Exam 1 Path: GI Path (morphology, tables, key concepts) Flashcards
Eosinophilic intranuclear viral inclusions
Fusion of affected cells to form giant cells (multinucleate polykaryons)
Diagnostic Tzank test
HSV infection
Pseudohyphae
Budding yeast
Pt is immunocompromised, DM, on abx, oral steroids
Candida infection
Raspberry tongue (firey red with prominent papillae)
Strawberry tongue (white tongue with red papillae)
Scarlet fever (GAS)
Spotty erythema of the oral cavity that precedes skin rash
Ulcerations of buccal mucosa (koplik spots)
*unvaccinated child
Measles
Pharyngitis and tonsilitis that may be exudative
Enlarged cervical LNs
Palatal petichiae
Mono (EBV)
Dry white tough fibrosupprative membrane over the tonsils/retropharynx
*unvaccinated
Diptheria
Oral candidiasis
Kaposi sacroma
Hairy leukoplakia
HIV
White, raised verrucous plaque
Hyperkeratosis, acanthosis, balloon cells
Dysplastic mucosal epithelium
Hairy Leukoplakia (on lateral tongue)
Leukoplakia (anywhere in mouth)
Red, velvety area within oral cavity
Severe dysplasia/carcinoma in situ/carcinoma
May be caused by subepithelial inflammatory rxn
Erythroplakia
Head and neck cancer
E6 and E7 inhibit Rb and p53
p16 overexpression
white, non-smoking male
HPV OPSCC
Head and neck cancer
Tobacco carcinogen induced DNA damage
Mutations possible in *tp53, CDKN2A, PIK3CA, NOTCH1, FAT1, Cyclin D1, tp63
Classic OPSCC
Salivary gland tumor
Benign
well demarcated mass with epithelial and mesenchymal elements
PLAG1 rearrangements or HMGA2 mutations
Pleomorphic adenoma
Salivary gland tumor
Benign
Almost exclusively in parotid gland
Smokers
Epithelial and Lymphoid elements
Warthin tumor
Salivary gland tumor
Malignant
Mostly in parotid gland
Cords and sheets of squamous and mucus cells
t(11:19) creates fusion gene MECT1-MAML2
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
Salivary gland tumor
Malignant
Half occur in minor salivary glands
Grow along nerves so painful
MYB-NFIB gene rearrangements
Half spread to brain/bone/liver
Swiss cheese on histo
Adenoid cystic carcinoma