CME test.

Sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education

To obtain CME credits, complete the test below, following these guidelines:

1. Read each article carefully.

2. Choose the most appropriate response to each of the following questions and record these on the registration form. Unanswered questions are considered incorrect.

3. Send the completed registration form and your payment (check, money order, VISA, MasterCard, American Express) to the Center for Continuing Education, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC).

4. After your test has been graded, you will receive a receipt, a copy of the correct answers, and a credit statement certifying completion from the UNMC. Questions about the test should be addressed to UNMC Center for Continuing Education (402-559-4152).

Credit: The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.

This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials.

1. According to sources cited in the article by Palacios et al, ("Sinonasal hemangiopericytomas: Clinicopathologic and imaging findings"), what is the approximate 5-year survival rate for patients with sinonasal hemangiopericytoma?

a. 5% b. 15% c. 30% d. 88%

2. With which of the following statements regarding sinonasal hemangiopericytoma would Palacios et al agree?

a. It occurs in the paranasal sinuses approximately twice as often as in the nasal cavity.

b. It generally affects elderly patients.

c. Its etiology remains unknown.

d. It occurs more often in male than in female patients.

3. Sinonasal hemangiopericytomas, according to the article by Palacios et al, metastasize at a rate of:

a. 1 to 2% b. 3 to 5% c. 5 to 10% d. 12 to 60%

4. Fibromatosis of the head and neck accounts for what percentage of all cases of extraabdominal desmoid, according to sources cited by Kaberos et al?

a. 11 to 12% b. 14 to 17% c. 20 to 25% d. 27 to 34%

5. According to the article by Kaberos et al, fibromatoses grow more slowly in the head and neck than they do in other extraabdominal sites.

True or False?

6. Kaberos et al state that fibromatosis is most common in:

a. men b. Asians c. Caucasians d. children

7. Which of the following statements regarding teratomas is false, based on this month's Pathology Clinic, by Thompson?

a. Only about 6% of them occur in the head and neck.

b. Most, but not all, of these neoplasms occur in neonates and infants.

c. Malignant teratomas are only seen in neonates and infants.

d. These tumors are distributed equally between the sexes.

8. According to Thompson, teratomas contain tissue from all three embryonic germ layers.

True or False?

Circle the most appropriate answer.

1. a b c d 2. a b c d 3. a b c d 4. a b c d 5 True False 6. a b c d 7. a b c d 8. True False