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Chronic Inflammation Flashcards

1
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What is chronic inflammation

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Response to injury with associated fibrosis

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2
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True or false: chronic inflammation causes tong term consequences

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True - resolution is not complete as they are left with scarring

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How does chronic inflammation arise?

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  1. If acute inflammation is too severe to be resolved in a few days
  2. De novo
  3. Repeated attacks of acute inflammation
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4
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How may chronic inflammation arise de novo

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  • autoimmune conditions

- chronic infections

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5
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What 6 types of cells can be seen in chronic inflammation

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  • macrophages
  • lymphocytes
  • plasma cells
  • eosinophils
  • fibroblasts
  • giant cells
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6
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In which type of inflammation are macrophages seen mostly in

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Chronic

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7
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Why does chronic inflammation look variable

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Due to the different types of cells present in different scenarios

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8
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What are the 3 functions of macrophages

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  • phagocytosis
  • Antigen presenting to immune system
  • synthesis or cytokines (TNF and interleukin) which control other cells and also complement components, blood clotting factors and proteases
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9
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Which type of pathogen do macrophages usually digest

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Bacteria

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What are macrophages derived from

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Monocytes

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What histological appearance do lymphocytes have

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Large nucleus with little cytoplasms

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What are the functions of lymphocytes

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Immunological:

  • activate B lymphocytes to differentiate and produce antibodies
  • activate T lymphocytes which are involved in cytotoxic functions
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What is the histological appearance of plasma cells

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  • can see golgi (needed for antibody production)
  • open nucleus with chromatin in the peripheries
  • can see the cytoplasm
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What is the histological appearance of eosinophils

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  • pink vacuoles

- bi-lobed nucleus

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What do plasma cells do

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Differentiated from B lymphocytes into antibody producing cells

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16
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What is the function of eosinophils

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Kill parasites

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17
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What is the function of fibroblasts

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Make collagen

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18
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What are the 3 types of giant cells

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  • langerhans
  • foreign body type
  • touton
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What are giant cells

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Multinucleate cells made by the fusion of macrophages

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20
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Why do giant cells form

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Due to frustrated phagocytosis - where macrophages cant phagocytose particles so fuse together

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21
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In which infection are langerhan cells most commonly seen in

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TB

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22
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What type of necrosis is touton cells seen in

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Fat necrosis

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23
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What is the histological appearance of langerhan cells

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  • horse shoe peripheral nucleus
24
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What is the histological appearance of foreign body type cells

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Multiple aggregates of nuclei and foreign bodies

25
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True or false: chronic is specific

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False

26
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What type of cell is seen in chronic inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis

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Plasma cells

27
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What type of cells are most commonly seen in chronic inflammation in chronic gastritis

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Lymphocytes

28
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What are the 4 affects of chronic inflammation

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  1. Fibrosis
  2. Impaired function
  3. Atrophy
  4. Stimulation of immune response
29
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What affect of chronic inflammation is seen in chronic cholecystitis

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  • Fibrosis causing a yellow fibrotic wall of the gall bladder which is usually translucence
  • the gall stones produced cause repeated obstruction of the bile duct leading to chronic inflammation which causes fibrosis
30
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What is experienced in chronic cholecystitis

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Pain

31
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What is an idiopathic disease

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A disease where the cause is not known

32
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What type of inflammation is present in imflammatory bowel disease

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Both acute and chronic inflammation

33
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What is the cause of inflammatory bowel disease

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Not know - it is idiopathic

34
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What do patients with inflammatory bowel disease present with

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Diarrhoea, rectal bleeding (as inflammation damages mucosa)

35
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What are 2 examples of diseases which are inflammatory bowel diseases

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  • ulcerative colitis

- Crohn’s disease

36
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What is the difference between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease

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  • Ulcerative colitis is superficial (the inflammation affects the mucosa only)
  • Crohns is transmural (affects mucosa and deeper layers of the gut)
37
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What is seen in Crohn’s disease

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  • strictures (fibrous borrowing)

- fistulae (abnormal connection between 2 mucosa lined organs)

38
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What are common causes of cirrhosis

A
  • alcohol
  • hepatitis B and C
  • drugs
  • fatty liver disease
39
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What happens to the liver function in cirrhosis

A

There is decreased liver function caused by chronic inflammation which is caused by various sources
The inflammation causes disorganisation of architecture

40
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What is thyrotoxicosis

A

Hyperthyroidism (too much thyroid hormones produced)

41
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What is Graves’ Disease

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Where chronic inflammation causes hyperthyroidism as the antibodies produced by the immune system cause the production of more hormones

42
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What is granulomatous inflammation

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Chronic inflammation with granulomas

43
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What is a granuloma

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Group of macrophages and lymphocytes which stick together

44
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When do granulomas arise

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  • hypersensitivity reactions

- persistent low levels of antigenic stimulation

45
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What are the 3 main causes of granulomatous inflammation

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  • foreign material
  • infection
  • unknown causes
46
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Give an example of an infection that causes granulomatous inflammation

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TB

47
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What organism causes TB

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Mycobacteria which are difficult and slow to culture

48
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What does TB cause

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It causes disease by Persistence and induction of cell mediated response. Therefore there is chronic inflammation

49
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What is seen in Tuberculous Granuloma

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An area of caseous necrosis in the middle of the granuloma with langerhan cells nearby

50
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What vaccine protects against TB

A

BCG

51
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What happens during abnormal reactions to the BCG vaccine

A

BCG granulomas

52
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Give 3 examples of granulomatous diseases of unknown cause

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  • sarcoidosis
  • Crohn’s disease
  • wegener’s granulomatosis
53
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What organs does Wegener’s granulomatosis affect

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Kidneys

54
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What are the granulomas like in sarcoidosis

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  • variable
  • non-caseating granulomas with giant cells
  • involved in lymph nodes and lungs
55
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What are the consequences of chronic inflammation

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  • fibrosis
  • impaired function and atrophy
  • stimulation of immune response
56
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True or false: chronic inflammation is very heterogeneous

A

True - it is always variable

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