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Histopath Flashcards

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Oesophageal cancer with reflux, mass 35 cm down

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Adenocarcinoma

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Oesophageal cancer with smoking and alcohol 20 cm down

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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what happens to the body of the stomach in a patient with pernicious anaemia

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Atrophy

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Most common breast malignancy

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Invasive ductal

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E cadherin related

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Invasive lobular

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Fibroepithelial tumour with stromal elements (breast)

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Phylloides

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Woman with progressive amnesia who has developed bronchopneumona (CVS EMQ)

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??multiple cortical infarts

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Pain at the END of micturition + loin to groin pain

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Renal calculi

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Man with AF develops fever, N&V, and pain in right loin

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Renal infarct (AF-> clots)

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Cancer with keratin and intercellular bridges (desmosomes)

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SCC

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11
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Transitional cancer - which organ?

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Bladder

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12
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OvCa - most common + psammoma bodies

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Serous cystadenoma

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13
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Sarcoidosis changes in LNs

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Granulomas

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14
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What is deposited in kidneys in MM?

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AL amyloid or IgG light chains

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What material is seen in the vessel of a paitent with an MI due to burst atheroma? (embolus/thrombus/atheromatous plaque)

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Thrombus

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16
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What would you see in scar 1 week post op?

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Granulation tissue (?)

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54 yo, fever, weakness, hyperCa, painless haematuria

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RCC

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18
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Pain at end of micturition and fever

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UTI

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19
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Bilateral oedema, oliguria, ,red cell casts

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Nephritic syndrome

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20
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Kidney changes in T1DM

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Renal sclerosis

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Radiosensitive cancer of the testicle in young man + white/smooth appearance

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Seminoma

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Bladder cancer + schistosomiasis

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SCC

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Breast: 55yo, bloody nipple discharge, branching fibrovascular cores, bland epithelium

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Duct papilloma (AKA Intraductal papilloma) - benign

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Artichoke like breast lump

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Phyllodes

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25
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Stellate pattern of glandular tissue surrounding central scar

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Radial scar (resembles carcinoma on mammogram)

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Keritanizing squamous epithelium in smokers breast

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Periductal masitits (not lactation related)

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Breast mass, aspirate brown fluid, cysts

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Fibrocystic disease

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28
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red, roughened, ulcerated nipple

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Paget’s of the nipple

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29
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Microcalcifications of mammography

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DCIS

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30
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Sheets of atypical cells with lymphocytic infiltrate (breast)

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Basal like carcinoma

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31
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Multiparous, thick white secretions from nipples

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Duct ectasia

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32
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Lung cancer with paraneoplastic syndromes (e.g. ACTH)

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Small cell carcinoma

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33
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Plumber, thickened pleura

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mesothelioma

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34
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ship worker pleural plaques

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asbestos

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35
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red rusty sputum

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strep pneumonia

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36
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Pattern of lung injury in a1at deficiency

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emphysema (often in non smokers)

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37
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Aggressive LCa responds to chemo

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Small cell

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38
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Common in women and non-smokers (Lung ca)

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Adenocarcinoma

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39
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Smokers + SIADH

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Small cell lung cancer

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40
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Mutations in lung cancer: KRAS

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adeno or squamous = poor prognosis, do not respond to TKI

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Mutations in lung cancer: EML4-ALK

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adenocarcinoma

42
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Mutations in lung cancer: EGFR

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adenocarcinoma

43
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Mutations in lung cancer: ERCC1

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NSCLC - poorer response to cisplatin

44
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Howships lacunae associated with which cell

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Osteoclasts

45
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20yo with lytic lesion in the diaphsis of his leg - the pain is alleviated by aspirin

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Osteoid Osteoma

46
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Liver ANA pos with lymphocytic infiltrate

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AI hepatitis

47
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PBC

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AMA+, cirrhosis, high ALP, granulomas, A/W autoimmune conditions

48
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PSC

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Beaded appearance, UC, onion skin fibrosis, can progress to cholangiocarcinoma

49
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Lowe GI polyps not associated with cancer risk

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Hamartomatous (also seen in Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome )

50
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84yo woman, acute cramp like abdo pain, oedematous thickening of bowel wall, areas of necrotic ulceration confined to mucosal layers, AF

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Ischaemic colitis (often in watershed areas i.e. rectosigmoid or splenic flexure)

51
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Signet ring cell cancer

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Adenocarcinoma –> tends to be gastric (lower GI)

52
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Krukenberg

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Signet ring cell carcinoma from stomach in ovaries

53
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Pernicious anaemia associated with what cancer

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Gastric cancer (?MALT)

