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MCQ Test 20: General GYN Oncology

Number of questions in this MCQ test: 7
Suggested time for this MCQ test: 9 minutes

  1. The most frequent complication after radical hysterectomy is:
    Ureterovaginal fistulization
    Vesicvaginal fistula
    Postoperative bladder dysfunction
    Bowel obstruction
    Enterovaginal fistulas

  2. A 29-year-old G4P4 is found to have an abnormal smear signed out as atypical glandular cells, favor neoplasia. She undergoes a coloscopy with cervical biopsies. One of the ectocervical biopsies demonstrated adenocarcinima in the situ. The most appropriate next step is:
    Vaginal hysterectomy
    Radical hysterectomy/Radiotherapy
    Cold-knife conization of the cervix
    Loop excision of the cervical tranformation zone

  3. The potential space between the ureter and the internal iliac (hypogastric) artery is called the:
    Paravesical space
    Para-rectal space
    Obturator space
    Retro-rectal space
    Pre-rectal space

  4. Radical hysterctomy with bilateral pelvic lymphadenectomy can potentially be used to treat all of the following stages of cervical cancer with the exception of:
    Stage IA1 disease with lympovascular space involvement
    Stage IA2 disease
    Stage IB1 disease
    Stage IIA disease
    Stage IIB disease

  5. A 42-year-old G4P4 has had postcoital bleeding for the past four months. She has not had a Pap test since the delivery of her last child 7 years ago. Speculum examination shows a vaginal discharge and a 1 cm exophytic lesion of the posterior cervical lip. The most appropriate next step is:
    Perform a Pap smear
    Perform a cold-knife conization
    Give the patient a course of intravaginal Metronidazole gel followed by re-examination in 6 weeks
    Perform a punch biopsy of the lesion

  6. A 42-year-old woman is found to have a large cancer of the cervix replacing the substance of the cervix and infiltrating into the right parametrium. Rectovaginal exam shows parametrial involvemnt that has not yet reached the pelvic sidewall. The Chest X-ray and intravenous pyelogram are both negative. However, a CT of the abdomen and pelvis shows enlarged, suspicous left paraaortic lymph nodes. This patient has what stage of disease?
    Stage IIA
    Stage IIB
    Stage IVA
    Stage IVB

  7. Which of the following is true about intracavitary radiotheraphy for cancer of the cevix:
    Point A is located 2 cm up from the external cervical os and 2 cm lateral to the midline
    The radiation dose to point A correlates with the incidence of sequelae and five-year control rates for cervical cancer
    Point B is located 3 cm lateral to point A
    Intracavitary radiotherapy is usaually performed after the external beam portion of the treatment has been completed
    All of the above are true

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