MRCP 2 PACES Exam Cases from 2011(1) Diet

By Hannah Brown in MRCP PACES on Thursday, April 14, 2011 @ 11:59 MRCP 2 PACES Exam Information After every PACES exam diet we collect the cases our candidates experienced in their exams, and try and include them where we can in our PACES Courses in London and Manchester, and also in PacesCases, our online revision resource for the PACES exam. Please note that cases differ widely from one exam centre to the next, and always remember that PACES patient cases can exhibit no signs at all. The following cases appeared in the 2011(1) PACES exam diet. Cases were submitted by 86 respondents - the number of times the case appeared is denoted after the case in brackets. Cases appear in alphabetical order. Acoustic neuroma Acromegaly (2) Addison's disease Alveolitis (extrinsic) Alveolitis (fibrosing) Abdomen (normal) (2) Amaurosis fugax Anaemia Anaphylactoid reaction Ankylosing spondylitis (7) Aortic regurgitation (3) Aortic stenosis (11) Arthritis (reactive) (2) Arthritis (rheumatoid) Ascites (3) Asthma (2) Atrial fibrillation (4) Baker's cyst Boerhave syndrome Bronchectasis (10) Carotid hypersensitivity Cavernous sinus thrombosis Cerebello Pontine angle tumour

Charcot Marie Tooth (2) Cirrhosis Coeliac disease Collapse (2) Craniotomy (2) Crohn's abdomen (2) COPD (8) Cystic fibrosis Deep vein thrombosis (2) Diabetic foot Diabetic retinopathy (4) Diplopia (bilateral) Dumping syndrome Dyskinesia Dystrophy (Fascio-scapulo humeral) Dystrophy (Muscular) (2) Dystrophy (Myotonic) (5) Friederich's ataxia Giant cell arteritis Goitre Gout Grave's eye disease Guillain-Barre syndrome Gynaecomastia Haemochromatosis (3) Headache Hemianopia (5) Hepatitis (autoimmune) (2) Hepatosplenomegaly (9) Hypertension Hyperthyroidism (3) Hypocalcaemia Hernia (diaphragmatic) Liver disease (2) Liver transplant (4) Lobectomy (2)

Lung cancer Lung disease (3) Lupus hands Lymphoedema (2) Marfan's syndrome (2) Mellory Weiss tear Mitral prolapse (2) Mitral regurgitation (7) Mitral stenosis (2) Mitral valve disease (3) Multiple sclerosis (3) Myasthaenia gravis Neuropathy (diabetic) (2) Neuropathy (peripheral) (7) Neuropathy (sensory motor) Normal abdomen (3) Normal chest Ophthalmoplegia (2) Parkinson's disease (10) Peg tube post vagotomy Pleural effusion (6) Pneumectomy Polycystic kidney (6) Psoriasis Psoriatic arthropathy (3) Pulmonary embolism (3) Pulmonary fibrosis (23) Pulmonary hypertension (2) Pulmonary stenosis Renal transplant (11) Retinitis pigmentosa (2) Rheumatoid hands (2) Scleroderma (2) Sleep apnoea (3) Sjorgrens syndrome Solar keratosis

Spastic paraparesis Splenomegaly (11) Systemic sclerosis (4) Systolic murmur (2) TIA (2) Thyroid (4) Thyroid (eye disease) (3) Thyroid (hypothyroidism) (2) Thyrotoxicosis post-partum (3) Trunkal ataxia Upper homonomous quadrantanopia Valve replacement (9) Vasovagal syncope History Breathlessness (2) Polymyalgia Rheumatica Warfarin patient presents with P/R bleed Acute hot swollen joint MRSA colonisation Cholestatic jaundice Diarrhoea and weight loss (3) Addison's disease (2) Wagener's granulomatosis (2) Weight loss and fatigue Polymyosites SLE (2) Collapse (3) Palpitations (2) Chest pain Headache Oesophageal rupture Malabsorption Jaundice post-travel to Africa (2) Gastroparesis Renal failure

Diabetic gastropathy Occupational asthma Jaundice Irritable bowel syndrome (2) Communication Skills Breaking bad news: astrocytoma of frontal lobe Breaking bad news: results to HIV positive patient (4) Promiscuous man and IVDU presents with PCP consent for HIV Breaking bad news: colorectal cancer Duke's A Breaking bad news: no definitive diagnosis but suspected pancreatic cancer Breaking bad news: malignant effusion in a young female Delayed diagnosis (4) Breaking bad news: to relatives Breaking bad news: MS diagnosis Breaking bad news: Informing the partner of a patient that her husband had a primary brain tumour Daughter who doesn't want to take her mother home while the mother is competent and wishes to go home (2) Breaking bad news: End stage renal failure Breaking bad news: Lung cancer Counselling: HIV Counselling: diagnosis of haemachromatosis and alcohol use Speak to son who doesn't want his father's care escalated to ITU Breaking bad news: Patient with oesophageal cancer - palliative care only Explain diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy and explain medications Explain prognosis and implications of meningococcal meningitis to patient's wife Explain diagnosis of renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy Ethics of patient with TB wanting to travel Counselling: chronic COPD patient put on aminophylline infusion, and has a first seizure. HGV driver. Family member thinks GP has missed diagnosis of myeloma Warfarin therapy for patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and permanent atrial fibrillation Breaking bad news: Bad news of SAH to wife of 42 year old and approach discussion of organ donation Breaking bad news: Mesothelioma Lost FNA specimen Explain an iatrogenic empyema post chest drain for pneumothorax and the need for a further chest drain Angry woman upset as her father had a stroke and hadn't been admitted to the stroke ward as there were no beds,

had developed pressure sores with MRSA and poor hygiene on the ward Breaking bad news: patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and permanent AF

Tags:

Interact:

MRCP

Related blogs:
MRCP 1 mock exam week Top 5 Cases for each PACES Station MRCP 1 Past Paper PACES Courses Online MRCP PACES new station 5

share comment

Add Comment
Top of Form

comment

Name: Required

URL:

Email: Required

Emails are used strictly for administration purposes. Your email address will not appear on the site. Comment: Required
Bottom of Form