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Histopathology Flashcards

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Caseating necrosis

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TB

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What type of epithelium has intercellular bridges?

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Squamous

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What type of epithelium has keratin?

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Squamous

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Stain used for amyloid

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Congo Red (stains amyloid bright red)

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5
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Amyloid under polarised light looks like…

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Apple green birefringence

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Villous atrophy and crypt hyerplasia

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Coeliac

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7
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Antibodies in Coeliac

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Anti-EMA and anti-TTG (endomysial and tissue transglutaminase)

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8
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Skin complication of coeliac

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Dermatitis herpetiformis (“blistering rash on elbow/knees”)

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Pancreatic calcifications

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Chronic pancreatitis (diagnostic)

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10
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What cancer type is “mucin-secreting glands set in desmoplastic stroma”

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Adenocarcinoma

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Rosette Cells

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Neuroendocrine tumours

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Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus

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Chronic Cholecystitis
• Diverticula in gall bladder (due to obstruction)
o Gallbladder pumps harder to get rid of obstruction
o –> Increases pressure inside gallbladder
o –> Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus:

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Liver with lots of nodules

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Cirrhosis (nodules = regenerating hepatocytes)

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14
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Liver biopsy shows nodular hepatocyte with collagen cuff around it

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Cirrhosis

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Spotty necrosis and interface hepatitis

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Acute hepatitis
(Spotty necrosis = foci of inflammation and apoptosis-> happens in all acute hepatitis)
(Interface hepatitis = can’t see where hepatocytes end and portal tract begins = T cell destruction of hepatocytes)
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Ballooning of hepatocytes

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Alcoholic hepatitis (most important feature – shows that they are apoptosing)

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17
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Bowel disease where don’t pass meconium in first 24 hrs

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Hirschsprung’s Disease

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18
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Pericellular fibrosis around hepatocytes

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Alcoholic hepatitis

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19
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Liver disease causing itchy skin

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Primary Biliary Cholangitis (bile acids escape to circulation)

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20
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Test for Primary Biliary Cholangitis

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Anti-mitochondrial antibodies

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21
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Gut disease occurring in “watershed zones” (splenic flexure and rectosigmoid)

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Ischaemic Colitis (watershed zones are far from gut’s blood supply)

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22
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ERCP: “beaded appearance”

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Primary Sclerosis Cholangitis

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23
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Chocolate brown liver

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Haemachromatosis

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24
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What stain used for iron in Haemachromatosis?

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Prussian Blue (brown iron stained blue)

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25
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What stain used in Wilson’s Disease?

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Rhodamine stain

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26
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Eye sign in Wilson’s Disease

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Kayser-Fleischer rings (brown ring around edge of iris)

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27
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Very steroid responsive liver disease

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Autoimmune hepatitis

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28
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Hirschsprung’s Disease associated with which congenital disease?

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Down Syndrome

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29
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Mallory-Denk Bodies

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Alcoholic hepatitis (hepatocyte damage)

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30
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Liver disease with increased gamma globulin

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Primary Sclerosis Cholangitis

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31
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IBD: Whole GI tract affected (mouth to anus)

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Crohn’s

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32
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IBD: Only large bowel affected = moves upwards from anus

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Ulcerative Colitis

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33
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IBD: Inflammation confined to mucosa (not though wall)

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Ulcerative Colitis

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34
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IBD: Cobblestone mucosa

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Crohn’s

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35
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IBD: Crypt abscess

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Ulcerative Colitis

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36
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IBD: Transmural inflammation

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Crohn’s

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37
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Lip and mouth complications of Crohn’s

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Cheilitis = inflammation of lips (look dry and cracked)
Stomatitis = mouth ulcers
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38
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Extra-intestinal complication of Ulcerative Colitis

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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

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39
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Skin complication of Crohn’s

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Erythema multiforme/nodosum

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40
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Dangerous bowel complication of Ulcerative Colitis

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Toxic megacolon

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41
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Ulcerative Colitis increases risk of which cancer?

