2012 patho Flashcards
BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 are associated with Breast Cancer and another condition. What is it?!
a. leukemia
b. Ovarian cancer
c. Colon cancer
b. Ovarian cancer
In acute inflammation, leukocytosis is the usual response. In which condition does leukopenia occur?
a. Typhoid ileitis
b. Acute Appendicitis
c. Acute Gastritis
d. Pyogenic meningitis
e. Lobar Pneumonia
a. Typhoid ileitis
Which of the following of the following substances has the highest affinity to radiation?
a. Leukocytes and Blood-Forming Cells
b. Hepatocytes
a. Leukocytes and Blood-Forming Cells
What is a marker for renal failure?
a. Transferrin
b. β2 - microglobulin
c. C - reactive protein
d. Albumin
d. Albumin
low albumin and high alpha 2 proteins present for nephrotic syndrome
What is the vitamin that is important for vision?
a. Vitamin C
b. Vitamin A
c. Vitamin B
b. Vitamin A
a resected intra-abdominal tumor showed skin and its appendages, bone, and fibroadipose tissue. What do we call this tumor?
a. Cystadenoma
b. Choristoma
c. Hematoma
d. Adenoma
e. Teratoma
e. Teratoma
Microscopy examination was done to the patient’s uterus. The cells were hyperchromatic and the surrounding having mitosis. What is this called?
a. Dysplasia
b. Aplasia
c. Anaplasia
d. Hyperplasia
e. Hypertrophy
a. Dysplasia
Which of these is a congenital non-genetic condition?
a. cystic fibrosis
b. diabetes mellitus
c. down syndrome
d. cerebral palsy
e. sickle cell anemia
d. cerebral palsy
Which of these proteins decrease during hemolysis?
a. haptoglobin
b. transferrin
a. haptoglobin
Which cells are predominantly found in chronic inflammation?
a. Neutrophils
b. Lymphocytes
b. Lymphocytes
A 64 year old woman with fever, chills, headache, vomitting. Brain image shows abscess in the brain. What is the most characteristic type that describes this necrosis type?!
a. Coagulative necrosis
b. Liquefactive necrosis
c. Caseous necrosis
b. Liquefactive necrosis
What is a major component of granulation tissue?
a. scar tissue
b. New blood capillaries
b. New blood capillaries
What will be the microscopic appearance of a 90-year-old man’s Kidney?
hyalinosis in the small arteries
its a type of arteriolosclerosis- thickening of the arteriolar wall- and is part of the ageing
In what disease are neutrophils the predominant cell in one-year infection?
a. Sarcoidosis
b. Osteomyelitis
b. Osteomyelitis
Psammoma bodies are found in which cancer?
a. Ovarian cancer
b. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
c. Leukemia
b. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
Is leiomyoma a benign tumor?
yes, it is a benign smooth muscle tumor that very rarely becomes cancer
Where is a thrombosis most likely to occur?
a. In the axillary region
b. In the deep veins of the leg
c. In the veins of the arms
b. In the deep veins of the leg
This protein is seen when stained with Congo Red and polarized. What is it?
a. Lipofuscin
b. Amyloid
c. steatosis
b. Amyloid
A 45 year old woman is being investigated with hypertension condition; tests show that right kidney is smaller than normal. This is most likely due to
a. Metaplasia
b. Atrophy
c. Hypoplasia
b. Atrophy
What is the translocation that occurred in CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)?
a. T (9,22)
b. T (8,23)
c. T (5, 21)
a. T (9,22)
What is shock?
the hypoperfusion of most tissue
A child exposed to sunlight and have a defect in nucleotide excision repair. Which of the following conditions may have in the future?
a. Bloom’s Syndrome
b. Xeroderma Pigmentosum
c. Xanthoma (eruptive)
d. Tubero-eruptive Xanthomas
b. Xeroderma Pigmentosum
What is the cause of a shock following general peripheral vasodilation?
a. Gram +ve bacteria
b. Gram -ve bacteria
b. Gram -ve bacteria
What is the formula for calculated osmolarity?
2 x [Na] + [urea] + [glucose] (mM)
A diver presented with respiratory symptoms and joint pain. what type of embolism has most likely occurred?
Gas Embolism
Total cholesterol=2.4 HDL= 0.8 TG=2.2 Whats the LDL? a. 0.5 b. 0.6 c. 0.05 d. 0.06
b. 0.6
LDL=TC—(HDL+TG/2.2)
A tumor is characterized by T1N0M0. What is true?
a. there is no tumor
b. a small tumor with no lymph node involvement and no metastasis
c. a small tumor with no lymph node involvement and some metastasis
b. a small tumor with no lymph node involvement and no metastasis
The MAX protein combines and forms dimer with the MAD protein during proliferation. What is the role of this dimer in the cell cycle?
Tumor Suppression
