Chapter 9 Review

Question 1

What are the 2 most common pathogenic mechanisms of vasculitis?

Answer 1

Immune-mediated inflammation

Direct vascular infection

Question 2

What is vasculitis?

Answer 2

vessel wall inflammation

Question 3

Why must you know what type of vasculitis?

Answer 3

Because infections can indirectly precipitate immune-mediated and immunosuppressant therapy would exacerbate condition.

Question 4

Which type of aortic dissection is the most severe and MC?

Answer 4

Type A

Question 5

This occurs when blood splats apart laminar planes of the media to form a blood filled aortic wall.

Answer 5

Aortic dissection

Question 6

What kind is Type B aortic dissection?

Answer 6

Distal - arises after take off of great vessels?

Question 7

What kind is Type A aortic dissection?

Answer 7

Proximal - in ascending aorta

Question 8

What are the age groups for aortic dissection?

Answer 8

Males 40-60

And younger people with connective tissue abnormalities (ex: Marfan Syndrome)

Question 9

The abrupt onset of ocular symptoms is most likely associated with which condition?

Answer 9

Giant cell arteritis

Question 10

Giant cell arteritis is MC in what age group?

Answer 10

elderly

Question 11

Fibrinoid necrosis is most likely to be associate with which 2 conditions?

Answer 11

Polyarteritis nodosa

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Question 12

Buerger disease occurs almost exclusively in ____?

Answer 12

Smokers

males before 35 yrs

Question 13

Kaposi sarcoma is a lymphatic neoplasm associated with which microbial agent?

Answer 13

Human Herpes Virus (HHV 8)

AIDS patients

Question 14

The development of hepatic angiosarcomas is commonly associated with exposure to what?

Answer 14

PVC - polyvinyl chloride

arsenic