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Histo 2 Flashcards

1
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What is anatomy of pancreas

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Lobules which supply different groups of cells, islets of langerhans and acinar cells which secrete digestive enzymes

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Causes of acute pancreatitis

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Obstrucrive
- gallstones
- tumours
- trauma
Metabolic
- alcohol
- hypercalcaemia
- hyperlipidaemia
- drugs (thiazides)
Poor blood supply
- shock
- hypothermia
Infection
- mumps

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How does alcohol cause pancreatitis

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Spasm of sphincter of oddi and protein rich pancreatic fluid which less viscous

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Complications of pancreatitis

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Pseudocyst
Abscess
Shock
Hypoglycaemia
Hypocalcaemia

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Chronic pancreatitis causes

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Metabolic
- Alcohol
- Haemochromatosis
Duct obstruction
- cystic fibrosis as thick mucin
- tumours

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Chronic pancreatitis histology

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Parenchymal fibrosis with loss of parenchyma
Duct stricture with calcified stones
Lose acinar cells first

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7
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Complications of chronic pancreatitis

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Malabsorption
DM
Pseudocysts

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8
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What characterises autoimmune pancreatitis

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IgG4 positive plasma cells

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9
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What are the pancreatic carcinomas

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Ductal (85%)
Acinar

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What are the cystic neoplasms of the pancreas

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Serous cystadenoma
Mucinous cystic neoplasm

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Pathological precursors to pancreatic ductal carcinomas

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Pancreatic Intraductal Neoplasm
Intraducal Mucinous Papillary Neoplasm
K-ras mutations majority of time

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Histopathology of pancreatic carcinomas

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Adenocarcinomas with mucin producing glands set in desmoplastic stroma
Gritty and grey macroscopically

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Complications of pancreatic carcinoma

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Local spread
Migratory thrombophlebitis from mucin production into blood

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Features of pancreatic endocrine neoplasms

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Typically non-secretory
Chromogranin
Associated with MEN1

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15
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Most common secretory pancreatic tumour

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Insulinoma

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Composition of gallstones

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Cholesterol (at least 50% cholesterol)- typically single ones which are radiolucent
Pigment- can be multiple which are radioopaque

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17
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Histology of chronic cholecystitis

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Fibrosis
Diverticula- rokitansky-aschoff sinuses

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18
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What are rokitansky-aschoff sinuses seen in

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Chronic cholecystitis

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Causes of chronic cholecystitis

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Gallstones (90%)

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20
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Causes of gall bladder cancer

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90% gallstones

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21
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What are majority of gallbladder cancers

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Adenocarcinomas

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22
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Difference in volvulus location in children versus elderly

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Infants- small bowel
Elderly- sigmoid colon

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Acute colitis causes

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Infection
Drug/toxin
Chemo
Radiation

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Causes of chronic colitis

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Crohns
UC
TB

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Most common cause of colitis- viral, bacterial, protozoal, fungal

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Viral- CMV
Bacterial- salmonella
Protozoa- entamoeba histolytica
Fungal- candida

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26
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Who is CMV colitis seen in

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Immunosuppressed
Often IBD as treatment is immunosuppresant

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27
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Where does acute mesenteric ischaemia occur

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Watershed zones
- Splenic flexure
- Rectosigmoid

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Histology of crohns

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Skip lesions with cobblestone mucosa
Transmural inflammation
Fissues
Sinuses
Non-caseating granulomas

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29
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Crohns extraintestinal features

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Arthritis
Uveitis
Skin
- pyoderma gangrenosum
- erythema nodosum
- erythema multiforme

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30
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Most common IBD

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UC

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31
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Histology of UC

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Inflammation confined to mucosa
Shallow ulcers

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32
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Complications of UC

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Severe haemorrhage
Toxic megacolon
Adenocarcinoma

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Extraintestinal features of UC

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Uveitis
Myositis
Arthritis
PSC
Erythema nodosum
Pyoderma gangrenosum

