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Clinical Surgery

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1. From which cells does Medullary carcinoma arise from?






2. What is the differential diagnosis of intermittent claudication?






3. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?

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4. What would you tell to a lady with varicose veins about the proposed surgery?






5. What is a furuncle?






6. What are the causes of unilateral ptosis?

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7. What is a chemodectoma?






8. What is the non-surgical treatment of a multinodular goitre?

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9. What other associations of pyoderma gangrenosum do you know of?






10. What are the main features of neuropathic ulcers?






11. What is the aetiology of enterocutaneous fistulae?

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12. What are the risk factors for arterial disease






13. What are the features of an inguinal hernia?






14. How would you investigate a patient with cervical lymphadenopathy?

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15. What is the pathogenesis of umbilical herniae?






16. Large hernia






17. What are the surgical options available for deep venous occlusion/reflux

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18. What is the pathogenesis of thoracic outlet obstuction?






19. What is the treatment of a chemodectoma?






20. Radiological investigations for hepatomegaly






21. What are the venous symptoms in thoracic outlet obstruction more commonly due to?






22. What are the causes of a solitary thyroid nodule?






23. What are the causes of a diffusely enlarged thyroid gland?

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24. What is the non-surgical treatment of pressure sores?






25. What is Sjogren's syndrome?






26. What are the features of ulcers in syphillis?

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27. What are the different types of mastectomy that can be performed?






28. How would you treat a dermatofibroma?






29. What elements are ascertained in a thyroid history with regards to symptoms arising from the swelling?






30. What are the functions of the spleen?






31. What are the indications for an amputation?






32. What will you observe on angiography of a chemodectoma?






33. How would you prepare a patient prior to breast surgery?






34. What is neurofibromatosis?






35. What are the seven signs in the eyes that one should look out for when assessing the thyroid status?






36. How do true umbilical herniae occur?






37. What is a keratoacanthoma?






38. What are the characteristics that suggest malignancy in skin lesions?






39. What about umbilical herniae in children?






40. What should one point out when describing the features of a thyroid swelling?






41. What is a dermatofibroma?






42. What is the pathophysiology of coarctation?






43. What types of wounds are prone to hypertrophic and keloid scar formation?






44. How might a patient with a popliteal aneurysms present?






45. What is the definition of an enterocutaneous fistula?






46. With which conditions would an ascitic exudate be expected?






47. What are the indications for surgery in ulcerative colitis?

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48. Why is total thyroidectomy preferred in the surgical treatment of Graves' disease?






49. How does papillary carcinoma spread?






50. What clinical features would make you suspect that a parotid swelling is malignant in nature?