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Pediatric Infectious Diseases Questions
Question 1 of 5
A 5-year- old girl diagnosed recently with lymphoma, presented to the emergency room with distended neck veins, plethora, and swollen head and neck. Of the following, the MOST likely cause is
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Superior vena cava syndrome, caused by mediastinal lymphoma, leads to neck vein distension and facial swelling.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following genotypes can predispose a child to the development of acute leukemia?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Bloom syndrome, a DNA repair disorder, increases the risk of leukemia due to genomic instability.
Question 3 of 5
The commonest translocation in infantile acute lymphoblastic leukemia is
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: t(4;11) (MLL rearrangement) is the most frequent translocation in infantile ALL, linked to poor prognosis.
Question 4 of 5
A boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is assigned to be of very high risk group if he had got which of the following features?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: t(9;22) (Philadelphia chromosome) confers a very high risk in ALL due to poor prognosis.
Question 5 of 5
The LEAST likely presenting feature for a newly diagnosed 3-year-old girl with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Jaundice is uncommon in non-Hodgkin lymphoma unless there is significant liver or biliary involvement.