9 - Neoplasm, Nutrition Flashcards
1
Q
Carcinoma vs sarcoma
A
C: epithilial
S: mesenchymal/connective tissue
-vessels, heart, bone
2
Q
Kwashiorkor
A
Protein wasting
Protiein malnutrition -> skin lesions, anemia, edema, liver malfunction
3
Q
Marasmus
A
Protein AND calorie malnutrition -> tissue wasting
4
Q
Life-threatening withdrawal
A
Alcohol
5
Q
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
A
B1 (thiamine) deficiency assoc with alcoholism
W = reversible K = irreversible CNS damage
6
Q
Alcoholism ocular effects
A
Toxic optic neuropathy -> bilateral temporal ON pallor