Diseases of the Vessels I

Question 1

What are more prone to compression, inflammation and neoplastic invasion?

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Thin-walled veins (easier to get into vessel) and lymphatics, compared to thicker-walled arteries

Question 2

What is endothelium and what does it do? (5)

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Question 3

How do vessels respond to injury? (4)

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Question 4

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Question 5

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Question 6

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Question 7

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Question 8

Give an example of a congenital arterial disease

Answer 8

Arteriovenous fistula

Question 9

What is arteriovenous fistula? (5)

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Question 10

What are the degenerative arterial diseases? (6)

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• Arteriosclerosis
• Atherosclerosis
• Arteriolosclerosis
• Secondary hypertension
• Uraemia arterial degeneration
• Mineralisation

Question 11

What is atherosclerosis? (3)

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Question 12

What is atherosclerosis like in different species? (7)

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Question 13

What is arteriosclerosis? (6)

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Image - amorphous eosinophilic material in wall, may be fibrinoid necrosis, amyloid

Question 14

What is systemic hypertension? (4)

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Question 15

What is secondary hypertension - what does it lead to and the responses? (5)

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Question 16

What is uraemic arterial degeneration and where is it located? (3)

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Question 17

What are the types of mineralisation and how does it appear? (3)

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Question 18

What are the causes of mineralisation? (4)

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Question 19

How does arterial rupture occur? (4)

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Question 20

What are the two arterial rupture syndromes in horses? (2)

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• Uterine artery ruputure
• Aortic rupture

Question 21

What is uterine artery rupture? (3)

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Question 22

What is aortic rupture? (5)

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Question 23

What is an aneurysm?

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• Focal abnormal dilation of any vessel
• Rare in animals except turkeys, most serious if they affect the aorta

Question 24

What are the different types of aneurysms? (3)

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Question 25

What does Virchow’s triad involve? (3)

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Question 26

What are thrombosis and embolism? (5)

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Question 27

When does thromboembolism occur? - Species differences (4)

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Question 28

When can emboli develop? (3)

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Question 29

What is aortoiliac thrombosis? (4)

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Question 30

What is disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)? (5)

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Question 31

What are the different causes of disseminated intravascular coagulation? (DIC) (v. long list - 5 categories)

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• Bacteria
• Parasites
• Viruses
• Neoplasia
• Other causes

Question 32

Which bacteria cause DIC? (3)

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Question 33

Which parasites cause DIC? (6)

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Question 34

Which viruses cause DIC? (7)

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Question 35

Which neoplasia leads to DIC? (3)

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• Carcinoma
• Haemangiosarcoma
• Leukaemia

Question 36

What are the other causes of DIC? (17)

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Question 37

What are the different clinical manifestations of DIC? (6)

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Question 38

What gross lesions can be due to DIC? (5)

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Question 39

What are the different hypertrophic arterial diseases? (3)

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• Pulmonary hypertension - congenital/acquired
• High altitude disease in cattle - ‘Brisket disease’
• Heart disease - congenital/acquired

Question 40

What is high altitude disease in cattle? (+ where is hypertrophic arterial disease seen) (8)

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Question 41

When can hypertrophic arterial disease occur? (6)

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Question 42

What is vasculitis? (6)

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Question 43

What does vasculitis originate from? and the consequences (6)

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Question 44

What are the immune-mediated causes of vasculitis? (Non-infectious) (6)

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Question 45

Which dog breeds are genetically predisposed to vasculitis? (5)

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• Beagle
• Greyhound
• Shar pei
• German shepherd
• Bernese mountain dog

Question 46

What is idiopathic canine polyarteritis? (3)

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Question 47

What is systemic necrotising vasculitis? (5)

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Question 48

What is cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV) (5)

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