Blood And Lymphatics Disorder

Question 1

Syphilitic aortitis

Answer 1

Rare, occurs tertiary stage syphilis, involves vasa vasorum

Question 2

What is Takayasu’s? (Inflammatory disease of blood vessels)

Answer 2

Aka occlusive thromboaortathy
Aortic arch syndrome
Pulse less disease

** rare aortic arch is involved

Question 3

What is another name for Giant cell arteritis?

Answer 3

Temporal arteritis

Question 4

What is giant cell arteritis?

Answer 4

Rare- inflames temporal and intracranial arteries

• can cause blindness

Question 5

What is polyarteritis nodosa?

Answer 5

Rare- in young adults

Modular reddish swelling, microaneurysms, narrow arteries from fibrosis

Question 6

What is Wegeners Granulomatosis?

Answer 6

Necrotizing vasculitis, lungs, nasopharynx, and kidneys

Question 7

What disease is Churg and Strauss?

Answer 7

Primarily Involves lungs

Only 5 year survival rate 25%

Question 8

What is kawasaki disorder?

Answer 8

Occurs in children
Rare
 immunologic hypersensitivity 
Fever
Conjunctival and oral edema 
Hemorrhage 
Cervical lymphadenopathy 
MI and aneurysm cause 3% deaths

Question 9

What is another name for Kawasaki disorder?

Answer 9

Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

Question 10

What is thromboangiitis obliterates (aka burgers)

Answer 10

Pain lower extremities

*smokers and males increased risk

Question 11

What is Raynaud’s disease?

Answer 11

Vasospastic disorder of small arteries especially in hands

Females and lots of pain!!

Question 12

What is the triphasic color change of Raynaud’s disease?

Answer 12

White= pallor
Blue= cyanosis
Red=rubor

Question 13

What is Thrombophlebitis?

Answer 13

Phlebitis (vein inflammation) related to a thrombus

Occurs repeatedly in different locations

Question 14

What are other names for thrombophlebitis?

Answer 14

Thrombophlebitis migrans

Migrating thrombophlebitis

Question 15

What is lymphadenopathy?

Answer 15

Disease of the lymph nodes

Can be immune response or specific agent

Question 16

What are the 3 types of immune lymphadenopathy?

Answer 16

Bacterial
Cancer
Viral

Question 17

What is bacterial immune lymphadenopathy?

Answer 17

Strep throat, syphillis, plague

Question 18

What is cancer immune lymphadenopathy?

Answer 18

Nodes drain tumor site

Question 19

What is viral immune lymphadenopathy?

Answer 19

Mono

Question 20

What is Phoenix lymphadenitis? (Specific agent lymphadenopathy)

Answer 20

Infectious mononucleosis EBV), toxoplasmosis, TB, histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis, lymphogranuloma venerum, cat scratch disease, AIDS related complex

Question 21

What is sarcoidosis? (Specific agent lymphadenopathy)

Answer 21

RA, SLE, polyarteritis nodosa, serum sickness, sinus histocitosis , giant lymph node hyperplasia

Question 22

Non Hodgkins lymphadenopathy (specific agent)

Answer 22

Lymphocytic leukemias

Hodgkins (reed-stern erg giant cells)

Question 23

What is carcinoma (specific agent lymphadenopathy)

Answer 23

Melanoma

Question 24

What is lymphangitits?

Answer 24

Inflammation of the lymphatic channels

Question 25

When does lymphangitits occur?

Answer 25

From an infection at a site distal to the channel

Question 26

What is bacterial lymphangitits?

Answer 26

Painful red streaks

Strep pyogenes is mc

Question 27

What is filarial lymphangitits?

Answer 27

Inflammation of lymphatic channels

Common in tropics
Wuchereria bancrofti and brugia malayi Andes and culex mosquito bites