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.
ENDOCRINOLOGY
PAPER II
Time 3 hours ENDO/D/17/07/II
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 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. Cardiovascular safety of anti-diabetic drugs.
10
2. Different means of glucose monitoring and importance of
glycemic variability.
6+4
3. Approach to case of papillary thyroid cancer.
10
4. Non pharmacological management of osteoporosis.
10
5. Approach to a patient of hyponatremia.
10
6. Approach to a patient of hypertension with hypokalemia.
10
7. Clinical presentations associated with various genetic
mutations of pheochromocytomas/paraganglioma
(PPGLs) and management of metastatic PPGLs.
7+3
8. Lipodystrophy syndromes
10
9. Strategies for management of Turner Syndrome.
10
10. What is FRAX and its limitations, osteoporosis treatment
failure and drug holidays?