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Bowel Adenocarcinoma

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42
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Mouth ulcers in which GI condition?

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Crohn’s

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43
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Familial Adenomatous Polyposis involves mutation in which gene?

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APC tumour suppressor gene (chromosome 5q21)

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44
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Colorectal cancer in very young person. What disease do they have?

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Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC)

  • poorly differentiated and mucinous carcinomas
  • often carcinomas proximal to splenic flexure
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45
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Brain biopsy shows piloid “hairy” cell with Rosenthal fibres

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Pilocytic Astrocytoma

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46
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Heterogeneous and enhancing brain tumour

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Glioblastoma Multiforme

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47
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Brain tumour with long history of neuro signs/seizures

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Oligodendrogliomas

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48
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Co-deletion is specific for which brain tumour?

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Oligodendrogliomas (co-deletion of 1p/19q)

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49
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Cystic cerebellar lesions

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Pilocytic Astrocytoma

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50
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Whorl pattern (spirals) on brain biopsy

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Meningioma

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51
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Brain cells look like fried eggs (round cells with clear cytoplasm)

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Oligodendrogliomas

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52
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Small blue round cell brain tumour, with Homer-Wright Rosettes

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Medulloblastoma

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53
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Brain tumour in patient who had lobectomy 5 years ago

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Brain mets (lobectomy = previous cancer)

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54
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Medulloblastoma expresses this neuronal marker

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Synaptophysin

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55
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Can’t see gyrae on brain MRI

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Cerebral Oedema (can’t see gyrae because tightly compressed)

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56
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T2-weighted brain MRI shows “target sign”

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Cavernous Angioma

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57
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Head injury with runny nose and ears

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Skull fracture (esp hairline fracture = extend into base of skull)

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58
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Beta-amyloid plaques in Hippocampus

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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59
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What protein accumulates in Parkinson’s?

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Alpa-synuclein (forms Lewy Bodies)

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60
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Balloon Neurones

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Pick’s Disease

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61
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Cortical atrophy on brain MRI (Widening of sulcae, shrinkage of gyrae)

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Alzheimer’s Disease (lose brain tissue)

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62
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Frontotemporal atrophy on brain MRI

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Pick’s Disease

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63
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Amyloid lines cerebral vessel walls

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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64
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Tau protein

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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65
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Pick Bodies in hippocampus

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Pick’s Disease

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66
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What genetic condition increases risk of kidney cancer?

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Von Hippel Lindau

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67
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Cancer with frond-like growths (like a leaf)

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Non-Invasive Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma

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68
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Testicular cancer which can differentiate into other cancer types (e.g. lung)

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Post-Pubertal Teratoma

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69
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Schiller-Duval Body

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Yolk Sac Tumour (testicular cancer in <3yrs)

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70
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Testicular cancer presenting with precocious puberty

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Leydig Cell Tumour (releases hormones)

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71
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Skin disease which is Nikolsky’s Sign Positive

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Pemphigus Vulgaris (slight rubbing detaches upper epidermis from lower epidermis)

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72
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Skin bubbles which do not easily rupture

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Bullous Pemphigoid

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73
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Skin disease with hyperkeratosis

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Contact Dermatitis (epidermis thicker after scratching)

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74
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Silvery plaques on extensor surfaces

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Plaque Psoriasis

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75
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Skin disease with white lines in mouth

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Lichen Planus

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76
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Horn cysts

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Seborrhoeic Keratosis (entrapped keratin- surrounded by proliferating epidermis)

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77
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Skin bubbles which easily rupture

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Pemphigus Vulgaris

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78
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Skin lesion with smooth surface, non-mobile, central punctum

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Sebaceous Cyst

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79
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Skin lesion with rolled pearly white border, central ulceration

