(16.1) Pulmonary Pathology II (Singh) Flashcards

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

How does it damage pulmonary tissue?

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IPF damages pulmonary tissue with waves of inflammatory injury leading to fibrosis

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What would a CXR look like for a idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis pt?

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Basilar infiltrates

“Honeycomb lung”

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What do the lungs sound like on auscultation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

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Crackles on exam

“Velcro-like”

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What are the contributing factors to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

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Enviornmental factors (SMOKING)

Genetic factors

Increasing age

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What is unique about the histology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

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Very different patterns due to the “wave like” nature of the disease

Some patches are normal, some have inflammation, others have fibroblast foci and some have peripheral honeycombing

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What do pathologists call idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis when found on pulmonary biopsy?

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Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP)

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What do these images represent?

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Honeycomb fibrosis

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What is the prognosis for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

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NOT GOOD

Most patients die from respiratory disease 3-5 years after diagnosis

Only truly effective treatment = lung transplant

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What are some experimental medications being used to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

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These meds are used to arrest fibrosis

  • Tyrosine kinase inhibitors*
  • TGF-Beta inhibitors*
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What is non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP)?

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VERY SIMILAR TO UIP

Idiopathic

Has UNIQUE HISTOLOGY = uniform infiltrates and fibrosis

Has better prognosis than UIP

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What is this lung disorder?

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Non-specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP)

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What is a cute way to remember what cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) looks like histologically?

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Looks like cotton candy… awwww

The “cotton candy” is fibroblast foci (Masson bodies)

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13
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Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP)

Prognosis?

A

Very good!

Patient tend to have full recovery with oral steroids

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14
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How do you diagnose cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP)?

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Diagnosis of exclusion

-Not an infection, drug- or toxin-induced, or related to connective tissue disorders

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What is this?

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Granulomatous inflammation

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16
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What is sarcoidosis?

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Systemic disease manifesting non-caseating (non-necrotizing) granulomata

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17
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What is the clinical presentation of sarcoidosis?

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Incidental abnormal radiograph

or

Dyspnea

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What are some of the hallmark granuloma inclusions of sarcoidosis?

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Granuloma inclusions:

Asteroid body (A)

Schaumann bodies (B-D)

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What is the demographic of sarcoidosis?

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<40 years of age

African americans

Commonly involve LUNGS

Elevated ACE levels

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20
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Sarcoidosis

Do the stages occur in order?

A

NO!

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21
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What is this?

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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis

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22
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What is hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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Immune reaction to inhaled antigen

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What are three examples of specific types of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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Pigeon-breeder’s lung — protein from bird feces

Farmer’s lung — Actinomycetic spores in hay

Hot tub lung — Reaction to mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)

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24
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What is one of the most imporant aspects of your clinical interaction w/ your patient that will allow you to diagnose hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

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HISTORY

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What is the pathology?

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Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia (DSIP)

*Notice that every alveolar space has macrophages inside. Also, a MISNOMER, these are NOT squamous cells lol.

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What is the demographic of desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DSIP)?

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Smokers in 40s/50s

Restrictive lung disease presentation

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What is the prognosis for desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DSIP)?

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Good prognosis only IF THE PATIENT CAN STOP SMOKING

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What is the pathology?

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Respiratory Bronchiolitis-Interstitial Lung Disease

(RB-ILD)

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What is the demographic for respiratory bonchiolitis-interstitial lung disease?

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Smokers

30s-40s

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What is the pathology?

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Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH)

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What is a major characteristic of langerhans cells histologically?

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Langerhans cells ALWAYS stain CD1a positive

32
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What are some dead giveaways that you are looking at a langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) biopsy?

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Langerhans cells with a TON of eosinophils

33
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What is pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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Impairment of surfactant metabolism due to defect in granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)

34
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What is the histology of pulmonary alveolar proeinosis?

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*Frequently confused with pulmonary edema

35
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How do you treat pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?

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Treat with SubQ GM-CSF

36
Q

What is this?

A

Bone marrow embolism

37
Q

What is this?

A

Talc embolism

Seen in IV drug users

38
Q

What is this?

A

Septic emboli

39
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Where do septic emboli frequently originate from?

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From the heart!

From endocarditis, valve vegetations break off and manifest in other sites…LIKE THE LUNGS

40
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What is the definition of pulmonary hypertension?

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Pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is greater than 25mmHg

41
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What are the two manifestations of pulmonary hyptertension?

