Metabolic And Genetic Diseases

1. If a blood test shows positive elevated levels of calcium, then it is most likely the patient has hyperparathyroidism rather than a granuloma.

True

False

2. A patient with Marfan's Syndrome is at risk for a mitral valve prolapse and may need antibiotic prophylaxis.

True

False

3. Paget's disease can possibly turn into an osteosarcoma.

True

False

4. Treacher Collins Syndrome features a concave inferior border of the mandible, deformed pinnas of the ear, and abnormal hairline growth.

True

False

5. A patient with Pierre Robin Syndrome may need a tracheostomy early in life due to a U-shaped cleft palate and tongue possibly blocking their airway.

True

False

6. Kidney stones can be caused by Hyperparathyroidism.

True

False

7. Cherubism causes unerupted teeth to displace and appear to be floating in cyst-like spaces.

True

False

8. Dentinogenesis Imperfecta can be present in patients with Osteogenesis Imperfecta if they have Type 1.

True

False

9. On radiographs, patients with Paget's disease show a patchy radiopaque pattern described as cotton wool.

True

False

10. Osteopetrosis is also caused Albers-Schonberg disease and is an absence of bone resorption due to reduced osteoclastic activity.

True

False

11. A patient with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is likely to have rapidly progressing periodontal disease.

True

False

12. During Crouzon's Syndrome cranial sutures are prematurely closed and causes mental retardation.

True

False

13. In Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis, cortical thickening of bones most commonly occurs in the mandible.

True

False

14. Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis is self-limiting, meaning it goes away on its own with age, or you grow out of it.

True

False

15. Osteogenesis Imperfecta is a defect of connective tissue.

True

False

16. In Paget's disease, alkaline phosphate levels are abnormally low.

True

False

they are elevated

Explanation

they are elevated

17. The maxilla is the most common site for Paget's Disease.

True

False

18. Optical nerve damage is seen in most cases of Crouzon's Syndrome.

True

False

19. Cleft lips are most commonly found in females and palates in males.

True

False

lips -males, palates - females

Explanation

lips -males, palates - females

20. The most common type of clefts are a bilateral lip and palate cleft.

True

False

unilateral lip and palate

Explanation

unilateral lip and palate

21. Hyperparathyroidism resembles and biopsies just the same as peripheral giant cell granulomas do.

True

False

same as central giant cell granulomas

Explanation

same as central giant cell granulomas

22. Hypersecretion of growth hormone before epiphyseal plate closure is known as Acromegaly.

True

False

after plate closure, before is gigantism

Explanation

after plate closure, before is gigantism

23. 1/1000 people have Down's Syndrome.

True

False

1/600

Explanation

1/600

24. Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis has an average age onset of 18 weeks.

True

False

9 weeks

Explanation

9 weeks

25. Hemifacial hypertrophy is a unilateral swelling of the face due to an increase in size of cells.

True

False

increase in number of cells

Explanation

increase in number of cells

26. Treacher Collins Syndrome has a frog-like appearance with a nose resembling a parrot's beak.

True

False

Crouzon's Syndrome

Explanation

Crouzon's Syndrome