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34
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Tumours of colon

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Non-neoplastic polyps
Neoplastic epithelial lesions
Mesenchymal tumours
Lymphoma

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Where are majority of NET

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Gut as largest concentration of NE cells

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36
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What are types of polyps in the bowel

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Hyperplastic and sessile serrated lesions
Inflammatory
Hamartomatous (Peutz-jeughers)

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37
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Peutz jeughers presentation

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Intestinal polyps
Freckling of mouth, fingers and toes

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38
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Differnece between sessile serrated lesions and hyperplastic polyps

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Dysplasia in sessile serrated

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39
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Histology of tubular adenomas

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Flat surface
Increase in nuclear cytoplasmic ratio

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40
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Histology of villous adenomas

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Uneven surface

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41
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What are polyp factors demonstrate high likelihood of transformation to cancer

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Size
Proportion of villous component (villous more so than tubular)
Dysplasia

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42
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Features of FAP

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Autosomal dominant
APC tumour gene
Hundreds-thousands of polyps

43
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What is gardner syndrome

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FAP with extra-intestinal manifestations which include osteomas and desmoid tumours (benign bone tumours)

44
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What is turcot syndrome

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FAP with brain tumours

45
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HNPCC features

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Autosomal dominant
Very few polyps
DNA repair genes errors

46
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Differences between FAP and HNPCC

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Both autosomal dominant
FAP
- hundreds of polyps
- rectosigmoid tumours
HNPCC
- handful of polyps
- proximal to splenic flexure

47
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What are majority of colorectal cancer

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Adenocarcinomas

48
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What are 3 types of renal stones and their risk factors

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Caclium oxalate
- hypercalcaemia
- impaired renal absorption of Ca

Magnesium ammonium phosphate
- proteus infection

Uric acid
- gout
- cancer

49
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Which renal stones give staghorn calculi and are caused by proteus infection

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Magnesium ammonium phosphate

50
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Risk factors for renal cell carcinoma

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Smoking
Obesity
Long term dialysis
Von-hippel lindau

51
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Rfx for transitional cell tumours

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Smoking
Amines

52
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What are the germ cell testicular tumours

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Seminoma
Teratoma
Embryonal
Choriocarcinoma
Yolk sac

53
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What are the non-germ cell testicular tumours

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Sertoli cell
Leydig cell

54
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Rfx for testicular cacner

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Undescended testicles
Kleinfelters

55
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Tumour markers produced by germ cell testicular tumours

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AFP
bHCG
LDH

56
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What happens at PCT

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Hdrogen exchange for carbonate
Co-transport of amino acids, glucose and phosphate
Potassium reabsorbed

57
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What happens at DCT

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pH regulated
Aldosterone acts
PTH and calcitriol act here

58
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Causes of acquired cysts on kidney

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Renal failure patients on dialysis

59
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Most common cause of acute renal failure

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Tubular injury
- iscahemia
- toxins
- drugs

60
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What can predispose patients to an acute tubular injury

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Prior use of NSAIDS which inhibit vasodilatory prostaglandins

61
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What conditions can be cause of acute tubular injury

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Acute tubular necrosis
Acute tubular interstitial nephritis

62
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Causes of acute tubular interstitial nephritis

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Drugs mainly
- abx
- PPIs
- NSAIDs
- diuretics

63
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What on histology suggests ATIN

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Eosinophils (drug hypersensitivity)
Granulomas

64
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What is seen on histology when acute glomerulonephritis is bad enough to cause acute renal failure

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Crescents from proliferation of cells in bowmans space

65
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What defines acute crescenteric glomerulonephritis

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Where most of glomeruli on histology are crescenteric in appearance

66
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Causes of acute crescenteric glomerulonephritis

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Immune complexes
Anti-GBM disease (goodpastures)
Pauci-immune

67
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What does pauci immune mean

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anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies present