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Basal Cell Carcinoma

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80
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Crusty, non-healing ulcer with everted edge on sun-exposed areas

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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81
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Weird horns growing on skin

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Bowen’s Disease = Early Form of SCC

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82
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Rodent Ulcer

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Basal Cell Carcinoma

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83
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Stain for melanin

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Fontana stain

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84
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Herald Patch

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Pityriasis Rosea (salmon-pink, scaly –> rash on trunk)

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85
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Skin cancer which does NOT metastasise

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Basal Cell Carcinoma

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86
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Skin viral infection which causes target lesions

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Pityriasis Rosea = HHV6/7 (get URTI before rash)

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87
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Low-risk HPV types

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HPV 6 and 11

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88
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High-risk HPV types

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HPV 16 and 18

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89
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Bone disease with mottled rarefaction (bone thinner) and lifting of periosteum

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Osteomyelitis

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90
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Bone biopsy contains multinucleated Langerhans-type Giant cells

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TB Bone Disease

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91
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Joint disease with osteophytes

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Osteoarthritis

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92
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Joint disease with spares the distal interphalangeal joint

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Grimley-Sokoloff cells in biopsy

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Rheumatoid Arthritis (multinucleated giant cells specific for RA)

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94
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Bone X-Ray shows “onion-skinning” of periosteum

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Ewing’s Sarcoma

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95
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Bone disease with Codman Triangle on X-Ray

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Osteosarcoma - see in kids

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96
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Bone X-Ray is lytic with fluffy calcification

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Chondrosarcoma

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97
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Joint disease with subcondral sclerosis and subcondral cyst

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Osteoarthritis

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98
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Bone disease with sheets of small round blue cells on biopsy

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Ewing’s Sarcoma

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99
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Lung disease with Curschmann’s Spiral

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Asthma

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100
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Lung infection which does not have consolidation on CXR, but shows patchy changes. Terminal event which kills off old person.

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Bronchopneumonia

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101
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Central lung tumour

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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102
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Lung cancer containing “large cells”

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Large Cell Carcinoma

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103
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Oat-shaped lung cells on biopsy

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Small Cell Lung Cancer

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104
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Cancer which causes pleural thickening

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Mesothelioma

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105
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Peripheral lung tumour

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Adenocarcinoma

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106
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Ovarian cancer type which is strongly associated with endometriosis

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Clear Cell Carcinoma

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107
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Ovarian cancer which causes virilisation

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Sertoli-Leydig Cell tumour: makes androgens

108
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Ovarian cancer which differentiates into all types of human tissue (teeth, hair, brain)

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Mature Teratoma (germ cell tumour)

109
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Painful red breast, very tender on palpation

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Acute Mastitis

110
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Hard, firm breast lump

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Fat Necrosis

111
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Lumpy breast

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Fibrocystic Disease

112
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Breast lump which shows leaf-like throngs of stroma on biopsy

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Phyllodes Tumour (Phyllodes means leaf)

113
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Breast lump which shows 3D cluster of cells on biopsy

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Intraductal Papilloma

114
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Stellate masses on mammogram (incidental finding)

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Radial Scar

115
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Breast cancer causing eczema around nipple

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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ

Paget’s Disease of the Nipple = because DCIS goes along ducts–> can arise at nipples= where all ducts lead to…

116
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Breast cancer which has “India File pattern” on biopsy

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Lobular Carcinoma

117
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Breast cancer with sheets of atypical cells with lymphocytic infiltrate

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Basal-Like Carcinoma

118
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Breast cancer recognised as microcalcifications on mammogram

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Ductal Carcinoma in Situ

119
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Most important prognostic marker in breast cancer

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Spread to axillary lymph nodes

120
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Autoimmune condition with Libman-Sacks cardiac sign

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Libman-Sacks = non-infective endocarditis

121
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Antibodies for diffuse systemic sclerosis

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Anti-topoisomerase antibodies

122
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Antibodies for limited systemic sclerosis

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Anti-centromere antibody

123
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Gottron’s Papules on fingers

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Dermatomyositis

124
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“Wire-looping” of glomeruli on biopsy

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SLE
(thickened glomerular capillary loops
due to immune complex deposition in basement membrane surrounding capillaries)

125
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Anti-Smith used in which autoimmune condition?

