Tzancks smear test is used in the diagnosis of___________?

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1. A 3-year old child presented with progressive anaemia, jaundice & failure to thrive. O/E: pallor, splenomegaly are seen Peripheral smear showed normoblasts and small round intensely stained red cells. The likely diagnosis is________________?

   A. Here ditary spherocytosis
   B. Thalassaemia
   C. Sickle cell anaemia
   D. Vitamin B12 deficiency anaemia

2. Cytological smear showing multinucleated giant cells, synctium and ballooning degeneration of the nucleus is a characteristic of_____________?

   A. Herpes simplex virus infection
   B. Erythema multiforme
   C. Recurrent apthous stomatitis
   D. Coxsackie virus infection

3. The eosinophil count in the peripheral blood smear is increased in________________?

   A. Allergic conditions
   B. Anemia
   C. Polycythemia
   D. Typhoid fever

4. Thumb print appearance in culture film smear is seen______________?

   1. Bacillus anthracis
   2. Brucella species
   3. Bordetelia pertussis
   4. Clostridium weichii

5. A 30 years old patient developed high fever of sudden onset. Peripheral blood smear showed cresent shaped gametocytes. Malaria pigment was dark brown in colour Which of the following malarial parasites is the causative agent ?

   A. Plasmodium vivax
   B. Plasmodium malaria
   C. Plasmodium falciparum
   D. Plasmodium ovale

6. Pap smear is used to detect dysplasia, carcinoma insitu and invasive carcinoma of uterine cervix. This is based on the principle of_______________?

   A. Neoplastic cells are cohesive
   B. Neoplastic cells are are non cohesive
   C. Hyper chromatic and pleomorphism of tumour cells
   D. All of the above

7. Kveim Slitzbach test is usuful in the diagnosis of______________?

   A. Tuberculosis
   B. Sarcoidosis
   C. Leprosy
   D. Cat scratch disease

8. The best laboratory test to use in the diagnosis of lupus vulgaris in the oral cavity is______________?

   A. Bacterial smear
   B. Blood studies
   C. Biopsy
   D. Blood chemistry

9. One of the following is a treponemal test for diagnosis of syphilis_____________?

   A. FTAB
   B. Widal test
   C. Wasserman test
   D. Kahn test

10. ASO (Antistreptolysin 0) test is uesd for the diagnosis of________________?

    A. Rheumatoid arthritis
    B. Typhoid fever
    C. Rheumatie fever
    D. Rickettsial fever