General Pathology MD Question Bank : web.tnmgrmu.ac.in

Name of the University : The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
Degree : Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Branch : Branch III – Pathology
Subject Code/Name : General Pathology
Paper : II
Document Type : Question Bank
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General Pathology :
September 2008 :
I. Essay questions : (2 X 20 = 40)
1. Define oedema. Discuss etiopathogenesis and morphology.
2. Define Granuloma. Name all types of granulomas. Discuss etiopathogenesis and laboratory diagnosis of mycobacterium tuberculosis.

II. Write short notes on : (10 X 6 = 60)
1. Healing by secondary union.
2. Alternate pathway of complement system.
3. Grading and staging of cancer.
4. Functions of plasma proteins.
5. Features of Vitamin A deficiency.
6. Metastatic calcification.
7. HLA system.
8. Cytotoxicity.
9. Gaucher’s disease.
10. Types of Ischaemia and pathogenesis.

March 2009 :
I. Essay questions : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Discuss cellular and molecular events of acute inflammation.
2. Discuss etiopathogenesis and morphology of thromboembolism.

II. Write short notes on : (10 x 6 = 60)
1. Gene therapy.
2. Pathophysiology of pulmonary edema.
3. Functions of leukotrines.
4. Transplant rejection and graft survival.
5. Acute radiation injury.
6. Tumor markers.
7. Fish and Tish.
8. Role of endothelial cells in health and disease.
9. Morphology of infarct.
10. Healing of fracture and its complications.

September – 2009 :
I. Essay questions : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Define inflammation. Discuss the role of various chemical mediators in acute inflammation.
2. Classify mycoses. Discuss the pathogenesis, tissue reaction and diagnosis of various fungal infection.

II. Write short notes on : (10 x 6 = 60)
1. Types of necrosis
2. Cellular aging
3. Cell adhesion molecules
4. Fate of thrombus
5. Genomic imprinting
6. Tumour suppressor genes
7. Pathology of rickets
8. Chemoprevention of cancer
9. Precancerous lesions
10. Pneumoconioses

March 2010 :
I. Essay questions : (2 x 20 = 40)
1. Role of immuno histochemistry in diagnostic pathology.
2. Laboratory approach to autoimmune diseases.

II. Write short notes on : (10 x 6 = 60)
1. Inflammatory myopathies.
2. Carcinoid syndrome.
3. Multistep carcinogenesis.
4. Pulmonary edema.
5. Chemokines – their relation to chronic idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease.
6. Current concepts in the pathogenesis of immunity of tuberculosis.
7. Cystic fibrosis.
8. Aminoacid disorders.
9. ‘T’ Cell receptor.
10. Familial hypercholesterolemia.

September 2010 :
I. Essay questions : (2 X 20 = 40)
1. Define Neoplasia. Write the molecular basis of carcinogenesis.
2. Discuss the pathogenesis and diagnosis of Genito – Urinary Tuberculosis.

II. Write short notes on : (10 X 6 = 60)
1. Mucocutaneous manifestations of H.I.V infection.
2. Leukoplakia.
3. Mucin histochemistry.
4. Biomedical waste management.
5. Organic dust pneumoconiosis.
6. Frozen section.
7. Limitations of FNAC.
8. Adeno carcinoma.
9. Applications of PCR.
10. Cellular aging