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Kamsi
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10/14/07 - 03:45 PM

25) A 37-year-old accountant presents to ask for advice regarding the future management of his ulcerative colitis. He has had pancolitis for the past 19 years and has been told that he is at an increased risk for developing colorectal cancer. He asks for the physician's recommendation regarding appropriate surveillance. Which of the following is the most appropriate response?

A. Annual stool guaiac testing
B. Barium enema
C. Colonoscopy
D. Colonoscopy and multiple biopsies
E. Flexible sigmoidoscopy with multiple biopsies

kpmle2
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10/14/07 - 04:06 PM

D. Colonoscopy and multiple biopsies

MAGY17
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10/14/07 - 04:10 PM

c...colonoscopy
before 8 years of disease frequent fecal accult blood sc
after 8 years colonoscopy

MAGY17
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10/14/07 - 04:14 PM

c or d

madoo
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10/15/07 - 03:45 AM

D. Colonoscopy and multiple biopsies

after 8 years of severe UC surveillance is done by Colonoscopy and multiple biopsies "random biopsies and from mass lesions"

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MAGY17
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10/17/07 - 11:31 AM

THANKS MADOO

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