Histopath Flashcards

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Kimmelsteil-Wilson Nodules

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Diabetic Nephropathy causes mesengial cells to deposit disordered matrix nodules

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Congo Red Stain/Apple Green Bifrigence

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Amyloidosis (fat pad biopsy)

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Subendothelial humps

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Seen in EM of glomerulus in Nephritic syndrome

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Woven basket lamina dense

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EM - Alport syndrome

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Nutmeg liver

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Congenital heart failure

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Mallory bodies

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Alcoholic hepatitis

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Regenerative nodule

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Seen in cirrohosis with bands of protein (fibrosis)

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Mallory-Denk bodies

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Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

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Onion skin fibrosis

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PSC (think UC + Crohns)

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Brown spots

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Haematochromatosis

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Prussian blue stain

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Haematochromatosis

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Periodic acid schiff

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Alpha-1 antityrpsin deficiency liver biospy

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Chocolate cysts

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Endometrosis

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Powder burns

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Endometrosis

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Psammoma body

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Serous ovarian cancer (epithelial)

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Sister mary joseph nodule

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Epithelial ovarian cancer that metastasizes to the umbilicus

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Schiller Duval Bodies

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Yolk sac tumours

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Call Exner Bodies

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Granulosa-theca cell tumours

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Reinke crystals

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Sertoli-leydig cell tumours

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Looser’s zone

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Rickets (X-ray finding)

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Brown tumour

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Seen in hyperparathyroidism (X-ray finding which shows marrow fibrosis and cyst)

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Salt and pepper skull

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Seen in hyperparathyroidism (X-ray)

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Negatively bifrigent crystals

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Gout (urate)

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Postively bifrigent crystal

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Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate)

