist the complications of this disease.
- 40 yrs female c/o loss of weight, huge splenomegaly with peripheral blood white blood cell count of more than 1 lakh cells/cc a) What is the probable diagnosis? b) What are the characteristic peripheral smear findings? c) What is the course of the disease? d) What is the chromosomal abnormality involved?
- 60 yrs male presented with normocytic normochromic anaemia, pathological fracture femur and proteinuria. X ray skull revealed punched out lesions in the calvarium and peripheral smear studied show rouleaux formation. a) What is your probable diagnosis. b) Discuss in detail the molecular pathogenesis, morphology and clinical features of above said disorder.
- 23 yrs female presented with oral ulcers, malar rash photosensitivity and non erosive arthritis involving both knees. Laboratory investigations show persistent proteinuria and leucopenia. What is your probable diagnosis.
- 40 yr old male presented with h/o fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. Patient had temperature of 103 degrees F. Weak rapid pulse, hypotension, tachypnea, cold, clammy, cyanotic skin. Blood culture gram negative bacterial infection positive. a) What is your diagnosis? b) Explain the pathogenesis and morphology.
BLOOD VESSELS
Long Questions
- Atheroma , risk factors for atherosclerosis , role of lipid and endothelial injury , and its pathogenesis
- Define atherosclerosis. Discuss in detail the risk factors, pathogenesis, morphology and complications
- A 12 year boy weighing 70 kgs, doesn’t play any outdoor games and is always in front of his play station with lot of snacks besides him. What is he having? What are the methods to assess it? b) What is the etiopathogenesis? Enumerate the complications?
Short Questions
- Pathogenesis of essential hypertension
- Atherosclerosis
- Atheromatous plaque
- Consequences of atherosclerotic disease
- Aneurysm
- Dissecting aneurysm
- Buerger’s disease (TAO)
- Kaposi sarcoma
- Pathology of Cardiomyopathy
- Monckeberg’s medial sclerosis
- Atheromatous plaque
- Takayasu arteritis
- Raynaud phenomenon
- Mention four common risk factors for Atherosclerosis
- Benign tumors of blood vessels
HEART
Short Questions
- MI (2)
- Define Rheumatic fever, details about RHD
- Infective endocarditis / bacterial endocarditis
- Fallot’s tetrology
- Morphology of infarct
- Enzymes in MI
- Lab investigations of Acute myocardial infarction
- Complications of myocardial infarction
- Hypertensive heart disease
- Rheumatic cardiac lesion
- Cardiac lesions in RHD
- Rheumatic fever
- Aschoff’s bodies
- Infective endocarditis
- Vegetations of heart
- Cardiomyopathy
- Oslers node
- Libman-sacks endocarditis
- Enlist four causes of acute myocarditis
- Mention the 3 types of cardiomyopathy
- Types of acute pericarditis
- Morphology of cardiac myxoma
LUNG
Long Questions
- Define and classify emphysema, details about panacinar emphysema
- Bronchial asthma
- Lobar pneumonia
- Classify bronchogenic carcinoma, details about small cell carcinoma
Short Questions
- ARDS
- Emphysema
- Pathogenesis of bronchial asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Pathology of bronchial asthma
- Pneumoconiosis
- Silicosis
- Asbestosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Good Pasteur’s syndrome
- Primary Atypical pneumonia
- Lobar pneumonia
- Viral pneumonia
- Etiopathology of CA lung
- Bronchoalveolar carcinoma
- Oat cell carcinoma
- Small cell carcinoma lung
- Carcinoid tumors of lung
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Mesothelioma
- Cor pulmonale
- Mention the four types of Emphysema
- Pan-acinar emphysema
- Reid index
- Byssinosis
- Ferruginous bodies
- Asteroid bodies.