68
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Aetiology of immune complex glomerulonephritis

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IgA nephropathy
SLE
Post-infectious glomerulonephritis

69
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Histology of anti-GBM disease

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Linear deposition of IgG on GBM

70
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Histology of pauci-immune glomerulonephritis

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Scanty glomerular immunoglobulin deposits
Necrosis everywhere as neutrophils activated

71
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Aetiology of thrombotic microangiopathy

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HUS
MAHA
- TTP
-DIC
Anti-phosopholipid syndrome

72
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Histology of thrombotic microangiopathy

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Damage to endothelium, glomeruli, arterioles and thrombosis

73
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Causes of nephrotic syndrome

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Primary disease non immune complex related
- minimal change disease
- FSGS
Primary disease immune complex related
- Membranous glomerulonephritis
Systemic disease
- amyloid
- DM
- SLE

74
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Histology of minimal change disease

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Effacement of podocyte foot processes

75
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Histology of FSGS

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Glomeruli which are scarred

76
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Cause of membranous glomerulonephritis

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Phospholipase A2
Hep B

77
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Histology of membranous glomerulonephritis

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Subepithelial deposition of immune deposits

78
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What need to do if diagnose membranous glomerulonephritis

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Exclude secondary disease
- SLE
- epithelial malignancy

79
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Progression of diabetic nephropathy

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Microalbuminuria initially
Progresses to proteinuria and nephrotic syndrome due to nodular glomerulosclerosis

80
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Most common cause of nodular glomerulosclerosis

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DM

81
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Pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy

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Glucose causes direct injury

82
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Progression of diabetic nephropathy histologically

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Stage 1- thickened BM on EM
Stage 2- increase in mesangial matrix but no nodules
Stage 3- nodular lesions- kimmelstiel wilson
Stage 4- advanced nodular glomerulosclerosis

83
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Histology of amyloidosis

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Deposition of extracellular proteinaceous material exhibiting beta sheet structure

84
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Causes of microscopic haematuria

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IgA nephropathy
Thin basement mebrane disease

85
Q

Aetiolgy of thin basement membrane

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Genetic defect in Type IV collagen synthesis causing BM thickness under 250nm

86
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Renal disease with deafness and ocular damage

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Alport syndrome

87
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Most common glomerulonephritis

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IgA nephropathy

88
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Histology of IgA nephropathy

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IgA mesangial immune complex deposition

89
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Histopathology of HTN nephropathy

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Arterial hyalination
Ischaemic glomerular changes
Segmental and global glomerulosclerosis

90
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Restrictive cardiomyopathy causes

A

Amyloidosis
Sarcoid
Radiation fibrosis

91
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Dilated cardiomyopathy causes

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Drugs
Haemochromatosis
Alcohol
Viral myocarditis

92
Q

Causs of pericarditis

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Fibrinous
- MI
Granulomatous
- TB
Prurulent
- staphylococcus

93
Q

Which murmurs does infective endocarditis cause

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Regurgitation
Mitral most common but in IVDU- tricuspid

94
Q

Which bacteria-released enzyme causes staghorn calculi

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Urease

95
Q

What is inhibited by alpha- 1antitrypsin

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Neutrophil elastase

96
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What condition is the presence of fatty casts in urine associated with?

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Neprhotic syndrome

97
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What causes benign familial haematuria

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Thin membrane disease
Autosomal dominant

98
Q

How do flat urothelial carcinomas in situ appear

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May be invisible or just a reddish area
FLAT
Very high grade

99
Q

Complications of pernicious anaemia

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Chronic gastritis
Atrophy

100
Q

What mutation causes pilocytic astrocytoma

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BRAF

101
Q

What mutation in serous ovarian cystadenoma

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p53

102
Q

Mutation in mucinous ovarian cystadenoma

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KRAS

103
Q

What ovarian cancer seen in turners

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Dysgerminoma

104
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What is raised in dysgerminoma

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HCG
LDH

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