Uro MCQ
Uro MCQ
Uro MCQ
QUESTIONS
þ 1. Which is true regarding the normal control of urine storage?
þ 2. Which of the following statements regarding the innervation of the lower urinary
tract is correct?
A. The motor neurons that innervate the bladder lie within Onuf’s nucleus.
B. The pelvic parasympathetic preganglionic fibers are contained in the second, third
and fourth sacral spinal nerve roots within the cauda equina.
C. The sympathetic innervation of the lower urinary tract passes to the bladder via the
pudendal nerves.
D. During voiding, bladder neck relaxation is brought about by activation of
α-adrenoceptors in the smooth muscle of the bladder neck.
E. Voiding is brought about by activation the lateral part of the PMC.
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þ 5. In the investigation of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms and established
neurological disease known to cause bladder dysfunction, which of the following
tests is most important?
A. Cystometry.
B. Urine cytology.
C. Post-void residual urine measurement.
D. Renal ultrasound.
E. Cystoscopy.
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þ 10. In patients with neurogenic bladder dysfunction, which of the following statements
regarding indwelling catheters is true?
A. Indwelling catheters are more effective than CISC in the prevention of upper tract
disease in neurogenic bladder dysfunction.
B. Indwelling catheterization carries a higher risk of urethral trauma than CISC.
C. When a patient is unsuitable for CISC, urethral catheters should not be considered
because of the long-term risk of squamous cell carcinoma.
D. Suprapubic catheters have a lower incidence of urinary tract infection when
compared to urethral catheters.
E. Suprapubic catheters do not require changing as often as urethral catheters.
A. Patients with detrusor hyperreflexia and partial urinary retention usually respond to
treatment with anticholinergic medication.
B. Indwelling catheterization is the treatment of choice when the postmicturition
residual volume exceeds 250 ml.
C. Mechanical obstruction to flow (e.g. urethral stricture) is a cause of urinary retention.
D. Partial urinary retention in neurological patients warrants referral to a urologist for
urethro-cystoscopy as the aetiology is likely to be urological.
E. Most cases of complete retention have a neurological cause.
þ 14. Which statement regarding the pelvic floor and anal sphincters is correct?
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E. Pregnancy and childbirth are the commonest causes of anal sphincter incompetence
in the community.
A. Decreasing fiber intake will increase transit time by reducing stool bulk.
B. A high intake of bulking agents (fiber supplements) is recommended in immobile
patients with slow colonic transit.
C. Stool softeners usually help in outlet obstruction.
D. Colonic stimulants generally aggravate slow transit constipation.
E. There is an established risk of fecal incontinence where manual evacuation is
practiced as a long-term treatment strategy.
þ 19. Which of the following statements regarding the innervation of the male genital
region is true?
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D. The cavernous nerves are branches of the pudendal nerves.
E. The hypogastric nerves originate in Onuf’s nucleus.
þ 20. Which of the following statements regarding the neurological pathways for erection
is true?
þ 21. Which of the following statements regarding neurological diseases and erectile
dysfunction is true?
A. Because the spinal cord reflexes are intact, ED is rare in Parkinson’s disease.
B. ED may be an early symptom of hypothalamic-pituitary disorders.
C. In multiple sclerosis, sexual responsiveness (i.e. erection) is impaired, but ejaculation
is rarely affected.
D. Men with spinal cord injury experience psychogenic, but not reflex, erections.
E. In multiple system atrophy, symptoms and signs of postural hypotension usually
predate the onset of ED.
þ 24. In a patient with established neurological disease, which of the following, may be
useful in the initial assessment of ED?
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þ 27. In relation to female sexual function, which of the following statements is true?
þ 28. Which of the following statements regarding lower urinary tract function in MS is correct?
A. After 10 years of disease activity, >95% of MS patients will experience lower urinary
tract symptoms.
B. The number of spinal cord lesions or extent of cord atrophy correlates well with
specific urodynamic parameters.
C. Approximately 10% of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms and DSD
demonstrate extensor plantar responses (Babinski’s sign) on clinical examination.
D. Detrusor sphincter dyssynergia is seen in >90% of patients with MS and lower
urinary tract symptoms.
E. Urinary incontinence in MS is secondary to denervation of the urinary sphincter.
þ 29. Which of the following statements regarding lower urinary tract function in MS is correct?
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þ 30. Which of the following statements regarding tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) is
correct?
þ 31. Which statement regarding urinary tract dysfunction in spinal cord injury (SCI) is
correct?
A. The period of intense detrusor overactivity, which immediately follows SCI, is best
managed with an indwelling catheter.
B. Patients with SCI and MS are at an equal risk of renal failure.
C. In a patient with long-term SCI, cystoscopy reveals a thin-walled, atonic bladder.
D. Stone formation can serve as a nidus for recurrent urinary tract infections.
E. Brindley sacral root stimulators are used to suppress unstable contractions and
incontinence secondary to detrusor hyperreflexia.
þ 33. Which of the following statements regarding bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury
(SCI) is correct?
þ 34. Which of the following statements regarding cauda equina anatomy is correct?
A. The conus medullaris usually ends at the lower border of the twelfth thoracic vertebra.
B. The thoracic and lumbar spinal nerve roots converge in the celiac and paravertebral
plexi.