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Bouchard and Heberden nodes
Osteoarthritis
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Swan neck, Boutinner's and Z-thumb
Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Baker (popliteal) cyst
Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Non-caseating granulomas, schaumann and asteroid bodies
Sarcoidosis
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Bilateral Uveitis, parotid enlargement and facial nerve palsy
Heerfordt's Syndrome (sarcoidosis)
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Coup de sabre
Limited CREST
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Heliotrope rash
Dermatomyositis
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Gottron papules
Dermatomyositis
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Auspitz sign
Psoriasis (pin point bleeding)
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Koebner phenonmenon
Psoriasis (lesions when trauma or scars)
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Test tubes in a rack appearance
Clubbing of rete ridges in histo of Psoriasis
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Mother of pearl sheen and Wickam's straie
Lichen Planus
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Christmas tree and Herald patch
Pityrasis Rosea
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Nikolsky sign
SJS + TEN
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Aschoff Bodies and Anitschkov myocytes
Rheumatic fever
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CASES (Carditis, Arthritis, Sydenham's chorea, Erythema Marginatum, Subcutaneous nodules)
Jone's Major Criteria - RHEUMATIC FEVER/DISEASE
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Fever, raised CRP/ESR, tachycardia, malaise, prolonged PR interval
Jone's minor criteria - Rheumatic fever/disease
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Benzylpencillin (10 days)
Treatment for Rheumatic fever but also: - Bed rest - NSAIDS - Corticosteriods for 2 weeks - Diuretics (if they go into HF)
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Libman-Sacks endocarditis
SLE and anti-phospholipid syndrome
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Roth spots + osler nodes
Infective endocarditis
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Positive blood culture and evidence of vegetation
Major Duke Criteria (IE)
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IVDU, fever, immune +/- thromboembolic phenomena
Minor Duke criteria
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BenPen + Gentamicin / Vancomycin
IE (subacute) treatment - 4 weeks
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Flucloxacillin
MSSA (IE)
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Rifampicin + Vancomycin + Gentamicin
MRSA (IE)
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Aortic stenosis
Calcification, congenital bicuspid valve
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Aortic regurgitation
IE, dissecting aortic aneurysm, ank spond, Marfans
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Mitral stenosis
Rheumatic fever
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Mitral regurgitation
IE, post MI, rheumatic fever, connective tissue disease
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Fibrinous, Purulent, Haemorrhagic, Fibrous, Granulomatous
Types of Pericarditis
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Dilation of the airways, goblet cell hyperplasia, hypertrophy of mucous glands
Chronic bronchitis histological features
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Curschmann spirals, Charcot-Leyden crystals
Asthma
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Loss of alveolar parenchyma distal to terminal bronchiole
Emphysema
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Painless breast lump/skin thickening/mammographic lesion Causes: trauma, surgery, cancer
Fat necrosis
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Poorly defined palpable periareolar mass with thick white nipple discharge - usually seen in multiparous women aged 40-60.
Duct ectasia
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Cytology of breast tissue - proteinaceous material, inflammatory cells
Duct ectasia
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Painful breast in smoker, cytology shows keratinized squamous epithelium deep into nipple duct orifice
Periductal ectasia
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Painful red breast and fever during lactation (s.aureus)
Acute mastitis
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Breast tissue - necrotic and infiltrated by neutrophils
Acute mastitis
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Tx of mastitis
Continued expression of milk + antibiotics +/- surgical drainage
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Small fluid cysts in the breast that occur due to hormonal changes. Often calcified
Fibrocytic disease
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Normally seen in pregnancy - increased number of acini per lobule
Adenosis (breast)
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Epithelial hyperplasia, finger like projection into ducts
Gynaecomastia
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Common bening tumour (stromal) seen in 20-30 year old women, grows during pregnancy and calcifies during menopause
Fibroadenoma
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Overgrowth of collagenous mesenchyme
Fibroadenoma
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Bloody nipple discharge, no lump or changes in mammogram
Duct papilloma
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Bening sclerosing lesion that looks like carcinoma on mammogram
Radial scar
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Breast carcinoma in situ
Ductal (more invasive) and lobular
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Monoclonal Ig to Her2
Herceptin