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SLE

126
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Small arteries look like onion skins on biopsy

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Systemic Sclerosis 
(intimal thickening of small arteries  --> hypertensive crisis)
127
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Autoimmune condition with lupus pernio (ring splodgy lesion at bottom of nose)

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Sarcoidosis

128
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Palpable purpuric rash

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Vasculitis

129
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Erythema rash of palms & soles–> desquamation (peeling)

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Kawasaki’s Disease

130
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“Rosary sign” on angiogram

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Polyarteritis Nodosa (Small aneurysms strung along arteries)

131
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Antibody in Wegener’s (Granulomatosis with polyangiitis)

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C-ANCA against proteinase 3

132
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Antibody in Churg-Strauss (Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with polyangiitis)

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P-ANCA against myeloperoxidase

133
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Vasculitis after chest infection in child

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Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP)

134
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Autoimmune condition with ENT, lung and kidney problems

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Wegener’s (Granulomatosis with polyangiitis)

135
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Statins inhibit this enzyme

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HMG-CoA Reductase

136
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Which protein can cause restrictive cardiomyopathy?

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Amyloid

137
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Palpable spleen with notch, and microscopic haematuria

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis

slowly develops, due to friendly bacteria like strep viridans

138
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Hurthle cells

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Hashimoto’s

thyroid epithelial cells are enlarged, filled with eosinophils

139
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Psammoma Body

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Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

140
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Which thyroid cancer produces amyloid?

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Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

141
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A 46 year old women presents to A&E out of breath and with severe chest pain. On examination a mid systolic click late systolic murmur is revealed.

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Myxomatous mitral valve

causes mitral valve prolapse

142
Q

Cystic tumour lined by epithelium

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Cystadenoma

143
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A 38 year old female with Rheumatoid Arthritis presents with a single episode of malaena. Investigations reveal erosions through out the stomach and a neutrophilic infiltrate in the superficial mucosa

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Acute Gastritis

144
Q

Which ulcer is relieved by meals, and which is worsened?

A

Duodenal ulcer relieved by meals

Gastric ulcer worsened by meals

145
Q

Positive CLO test

A

Duodenal ulcer

146
Q

A jejunal biopsy showed periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive macrophages

A

Whipple’s disease

147
Q

‘Leather bottle stomach’ (infiltration into all layers of the gastric wall)
Signet ring cells on biopsy

A

Adenocarcinoma

148
Q

Sarcoidosis has raised levels of which enzyme?

A

ACE!

149
Q

Stomach looks like a leather bottle, and contains signet-ring cells

A

Gastric carcinoma

150
Q

Carcinogen which directly causes hepatocellular carcinoma

A

Aflatoxin (made by Aspergillus- seen in cereals and nuts)

151
Q

Mobile breast lump which grow during menstrual cycle

A

Fibroadenoma (oestrogen causes to grow)

152
Q

Breast disease with peau d’orange, Paget’s Disease of Breast, nipple retraction

A

Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma (arise from DCIS)

153
Q

Inverted U loop of bowel

A

Sigmoid volvulus

154
Q

Constipated with abdo pain that is relieved by pooing

A

Diverticular Disease

155
Q

Cauliflower-like mass covered by dysplastic columnar epithelium in the rectum

A

Villous adenoma

156
Q

Widespread itching, plethoric and hepatosplenomegaly

A

Polycythaemia rubra vera

157
Q

Green-brown discolouration at the peripheries of her corneas

+confusion and tremor (in young person)

