MCCQE Exam Question 26

A 63-year-old woman presents to your office with a history of progressive abdominal discomfort over the past five months. She reports bloating and difficult digestion with constipation. She has no urinary symptoms and denies vaginal or rectal bleeding. An abdominal ultrasound shows a large complex pelvic mass with internal multiloculation and moderate ascites. The cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) is elevated at 1023 U/mL (< 35 U
/mL). Which one of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
  • MCCQE Exam Question 27

    A patient's mother comes to you with a prospective cohort study linking autism to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. After reviewing the study carefully, you question the results because of problems with the study design and execution. Which one of the following sources of error would be most important in the study design or execution?
  • MCCQE Exam Question 28

    A 39-year-old woman comes to the office for a periodic health examination. She reports that her father had a recent diagnosis of breast cancer (at age 62 years) and that a paternal aunt had ovarian cancer in her early 40s.
    The results of mammography are normal. Which one of the following is the most appropriate recommendation for this patient?
  • MCCQE Exam Question 29

    A 42-year-old man presents with a history of fatigue and weight loss. He looks unwell, has a darker than usual complexion and his liver is enlarged. He is also found to have marked glycosuria. Which one of the following is the most useful diagnostic test?
  • MCCQE Exam Question 30

    A 73-year-old woman is seen in the office 2 weeks after a coronary bypass surgical procedure. The site of saphenous vein removal in the left thigh shows an area of tenderness and a 3 × 5 cm palpable mass. The skin is intact. Her temperature is 37.7 °C, hemoglobin is 110 g/L (125-167), and white blood cell count is 8 × 10#
    /L (4-10). Which one of the following is the most likely diagnosis?