Special Pathology Viva Questions [4th Year MBBS]

Today, in this blog post we are going to share with you viva questions of Special Pathology so that all those who are preparing to appear in the oral exam can advance their preparations. These special pathology viva questions have been collected from the 4th year MBBS students (batch 2013-14) of Bolan Medical College, Quetta. We hope that you people find this blog post useful in your viva preparations! 🙂

Best of luck! 🙂

Special Pathology Viva Questions of 4th Year MBBS

Before jumping to the viva questions, here’s a quick overview of the 4th year MBBS Special Pathology syllabus (source: Pathoma):

1. Red Blood Cell Disorders
2. White Blood Cell Disorders
3. Vascular Pathology
4. Cardiac Pathology
5. Respiratory Tract Pathology
6. Gastrointestinal Pathology
7. Exocrine Pancreas, Gallbladder, and Liver Pathology
8. Kidney and Urinary Tract Pathology
9. Female Genital System and Gestational Pathology
10. Male Genital System Pathology
11. Endocrine Pathology
12. Breast Pathology
13. Central Nervous System Pathology
14. Musculoskeletal Pathology
15. Skin Pathology

Alright, below are the special pathology viva questions: 🙂

1. Thalassemia (and its investigations, treatment, and management)
2. Hemophilia
3. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
4. Ovarian tumors
5. Carcinoid tumor
6. Chronic cholecystitis
7. Liver function test
8. Pneumonia
9. Kidney (Lab tests for assessing kidney function)
10. Liver Cirrhosis
11. Endometriosis
12. Medullary carcinoma of the breast
13. All Blood Counts (Haemoglobin Count, RBC Count, WBC Count, Platelets Count)
14. HIV
15. Hepatitis
16. Diseases caused as a result of blood transfusion
17. Mismatched transfusion reactions
18. Blood types
19. Sickle cell anemia
20. Thalassemia
21. Hemophilia
22. Types of cells in the blood
23. Fibrocystic changes in breast
24. Medullary carcinoma
25. Hyperthyroidism
26. Nephrotic syndrome
27. Minimal change disease
28. Complications of diabetes
29. Myocardial infarction
30. Bone tumors
31. Lymphoma
32. Pneumoconiosis
33. Pneumonia
34. Endometriosis
35. Rheumatic arthritis
36. What is urea?
37. Level of blood urea
38. Diabetes investigations
39. Urolithiasis
40. All questions regarding last Pathochemical practicals
41. External
42. DNA typing
43. Chronic cholecystitis
44. Ectopic pregnancy
45. Bone tumors
46. Hashimoto thyroiditis
47. Reed Sternberg cells and its types
48. Iron deficiency anemia
49. Thalassemia
50. Appendicitis
51. Serum ferritin normal value
52. Chronic cholecystitis
53. Cushing ulcers
54. COPD
55. Lung cancers
56. Bronchiectasis
57. Diabetes complications
58. Cretinism
59. Cushing syndrome
60. Chronic pyelonephritis
61. Thalassemia alpha beta
62. Tumors of lungs, breast, ovary
63. LDL, HDL, jaundice, iron deficiency anemia
64. Cholecystitis
65. Functions of the spleen
66. Cause of splenomegaly
67. Types of Plasmodium
68. Test of thalassemia
69. Electrophoresis
70. Chemical pathology, serum levels of different elements like Ferratin, cholesterol, creatinine kinase, troponin, glucose, urea.
71. Normal ferritin
72. Acute & chronic hepatitis different. And types of enzymes which are raised in them.
73. What is ALT
74. Liver enzymes
75. Serum electrolytes
76. Fibroid uterus.
77. Ovarian tumors.
78. Mature & immature teratoma d/f.
79. Liver cirrhosis & clinical features.
80. Gynecomastia
81. Pheochromocytoma
82. Thyroid storm
83. Bronchial or lung carcinoma.
84. Male tumors
85. What are multiple fibroids?
86. D/f b/w pneumonia & pneumoconiosis.
87. Difference between Restrictive and obstructive lung disease
88. What are premalignant lesions (scc,bcc,malignant melanoma)
89. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
90. Testicular tumor classification (seminoma, teratoma are important)

That’s all! 🙂

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GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! 🙂