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Poor breast cancer prognosis
Her2
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Palpable breast mass arising from interlobular stroma
Phyllodes tumour
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Swelling and frothy urine
Nephrotic syndrome
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Nephrotic syndrome seen in kids which responds to steriods but there are no loss microscopy or immunofluroensce findings
Minimal change disease
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Loss of podocytes foot processes (electron)
Minimal change disease
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Nephrotic syndrome caused by thickening of the glomerular basement membrane due to Ig and complement deposits (spikey)
Membranous glomerular disaese
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Does membraneous glomerular disease respond to steriods?
Not really
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What do you seen on the electron microscopy of membraneous glomular disease
Loss of podocyte foot processes | Subepithelial deposits = spikey
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Nephrotic syndrome associated with focal and segmemtal scarring and consolidation of the basement membrane
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
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Kimmelstein wilson nodules seen in histology of kidneys
Diabetes (asian)
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Big tongue, big heart and big liver
Amyloidosis
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Features of nephritic syndrome
``` Haematuria Oliguria Hypertension RBC casts in urine Increased urea and creatinine ```
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Raised ASOT titre and reduced C3
Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
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Light microscopy of post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
increased cellularity of glomeruli
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Fluoresence microscope of post-strep glomerulonephritis
Granular deposits of IgG and C3 in GBM
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Electron microscope
Subendothelial humps
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Frank haematuria in a patient that has just recovered from URTI
IgA nephropathy (berger's syndrome)
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Fluoresnce microscope of IgA nephropathy (nephritic)
IgA and complement deposits in the mesangium
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How does rapidly progressively (crescent) glomerulonephritis present?
Oliguria and renal failure more pronounced Types: 1- Anti-GBM antibody 2- Immune complexes 3. ANCA - associated
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What is associated with Anti-GBM antibody RPG? (COLA4)
Goodpastures (think additional pulmonary haemorrhage)
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What do you see in fluoresence microscopy?
Linear deposits of IgG in GBM
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What conditions are associated with Type 2 (immune mediated) RPG?
SLE IgA nephropathy Post strep GN
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What do you see in flurosence microscopy?
Granular IgG complex deposition in the GBM and mesengium
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Associated conditions of Type 3 RPG?
c-ANCA : wegeners p-ANCA: microscopic polyangitis Vasculitis so pulmonary haemorrhage or rash
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Alport's syndrome
Nephritic syndrome and sensorineural deafness COLA5 X-linked
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V.rarely a cause of nephritic syndrome?
Thin basement membrane disease | Microscopic haematuria
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Differentials of asymptomatic haematuria
IgA nephropathy Alport syndrome Thin Basement membrane disease
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Causes of nephritic syndromes
``` IgA nephropathy Thin basement membrane disease Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis Alport's syndrome Post streptococcus glomerulonephritis ```
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What are common causes of ATN?
Ischaemia - burns, sepsis | Drugs - gentamicin, NSAIDs, radiocontrast
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Histopath of ATN
necrosis of the short segments of tubules
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How does acute pyleonephritis present as?
Flank pain, fever, rigors, haematuria, frequency, dysuria | Leukocytic casts seen in urine
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Causes of chronic pyleonephritis?
Chronic obstruction like a renal stone | Urine reflux
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What causes acute interstitial nephritis?
Drug hypersensitivity reaction like Abx, diuretics
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How does acute interstitial nephritis present?
``` Fever Skin rash Haematuria Proteinuria Eosinophilia ```
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Triad in HUS
MAHA (microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia) Thrombocytopenia Renal failure
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HUS
``` Affects kids Renal failure E.coli O157:H7 Associated diarrohea Low platelets MAHA --> pallor and jaundice Raised LDH and reticulocyte count Coombs negative ```
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TTP
Thrombi everywhere, not just kidney Can have neuro symptoms Unlikely to have renal failure
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Complications of acute renal failure
``` Metabolic acidosis Hyperkalemia HTN Hypocalcemia Uraemia Fluid overload ```
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Causes of pre-renal failure
Hypovolemia caused by ischaemia, burns, sepsis | Renal artery stenosis, acute pancreatitis
