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EMQs in Clinical Medicine.pdf - Peshawar Medical College

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Adverse effects of chemotherapy 59<br />

27 Adverse effects of chemotherapy<br />

A<br />

B<br />

C<br />

D<br />

E<br />

F<br />

G<br />

paclitaxel<br />

folic acid<br />

prednisolone<br />

mesna<br />

bleomyc<strong>in</strong><br />

dihydrotestosterone<br />

flutamide<br />

H<br />

I<br />

J<br />

K<br />

L<br />

M<br />

N<br />

trimethoprim<br />

erythromyc<strong>in</strong><br />

doxorubic<strong>in</strong><br />

chlorambucil<br />

5-fluorouracil<br />

cyclophosphamide<br />

tamoxifen<br />

For each scenario, choose the drug most likely to be responsible for the adverse<br />

effects encountered. Each option may be used only once.<br />

1 A 66-year-old woman treated with an alkylat<strong>in</strong>g agent for myeloma presents<br />

with severe haematuria.<br />

2 A 34-year-old woman treated with a microtubular <strong>in</strong>hibitor for carc<strong>in</strong>oma of<br />

the breast develops a peripheral neuropathy.<br />

3 A young man treated with an antibiotic for acute leukaemia develops arrhythmias<br />

and heart block shortly after the adm<strong>in</strong>istration of chemotherapy.<br />

4 A patient treated with an antibiotic for lung cancer develops pulmonary fibrosis.<br />

5 A 55-year-old man on treatment for prostate cancer compla<strong>in</strong>s of gynaecomastia.<br />

Answers: see page 67.

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