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Question 1

How do the symptoms of a transplacental herpes virus infection differ from those of an infection while passing through the birth canal?

Answer 1

Transplacental infections are more disseminated, devastating, and earlier in presentation (at birth or hours after vs. days).

Question 2

Which serum marker can be used as evidence to indicate a primary testicular (germ cell?) tumor?

Answer 2

AFP

Question 3

What is the pathognomonic histologic finding in Leydig cell tumors?

Answer 3

Reinke crystals

Question 4

What is the major cause of hypertension in mothers < 20 weeks pregnant?

Answer 4

Hydatidiform moles

Question 5

What are the borders of the inguinal triangle?

Answer 5

Lateral: inferior epigastric artery
Medial: rectus abdominus
Inferior: inguinal ligament

Question 6

Are the chancres of syphilis painful?

Answer 6

No

Question 7

What will mutations in the StAR protein cause?

Answer 7

complete steroid hormone deficiency in the adrenals and gonads; signs include pseudohermaphrodism, adrenal insufficiency, and hyperpigmentation due to excessive ACTH

Question 8

What two genes are affected by HPV infections of the cervix? What other cancers share these mutations?

Answer 8

E6 –> p53: Li Fraumeni

E7 –> RB: retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, breast, colon, lung

Question 9

How do you prevent vertical transmission of GBS-positive mothers?

Answer 9

IV ampicillin during labor

Question 10

What two structures are derived from the 3rd branchial pouch?

Answer 10

inferior parathyroids and thymus