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*****What stereotypecharacterizes Chronic Bronchitis?
Blue Bloaters:• Overweight and Cyanotic people with Elevated Hbg (because they’re hypoxic) peripheral edema and rhonchi and wheezing.
*****What disease is characterized by pink puffers?• why do we call them pink puffers?
Emphysema = pink puffers• Older and Thin(because they burn so much energy breathing)with severe dyspnea and quiet chest sounds
*****Differentiate the methods of Dx for chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
Chronic Bronchitis:• CLINICAL dx. characterized by 3 mo. of daily productivecough for 2 consecutive yearsEmphysema:• PATHOLOGIC dx. characterized by destruction of the airspace distal to the terminal bronchioles
**Why would you seen an abundance of the cells pointed out by the black arrows?
Black arrows:•Type II pneumocytes:these are hobnail shaped and are seen in abundance following destruction oftype I pneumocytes
*****What are Clara Cells and what is their role in the lungs?• where are they found?
Clara cells =CLUB CELLS- these are dome shaped cells withshort microvillifound insmall airways (BRONCHIOLES)of the lungsROLE:PROTECTION
**What is being pointed out by the back arrows in this electron microscopy image?
Surfactant -Lamellar Bodies- that are found intype II pneumocytes
**What most likely accounts for the changes seen in the cells on the left and on the right?• what cells are being pointed out?
Left side reprsentsalveolar macrophagesin someone who is a non-smoker while the right side shows acrack cocaine usernote theincreased number of particles in the macrophages*ANY PARTICLE this is 1-5µm in size have the potential to make it to an alveolus
What are the 3 types of Atelectasis?• differentiate their common causes.• which way does the mediastinum shift in response?
3 types = Resorption, Compression, ContractionResorption:• Airway obstruciton bymucous plugsortumor,this acts as avalvethat allows air out but not back in leading to suction so the mediastium shiftstoward the affected sideCompression:•Filling of pleural cavity by tumor, blood, air,this acts tocompression of tissuepushing the mediastinumawayfrom the affected side.Contraction:•Fibrotic lung pleurathis is just a shrinking of the lung tissuethere is no mediastinal shift
**Which of these phenomena isirreversible?
Contraction- caused by fibrosis isirreversible
**What is happening here?
Resorption Atelectasis -a tumor affecting the right mainstem bronchus has resulted in markedly reduced right lung volume and rightward mediastinal shift
**what is happening here?
compressionatelectasis - left pneumothorax from chest wall trauma is resulting in left lung collapse and right mediastinal shift
What is the only Obstructive lung disease that is caused by loss of elastic recoil of the lung?
Emphysema, all of the others (chronic bronchitis, asthma, and bronchietasis) result from airway obstruction and narrowing
Define Emphysema?• is fibrosis typically a feature of this disease?
Emphysema:• Abnormalpermanentenlargement of airspaces accompanied by destruction of their walls• Fibrosis isnot a significant feature of emphysema
A previously healthy young adult man pressents with unknown respiratory disease developesspontaneous pneumothorax.Biopsy indicates a type of underlying obstructivedisease. What is this diseas?
PARASEPTALemphysema - causes pneumothorax in young adults
Differentiate locations and causes of centriacinar and panacinar emphysema.
Centriacinar:• Typically found in heavy smokers => causes XS inflammation and overactivation of proteases• Predominates in the upper lobesPanacinar:• Associated the A1AT deficiency => is not present to prevent proteases from breaking down our own tissue• Found in the lower lobes
*****What do you expect to see on the liver biopsy of a patient with A1AT deficiency?• what causes this appearance?• Genetics of this person?
Liver biopsy shows pinkPAS positive hyalineglobulesthat results from misfolded A1AT accumulating in theendoplasmic reticulum of hepatocytes - notice red blobs
What disease is a person with a PiMZmutation at risk of developing?• what factors would increase their risk of developing disease?
This is a mutant heterozygote for A1AT deficiency.• these patients areasyptomatic unless they smoke**Remember Z indicates mutation - homozygote = PiZZ => theywill have disease
*****T or F: Centriacinar Emphysema affects alveolar ducts only.
False, Respiratory bronchioles are most affected - the smoke doesn’t make it to the alveolar ducts