- Causes of hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Stages of lobar pneumonia
- Bronchopneumonia
HEAD AND NECK
Short Questions
- Classify tumors of salivary glands , details about salivary adenomas
- Pre cancerous lesions
- Ameloblastoma
- Thyroglossal cyst
- Paraganglioma
- Pleomorphic adenoma of salivary gland
- Warthin tumor
- Mixed salivary gland tumors
- List four etiological factors associated with squamous cell carcinoma of oral cavity
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- 2 malignant tumors of salivary gland
- Mention four common tumors of salivary gland
GIT
Long Questions
- Define peptic ulcer, details about chronic gastric ulcer
- Ulcerative lesions of small and large intestine
- IBD, crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
Short Questions
- Congenital megacolon
- Pathology, morphology and clinical features of Hirschsprung’s disease
- Barret’s esophagus
- H.pylori gastritis
- Etiopathology of duodenal ulcer
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Morphology of chronic gastric ulcer
- Zollinger Ellison syndrome
- Etiology of gastric cancer
- Coeliac sprue
- Gross and microscopic appearance of amoebic dysentery colon
- IBD
- Crohns disease / regional ileitis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Neoplastic polyps of large intestine
- Morphology of two types of Hiatus hernia
- Chronic gastritis
- Helicobacter pylori
- Sites of peptic ulcer disease
- Menetrie’s disease
- Linitis plastica
- Gross difference between benign and malignant ulcers of stomach
- Mention two microscopic intestinal changes in malabsorption syndrome
- Typhoid ulcer
- Morphologic hall mark of Whipple disease
- Two difference between chron’s disease and ulcerative colitis
- Peutz-Jaghers syndrome
- Familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome
- Mutations in colonic carcinoma
- Microscopic picture of acute appendicitis
LIVER AND PANCREAS
Long Questions
- Classify cirrhosis details about portal cirrhosis
- Classify cirrhosis of liver, details about alcoholic cirrhosis / any one of the most common type
- Discuss the etiopathogenesis of viral hepatitis and in detail about serological evaluation
- Tumours of liver – Classification, Etiopathogenesis, prognosis
Short Questions
- Cirrhosis of liver
- Etioclassification of liver cirrhosis
- Investigation of viral hepatitis
- Laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis
- Hepatitis B
- Chronic active viral hepatitis
- Chronic persistent hepatitis
- Chronic acute hepatitis
- Morphology of alcoholic liver disease
- Lennec’s cirrhosis – morphology
- Hemochromatosis
- Biliary cirrhosis
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma
- Gall stones
- Cholelithiasis
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Aetiology and Pathology of Acute Pancreatitis
- Chronic calcific pancreatitis
- Fatty changes in liver
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Ground glass hepatocytes
- Morphology of amoebic liver abscess
- Morphology of alcoholic liver disease
- Mallory bodies
- Name four causes of fatty liver
- Hemochromatosis
- Wilson’s disease
- Mention 2 conditions of hereditary unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
- CVC liver
- Etiological factors of hepatocellular carcinoma
- Risk factors of gall stones
- Four pathological effects of gall stones
- Etiological factors of acute pancreatitis
KIDNEY
Long Questions
- Classify acute glomerular nephritis, details about acute post streptococcal glomerulo nephritis
- Nephritic syndrome
- Define nephritic syndrome. Enlist the causes of nephritic syndrome. Discuss in detail the pathogenesis and morphology in MPGN (Membrano Proliferative Glomerulo Nephritis)
