BLOOD FLUKES THAT CAUSE CANCER OF THE BLADDERGroup of answer choicesSchistosoma haematobiumSchistosoma japonicumSchistosoma markonjiiSchistosoma mansonii

Carcinoma of the urinary bladder:Question 20Select one:a.May mimic an acute UTI with irritability and haematuria.b.May be successfully treated using only intravesical agents even if it invades the bladder muscle.c.Is primarily of squamous cell origin.d.Is preferentially treated by radiation.e.Is preferentially treated by partial cystectomy

An otherwise healthy 20-year-old woman of Mediterranean descent is given sulfamethoxazole to treat a bladderinfection. Three days after beginning the antibiotic regimen, the patient has moderately severe jaundice and darkurine. Pain with urination and a low-grade fever have resolved. Her hematocrit is 20%. Substantial numbers oferythrocytes contain Heinz bodies. Her condition worsens until day 6 of antibiotic therapy, when it begins to resolve.Symptoms are completely gone by day 9 of continued antibiotic therapy. Which of the following conditions is themost likely explanation for these findings?(A) Aplastic anemia(B) Generalized cytochrome-b 5 reductase deficiency(C) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency(D) Pyruvate kinase deficiency

MetastasisGroup of answer choicesonly occurs through bloodis more common in tumours with capsulesmay occur through body cavitiesis prevented by lymph nodesNext

Which major category of cancer has abnormality in producing red blood cells and bone marrow? aLeukemia bLymphomas cCarcinoma dSarcomas

Visual examination of the urinary bladder is known asGroup of answer choicesnephroscopyproctoscopycystoscopycolonoscopy