A

Wilson’s Disease

158
Q

Old man with palpable mass in right loin, and hypercalcaemia

A

Renal Cell Carcinoma

hypercalcaemia = humoral hypercalcaemia of malignancy

159
Q

Old man with dysuria, frequency and red urine

A 
Bladder Cancer 
(red urine = FRANK haematuria)
160
Q

Ovarian cancer containing different cell types (thyroid, hair, teeth)

A

Cystic Teratoma

161
Q

Antibody used to diagnose CREST

A

Anti-centromere

162
Q

T2DM drug which inhibits the enzyme alpha glucosidase in the brush border membrane of the small bowel

A

Acarbose

leaves undigested sugar in the bowel giving wind as a side effect

163
Q

Bone biopsy reveals sheets of cells with small, primitive nuclei and scanty cytoplasm. A positive immunoreactivity is seen with the MIC2 (CD99) antibody.

A

Ewing’s sarcoma

164
Q

Mottled rarefaction and lifting of the periosteum are seen on X-ray

A

Osteomyelitis

165
Q

Lung cancer subtype with bilateral ptosis and proximal weakness in the limbs which improves on repeated testing

A

Small cell carcinoma

166
Q

Young person with thyroid lump and high thyroglobulin = what type of thyroid cancer?

A

Papillary carcinoma

167
Q

Hyperthyroid, then hypothyroid, then euthyroid (with fever)

A

De Quervain’s

168
Q

Largest ovarian neoplasm (90% benign)

A

Mucinous Tumour

169
Q

Ovarian cancer: fibrous tissue containing spindle cells and lipid

A

Thecoma

170
Q

Ovarian cancer: malignant cells surrounded by serous fluid and Psammoma bodies

A

Serous cystadenocarcinoma

171
Q

Ovarian cancer: malignant signet ring cells containing mucin

A

Krukenberg tumour

172
Q

Painful ulceration of the vulval skin. Intraepithelial blisters, intranuclear viral inclusions and eosinophilic cytoplasmic swelling

A

HSV

173
Q

Pap smear taken from a chronic granulomatous ulcer shows a necrotic centre, periarteritis and endarteritis obliterans and an intense peripheral cellular infiltrate consisting mainly of mononuclear cells and giant cells.

A

Treponema pallidum (syphilis)

174
Q

Vaginal irritation – silver stain reveals fungi within the keratin layer and superficial epithelium

A

Candida albicans

175
Q

The metaplasia that occurs in the transformation zone involves which cell-types?

A

Glandular to squamous epithelium

176
Q

Anti-topoisomerase antibody

A

Diffuse Scleroderma (needs involvement of one internal organ)

177
Q

Anti-centromeres antibody

A

Limited scleroderma (skin manifestations and CREST)

178
Q

H. Pylori affects which part of the stomach the most?

A

Pyloric antrum

179
Q

HLA associated with Type 1 DM

A

HLA DR3 and DR4

180
Q

Pain in femur/hip
X-Ray: “soap bubble” appearance (osteolysis) and Shepherd’s Crook Deformity
Biopsy: irregular trabeculae of woven bone - looks like Chinese letters

A

Fibrous Dysplasia = lesions containing fibrous and bone tissue

181
Q

Most common cause of lobar pneumonia

A

Strep pneumoniae = 95% lobar pneumonia!

182
Q
  1. Central lung tumour

2. Peripheral lung tumour

A
  1. Squamous Cell Carcinoma

2. Adenocarcinoma

183
Q

“Spares the distal interphalangeal joint”

A

Rheumatoid Arthritis

184
Q

Bamboo spine (fusion of spine)

A

Ankylosing Spondylitis

185
Q

White cell casts in urine

A

Acute pyelonephritis

186
Q

Red cell casts in urine

A

Glomerulonephritis

187
Q

Eosinophils in urine

A

Tubulointerstitial Nephritis

188
Q

ANCA and vasculitic rash – what type of glomerulonephritis?

