Gastrointestinal Pathology — MCQs

All of the following are true about diffuse gastric cancer according to Lauren's classification except?

Which type of colonic polyp has the maximum chance of malignant change?

Creeping fat is a characteristic feature of which of the following conditions?

A 24-year-old woman gives birth to a term infant after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Apgar scores are 9 and 10 at 1 and 5 minutes after birth. The infant's length and weight are at the 55th percentile. There is no significant passage of meconium. Three days after birth, the infant vomits all oral feedings. On physical examination, the infant is afebrile, but the abdomen is distended and tender, and bowel sounds are reduced. An abdominal ultrasound scan shows marked colonic dilation above a narrow segment in the distal sigmoid region. A biopsy specimen from the narrowed region shows an absence of ganglion cells in the muscle wall and submucosa. Which of the following is most likely to produce these findings?

Mutation of the STK11 and LKB1 gene is associated with which of the following conditions?

Gluten-sensitive enteropathy is most strongly associated with which HLA haplotype?

Which of the following features is NOT seen in Crohn's disease?

Which of the following is produced by argentaffinoma of the ileum?

Adenocarcinoma in the esophagus most commonly occurs in which region?

Which of the following is NOT important in the definition of ulcerative colitis?