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Causes of renal failure
ATN Acute glomerulonephritis HUS etc
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Causes of post renal failure
Obstruction via renal stone, ureter obstruction, tumour and prostate hypertrophy
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Causes of chronic renal failure
DM Glomerulonephritis Hypertension and vascular disease Polycystic kidney disease
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Polycystic kidney disease
Mutations in PKD1 on chromosome 16 | Can have liver cysts and berry aneurysms
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How does someone with polycystic kidney disease present?
Haematuria Flank pain UTI Cyst rupture, infection, haemorrhage
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Types of Renal cell carcinoma
Clear cell Papillary Chromophobe
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How does renal cell carcinoma present?
Costovertebral pain Palpable mass Haematuria Paraneoplastic syndrome: polycythaemia, hypercalcaemia, HTN, cushing and amyloidosis
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Carcinogenesis often involves an activating mutation of KRAS
Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma
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Histopathology shows cells with abundant eosinophilic finely granular cytoplasm. These cells show positive immunoreactivity for lipase.
Acinar Cell Carcinoma
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A 35 year old woman presents with a long history of recurrent duodenal ulcers involving D1 and D2.
pancreatic Endocrine Neoplasm
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A 27-year-old woman presents with abdominal pain and haematemesis. She reports a 1-year history of recurrent peptic ulceration. A CT scan shows a 2-cm mass in the pancreas.
Zollinger-Ellison
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What two hormones stimulate the pancreas?
Secretin - controls gastric acid secretion and buffering with HCO3- CCK - responsible for digestion enzymes
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Alpha cells of islets of langerhans
Secrete glucagon
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Beta cells of islets of langerhans
Secrete insulin
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Delta cells of islet of langerhan
Secrete somatastin
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Acute pancreatitis - I GET SMASHED
``` Idiopathic Gallstones Trauma Steroids Mumps Autoimmune Scorpion bite Hyperlipidiamia Ethanol Drugs ```
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Symptoms of acute pancreatitis
Severe epigastric pain that radiates to the back Relived by sitting forward Nausea and vomiting
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Aftermath of acute pancreatitis esp in alcoholics
Pseudocyst
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Histology of acute pancreatitis
Coagulative necrosis
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Causes of chronic pancreatitis
Cystic fibrosis Autoimmune (IgG4 sclerosing) Alcohol Pancreatic duct obstruction
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How does chronic pancreatitis present?
Epigastric pain radiating to the back Malabsorption (foul stools and weight loss) DM
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Histology of chronic pancreatitis
Fibrosis Duct dilation Calcification
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Pancreatic carcinoma - presentation
``` Painless jaundice, itching and foul stools Weight loss Trousseau and couveriser sign + Abdo pain Abdo mass DM Virchow's node ```
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Ix of pancreatic carcinoma (head)
``` Low Hb Raised bili Raised Ca2+ CT/MRI/ERCP Ca 19.9 > 70 ```
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Surgery for pancreatic carcinoma
Whipple's procedure
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Neuroendocrine tumour (body and tail)
associated with MEN 1 -PPP Gastrinoma - Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (think recurrent ulcers) Insulinoma - hypoglycaemic attacks
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Pancreatic divisum
increased risk of pancreatitis due to failure of fusion of dorsal and ventral buds
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Annular pancreas
Think less than 1 year and apparently associated with down's
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A new born was found to have ppersistent jaundice due to absence of glucuronyl transferase activity.
Crigler-Najjar syndrome
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If i stayed on the pill, what liver tumour would i get?
Hepatic adenoma (resect if bigger than 5cm or doesnt shrink when you stop taking OCP)
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Haemangioma
Another benign liver tumour
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what causes hepatocellular carcinoma?
Hep B+C Alcoholic cirrhosis Haematochromatosis
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How to investigate hepatocellular carcinoma?
Raised AFP | USS
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Where does cholangiocarcinoma come from?
Adenocarcinoma arising from bile ducts
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Causes of cholangiocarcinoma
PSC Chronic liver disease Lynch syndrome
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Most common cause of liver cancer
metastases from other cancers/tumours
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Haematochromatosis
HFE gene Chr 6
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Wilson's disease
ATP7B chr 13
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If you see micro/macro nodular, what should you think?
Liver cirrohosis
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Child Pugh score
To determine prognosis of liver cirrhosis Less than 7, is CP A 7-9 = B 1O+ = C, bad news
