Friedenberg and Lab Basic Pathology Flashcards
Clinical diagnosis
from case history, clinical signs, and physical exam
etiology
cause of disease
can be intrinsic or extrinsic and be as specific as possible
differential diagnoses
lost of diagnoses that could account for the clinical signs or lesions
Components of morphological diagnosis
organ, process, process modifier, distribution, (duration, severity)
Most Likely diagnosis
greatest possibility based on the available evidence
description of pathological lesions
Visual, palpable, incision
Differentiation of tissue
lesion, postmortem artifact, variation of normal
focal
one location
multifocal
a few singular spots around
multifocal coalescing
spots around and some are close and forming together
widely disseminated
lots of spots all over the organ or tissue
locally extensive
clump of a lot in one area
diffuse
completely covered
segmental
large chunk one piece around cylinder
annular
small band around it cylinder
transmural
different lesions different ways when tube is cut
-itis
inflammation
4 major processes
degenerative/necrosis, inflammation/repair, circulatory disturbances, growth disturbances
sarcoma
malignant tumor of mesenchymal cell organs (muscle, bones, vascular)
Carcinoma
epithelial cells of the organs
fibroma
benign tumor of fibroblast
osteosarcoma
malignant tumor of osteoblasts
hepatocellular carcinoma
malignant tumor of hepatocytes
thrombosis
excessive coagulation (clotting) in blood
hemorrhage
deficient coagulation (clotting) in the blood
hemostasis 3
blood vessel wall, platelets, coagulation factors
Normal homeostasis
endothelium of vessels antagonize clot formation through:
vasodilation, inhibit platelet adhesion, aggregation, inhibit coagulation
Vascular injury 5 steps
1) vasoconstriction (decrease blood flow) with endothelin
2) primary hemostatic plug formation of platelets and subendothelial ECM
3) Tissue factor III triggers the coagulation cascade to make thrombin. This makes fibrinogen to fibrin forming over top as the SECONDARY HEMOSTATIC PLUG
4) anticoagulants released to protect from other coagulation in the body (fibrolysis).
5) clots eventually dissolve and are also very regulated
endothelium
antagonize or stimulate coagulation (the balance of this determines the physiological outcome)
either anticoagulant or procoagulant
Nitric oxide and prostacyclin PGI2
maintain vascular relaxation and inhibit adnesion and aggregation of platelets
adenosine-diphosphatase
an enzyme that degrades ADP (a stimulation of platelet aggregation)
Membrane associated heparin-like anticoagulants
potentiates the activity of antithrombin
antithrombin
potent anticoagulant
thrombomodulin
bonds to thrombin and converts it from a procoagulant to anticoagulant that activates protein C
protein C and S
vitamin K dependent factors that degrade coagulation factors
tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA)
promotes fibrinolysis
tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI)
inactivates tissue factor VIIa complexes
von willibrand factor (vWF)
mediates platelet binding to subendothelial collagen and other surfaces