- Chronic pyelonephritis
Short Questions
- Immune complex nephritis
- Urinary findings of acute glomerulonephritis
- Rapid Progressive glomerulonephritis
- Crescentic glomerulonephritis
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Minimal change nephropathy
- Contracted granular kidney
- Lupus nephritis
- Acute tubular necrosis
- Acute pyelonephritis
- Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
- Nephrosclerosis
- Cystic lesions in kidney
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Renal stones
- Hypernephroma
- Pathology of carcinoma kidney
- Renal cell carcinoma
- Clear cell carcinoma – kidney
- Urinary casts
- Transitional cell carcinoma bladder
- Henoch Schonlein purpura
- Mention two difference between nephrotic syndrome and nephritic syndrome
- Mention the serological finding in post infectious glomerulonephritis
- Wire loop lesion
- Four causes of nephrotic syndrome
- Two causes of granular contracted kidneys
- Causes of acute tubular necrosis
- Complications of acute pyelonephritis
- Mention four microscopic features of chronic pyelonephritis
- Cystic renal dysplasia
- Enumerate the four main types of renal calculi
- Enumerate four different types of renal stones
- Mention Two sides of oncocytomas
- Grading of urothelial malignancy
MALE GENITAL SYSTEM
Short Questions
- Bowens disease of skin
- Cryptorchidism
- Seminoma
- Yolk sac tumor
- Teratoma
- Gross and microscopic picture of seminoma testis’
- BPH
- Grading and staging of prostatic adenocarcinoma
- Condyloma acuminata
- Cryptorchidism
- Spermatocytic seminoma
- Difference between classic and spermatocytic seminomas
- Alpha feto protein
- Pathology of Seminoma Testis
FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM
Long Questions
- Cervical cancer
- Classify ovarian neoplasms. Discuss in detail about surface epithelial tumours
- Classify ovarian neoplasm. Discuss in detail the molecular pathogenesis and morphology of serous tumours.
- Mucinous cystadenoma of ovary
- Classify ovarian tumor, details about germ cell ovarian tumor
Short Questions
- CIN
- Cervical carcinoma etiopathology
- Etiology of carcinoma cervix
- Endometriosis
- Malignant tumours of endometrium. Write a note about malignant mixed mullerian tumour
- Uterus leiomyomas
- Surface epithelial tumours of ovary
- Brenner tumour
- Benign cystic teratoma ovary
- Dysgerminoma
- Granulosa cell tumor ovary
- Krukenberg tumour
- Hydatiform mole / vesicular mole
- CIN
- Four sites of endometriosis
- Adenomyosis
- Endometriosis
- Leiomyoma – Microscopic features
- Name the germ cell tumours of the ovary
- Gross appearance of mature cystic teratoma
- Dermoid cyst of ovary
- Mention 4 germ cell tumours
- Enumerate germ cell tumours of ovary
- Mention 2 histological features of Dysgerminoma
- Schiller Dual bodies
- Call Exner bodies
- Classification of gestational trophoblastic disease
- Mention sites of choriocarcinoma
- Struma ovarii
BREAST
Long Questions
- Breast cancer
- Classify CA breast, details about pagets disease of breast
Short Questions
- Fibrocystic disease of breast
- Gynecomastia
- Etiology of CA breast
- Risk factors and types of carcinoma breast
- Paget disease of breast
- Prognosis and predictive factors of breast cancer
- Mention the stromal tumors of breast
- Cystosarcoma phyllodes
- Phyllodes tumor breast
- Fibroadenoma of breastPagets disease of breast
- Gynecomastia
- Comedo carcinoma breast
- Microscopic features of phyllodes tumour
ENDOCRINE
Long Questions
- Classify thyroid neoplasms. Discuss in detail about pathogenesis of malignant thyroid neoplasms. Add a note on morphology of papillary carcinoma of thyroid.
