Test 8

Nutritional disorders

Questions marked with * are more appropriate for residents.

1. The Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome affects all of the following except

A. The hippocampus
B. The mammillary bodies
C. The thalamus
D. The third nerve nucleus

2. Subacute combined degeneration is:

A. A genetic metabolic disorder
B. A demyelinative disease
C. A nutritional deficiency disorder
D. A form of motor neuron disease
E. A paraneoplastic syndrome

3. Korsakoff's amnesia can result from:

A. HIE-stroke.
B. Seizures.
C. Both.
D. Neither.

4. A 49 year old man had resection of the terminal ileum and part of the colon for Crohn's disease. Seven years later, tingling, weakness, and spasticity of the legs develops. He should be treated with:

A. Vitamin B12.
B. Vitamin B6.
C. Plasma exchange.
D. Vitamin B1.

5. A 56 year old man died of gastric carcinoma. The autopsy revealed pathological changes in the brain shown below.
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

The changes are due to:

A. Bleeding diathesis.
B. Nutritional deficiency.
C. Remote effects of carcinoma.
D. Metastasis.