54
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Cancer of the pancreatic duct

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Ductal adenocarcinoma

55
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Pancreatitis and IgG deposition

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AI Pancreatits

56
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Rare pancreas tumour in children

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Pancreatoblastoma

57
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Mass following acure pancreatitis

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Pseudocyst

58
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Chronic pancreatitis macro sign on laparoscopy

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White specks around and on pancreas

59
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Young psych then motor

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Variant CJD

60
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B amyloid plaques

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AD

61
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Epileptic, freckles, optic nerve tumour, bumps on skin

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NF1

62
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Mass under dura mater compressing parietal lobe

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Meningioma

63
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Capillary loops surrounded by epithelial cells

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AV malformation

64
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HIV, raised ICP, new onset epilepsy

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Cryptococcus/toxoplasmosis

65
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Raised AFT testicular tumour

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Teratoma (germ cell tumours) - are CHEMOsensitive

66
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Painless ulcer, snail track ulcers in mouth

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Syphilis

67
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Thyroid cancer with RET mutation

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Medullary

68
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Calcitonin staining thyroid

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Medullary (+MEN2+Parafollicular C cells)

69
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Cystic lesion with papillary architecture/clear cytoplasm in thyroid

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Papillary

70
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Tumour which secretes oestrogen

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Granulosa-theca cell tumour

71
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Fibroma (Ovarian) association

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Meig’s syndrome (ascites and pleural effusion)

72
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Thorotrast exposure

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Liver or other cancers

Old school carcinogen from past paper

73
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Signet ring = What class of cancer?

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Adenocarcinoma

74
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Neurofibrillary tangles

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Alzheimer’s (they are aggregates of tau protein)

75
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Types of endometrial cancer

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Endometrioid (80%)
- the classic one related to oestrogen excess

Non-endometrioid (20%)

  • papillary/serous/clear cell
  • more aggressive than endometrioid
  • unrelated to estrogen, usually in elderly women with endometrial atrophy
76
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Nutmeg liver

  1. underlying disease
  2. other associated sign
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R sided heart failure

Haemosiderin macrophages in lungs

77
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What is Dressler syndrome? (+3 signs and timing)

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4 weeks post MI

Fever, pericardial rub, chest pain

78
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Oat cell

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Small cell carcinoma

79
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Non-caseating granulomas

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Crohn’s

80
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Hamartomatous polyps with extraintestinal features

  1. name of syndrome
  2. What are some extraintestinal features?
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  1. Gardner’s Syndrome

2. Osteomas and skin bumps (epidermoid cysts)

81
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Parkinsons and personality changes. Stains with Rhodanine.

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Wilson’s

82
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Aflatoxin

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HCC

83
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Prussian blue stain

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Haemochromatosis

84
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Brown-red warty leasion with sandpaper like consistensy

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Actinic Keratosis

85
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Goodpastures on renal microscopy

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Crescents

86
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rhabdo leads to what in the kidneys?

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Acute renal failure by acute tubular necrosis (ATN)

87
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Nerve impingement and heart failure with raised ALP

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Paget’s

88
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Lytic lesions, knee, soap bubble appearance

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Giant cell tumour

89
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Bone pain and looser’s zones (pseudofractures)

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Osteomalacia

90
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McCune Albright Syndrome

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Cafe au lait, precocious puberty, fibrous dysplasia

91
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Non bacterial thrombotic endocarditis

  1. age
  2. characteristics
  3. Associations
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  1. Over 40s
  2. no inflamm or infection
  3. Malignancy and thromboembolism
92
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Which part doe h pylori most severely affect?

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The pyloric antrum

93
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Intrapancreatic calculi and fibrosis

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Chronic pancreatitis

94
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Enchondroma

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Hands and feets (the ends)
Cotton wool calcification
Hyaline cartilage affected

ass with Ollier’s and Maffuci’s syndromes

95
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Osteochondroma

  1. other name
  2. what is it?
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  1. exostosis
  2. Like osteoma but with cartilagenous cap and in long bones (cause longer name)
    Popcorn calcification
96
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Periodic acid schiff stain

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a1 antitrypsin deficiency

97
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Codman’s triangle and sunburst appearance

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Osteosarcoma

In teenagers around the knee with high ALP

98
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Comminuted fracture (other names)

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Splintered fracture (or segmental)

99
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White cell casts in urine

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Pyelo

100
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Benign, blood stained nipple discharge

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Intraductal papilloma

101
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Pauci-immune crescent GN

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Does not have anti-GBM or immune complex

Is associated with Wegeners (ANCA) and vasculitis which can cause pulmonary haemorrhage and rash

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