Pathology MCQs- 1

Q- Which of the following locations is the most common site of gastrinoma?

A- Ileum

B- Liver

C- Pancreas

D- Stomach

C- Pancreas- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a rare condition caused by gastrinoma of the pancreas and results in recurrent peptic ulcers within the duodenum and jejunum.

Q- Which of the following locations is the most common site of mural thrombus following myocardial infarction?

A- Aorta

B- Left ventricle

C- Right atrium

D- Right ventricle

B- Left ventricle- It is the major user of oxygen which requires a good blood supply. Damage to left ventricle through ischemic heart disease causes mural thrombus.

Q- Chemotherapeutic agents use may result in the loss of individual neoplastic cells through which of the following mechanisms?

A- Acute inflammation

B- Apoptosis

C- Coagulative necrosis

D- Phagocytosis

B- Apoptosis- The effect of chemotherapeutic cells on neoplastic cells, not normal cell, is caused by induction of cell death through apoptosis.

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