- Describe etiopathogenesis of diabetes. What are the complications
Short Questions
- Adamantinoma jaw
- Cretinism
- Thyroiditis
- Immune thyroiditis
- Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
- Grave’s disease
- Multi nodular goiter
- Nodular goiter
- Papillary carcinoma thyroid
- Medullary carcinoma thyroid
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Write the pathogenesis and complications of DM
- Lab diagnosis DM
- Pancreatic changes in DM
- IDDM
- Renal changes in DM
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Morphology of kidney in Diabetic nephropathy
- Cushing syndrome
- Pheochromocytoma
- MEN syndrome
- Classify thyroiditis
- Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
- Hurthle cell
- Colloid goiter
- Morphologic features of papillary carcinoma thyroid
- Psammoma bodies]
- Enlist 4 microscopic features in papillary carcinoma of thyroid
- Microscopy of papillary carcinoma thyroid
- Write briefly on types of hyperparathyroidism
- Diabetic Macrovascular disease
- Enumerate four complications of diabetes mellitus
- Microalbuminuria
- Mention 4 features of Addison’s disease
- Pheochromocytoma
SKIN
Long Questions
- Exfoliative cytology
- Precancerous lesion skin
- Intradermal naevus
- Malignant melanoma
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Microscopic features of basal cell carcinoma
- Blue nevus
- Mention four pre malignant lesions
- Grading of squamous carcinoma
- Enlist two characteristic features of mycosis fungoides
- Enumerate two common Premalignant Lesions of Malignant Melanoma
BONE SOFT TISSUES
Long Questions
- Define repair, repair of fracture of bone, factor influencing healing
- Classify tumor bone, details about osteogenic tumor
- Osteosclerosis
- Classify Tumors of Bone. Discuss in detail the Etiopathogenesis and Pathology of
- Osteogenic Sarcoma. Add a note on the Radiological Findings in Osteosarcoma
Short Questions
- Paget disease of bone
- Healing of simple bone fractures
- Chronic osteomyelitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Pyogenic osteomyelitis
- TB osteomyelitis
- Osteogenic sarcoma pathology
- Chondroblastoma
- Cartilage forming bone tumours
- Osteochondroma
- Osteoclastoma
- Giant cell tumor bone
- Ewing’s sarcoma
- Aneurysmal bone cyst
- Pannus
- GOUT
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Mitochondrial inheritance
Short Questions
- Mention 2 major causes of osteonecrosis
- Pott’s spine
- Radiologic appearance of osteosarcoma
- Osteogenic sarcoma
- Chondroblastoma
- Cartilage forming bone tumours
- Histological features of giant cell tumors of bone
- Gout
- Tophi
- Liposarcoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Acoustic schwannoma
- Neurofibromatosis gene
CNS
Long Questions
- Classify tumor CNS, details about gliomas
Short Questions
- Examination of CSF
- TB meningitis
- CSF in TB meningitis / pyogenic meningitis
- Prion disease
- Brain tumors classification
- Astrocytoma
- Pilocytic astrocytoma
- Glioblastoma
- Glioblastoma multiforme
- Medulloblastoma
- Meningioma
- Morphology of meningiomas
- Retinoblastoma
- CSF in tuberculous meningitis
- Berry’s aneurisms
- CSF changes in pyogenic meningitis
- Tuberculosis meningitis
- Negri bodies
- Prions
- Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
- Mention four tumors of CNS
- Pilocytic astrocytoma
- Glioblastoma multiforme
- Features of diabetic retinopathy
- Flexner Wintersteiner rosettes and fleurettes
Clinical Scenario
- 40 year female presents with post coital bleeding and foul smelling discharge per vagina. She lost 15% wt in 2 months, with loss of appetite. a) What is your diagnosis ? b) What etiopathogenesis of this condition? c) What are the morphological features?
- A 60 year old postmenopausal anorexic, cachectic woman has an ulcerated and friable cervix that bleeds on touch. These features were accompanied by foul smelling vaginal discharge. a) What is your diagnosis? b) Discuss in detail the aetiopathogenesis and morphological features of your diagnosis. c) Enlist the investigations that will enable diagnosis
- 20 years female H/o pain, swelling, tenderness over lower and of right femur since 3 months. Suddenly developed breathlessness during her treatment and died, clinical autopsy conducted. Answer the following: a) What is your diagnosis? b) Mention two investigations to arrive at diagnosis? c) Aetio pathogenesis of the lesion? d) Gross and Microscopic picture of the lesion? e) Mention two autopsy confirmed lesions leading to death?
