Differential Diagnosis in Dentistry Part 2

24 . Centrifugal growth pattern of bone growth is seen in:

• Central Ossifying Fibroma
• Central Cementifying Fibroma
• Central Cemento-ossifying Fibroma

General Medicine and Allied Subjects - Annual Exam BDS 3rd year - 9th August 2017 BPKIHS

Group 'A'

General Medicine
1. List any four differences between bleeding disorders and clotting disorders. List any four causes of thrombocytopenia.  (4+1)

2. Write about the management of a newly diagnosed sputum culture positive case of Tuberculosis. (5)

Differential Diagnosis in Dentistry Part 1

1 . Intra-epithelial bulla are seen in:

• Herpes Simplex
• Herpes Zoster
• Chicken Pox
• Pemphigus
• Familial Benign Pemphigus (Hailey - Hailey Disease )
• Epidermolysis bullosa - dystrophic recessive form
• Oral lesions of Erythema Multiforme

Uses of Corticosteroids and Contraindications of Corticosteroids

Corticosteroids

Corticosteroids are broadly divided into Glucocorticoids and Mineralocorticoids.

Glucocorticoids such as cortisol affect carbohydrate, fat, and protein metabolism, and have anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, anti-proliferative, and vasoconstrictive effects. Anti-inflammatory effects are mediated by blocking the action of inflammatory mediators (transrepression) and inducing anti-inflammatory mediators (transactivation).

Six Reasons Why You Should Do MDS After BDS

Well, the greatest dilemma freshly graduated Dental Surgeons face in their life that whether they should do MDS after BDS or not. They are disinclined to join MDS after completing BDS because all their vigor and enthusiasm is already exhausted by the rigorous five and a half year course of BDS. On the top of that, the seats in MDS are too few that it necessitates an excruciatingly painful toil to get through the competitive entrance exams and secure a seat.

Modified Essay Questions, MEQs in Surgery - Thyroglossal Cyst

THYROGLOSSAL CYST 

# A teenage girl comes to you in surgery OPD with a 4 cm size swelling on the right side of neck just medial to the anterior border of sternocleidomastoid at the level of the upper border of the thyroid cartilage. She has no complaints except mild pain at the time of mastication. 1. List 3 differential diagnosis.

• Thyroglossal cyst 
• Branchial cyst 
• Enlarged lymph node (at the level of thyroid cartilage, the thyroglossal cyst may be pushed slightly towards one side) 

Modified Essay Questions, MEQs in Surgery - Breast Abscess

BREAST ABSCESS 

# A 25 year lactating mother, weighing 45 kgs presents in surgical OPD with complaints of painful swelling of right breast and fever for last 12 hours, on clinical examination, breast is engorged, there is erythema, tenderness and induration in the upper inner quadrant of breast. The swelling does not yield pus on needle aspiration 
1. State the most likely diagnosis.
-  Acute lactational mastitis