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{{WBRQuestion | {{WBRQuestion | ||
|QuestionAuthor={{Rim}} | |QuestionAuthor={{Rim}} {{Alison}} | ||
|ExamType=USMLE Step 1 | |ExamType=USMLE Step 1 | ||
|MainCategory=Microbiology | |MainCategory=Microbiology | ||
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|MainCategory=Microbiology | |MainCategory=Microbiology | ||
|SubCategory=Genitourinary | |SubCategory=Genitourinary | ||
|Prompt=A 60-year-old female presents to the physician’s office with post-coital bleeding. | |Prompt=A 60-year-old female presents to the physician’s office with post-coital bleeding. Upon appropriate work-up, the patient's pathology findings are illustrated below. You explain to the patient that her condition is most likely a sexually transmitted virus. Which of the following characteristics best describes the virus implicated in this patient's pathology? | ||
[[Image:ThinPrep Pap smear HPV.jpeg|350px]] | [[Image:ThinPrep Pap smear HPV.jpeg|350px]] | ||
|Explanation=The patient | |Explanation=The patient presents with an abnormal pap-smear that displays the presence of [[koilocytes]], abnormal cells infected by the [[human papilloma virus]] ([[HPV]]). The image illustrated above depicts a normal cervical cell on the left, and a [[koilocyte]] on the right side, which contains a characteristic large nuclei with a [[perinuclear halo]]. | ||
HPV | HPV is a [[sexually transmitted infection]] (STI). The virus is a double-stranded, non-envolved DNA virus. Among the most significant HPV types are HPV type 16, 18, 31, 33, and 45, which predispose to [[cervical cancer]], and 6, 11, 42, 43, and 44 which frequently result in [[genital warts]]. | ||
|EducationalObjectives= [[Koilocyte]]s, with characteristic enlarged nuclei with perinuclear halos, are cells infected with HPV. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus manifesting in over 100 forms, some of which predispose to cervical cancer and others to genital warts. | |||
|References= First Aid 2014 page 158 | |||
|AnswerA=Double-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus | |AnswerA=Double-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus | ||
|AnswerAExp= | |AnswerAExp=The human papilloma virus (HPV) is a double-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus. | ||
|AnswerB=Double-stranded, enveloped DNA virus | |AnswerB=Double-stranded, enveloped DNA virus | ||
|AnswerBExp=HPV is a non-enveloped virus | |AnswerBExp=HPV is a non-enveloped virus. | ||
|AnswerC=Single-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus | |AnswerC=Single-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus | ||
|AnswerCExp=HPV is a double-stranded virus. | |AnswerCExp=HPV is a double-stranded virus. | ||
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|AnswerDExp=HPV is a double-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus. | |AnswerDExp=HPV is a double-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus. | ||
|AnswerE=Double-stranded, non-enveloped RNA virus | |AnswerE=Double-stranded, non-enveloped RNA virus | ||
|AnswerEExp=HPV is a DNA virus | |AnswerEExp=HPV is a DNA virus. | ||
|RightAnswer=A | |RightAnswer=A | ||
|WBRKeyword= | |WBRKeyword=double stranded, DNA, non-enveloped, HPV, human papilloma virus, genital warts, cervical cancer, sexually transmitted, gentiles | ||
|Approved= | |Approved=Yes | ||
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Revision as of 13:29, 28 July 2014
Author | [[PageAuthor::Rim Halaby, M.D. [1] (Reviewed by Alison Leibowitz)]] |
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Exam Type | ExamType::USMLE Step 1 |
Main Category | MainCategory::Microbiology |
Sub Category | SubCategory::Genitourinary |
Prompt | [[Prompt::A 60-year-old female presents to the physician’s office with post-coital bleeding. Upon appropriate work-up, the patient's pathology findings are illustrated below. You explain to the patient that her condition is most likely a sexually transmitted virus. Which of the following characteristics best describes the virus implicated in this patient's pathology? |
Answer A | AnswerA::Double-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus |
Answer A Explanation | AnswerAExp::The human papilloma virus (HPV) is a double-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus. |
Answer B | AnswerB::Double-stranded, enveloped DNA virus |
Answer B Explanation | AnswerBExp::HPV is a non-enveloped virus. |
Answer C | AnswerC::Single-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus |
Answer C Explanation | AnswerCExp::HPV is a double-stranded virus. |
Answer D | AnswerD::Single-stranded, enveloped RNA virus. |
Answer D Explanation | AnswerDExp::HPV is a double-stranded, non-enveloped DNA virus. |
Answer E | AnswerE::Double-stranded, non-enveloped RNA virus |
Answer E Explanation | AnswerEExp::HPV is a DNA virus. |
Right Answer | RightAnswer::A |
Explanation | [[Explanation::The patient presents with an abnormal pap-smear that displays the presence of koilocytes, abnormal cells infected by the human papilloma virus (HPV). The image illustrated above depicts a normal cervical cell on the left, and a koilocyte on the right side, which contains a characteristic large nuclei with a perinuclear halo.
HPV is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The virus is a double-stranded, non-envolved DNA virus. Among the most significant HPV types are HPV type 16, 18, 31, 33, and 45, which predispose to cervical cancer, and 6, 11, 42, 43, and 44 which frequently result in genital warts. |
Approved | Approved::Yes |
Keyword | WBRKeyword::double stranded, WBRKeyword::DNA, WBRKeyword::non-enveloped, WBRKeyword::HPV, WBRKeyword::human papilloma virus, WBRKeyword::genital warts, WBRKeyword::cervical cancer, WBRKeyword::sexually transmitted, WBRKeyword::gentiles |
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