exam 3 pigments Flashcards
free hemogobin from damaged RBC is picked up in circulation by
hapten
What cell in the spleen/liver breaks hemoglobin into 3 parts
macrophage
3 products of hemoglobin
iron
globin
heme
How is heme processed?
How is unconjugated bilirubin processed?
Too much bilirubin in the blood
hyperbilirubinemia
bilirubinemia >> 2 mg/dl you get
jaundice
Yellow discoloration of tissue or fluid
Jaundice or Icterus = increased bilirubin in tissues
True or false
use fat to assess, especially livestock, corn fed chickens, monkeys.
false
How does hyperbilirubinemia (icterus) happen?
- Prehepatic hyperbilirubinemia
- Hepatic hyperbilirubinemia
- Posthepatic hyperbilirubinemia
hemolysis is an etiology of ____ jaundice
pre hepatic
Get this black kidney because excessive _____ filtered through the kidney is toxic to the kidney
hemoglobin
Red-brown coloration of kidney and urine – Pink serum
Hemoglobinuria due to intravascular haemolysis
Red-brown coloration of kidney and urine – Pink serum
Hemoglobinuria
tylenol causes jaundice in cats what are eitologis are there?
Prehepatic, Hepatic, or Posthepatic?
Prehepatic
Prehepatic, Hepatic, or Posthepatic?
Prehepatic - IMHA
Prehepatic, Hepatic, or Posthepatic?
Hepatic – infectious canine hepatitis (adenovirus)
Prehepatic, Hepatic, or Posthepatic?
Posthepatic – biliary calculus
Iron stored intracellularly as ferritin (bound to apoferritin) • Gross – Must have a lot to impart gross brown color
hemosideran
Stains blue-black with prussian blue / Perls
hemosideran
Hemosideran accumulation can be __ or __
- Local: Chronic congestion Hemorrhage 2. Widespread: Hemolysis Inherited disorders of Fe storage
“Heart failure cells” – hemosiderin-laden macrophages within alveoli. Local or widespread?
Localized hemosiderosis due to chronic congestion
This is ____ accumuation of hemosideran due to hemolysis
generalized
Pink-red discolored bones and teeth – Fluoresces with uv light in calves, pigs, cats
Erythropoietic porphyria
Erythropoietic porphyria is an inherited defenciy of ____
uroporphyrinogen III cosynthetase defect in heme synthesis porphyrins
What is this pigment
melanin
Disease: Flea allergy dermatitis secondaryily leads to what MDX?
MDx: Cutaneous hyperpigmentation (hypermelanosis)
Sheep brain has developmental anomaly Mdx:
MDx: meningeal melanosis
Sheep uterus developmental anomaly
MDx: endometrial melanosis
Cow lungs developmental anomaly
MDx: pleural melanosis