- A 35 years, old man was admitted with history of painless cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy. He had history of loss of weight, fever and night sweating and was found to have cutaneous anergy. No hepatosplenomegaly. a) What is your most probable diagnosis? b) Give the classification of the condition. c) Describe the morphology of any two types.
- A 50 years old man collapses suddenly while climbing the stairs with severe chest pain and profuse sweating. a) What is your clinical diagnosis? b) Discuss the aetiopathogenesis of the condition. c) What are the complications that may follow the condition?
- A 12 year old boy presented with fever, oliguria and high coloured urine. He had sore throat three weeks back. i) What is your probable diagnosis? ii) Describe the etiopathogenesis of the condition iii) What are the relevant investigations?
- A 50 year old man with complains of severe chest pain and sweating. a) What is the most possible diagnosis for this patient? b) Enlist the risk factors and discuss in detail the etiopathogenesis and complications of this disease. c) Enlist the biochemical tests and their role in diagnosis of this disease.
- Thirteen year old female child had massive edema with puffiness of face with decreased urine output. a. What is the most probable diagnosis ? b. What can be the most probable renal pathology in this child ? c. Write in detail about minimal change disease.
- 44 year old nulliparous women presented with hard, fixed non tender mass of about 6x4x4 cm in the upper outer quadrant of right breast with axillary lymphadenopathy. a) What is your probably diagnosis. b) Discuss in detail the prognostic & predictive factors of your diagnosis.
- 8 Yr Old boy with old scar of scabies skin lesion, with history of Haematuria, Oliguria and Puffiness of face. a) What is your probable diagnosis. b) Etiopathogeneisis and laboratory investigations.
- 50 Yr old Male with painless firm Testicular swelling, with loss of testicular sensation. a) What is your probable Diagnosis. b) Discuss classification and Etiopathogenesis.
- 47 yrs old male presented with acute onset of dyspnea, profuse sweating and chest pain radiating to the left shoulder. Lab investigation revealed elevated troponin – T. What is your diagnosis, pathogenesis and morphology of the condition?
- A sixty year old male presented with anaemia, loss of weight, persistent abdominal pain, abdominal distension and vomiting. Upper GI endoscopy and biopsy done. a) What is the probable diagnosis? b) Discuss the etiopathogenesis and morphology of the disease.
- 65/M presented with bleeding PR. Colonoscopy revealed a hard mass in rectosigmoid. What is your diagnosis?
- 50 years / Male admitted in emergency care with chest pain, profuse sweating and Rapid pulse. What is your diagnosis? Describe the Etiopathogenesis, Morphology and Complications of the above mentioned disease.
- A 3yrs old child was hospitalized for the complaints of fever and passing smoky urine. The child had recovered from sore throat a week ago. What is your diagnosis? Describe the etiopathogenesis, morphology and laboratory findings of this condition.
- 75 year male presented with dyspnea and sweating of sudden onset. He is a known hypertensive and diabetic for 15 years. On examination he has weak pulse. What is the diagnosis? Write about pathogenesis of the above disorder. Write in detail about the morphological changes that occur.
- 55 year old post menopausal women presented with hard lump 6 x 6 cm in upper outer quadrant of left breast. FNA – revealed cluster of pleomorphic cells. a) What is your clinical diagnosis? Discuss the etiopathogenesis, molecular mechanism of carcinogenesis of the disease. Discuss about prognostic and predictive factors of the disease.
- A 50 year old male presents with cough, dyspnoea, and intermittent haemoptysis for two months along with loss of weight and appetite. He is a chronic smoker for the past 3 decades. CT chest revealed mass lesion in the right lobe of lung. a) What is your probable diagnosis? b) Discuss in detail the classification, morphological features and the Paraneoplastic syndromes associated with it.
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