FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY
PAPER III
Time 3 hours DVD/D/17/06/III
Max. Marks 100
Important instructions:
• 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 question 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. Management of secondary syphilis during first trimester of
pregnancy.
Evaluation of a newborn baby with suspected congenital
syphilis.
5+5
2. Pediatric HIV Infection
Anti retroviral therapy: current status in India
5+5
3. Differential diagnosis of an elevated ulcer on the glans penis.
Treponemal tests
5+5
4. Merits and demerits of syndromic management
Inguinal Bubo
5+5
5. Complications of genital herpes infection.
Genital herpes and HIV infection
5+5
6. Reactions vs Relapse in leprosy
Complications of Type 2 reaction.
Treatment of severe neuritis

7. Lepromatous leprosy under the following headings:
Bone involvement
Renal involvement
Neuropathy

8. Immunology of leprosy
Vaccines in leprosy
5+5
9. Leprosy in children
Leprosy in India current status
5+5
10. Drug resistance in leprosy.
Newer anti-leprosy drugs.
5+5