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prehepatic causes of portal hypertension
Portal vein thrombosis
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hepatic causes of portal hypertension
Divided into pre-sinosidual, sinosidual and post-sinsidual Pre-sinosidual : PBC, schistomsomiasis Sinosidual: liver cirrhosis Post-sinosidual: veno-occlusive disease
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Post hepatic causes of portal hypertension
Budd-Chiari syndrome
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What is budd-chiari syndrome
occulsion of the hepatic vein due to thrombophilia, OCP, HCC,
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Tx of budd chiari syndrome
Thrombolytic Treat underlying cause TIPS
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Fatty liver
Looks greasy, yellow, pale and large Steatosis Fully reversible if alcohol is avoided
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Alcoholic hepatitis
Large, fibrotic liver
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Mallory bodies
Alcoholic hepatitis
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When do you see micronodular cirrhosis?
Small nodules and bands of fibrous tissue
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How is more at risk of autoimmune hepatitis?
``` RA SLE Thyroiditis UC Coeliac Sjorgens Females HLA-DR3 L6 ```
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GORD complications
``` Ulcers Haemorrhage Strictures Barrett's oesphagus Oesophageal cancer ```
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Barrett's
Metaplasia leading to squamous --> columnar cells in the oesophagus Upward migration of the SCJ
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Oesophageal adenocarcinoma
Dysplasia usually due to chronic GORD. Seen in the distal 1/3 of the oesphagus
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Squamous cell carcioma of oesphagus
Associated with ETOH, smoking, plummer vinson, alchasia cardia, HPV Presents with difficulty swallowing, pain, weight loss
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How do you treat varices?
Sclerotherapy/banding via endoscopy
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Is gastric ulcer worse or better with food?
Worse with food
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What causes gastric lymphoma
H.pylori (tx with triple therapy - clarithomycin, PPI + metro?)
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Is the duodenum ulcer better or worse with food?
Better with food. More common too
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What cancer can coeliac disease progress to? (10%)
duodenal t-cell lymphoma
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Cobblestone appearance
Crohn's
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Aphthous ulcer/rosethorn ulcers --> serpentine ulcers
Crohn's
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Non-caseating granuloma
Crohn's
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Transmural inflammation
Crohn's
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Backwash ileitis
UC
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Pseudopolyps
UC
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Extra-GI manifestion
``` Erythema nodosum, clubbing, erythema multiforme Uveitis Conjuctivitis Arthritis Ankylosing spondylitis PSC (UC) ```
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Watershed areas
seen in ischaemic colitis- splenic flexure and rectosigmoid
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How do you diagnose c.difficile infection
Stool culture Hx of abx exposure (3Cs) Tx: metro or vanc
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Origin of carcinoid syndrome
Enterochromaffin cells - produce serotonin
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Features of carcinoid syndrome
Bronchoconstriction Facial flushing Diarrhoea
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IX of carcinoid syndrome
24 Hr urine 5-HIAA
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Tx of carcinoid syndrome
Ocretide (somastatin analogue)
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Features of a carcinoid crisis
Life threatening vasodilation Hypotension Tachycardia Hyperglycaemia
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What gene puts you most at risk of colon adenomas? (neoplastic)
APC gene (Kras, p53 and LOF)
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Rectal bleeding in kid under 5 years? DDx
Hamaramatous polyp
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Where else would you see hamaramatous polyp?
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (increased risk of intussception)
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98% of colorectal cancers are?
ADENOCARCINOMA
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Hereditary causes of colorectal cancer
FAP | HNPCC
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Fitz hugh curtis syndrome
RUQ from peri-hepatitis and violin string peri-hepatic adhesions
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Powder burns + chocolate cysts
Endometriosis (macroscopic)
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Red degeneration of fibroids
Seen in pregnancy with severe abdo pain due to haemorrhagic infarction
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Hobnail appearance
Epithelial clear cell ovarian carcinoma
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Meig syndrome
Associated with sex cord fibroma cancer presenting with ascites and pleural effusion
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3 components of an atherosclerotic plaque
Cells like SMC, macrophages and other leukocytes Intracellular and extracellular lipids ECM including collagen
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Which kinda flow is atherogenic?
Turbulent flow due to low sheer stress | High lamina flow is protective
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Complications of MI
