FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2018

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
PAPER-III
TIME: 3 HOURS NM/J/18/24/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 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. Nuclear medicine imaging in the evaluation and management of
epilepsy.
10
2. Appropriate Use Criteria for bone scintigraphy in prostate and
breast cancer
5+5
3. Optimization of Iodine-131 dose in treatment of Graves'
disease
Salient points in the management of thyroid storm.
5+5
4. Nuclear Medicine techniques in parathyroid imaging
Nuclear Medicine in testicular imaging
5+5
5. Role of nuclear medicine in the evaluation of neonatal
hydronephrosis.
10
6. Role of nuclear medicine in the management of neuroblastoma. 10
7. TKI in differentiated thyroid cancer
rhTSH
5+5
8. Total Lesion Glycosis
Metabolic Tumour Volume
5+5
9. Various stress techniques in the evaluation of CAD. 10
10. Elaborate upon various scoring systems used in PET for
response assessment of therapy in lymphoma.
10