MSN 610 LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Herpes Simplex - ✔✔"cold sores"; clear vesicles with red base that evolve into
pustules, usually at lip-skin junction. Infection from the Herpes simplex virus (HSV).
✔✔Lyme disease - ✔✔Tick-borne disease that can lead to multisystem infection.
✔✔Drug eruptions - ✔✔cutaneous reactions to medications
✔✔Acanthosis nigricans - ✔✔Nonspecific reaction pattern associated with obesity,
certain endocrine syndromes or malignancies, or as an inherited disorder.
✔✔basal cell carcinoma - ✔✔most common type of skin cancer
✔✔squamous cell carcinoma - ✔✔Second most common type; can metastasize
Involves keratinocytes of stratum spinosum
✔✔malignant melanoma - ✔✔lethal form of skin cancer that develops from melanocytes
✔✔Kaposi sarcoma (KS) - ✔✔A neoplasm of the endothelium and epithelial layer of the
skin
✔✔actinic keratosis - ✔✔precancerous skin condition of horny tissue formation that
results from excessive exposure to sunlight.
✔✔Lymp nodes - ✔✔small, bean shaped masses of tissue that remove pathogens and
dead cells from the lymph. These are concentrated in the armpits, neck and groin. They
are numerous and tiny measuring as large as 0.5 to 1 cm.
✔✔Necklace of Nodes - ✔✔parotid & retropharyngeal (tonsillar)
submandibular
submental
sublingual (facial)
superficial anterior cervical
superficial posterior cervical
preauricular & postauricular
sternocleidomastoid
occipital
supraclavicular
✔✔The arm Lymph nodes - ✔✔Axillary Epitrochlear (cubital)
, ✔✔The leg lymph nodes - ✔✔superficial superior inguinal, superficial inferior
occasionally, popliteal
✔✔Lymphocytes - ✔✔The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's
immune system: B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that
fight bacterial infections; T lymphocytes form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue
and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances.
✔✔Acute lymphangitis - ✔✔Acute bacterial infection spreading throughout lymph
system, inflammation of one or more lymphatic vessels.
Usually streptococcal
✔✔Acute suppurative lymphadenitis - ✔✔infection and inflammation of a lymph node;
may affect a single or localized group of nodes.
✔✔lymphedema - ✔✔swelling of the tissues due to an abnormal accumulation of lymph
fluid within the tissues caused by inadequate lymph drainage.
✔✔Lymphangioma/Cystic Hygroma - ✔✔congenital malformation of dilated lymphatics
✔✔Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) - ✔✔massive accumulation of lymphedema
throughout the body; most common cause of secondary lymphedema worldwide
✔✔Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - ✔✔Malignant neoplasm of the lymphatic system and
reticuloendothelial tissues.
✔✔Hodgkin's lymphoma - ✔✔a malignant lymphoma affecting lymph nodes and lymph
organs
✔✔Epstein-Barr (Mononucleosis) - ✔✔infectious mononucleosis
✔✔toxoplasmosis - ✔✔zoonosis caused by the parasite toxoplasma gondi
✔✔Roseola Infantum (HH-V6) - ✔✔Infection by human herpes virus 6
✔✔Herpes Simplex (HSV) - ✔✔Infection by human herpes virus 1 (HSV-1) or human
herpes virus 2 (HSV-2)
✔✔Cat Scratch Disease - ✔✔Common cause of subacute or chronic lymphadenitis in
children
caused mainly by Bartonella henselae and less commonly by B quintana or Afipia felia
usually follows a bite or scratch, inoculation lesion present
papule or pustule lasts 3-5 days and then becomes vesicular, crusts in 2-3 days
painful enlarged lymph nodes
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Herpes Simplex - ✔✔"cold sores"; clear vesicles with red base that evolve into
pustules, usually at lip-skin junction. Infection from the Herpes simplex virus (HSV).
✔✔Lyme disease - ✔✔Tick-borne disease that can lead to multisystem infection.
✔✔Drug eruptions - ✔✔cutaneous reactions to medications
✔✔Acanthosis nigricans - ✔✔Nonspecific reaction pattern associated with obesity,
certain endocrine syndromes or malignancies, or as an inherited disorder.
✔✔basal cell carcinoma - ✔✔most common type of skin cancer
✔✔squamous cell carcinoma - ✔✔Second most common type; can metastasize
Involves keratinocytes of stratum spinosum
✔✔malignant melanoma - ✔✔lethal form of skin cancer that develops from melanocytes
✔✔Kaposi sarcoma (KS) - ✔✔A neoplasm of the endothelium and epithelial layer of the
skin
✔✔actinic keratosis - ✔✔precancerous skin condition of horny tissue formation that
results from excessive exposure to sunlight.
✔✔Lymp nodes - ✔✔small, bean shaped masses of tissue that remove pathogens and
dead cells from the lymph. These are concentrated in the armpits, neck and groin. They
are numerous and tiny measuring as large as 0.5 to 1 cm.
✔✔Necklace of Nodes - ✔✔parotid & retropharyngeal (tonsillar)
submandibular
submental
sublingual (facial)
superficial anterior cervical
superficial posterior cervical
preauricular & postauricular
sternocleidomastoid
occipital
supraclavicular
✔✔The arm Lymph nodes - ✔✔Axillary Epitrochlear (cubital)
, ✔✔The leg lymph nodes - ✔✔superficial superior inguinal, superficial inferior
occasionally, popliteal
✔✔Lymphocytes - ✔✔The two types of white blood cells that are part of the body's
immune system: B lymphocytes form in the bone marrow and release antibodies that
fight bacterial infections; T lymphocytes form in the thymus and other lymphatic tissue
and attack cancer cells, viruses, and foreign substances.
✔✔Acute lymphangitis - ✔✔Acute bacterial infection spreading throughout lymph
system, inflammation of one or more lymphatic vessels.
Usually streptococcal
✔✔Acute suppurative lymphadenitis - ✔✔infection and inflammation of a lymph node;
may affect a single or localized group of nodes.
✔✔lymphedema - ✔✔swelling of the tissues due to an abnormal accumulation of lymph
fluid within the tissues caused by inadequate lymph drainage.
✔✔Lymphangioma/Cystic Hygroma - ✔✔congenital malformation of dilated lymphatics
✔✔Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis) - ✔✔massive accumulation of lymphedema
throughout the body; most common cause of secondary lymphedema worldwide
✔✔Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - ✔✔Malignant neoplasm of the lymphatic system and
reticuloendothelial tissues.
✔✔Hodgkin's lymphoma - ✔✔a malignant lymphoma affecting lymph nodes and lymph
organs
✔✔Epstein-Barr (Mononucleosis) - ✔✔infectious mononucleosis
✔✔toxoplasmosis - ✔✔zoonosis caused by the parasite toxoplasma gondi
✔✔Roseola Infantum (HH-V6) - ✔✔Infection by human herpes virus 6
✔✔Herpes Simplex (HSV) - ✔✔Infection by human herpes virus 1 (HSV-1) or human
herpes virus 2 (HSV-2)
✔✔Cat Scratch Disease - ✔✔Common cause of subacute or chronic lymphadenitis in
children
caused mainly by Bartonella henselae and less commonly by B quintana or Afipia felia
usually follows a bite or scratch, inoculation lesion present
papule or pustule lasts 3-5 days and then becomes vesicular, crusts in 2-3 days
painful enlarged lymph nodes
