A.pathology Exam-gross Description Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 12 description points?
A
- distribution
- demarcation
- contour
- shape
- color
- size
- texture
- consistency
- special features
- extent
- chronicity
- severity
2
Q
Distribution
A
- Focal=one single lesion
- Multifocal=several lesion (number)
- multifocal to coalescing= several lesions joining
- miliary= too many to count
- locally extensive= uniform, spreading
- segmental= in hollow organs or snakes
- diffuse= entire organ
3
Q
Demarcation
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- Well demarcated= abrupt and easily seen boundary
- poorly demarcated= blurred or not seen boundary
4
Q
Contour
A
- Raised= something is added
- depressed= something is removed
- flat
5
Q
Shape
A
What geometric figure does it resemble?
6
Q
Color
A
Describe what color it has, if it varying or genuine
7
Q
Size
A
Use something with standardized measurement, or actual measurements.
If more than one lesion= uniform or not
8
Q
Texture
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- amorphous= semisolid, unorganized, “spreadable”
- solid tissue= maintains shape, “unspreadable”
9
Q
Consistency
A
How does it feel?
- gas= like bubble plastic, air trapped in tissue
- fluid= wet or squishy, like a water balloon
- fluid= looks or feels squishy, like a sponge
- soft= fluid rich, cell or stroma poor
- form= fluid poor, cell or stroma rich
- hard/gritty= cannot be cut
10
Q
Fluids
A
- Measured in volume and type
- serous= clear
- serosanguinous= clear with blood tings
- serofibrous= cloudy with strands of fibrin
- chylous= milky white, lymph
- purulent= opaque, thin to thick, pus
11
Q
Sound
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- crepitant=sounds of popping air, bubble plastic
- sloshing= sound of fluid splashing
- hard= sound like a rock when banged on hard surface
12
Q
Odor
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- foul=rotting smell
- ammonia= usually means uremia
- apple cider= gastric hemorrhage or swallowed blood
- no odor