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Plexiform lesion (left)

Medial hypertrophy (right)

42
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What is the pathology?

A

Pulmonary hemorrhage syndromes

43
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What is the pathology?

A

Goodpasture syndrome

*Notice how you can see the RBCs within the lung parynchema

44
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What is goodpasture syndrome?

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Antibody-mediated disease that damages basement membranes in the lung and kidney

*Targets Collagen IV

45
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What is the demographic of goodpasture syndrome?

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YOUNG MEN

20s/30s

46
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What is the pathology?

A

GPA : Granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis

47
Q

__________ is the second most common cause of hospital admissions

A

Pulmonary infections

48
Q

What is the diagnosis?

A

Right upper lobar pneumonia

49
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What are the 4 stages of lobar pneumonia?

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  1. Congestion (vascular engorgement)
  2. Red hapatization (red cells and inflammation)
  3. Grey hepatization (inflammation and debris)
  4. Resolution (fibrosis, macrophage clean-up)
50
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What is the most common cause of pneumonia?

A

Streptococcus pneumonia

(Lancet shaped gram positive diplococci)

51
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What is “atypical” (“walking”) pneumonia?

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Slower onset than typical pneumonia

Systemic symptoms predominate

Patchy infiltrates on CXR

Young adults/teens/older children

52
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What is the major bacterium that causes “atypical walking pneumonia”?

A

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

53
Q

What is so special about mycoplasma pneumoniae?

A

Smallest free-living, self-replicating microorganisms

NO CELL WALL

54
Q

Where would you find legionella pneumophila?

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Grows in warm freshwater

  • Air conditioning units
  • Misters
  • Hot tubs
55
Q

What are the three major causes of community acquired viral pneumonia?

A

Influenza (H1N1)

SARS

Respiratory Syncytial Virus

56
Q

How are influenza viruses classified?

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Classified by 2 proteins

Hemagglutinin

Neuraminidase

57
Q

What is antigenic drift?

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Epidemics

MINOR changes to proteins on the virus, allowing increased spread

Similar enough to the orignial virus to allow for some immunity in many individuals

58
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What is antigenic shift?

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Pandemics

Genomic alterations with MAJOR resulting changes to protein structure

Naive immunity for almost all people

***Remember = Shift is close to “shit”. Antigenic shit. Antigenic shift is WAY worse than drift.

59
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What are the bacterial associations you should make with neonates?

A

Group B strep

Gram negative bacilli

Listeria

60
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What viral and bacterial associations should you make with children >1month old?

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Viral = RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, parainfluenza virus, Influenza A&B, Adenovirus, Rhinovirus

Bacterial = S.pneumoniae, H. influenzae, M. catarrhalis, S.aureus

61
Q

What is the pathology?

A

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

62
Q

What are the symptoms of respiratory syncytial virus?

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Rhinorrhea/cough

Wheezing

Dyspnea

Tachypnea

Cyanosis

63
Q

Histologically, what is the difference b/w bacterial and viral pneumonia?

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Bacterial usually stays in alveolar spaces

Viral stays in the interstitum

64
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What are the differences b/w bacterial and viral pneumonia in terms of clinical presentation?

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65
Q

What pathology is HIGHLY associated with TB?

A

Caseating granulomata

66
Q

What is the pathology?

A

Histoplasma capsulatum

67
Q

Where is histoplasma capsulatum endemic?

A

Midwest and caribbean

68
Q

Histoplasma capsulatum has a characteristic…

A

Pumpkin seed morphology

69
Q

What is it!?

A

Blastomyces dermatitides

70
Q

What is this?

A

Coccidiodes immitis

*Remember: Coccidioodes has a lot of “O”s in it. The Cocciodes immitis biopsy shows “O” shaped specimens

71
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Where is coccidiodes immitis endemic?

A

Southwestern US and Mexico

72
Q

What is this?

A

Pneumocystis jiroveci

73
Q

What is pneumocystis jiroveci associated with?

A

AIDS

74
Q

What is this?

A

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)

75
Q

Who typically gets mycobacterium avium complex?

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Immunocompromised or elderly

76
Q

Why is it important to take a lung biopsy of a patient that you believe is undergoing transplant rejection?

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Patient could have rejection, OR have an opportunistic infection

Determining which is occuring will determine the course of action

Tx for acute rejection = increase immunosuppression

Tx for opportunistic infection = target the organism

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