Arrhythmia - VF in first 24 hrs HF due to ventricular dysfunction Mitral valve regurg due to papillary muscle necrosis Haemopericardium due to ventricular rupture VSD due to septal rupture Ventricular anyeursm - > 4wks post MI causes persistent ST elevation Pericarditis - dusky haemorrhagic tissue Pericardial effusion Dressler's syndrome (chest pain, fever and effusion weeks/months post MI) Emboli
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MI histology : 6-24 hours
Loss of nuclei Homogenous cytoplasm Necrotic cell death
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MI histology: 1 - 4 days
Infiltration of polymorphs and then macrophages
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MI histology: 1- 2 weeks
granulation tissue collagen synthesis angiogenesis myofibroblasts
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Ix of HF
BNP ECG ECHO CXR
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causes of dilated cardiomyopathy
``` alcohol sarcodosis haematochromatosis myocarditis peripartum genetics idiopathic ```
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What is associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Aortic stenosis
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Causes of restrictive cardiomyopathy
``` Amyloidosis Sarcoidosis Fibrosis (radiation) ```
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Myocyte disarray
HCM
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Which gene is associated with HCM
beta-MHC gene
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Septal hypertrophy with outflow tract obstruction
HOCM
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features of rheumatic fever
Heart: pancarditis Skin : erythema marginatum, subcutaneous nodules Joints: arthritis CNS: sydenhams chorea, encephalopathy
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What infection is associated with rheumatic fever?
Group A strep infection (lancefield)
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Jones major criteria (CASES)
``` Carditis Arthritis Sydenham's chorea Erythema marginatum Subcutaneous nodules ```
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Jones minor criteria
``` Fever Raised ESR/CRP Tachycardia Previous rheumatic fever Prolonged PR interval malaise ```
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What valve is affected in rheumatic fever
mitral valve
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Histology of rheumatic fever
Aschoff bodies Anitschkov myocytes Verrucae vegetations
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Tx of rheumatic fever
BenPen
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Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis
path: DIC/hypercoaguable states
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Libman-Sacks endocarditis
SLE | sterile warty vegatations that are platelet rich
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What murmur is associated with IE?
MR/AR
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what is the immune phenonemna in IE
Roth spots Osler nodes Haematuria due to glomerulonephritis
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When would you see IE on the right side of the heart?
IVDU
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Duke's major criteria (IE)
Positive blood culture typical IE organisms Evidence of vegetation on echo New regurgitant murmur
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Duke's minor criteria (IE)
``` Risk factors Fever Immune phenonmena Thromboembolic phenonmena Positive blood culture but not major criteria ```
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Mitral valve prolapse
Middle age women SOB + chest pain | Mid systolic click + late systolic murmur
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Histology of chronic bronchitis
Hyperplasia of goblet cells and mucous glands | Dilation of airways
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Young's syndrome
rhinosinusitis, azoospermia, bronchiectasis
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Yellow nail syndrome
yellow nails, lymphoedema, pleural effusions and bronchicetasis
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Interstital lung disease
Fibrosing Granulomatous Eosinophilic Smoking related
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Hyperplasia of type II pneumocytes (surfactant)
Honeycomb fibrosis lung
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Tx of fibrosis of lung
Steriods Azathioprine Cyclophosphamide
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Pneumoconiosis
Occupational lung disease Affect the upper lobe Asbestosis Risk of mesothelioma
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Progressive persistent productive cough, SOB, clubbing, and severe weight loss
Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
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Lung - Squamous cell carcinoma
Linked to smoking | p53/c-myc mutation
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Histo of lung -squamous cell carcinoma
Keratinisation | Intercellular prickles
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Adenocarcinoma - lung
More common in women and non-smokers
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Histo of adenocarcinoma - lung
Glandular differentiation
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Small cell carcinoma - lung
Arising from neuroendocrine cells (ACTH secretion) | p53 and RB1 mutations
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Large cell carcinoma histo
no evidence of glandular or squamous differentiation
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What is pulmonary hypertension?
>25 mmHg at rest (mean pulmonary arterial pressure)
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Iron laden macrophages
Seen in heart failure/pulmonary oedema
