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Embryology - Clinical aspects of congenital embryonic abnormalities Flashcards

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What is the main determinant of the survival of newborn babies?

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Their lung health

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The esophagus gives rise to…

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the tracheal bud (i.e. the trachea and the esophagus share a common ancestor)

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In healthy development, the esophagus and the tracheal tube should…

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completely separate (NO fusion)

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The endoderm gives rise to…

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  • airways epithelium
  • airway glands
  • pulmonary epithelium
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The mesoderm gives rise to…

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  • connective tissue
  • cartilage
  • smooth muscle
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What is atresia?

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When a luminal structure becomes blind-ended

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85% of abnormalities of tracheal budding are…

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???

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What are the symptoms of esophageal atresia and tracheo-esophageal fistula?

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  • excess salivation
  • respiratory distress
  • choking on feeds
  • maternal polyhydraminos
  • baby cannot swallow amniotic fluid
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How is a fistula usually detected?

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The baby cannot swallow amniotic fluid, and the stomach is smaller than normal (because the baby is not swallowing amniotic fluid)

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What is a bronchopulmonary foregut malformation?

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It is a cystic remnant of the budding process of the trachea. It is found in the mediastinum. It makes the baby prone to infection.

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What are the symptoms of bronchopulmonary foregut malformation?

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Can be asymptomatic or cause acute or chronic aero-digestive tract symptoms

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Histologically, what do you see in a bronchopulmonary foregut cyst

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Both GI muscle pattern and ciliated columnar epithelium typical of respiratory airways.

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By 24 weeks how many orders of branches have formed in the lungs?

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How long does the alveaolar development period continue?

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From 32 weeks of development to 8 years of life!

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What happens during the canalicular period of development?

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  • Bronchi and terminal bronchioles become larger
  • Lung becomes highly vascular
  • Respiratory bronchioles and alveolar ducts develop
  • Terminal saccules (primordial cavities) are now capable of gas exchange
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What happens during the terminal saccular period?

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  • Increased number of terminal saccules
  • TS epithelium…
17
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What is the purpose of surfactant therapy?

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18
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When is the alveolar period I? When is the alveolar period II?

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Alveolar period I: 32 weeks-birth
Alveolar period II: birth - 8 years

19
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Factors necessary for normal lung development.

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  • Adequate thoracic space for lung growth
  • fetal breathing movements
  • adequate amounts of amniotic fluid
20
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What is Potter’s sndrome?

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No production of amniotic fluid, so lungs do not develop and the babies die of respiratory failure.

21
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What is an aplastic lung? What is an aplastic lobe?

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22
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What is congenital lobar emphysema?

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Failure of bronchial mesenchyme
Dysplastic bonchial cartilage collapses during expiration
Severe air trapping and hyperinflation of affected lobe

23
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What is congenital pulmonary airways malformation (CPAM)?

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A segment of the lung arrests in development early (in the pseudoglandular period). There is an overgrowth of bronchioles and a deficiency in the number of alveoli in the segment. The affected segment is cystic and glandular (adenomatoid).

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Symptoms of CPAM are due to…

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presence of a large non-functional mass or delayed infections

25
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What is pulmonary sequestration?

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Aberrant non-functional masses of normal lung tissue that do not communicate wit the normal tracheobronchial tree and have a systemic vascular supply.

26
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What is empyema?

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Collection of pus outside of the lungs due to infection (acquired pathology)

27
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Where is oxygenation coming from in the fetus?

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From the placenta (NOT he lungs!)

28
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How does blood circulate in the fetus?

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There is almost no blood flow to the lungs, because the pulmonary vascular resistance is very high so the blood is shunted from the lungs. A soon as the baby is born and takes its first breath, the resistance drops and blood begins to circulate towards the lung.

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Why might a lung congenital defect not become apparent until some weeks after birth?

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Because it takes some times after birth for the fetal circulation to transition to the neonatal circulation (blood starts circulating towards lungs)

30
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What is a congenital diaphragmatic hernia?

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Failure of development of the posterolateral segment of either hemidiaphragm

31
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How do we diagnose a congenital diaphragmatic hernia?

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32
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What is eventration of the diaphragm?

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It can be congenital or acquired, and can be asymptomatic or cause respiratory distress due to paradoxical diaphragmatic motion…..

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