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Yolanda

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A 62-year-old reports experiencing regular night sweats and unintentionally losing weight. Phys-ical exam reveals enlarged neck lymph nodes that do not appear to be painful. These findings support a diagnosis of which type of cancer?
 
  a. Epstein-Barr virus
  b. Hodgkin lymphoma
  c. Acute leukemia
  d. Burkitt lymphoma

Question 2

Thrombocytopenia may be:
 
  a. transient or consistent.
  b. normal or abnormal.
  c. congenital or acquired.
  d. active or inactive.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
The patient has symptoms of Hodgkin lymphoma. About a third of individuals will have some degree of systemic symptoms. Intermittent fever, without other symptoms of infection, drench-ing night sweats, itchy skin (pruritus), and fatigue are relatively common. The patient with Ep-stein-Barr virus does not have night sweats. The patient with acute leukemia does not have night sweats or enlarged lymph nodes. The patient with Burkitt lymphoma does not have enlarged lymph glands or night sweats.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
The condition may also be either congenital or acquired and may be either primary or secondary to other conditions. It is not referred to as transient or consistent, normal or abnormal, or active or inactive.


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