Saturday, November 8, 2014

Question 27

27.  Your patient is a 20 year old female that presents with concerns of a possible mononucleosis exposure.  All of the following are signs and symptoms/physical findings of mononucleosis except?

A.  Axillary Lymphadenopathy
B.  Anterior Cervical Lymphadenopathy
C.  Posterior Cervical Lymphadenopathy
D.  Splenomegaly

Answer 26

26.  Choice C is the correct answer.   Prednisone has not been shown to decrease the duration of symptoms or the duration of the Epstein Barr Virus Infection.  All of the rest of the answers are true regarding mononucleosis infections.  



Question 26

26.  Your patient is a 19 year old male that presents with mononucleosis.  All of the following is true about his clinical condition except:

A.  May present with a hepatitis
B.  Has a large percentage of atypical lymphocytes
C.  Prednisone has been shown to shorten the duration of symptoms
D.  Epstein Barr Virus associated with B Cell Lymphomas, T Cell Lymphomas, Hodgkin Lymphoma, Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas