Assignment: Prostate cancer

Assignment: Prostate cancer

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Question 5 Question : Which is true of prostate cancer?

It is commonly lethal

It is one of the less common forms of cancer

Family history does not appear to be a risk factor

Ethnicity is a risk factor

Question 6 Question : Which of the following conditions involves a tight prepuce which, once retracted, cannot be returned?

Phimosis

Paraphimosis

Balanitis

Balanoposthitis

Question 7 Question : A 12-year-old is brought to your clinic by his father He was taught in his health class at school to do monthly testicular self-examinations Yesterday, when he felt his left testicle, it was enlarged and tender He isn’t sure if he has had burning with urination and he says he has never had sexual intercourse He has had a sore throat, cough, and runny nose for the last three days His past medical history is significant for a tonsillectomy as a small child His father has high blood pressure and his mother is healthy On examination, you see a child in no acute distress His temperature is 1008 and his blood pressure and pulse are unremarkable On visualization of his penis, he is uncircumcised and has no lesions or discharge His scrotum is red and tense on the left and normal appearing on the right Palpating his left testicle reveals a mildly sore swollen testicle The right testicle is unremarkable An examining finger is put through both inguinal rings, and there are no bulges with bearing down His prostate examination is unremarkable Urine analysis is also unremarkable What abnormality of the testes does this child most likely have?

Acute orchitis

Acute epididymitis

Torsion of the spermatic cord

Prostatitis