A

Pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis

189
Q

IBD: “rubber hose” gut wall

A

Crohn’s Disease

190
Q

Early bowel cancer, with adenomata in large bowel

A

Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)

-autosomal dominant (mutation in FAP gene on Chr5)

191
Q

Early bowel cancer, with no adenomata in large bowel

A

Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC)

-autosomal dominant

192
Q

Breast biopsy shows necrosis with multinucleated giant cells –> fibrosis

A

Fat Necrosis

193
Q

Pepperpot skull

A

Primary Hyperparathyroidism

194
Q

Raindrop skull

A

Multiple myeloma

195
Q

Blood-stained nipple discharge –> lump has branching fibrovascular cores covered by cytologically bland epithelium

A

Duct Papilloma

196
Q

Hard, calcified lump –> cells have pleomorphic nuclei and that the lump has a necrotic centre

A

Ductal Carcinoma in situ

197
Q

Multifocal lumps in young person

A

Lobular Carcinoma in situ

198
Q

Nipple retraction

A

Invasive Carcinoma

199
Q

Firm palpable mass with signs of tethering. 4-month history of back pain

A

Invasive Carcinoma

200
Q

What causes galactorrhoea in hypothyroidism?

A

Increased TRH

201
Q

Tender bump, but contains inflammatory cells and proteinaceous debris only. A few weeks after giving birth

A

Duct Ectasia

202
Q

Firm breast lump – histology: long clefts with myxoid cellular stroma

A

Phyllodes Tumour

203
Q

Back and neck pain which improves with exercise.

Spinal X-rays show ‘bony bridges’ between the vertebrae.

A

Ankylosing Spondylitis

204
Q

Arthritis, urethritis and conjunctivitis – after GI/STI infection

A

Reiter’s Syndrome = Reactive Arthritis (“can’t see, pee or bend their knee”)

205
Q

Pemphigus vulgaris has antibodies against what?

A

Desmoglein-1 and 3 (cadherins in epidermis)

206
Q

Hep B associated with this vasculitis

A

Polyarteritis nodosa (immune complexes deposit in vessels –> necrosis –> aneurysms)

207
Q

Acantholytic cells on skin biopsy

A

Pemphigus vulgaris – acantholytic = separation of keratinocytes due to loss of cadherin connections

208
Q

Antibodies against hemidesmosomes of skin basement membrane

A

Bullous pemphigoid

209
Q

Causes “backwash ileitis”

A

Ulcerative Colitis (backwash of poo into ileum –> ileitis)

210
Q

Liver tumour in woman taking COCP

A

Hepatic Adenoma –> need to avoid pregnancy

211
Q

Biliary brush cytology shows cellular discohesion and a high nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio

A

Cholangiocarcinoma

212
Q

Visit tropical country –> malabsorption and thickened small bowel loops on imaging

A

Tropical sprue

213
Q

Thyroid cancer associated with RET mutation

A

Medullary

214
Q

Calcitonin staining used in this thyroid cancer

A

Medullary

215
Q

Thyroid cancer = cystic lesion with papillary architecture and clear cytoplasm

A

Papillary carcinoma

216
Q

Bone pain and low calcium in someone who has kidney problems

A

Renal Osteodystrophy (kidneys can’t convert D3 to calcitriol)

217
Q

Pins and needles in legs in osteoporosis

A

Vertebral Collapse

218
Q

X-Ray hand: small resorptive lesions in the bones of the 4th and 5th digits

A

Hyperparathyroidism

219
Q

Widened epiphyseal plates

A

Osteomalacia

220
Q

Troisier’s Sign +ve

A

Virchow’s node enlargement (abdo cancer)

221
Q

Loss of ganglion cells in the myenteric plexus

A

Achalasia = increased tone in oesophagus

222
Q

Perforation of the oesophagus due to rise in internal oesophageal pressure while vomiting e.g. alcoholism, bulimia

A

Boerhaave Syndrome

223
Q

Bloody discharge from nipple –> mammogram does not show any lesions

A

Intraductal Papilloma (need galactogram)

224
Q

Collapse suddenly while exercising. Echo shows asymmetrical thickening of septum

A

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

225
Q

Endocarditis with SLE

A

Libman-Sacks Endocarditis

226
Q

Young man with SOB/palpitations – have narrowing of left ventricular outflow tract

A

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

227
Q

Psammoma bodies found in which type of ovarian cancer?

