The Master Surgeon | Free Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

QUESTION NO

A 76 year old lady gets admitted with colicky abdominal pain and distension. She denies any vomiting but has not opened her bowels for the last 3 days. Her appetite is poor and she has lost some weight recently. Her past medical history includes an abdominal hysterectomy for uterine fibroids. On examination there is a small right groin lump with no cough impulse. The abdomen is soft with a tympanic note on percussion. Which ONE of the following is NOT LIKELY to be a diagnosis in this lady?

Please select one of the following:

Adhesions
Carcinoma of colon
Inguinal hernia
Ascites
All of the above

Question By Mr. Dev Mittapalli MBBS, MRCS(Eng).