C. Disorders affecting the cauda equina are characterized by weakness and sensory loss
in the lower limbs, buttocks and perineum, but usually with preserved uro-genital
function.
D. Disk herniations usually occur in the central portion.
E. The sacral roots lie closest to the midline in the cauda equina.
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A. Spinal arachnoiditis.
B. Lesions of the centrally lying roots within the cauda equina.
C. Bilateral S1 radiculopathies.
D. Pelvic nerve injury.
E. Carcinomatous meningitis.
þ 36. Lumbosacral spinal stenosis is associated with which of the following conditions?
A. Paget’s disease.
B. Ankylosing spondylitis.
C. Achondroplasia.
D. Fluorosis.
E. All of the above.
A. EMG studies of the lower limbs are able to confirm damage to the S3, S4 nerve roots
within the cauda equina.
B. In transient radicular irritation (or transient neurological syndrome), both bladder
and bowel function are affected.
C. In spinal stenosis, surgery has no impact on symptoms or disease progression in the
majority of patients.
D. In patients with cauda equina lesions, incontinence is secondary to weakness of the
urethral sphincter.
E. Most patients with cauda equina lesions have perianal hyperesthesia.
þ 40. Which of the following statements regarding bladder and bowel dysfunction in
diabetes mellitus is correct?
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B. When post void residuals are large and recurrent urinary tract infection is a problem,
clean intermittent self-catherisation is inappropriate for diabetics.
C. Diabetic cystopathy rarely presents concurrently with other manifestations of
autonomic failure.
D. Diarrhoea in diabetic patients can be caused by faecal impaction.
E. In diabetic diarrhoea, anorectal incompetence is common.
þ 41. Which of the following statements regarding diabetes mellitus and autonomic
dysfunction is correct?
þ 42. Which of the following statements regarding amyloid neuropathy and porphyria is
correct?
A. The somatic polyneuropathy in amyloid disease is initially of the small fibre type,
causing painful paraesthesiae.
B. When pelvic organ dysfunction is present in amyloid neuropathy, it is unusual to see
other features of dysautonomia.
C. Somatic and autonomic neuropathy is rare in immunoglobulin amyloidosis.
D. Porphyria is typified by the acute onset of mainly sensory distal neuropathy.
E. Neurological manifestations are seen only in the hereditary coproporphyria and
variegate types of porphyria.
þ 43. Which of the following statements regarding bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction
in demyelinating peripheral neuropathy is correct?
þ 44. Which of the following statements regarding focal peripheral neuropathy and pelvic
organ dysfunction is correct?
A. Trauma (e.g. pelvic fractures involving the sacrum) is the commonest cause of injury
to the pelvic nerves.
B. Postpartum faecal incontinence is primarily caused by damage to the autonomic
supply of the internal anal sphincter.
C. Abdominoperineal resection rarely results in damage to the pelvic nerves.
D. Erectile dysfunction following radical prostatectomy is solely due to vascular
damage.
E. 30% of patients develop ED following radiotherapy for prostate cancer.
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þ 45. Which of the following statements regarding the diagnosis and management of pelvic
organ dysfunction in patients with peripheral neuropathy is correct?
A. Patients with polyneuropathies that are associated with pelvic organ dysfunction
rarely have motor and sensory symptoms in the hands and feet.
B. Clinical examination is not sufficiently sensitive to detect the changes in peripheral
nerve function likely to result in pelvic organ dysfunction.
C. A resting tachycardia indicates parasympathetic cardiovagal dysfunction.
D. A decrease of > 20mm Hg systolic pressure when the patient is moved from the lying
to standing position indicates a parasympathetic vasoconstrictor abnormality.
E. Clinical examination of the perineum will detect changes in peripheral nerve function
following pelvic nerve damage.
A. In patients with Parkinson’s disease, pelvic organ dysfunction usually occurs early in
the course of the disease.
B. In MSA, urinary symptoms are less common than symptoms of orthostatic
hypotension.
C. Detrusor hyperreflexia is common in MSA.
D. Urinary incontinence in MSA is solely due to sphincter denervation.
E. Anal sphincter EMG may show myogenic abnormalities in patients with PD.
þ 49. Which of the following statements regarding the role of higher centers in the control
of lower urinary tract function is correct?
A. Bladder control always resides in the hemisphere opposite to that in which speech
is localized.
B. In a typical case of frontal lobe incontinence, the patient has severe urinary frequency,
urgency and urge incontinence about which they are not concerned.
C. Urinary retention follows brainstem, but not cortical, lesions.
D. Following frontal or anterior cingulate damage, micturition proceeds automatically
and involuntarily.
E. The onset of incontinence in patients with Alzheimer’s disease is not related to the
duration and stage of the illness.
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þ 50. Which of the following statements regarding lower urinary tract dysfunction after
cerebrovascular accidents is correct?
A. A correlation between urinary incontinence following a stroke and prognosis has not
been shown.
B. The majority of patients with internal capsular CVA have uninhibited relaxation of the
sphincter during involuntary bladder contractions.
C. In the acute phase of a CVA, the commonest urodynamic abnormality is detrusor
hypocontractility.
D. A disturbance of bladder control is commoner following a posterior than an anterior
cerebral infarct.
E. In patients with persisting urinary symptoms post-CVA, urodynamic studies correlate
well with the site and size of the lesion.
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