A

Serous

228
Q

Vitamin deficiency causing Subacute Combined Degeneration of Cord

A

B12

229
Q

Vitamin deficiency causing dry skin, dry eyes (and immature retinas)

A

A

230
Q

Anti-ANA and anti-RNP

A

Mixed connective tissue disease

231
Q

Head CT shows crescent-shaped lesion (in alcoholic)

A

Subdural haemorrhage

232
Q

Deletion of APC gene

A

Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

233
Q

Pancreatic tumour with KRAS mutation

A

Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma

234
Q

Most common autoantibody in SLE

A

Anti-ANA

235
Q

Tumour marker in papillary and follicular thyroid cancer

A

Thyroglobulin

236
Q

Ca 19-9 tumour marker

A

Pancreatic and biliary

237
Q

Ca 15-3 tumour marker

A

Breast

238
Q

hCG and LDH tumour markers

A

Testicular

239
Q

Symmetrical, erythematous lesions – with “central clearing”, and some have overlying vesicles/bullae

A

Erythema multiforme (Type IV Hypersensitivity)

240
Q

Many lytic lesions in epiphysis of knee –> soap-bubble appearance

A

Gaint Cell Tumour

241
Q

This feature is diagnostic of chronic pancreatitis

A

Pancreatic calcifications

242
Q

Most common pancreatic cancer

A

Ductal carcinoma – more common in head

243
Q

Pancreatic cancer found in tail of pancreas

A

Neuroendocrine

244
Q

Mutation found in pancreatic cancer

A

K-Ras

245
Q

Composition of radiolucent gallstones

A

Cholesterol

246
Q

Iron-storage complex (found in haemachromatosis, stained by Prussian Blue)

A

Haemosiderin

247
Q

Commonest liver tumour

A

Haemangioma = benign

248
Q

Commonest malignant liver tumour

A

Mets!

249
Q

Old man with colicky abdo pain relieved by pooing

A

Diverticular Disease (low fibre diet)

250
Q

Most common bowel cancer type

A

Adenocarcinoma 98%

251
Q

This disease predisposes to pilocytic astrocytoma

A

Neurofibromatosis 1

252
Q

Cancer that astrocytomas always become

A

Glioblastoma

253
Q

This makes CSF

A

Choroid plexus

254
Q

Commonest cause of coma in brain injury

A

Diffuse Axonal Injury

255
Q

Causes Tau -ve Pick’s Disease

A

Progranulin mutation

256
Q

Type of kidney stone in proteus infection

A

Magnesium ammonium phosphate (Struvite)

257
Q

Most common renal cancer (“golden yellow tumour”)

A

Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma

258
Q

Triphasic renal tumour

A

Nephroblastoma (Wilm’s)

259
Q

Amplification of this is used to show if tumour is testicular germ cell tumour

A

i12p

260
Q

Most common testicular cancer

A

Seminoma

261
Q

Composition of inorganic bone

A

Calcium hydroxyapatite

262
Q

Bone tumour caused by t(11;22)

A

Ewing’s Sarcoma

263
Q

Ovarian cancer that makes oestrogen

A

Granulosa Cell

264
Q

Thyroid cancer containing amyloid

A

Medullary (calcitonin broken down to amyloid)

265
Q

+ve CLO test

A

H. pylori

266
Q

Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive macrophages

A

Whipple’s Disease

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