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A 33 year old female is referred from haematology, where she was found to have leukopenia and a mild anaemia. She is reported to have a mild longstanding cough, although this is of little concern to the patient. She does not smoke and denies weight loss. Physical examination reveals painless cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy. A chest x-ray confirms the diagnosis.
Sarcodosis
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Increased levels in rickets and osteomalacia
alk phos
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Osteopenia
1-2.5 T score
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Osteoporosis
T-score >2.5
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Colle's wrist fracture
Osteoporosis
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histo of osteoporosis
Loss of cancellous bone
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Rachitic rosary, frontal bossing, bowed legs, pigeon chest and delayed walking
Rickets
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Looser zones on x-ray
Osteomalacia/rickets
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histo of osteomalacia/rickets
excess of unmineralized bone (osteoid)
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Low Ca2+, low PO4, high ALP
Rickets/osteomalacia
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osteitis fibrosa cystica
hyperparathyroidism primary
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Salt + pepper skull
hyperparathyroidism primary
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Brown's tumours
hyperparathyroidism primary
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high ca2+, low phopsphate, n/high ALP
hyperparathyroidism primary
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Nerve compression, microfractures, deafness, cardiac failure
Paget's disease
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Cotton wool skull
Paget's disease
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Ivory vertebrae
Paget's disease
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VERY HIGH ALP
Paget's disease
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low ca2+, high phosphate
Secondary PTH | Renal osteodystrophy
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Gout Ix
Negatively bifrigent crystals
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Tx of Gout
Colchicine (Acute) | Allopurinol (chronic)
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Postively bifrigent crystals
Pseudogout
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Calcium pyrophospahte crystals
Pseudogout
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X-ray changes in osteomyelitis
Lytic destruction of bone | 10 days post onset
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Heberden and bouchard nodes
osteoarthritis
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Codman's triangle | Sunburst appearance
Osteosarcoma
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Which bone is affected by osteosarcoma?
Knee
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Histo of osteosarcoma
Malignant mesenchymal cells | ALP+ve
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Lytic lesion with fluffy calcification
Chondrosarcoma
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What bones are affected by chondrosarcoma?
Femur/tibia Pelvis Axial skeleton
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Onion skinning of the periosteum
Ewing's sarcoma
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Radiolucent nidus
Osteoid osteoma
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Cotton wool calcification and o-ring sign
Enchondroma (olliers and maffauci syndrome)
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Chinese letters, shepherd's crook deformity and soap bubble osteolysis
Fibrous dysplasia
274
A 25 year old woman with ulcerative colitis presents with an ulcerating lesion on her left shin.
Pyoderma Gangrenosum
275
A 32 year old woman presents with red and silver scaly lesions on her scalp and extensor surfaces. She claims that the condition is exacerbated by alcohol but improved by sun exposure. Your patient-centred approach to history-taking reveals increased stress at work and a recent acrimonious divorce.
Psorasis
276
A 43 year old woman complains of small, purple bumps on the inside of her wrist, which she describes as “intensely itchy”. On inspection, the papules have a ‘mother of pearl’ sheen. She also has white streaks on her tongue.
Lichen planus
277
A 70 year old woman presents with large, itchy blisters on her arms and legs. Histology reveals that they are subepidermal bullae and shows eosinophilic infiltration.
Pemiphgoid
278
Auspitz sign
Pin point bleeding when rubbing PSORIATIC lesions
279
Koebner phenonmenon
Lesions form at site of trauma
280
Rain drop plaques seen in kids wks post strep infection
Guttate psoriasis
281
nail changes in psoriasis
Pitting Onycholysis Subungual hyperkeratosis
282
Mother of pearl sheen
Lichen planus
283
SNAPP
``` Drugs that cause erythema multiforme Sulphomiades NSAIDS Allopurinol Pencillin Phenytoin ```
284
Bullae are deep
Pemphigoid
285
Bullae are superficial
Pemphigus
286
Pearly surface with telangiectasia
Basal cell carcinoma
287
A 26 year old female presents with two swollen toes on the right foot, a swollen ankle and wrist. She has also suffered from episodes of iritis in the past and has been diagnosed with colitis following a recent colonoscopy.
Psoriastic arthritis
288
A man presents with PUO. Although this may not have been your first investigation a biopsy reveals a necrotising arteritis with inflammation. There are many polymorphs, lymphocytes and eosinophils visible. There are also fibrotic areas. He is successfully treated with corticosteroids and cyclophosphamide
Polyartertis nodosa
289
Churg strauss
Asthma Allergic rhinitis Eosinophilia p-ANCA
290
Non-caseating granuloma
Sarcoidosis
291
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
Sarcoidosis
292
Raised calcium, raised ESR and raised ACE
Sarcoidosis