Posterior Pituitary MCQ

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• Which among the following is one of the two causes of nephrogenic DI?
  ক

  Mutation in the V2 receptor

  খ

  Mutation in the V1 receptor

  গ

  Mutations of the aquaporin 4 water channels

  ঘ

  Mutations in the Ig receptor
• Which is the only therapy recommended for treatment of DI during pregnancy?
  ক

  Desmopressin

  খ

  Chlorpropamide

  গ

  Amiloride

  ঘ

  Allopurinol
• What is the type of the transient DI seen in pregnant women, where, the activity of Cysteine aminopeptidase is extremely and abnormally elevated?
  ক

  Vasopressin-resistant DI of pregnancy

  খ

  Oxytocin-resistant DI of pregnancy

  গ

  Estrogen- resistant DI of pregnancy

  ঘ

  Progesterone-resistant DI of pregnancy
• Which among the following enzymes causes the two types of transient DI during pregnancy?
  ক

  Cysteine aminopeptidase

  খ

  Lysine aminopeptidase

  গ

  Arginine aminopeptidase

  ঘ

  Leucine aminopeptidase
• Which among the following is a rare complication of desmopressin therapy?
  ক

  Hyponatremia

  খ

  Hypoglycemia

  গ

  Hypothyroidism

  ঘ

  Hyperthyroidism
• Why Chlorpropamide should not be used in pregnancy and is not recommended for children?
  ক

  There is possibility of severe hyperglycemia

  খ

  There is possibility of severe hypoglycemia

  গ

  There is possibility of severe antidiuresis

  ঘ

  There is possibility of severe adenohypophysis
• Which among the following drugs are useful for cases in which only a modest decrease in urine volume will make the patient asymptomatic?
  ক

  Chlorpropamide

  খ

  Allopurinol

  গ

  Zyloprim

  ঘ

  Zintec
• In desmopressin, the substitution of which amino acid markedly reduces pressor activity?
  ক

  D-cysteine

  খ

  L-cysteine

  গ

  L-arginine

  ঘ

  D-arginine
• Why Water is considered a therapeutic agent for the treatment of DI?
  ক

  No metabolic abnormality if taken sufficiently

  খ

  Induce metabolic changes

  গ

  Increases polyuria if taken sufficiently

  ঘ

  Increases adenohypophysis if taken sufficiently
• Which among the following is an example of Natriuretic agent used in the treatment of Diabetes Insipidus?
  ক

  L-Arginine vasopressin

  খ

  Amiloride

  গ

  Chlorpropamide

  ঘ

  Carbamazepine
• Cortisol deficiency should also be considered subsequently if DI appears to “improve”.
  ক

  True

  খ

  False
• Second phase of the triphasic response may occur without preceding or subsequent DI.
  ক

  True

  খ

  False
• Abnormalities of thirst with primary hypothalamic lesions are most common in patients with which among the following conditions?
  ক

  Craniopharyngioma

  খ

  Adenohypophysis

  গ

  Sarcoidosis

  ঘ

  Lymphosis
• What does the lack of thirst in response to increased osmolality indicates?
  ক

  Abnormality of the pressure

  খ

  Abnormality of the osmostat

  গ

  Abnormality in ADH secretion

  ঘ

  Abnormality in Oxytocin secretion
• The syndrome of transient hyponatremia has been referred to as?
  ক

  Isolated second phase

  খ

  Acquired second phase

  গ

  Inhibitory second phase

  ঘ

  Mutant second phase
• Which among the following disease is sometimes seen in association with infundibuloneurohypophysitis?
  ক

  Adenohypophysitis

  খ

  Granulohypophysitis

  গ

  Agranulomoketosis

  ঘ

  Septohypophysis
• Which among the following is a well recognized cause of autoimmune DI?
  ক

  Lymphocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis

  খ

  Adrenolytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis

  গ

  Myelocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis

  ঘ

  Granulocytic infundibuloneurohypophysitis
• What do we label the cases if a definitive cause of DI is not found?
  ক

  Idiopathic

  খ

  Adenopathic

  গ

  Lymphopathic

  ঘ

  Cryopathic
• In which among the following conditions is DI more common?
  ক

  Nonlymphocytic leukemia

  খ

  Adenoma

  গ

  Craniopharyngiomas

  ঘ

  Ascites Lymphoma
• Patients with which condition is more susceptible for an increased incidence of lymphoma associated with DI?
  ক

  Phenylketonuria

  খ

  AIDS

  গ

  Myeloma

  ঘ

  Adenoma
• Which among the following is a rare cause of a pituitary mass and DI?
  ক

  Pituitary abscess

  খ

  Pituitary stalk damage

  গ

  Pituitary lesion

  ঘ

  Pituitary breakage
• Which among the following tumor of the basal hypothalamic area are associated with DI?
  ক

  Hyperalynchoma

  খ

  Melanomahypohysea

  গ

  Ascites Lymphoma

  ঘ

  Craniopharyngiomas
• Which among the following is a rare autosomal recessive disease that manifests with DI, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness (DIDMOAD)?
  ক

  Wolfram’s syndrome

  খ

  Lesh Nyhan’s syndrome

  গ

  Kilnower’s Syndrome

  ঘ

  Westerner’s Syndrome
• Which among the following condition can induce Primary polydipsia?
  ক

  Lesion in the pituitary

  খ

  Lesion in the hypothalamus

  গ

  Lesion in the kidney

  ঘ

  Lesion in the Medullary sensor
• Vasopressin absence causes only water-related pathology and nothing related to blood pressure.
  ক

  True

  খ

  False
• Diabetes Insipidus is caused by the absence of the hormone vasopressin.
  ক

  True

  খ

  False
• Which among the following is an analogue of vasopressin?
  ক

  Kyelopressin

  খ

  Chemopressin

  গ

  Desmopressin

  ঘ

  Leptopressin
• The problems associated with which among the following conditions are not observed in patients with DI?
  ক

  Phenylketonuria

  খ

  Hypernatremia

  গ

  Antidiuretica

  ঘ

  Insomnia
• What is the name of a disorder in which the patient secretes a large volume of urine that is hypotonic, dilute, and tasteless?
  ক

  Diabetes Insipidus

  খ

  Diabetes Mellitus

  গ

  Maple Syrup Urine Disease

  ঘ

  Phenylketonuria
• Which among the following disease is caused by arachnoid herniation into the sellar space?
  ক

  Empty Sella Syndrome

  খ

  Sellar Pore Syndrome

  গ

  Lesh Nyhan’s Syndrome

  ঘ

  Prader-Willi Syndrome