Buzzwords

Question 1

Hilar lymphadenopathy

Answer 1

Sarcoidosis

Question 2

Hyaline membranes

Answer 2

ARDS (or NRDS)

Question 3

Bronchiolitis obliterans

Answer 3

Chronic rejection

Question 4

Long bone fracture

Answer 4

Fat embolism

Question 5

Slender microvilli + tonofilaments

Answer 5

Mesothelioma

Question 6

cANCA

Answer 6

Granulomatosis with polyangitis (GPA, Wegener’s)

Question 7

Caseating granulomas

Answer 7

TB

Question 8

Heliotrope rash

Answer 8

Violaceous discoloration of the upper eyelids= dermatomyositis

Question 9

Gottron’s sign

Answer 9

Raised, violaceous, scaling eruption on the knuckles = dermatomyositis

Question 10

Malar rash

Answer 10

SLE

Question 11

Proliferation of atypical lymphocytes

Answer 11

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Question 12

Non-caseating granulomas

Answer 12

Sarcoidosis

Question 13

African American female

Answer 13

Sarcoidosis

Question 14

Pleural plaques

Answer 14

Mesothelioma / asbestosis

Question 15

Alveolar growth pattern without invasion

Answer 15

Bronchioalveolar carcinoma

Question 16

Neuroendocrine markers on EM

Answer 16

small cell or carcinoid

Question 17

Keratin pearls

Answer 17

Squamous cell carcinoma

Question 18

Well-defined coin lesion with popcorn calcifications

Answer 18

Hamartoma

Question 19

Hyaline cartilage

Answer 19

Hamartoma

Question 20

Eggshell hilar calcification + birefringent particles

Answer 20

Silicosis

Question 21

Calcified pleural plaques + ferruginous bodies

Answer 21

Asbestosis

Question 22

Perilymphatic accumulations of black macrophages

Answer 22

Coal miner’s lyung

Question 23

Non-caseating epitheliod granulomas (BUT NOT SARCOIDOSIS)

Answer 23

Berylliosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Question 24

Non-operable lung cancer

Answer 24

Small cell

Question 25

Reid index

Answer 25

chronic bronchitis

Question 26

SVC syndrome

Answer 26

Mediastinal mass

Question 27

BMPR2

Answer 27

pulmonary artery hypertension

Question 28

Ghon complex

Answer 28

Primary TB