Basic Pathology Flashcards
Physiologic vs pathologic hypertrophy: Athlete’s heart
Physiologic
Physiologic vs pathologic hypertrophy: Pregnant uterus
Physiologic hypertrophy after an initial physiologic hyperplasia
2 mechanisms of atrophy resulting in a decrease in size of cells
1) Ubiquitin-proteasome degradation
2) Autophagy
Mechanism of atrophy resulting in a decrease in number of cells
Apoptosis
Normal left ventricular thickness
1.5 cm
Normal right ventricular thickness
0.5 cm
Mechanism of metaplasia
Reprogramming of stem cells
Epithelial vs mesenchymal: Type of tissue most commonly affected by metaplasia
Epithelial
Most common type of metaplasia
Squamous metaplasia
Type of metaplasia seen in the cervix
Glandular/columnar metaplasia
Mesenchymal metaplasia characterised by heterotropic ossification usually within large muscles
Myositis ossificans
Cellular adaptation that takes place in the specialized conjunctival epithelium in vitamin A deficiency
Keratomalacia (metaplasia)
Symptom experienced by patients with keratomalacia
Night blindness
Vitamin A is essential in the maturation of the immune system hence it (ATRA) is used in the treatment of
Acute promyelocytic leukemia
T/F Metaplasia is premalignant
F
T/F Dysplasia is premalignant
T
Ischemia can cause permanent damage to the brain if not reversed within
3-5 minutes
T/F Hyperplasia can progress to dyplasia and CA
T
Example of hyperplastic condition that may progress to CA
Endometrial hyperplasia
Pathologic hypertrophy vs hyperplasia: BPH
Hyperplasia
T/F BPH is premalignant
F
Type of hyperplasia in the endometrium that may progress to carcinoma
Complex hyperplasia
Most common cause of cellular injury
Hypoxia
Final electron acceptor in the ETC
O2
Substance that has 100x more affinity to hgb than O2
CO
Appearance of skin with CO poisoning
Cherry red
First symptom of CO poisoning
Headache
Most common cause of hypoxia
Ischemia
Most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome (renal vein thrombosis)
Polycythemia
Spectrum of morphologic changes that follow cell death in living tissue
Necrosis
Type of necrosis seen in arteries and autoimmune diseases
Fibrinoid necrosis
Cellular change responsible for shedding of endometrium in menstrual cycle
Apoptosis
Literal meaning of apoptosis
Falling of leaves
Type of cell death responsible for spaces between fingers in embryologic development
Apoptosis
T/F Necrosis is always pathologic
T
Substance that initiates cell death
Caspases
CD of fas receptor
CD95
Where in the mitochondria is cytochrome c located
IMM
Pro-apoptotic factors
1) Bax
2) Caspase 3
3) p53
Antiapoptotic factors
Bcl-2
Most common form of lipid deposited in fatty change
TAG
Most common cause of fatty change in adults
Alcohol
Abnormal protein deposited in multiple myeloma
Russel bodies
Pink, eosinophilic inclusions in plasma cells in patients with multiple myeloma
Russel bodies
Glycogen storage diseases
Very Poor CArbohydrate Metabolism I - von Gierke's II - Pompe's III - Cori's IV - Andersen V - McArdle
Morphologic hallmark of cell death
Loss of nucleus
Coagulative necrosis is usually due to
Ischemia
Type of infarction seen with arterial occlusion
Pale/white infarction
Type of infarction seen with venous occlusion
Red infarction
White vs red infarction: Renal
White
White vs red infarction: Testicular
Red
Type of necrosis seen in the pancreas
Liquefactive
Type of necrosis seen in uterus of pregnant women with preeclampsia
Fibrinoid necrosis
Type of necrosis seen in malignant hypertension
Fibrinoid necrosis
Enzyme deficient in Gaucher’s disease
Glucocerebrosidase
Enzyme deficient in Tay-Sach’s disease
Hexosaminidase A
Enzyme deficient in Nieman-Pick’s disease
Sphingomyelinase
Disease in which microscopically, the nucleus is pushed to the periphery and the cytoplasm looks like crumpled tissue paper
Gaucher’s disease
Most common endogenous pigment
Lipofuscin
Substance accumulation in which DM may arise and called bronze DM
Hemochromatosis
Malarial pigment
Hematin/hemozoin
Malarial pigment: (+) vs (-) Prussian blue
Negative
Pigment: P. falciparum
Maurer’s dots
Pigment: P. malariae
Zieman’s dots
Pigment: P. ovale
James dots
Pigment: P. vivax
Schuffner’s dots
Copper storage is seen in what disease
Wilson’s disease or hepatolenticular degeneration
Enzyme increased in alcohol poisoning resulting in fatty liver due to esterification of FA to TAG
Alpha glycerophosphate
Formed when tyrosine oxidase catalyses the oxidation of tyrosine to dihydroxyphenylalanine
Melanin storage
Disease in which there is a lack of homogentisic dioxygenase leading to accumulation of homogentisic acid causing urine to turn black upon exposure to air
Alkaptonuria
Close differential for melanin storage being similar in having brown-black pigment (seen in alkaptonuria)
Onchronosis
Calcium deposits seen in non-viable or dying tissue
Psamomma bodies or asbestos bodies
Diseases in which psamomma bodies are seen
PSMM
1) Papillary thyroid CA
2) Serous ovarian CA
3) Meningioma
4) Mesothelioma
Dystrophic vs metastatic calcification: Causes organ dysfunction
Dystrophic
Any change within or outside cell which gives a homogenous, glassy, pink appearance on routine H and E
Hyaline change
Hyaline change that gives (+) Congo Red stain
Amyloid
Appearance of (+) Congo Red stain
(+) birefringence (green) on polarised microscope
Hallmark of early hemodynamic change
Increased blood flow
Hallmark of acute inflammation
Increased vascular permeability and edema
P-selectin is derived from
Weibel-Palade bodies
Normal fluid exchange and microvascular permeability are dependent on
An intact endothelium
Refers to transport of fluid through endothelial cells by channels of interconnected, uncoated vesicles and vacuoles (vesiculovacuolar organelles)
Transcytosis