Download DNB 2020 December Nuclear MedIcIne Paper IV Question Paper

Download Diplomate of National Board (DNB) 2020 December Nuclear MedIcIne Paper IV Question Paper

FINAL EXAM
NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2020
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
PAPER-IV

Time: 3 hours
NM/D/20/24/IV
Max. Marks:100
Important Instructions:
You are provided with 5 answer sheet booklets. Each individual answer sheet booklet consists
of 10 pages excluding the covering jackets.
Answers to all the questions must be attempted within these 5 answer sheet booklets which
must be later tagged together at the end of the exam.
No additional supplementary answer sheet booklet will be provided.
Attempt all questions in order.
Each question carries 10 marks.
Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
Answer all the parts of a single question together.
Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. a) Total lesion glycolysis (TLG).
5+5
b) Metabolic tumor volume (MTV).
2. Rhenium-188 based radiopharmaceuticals and their uses.
5+5
3. Alpha radionuclide therapy with emphasis on current status and future
10
potential.
4. Compare and contrast the multiparametric-MR versus nuclear imaging in
10
prostate cancer.
5. a) Amyloid imaging.
5+5
b) Lewy body dementia (LBD).
6. Discuss left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure:
10
pathophysiology and diagnosis.
7. Role of nuclear medicine imaging in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC)
10
managements.
8. a) DLBCL vs. ALCL
5+5
b) TARE vs. TACE
9. What is the current ATA definition of radioiodine refractory DTC? Discuss
5+5
the management strategies of Radioiodine refractory DTC.
10. Neuroimaging characteristics of:
4+3+3
a) Hippocampal sclerosis
b) Focal cortical dysplasia
c) DNET
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POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.

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