FINAL (?) Flashcards

1
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Displacement of an interlobar fissue is indicative of?

a. Volume change
b. Neoplasm
c. Lung expansion only
d. Atelectasis only

A

A. Volume change

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Calcification of a pulmonary nodule indicates that it is most likely:

a. Primary malignant lesion
b. Benign lesion
c. Mets lesion
d. Cystic lesion

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B. benign lesion

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3
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A bronchopneumonia type of pattern would not be expected:

a. Aspiration pneumonia
b. Staph A. pneumonia
c. Viral pneumonia
d. Pneumoccoal pneumonia

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B. Staph A pneumonia

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4
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WOTF is an infectious granulomatous disease?

a. Sarcoidosis
b. Eosinophilic granuloma
c. Wegener’s granulomatosis
d. Rheumatoid
e. Histoplasmosis

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E. Histioplasmosis

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5
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Which of the following is not considered to be an associated cause of bronchogenic cancer

a. Cigarette smoking
b. Asbestosis
c. Pulmonary fibrosis
d. Previous histplasmosis

A

D. Previous histioplasmosis

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Dys-motile cilia syndrome/Kartagener’s may have this radiographic finding:

a. Localized air space consolidation
b. Atelectasis
c. Situs inversus totalisa
d. Reticular interstitial disease
e. Multiple lung caviations

A

D. Reticular interstitial disease

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Q

Pulmonary actinomycosis is often contracted via

a. Inhale dust in an endemic area
b. Spread from a dental infection
c. Hematogenous spread from a primary GI infestation
d. Airborne droplet transmission thru coughing or sneezing from an infected individual

A

B. Spread from a dental infection

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8
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Which one of the following disorders is related to noxious gas inhalation?

a. Silo filler’s disease
b. Farmer’s lung
c. Bagassosis
d. Byssinosis
e. Air conditioners lung

A

D. Byssinosis

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9
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Early and intermediate stage silicosis is characterized by which radiographic finding?

a. Basilar fibrosis
b. Fibrotic masses adjacent to upper mediastinum
c. Patchy air space consolidation
d. Military nodules
e. Widespread honeycomb lung

A

C. Patchy air space consolidation

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10
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With acute pulmonary infections:

a. Pneumococcal pneumonia usually begins centrally and spreads peripherally
b. Klebsiella pneumonia involves the upper lungs and has a fatality rate approaching 50%
c. Staph A. pneumonia produces pneumatoceles in both adults and children
d. Aspiration pneumonia occurs predominately in the upper lobes.

A

B. Klebsiella pneumonia involves the upper lungs and has a fatality rate approaching 50%

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11
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Thermoactinomyces vulgaris is associated with which two of the following? PICK 2

a. Silicosis
b. Farmer’s lung
c. Silo filler’s disease
d. Mushroom workers lung
e. Talcosis

A

C. Silo fillers disease

E. Talcosis

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12
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Silicosis and TB could produce this radiographic finding

a. Subsegmental upper lung consolidation
b. Widespread acinonodular lung disease
c. Miliary interstitial lung disease
d. Calcified parenchymal nodule

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C. Miliary interstitial lung disease

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13
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TB, Sarcoidosis, Connective tissue diseases & pneumoconiosis all have __________ in common

a. Air space consolidation
b. Interstitial disease
c. Nodular densities
d. Fibrosis

A

D. Fibrosis

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Aspiration pneumonitis

a. Causes bilateral patchy consolidation
b. Causes lobar consolidation
c. Causes bronchopneumonia pattern in right lung base
d. May cause a silhouette sign w/the ascending aorta

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C. Causes bronchopneumonia pattern in right lung base

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Chronic bronchitis

a. Stimulates honeycomb lung
b. >80% of cases related to cigarette smoking
c. Related chronic fungal infections
d. Common in lung bases

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B. >80% of cases related to cigarette smoking

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16
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Which of the following is not considered to be associated with asbestos exposure?

a. Basilar fibrosis
b. Upper lung fibrosis
c. Mesothelioma
d. Linear diaphragmatic pleural calcification
e. Shaggy heart sign

A

B. Upper lung fibrosis

17
Q

Pleural calcification and thickening would suggest the possibility of previous

a. Histoplasmosis
b. TB
c. Coccidioidmycosis
d. Actinomycosis
e. Moniliasis

A

E. Moniliasis

18
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Caplan’s syndrome is RA plus:

a. Pneumoconioses
b. Fungal infection
c. TB
d. Sarcoidosis

A

A. Pneumoconioses

19
Q

A number of connective tissue diseases have been reported to occur with increased prevalence in patients with pneumoconiosis. The combination of coal workers pneumoconiosis and rheumatoid arthritis is referred to as:

a. Carter’s syndrome
b. Wegener’s disorder
c. Langerhan’s granulomatosis
d. Caplan’s syndrome

A

D. Caplan’s syndrome

20
Q

WOTF causes a cavitary space seen in association with infectious pneumonia?

a. Tumor cavitation
b. Infarction cavitation
c. Pneumatocele
d. Hematogenous mets
e. Bulla

A

Pneumatocele

21
Q

WOTF may look similar to post primary TB?

a. Actinomycosis
b. Nocardiosis
c. Pneumocystis carini pneumonia
d. Coccidiomycosis
e. Klebsiella pneumonia

A

Coccigiomycosis