Intro to Path + Lesion Description and Interpretation - Paraschou Flashcards
What is etiology?
Cause of disease
Ex: Viruses, BacT, fungi, parasites
What is pathogenesis?
Sequence of events that lead to disease
What are clinical manifestations?
CS that are a result of functional abnormalities of tissue
What are the 5 pathological processes?
- Inflammation + repair
- Degeneration/Necrosis
- Circulatory disorders
- Disorders of growth
- Deposits + pigmentations
what is systemic pathology?
unique responses to injury of each tissue
What makes up a morphological diagnosis?
- Pathological process
- Location
- Distribution, duration, severity
What makes up a etiologic diagnosis?
- Pathological process
- Location
- Cause
What are the features of description?
- Location
- Distribution
- Number
- Shape
- Size
- Color
- Consistency
- Margins
How can distribution be described?
- Focal
- Multi focal
- Miliary
- Diffuse
- Locally extensive
- Symmetrical vs Assymetrical
__________ is when there are numerous pin point lesions
Miliary
_________ is when the whole tissue is effected
Diffuse
What does a symmetrical lesion tell you?
Indicates systemic/metabolic cause of lesion
can be do to nutrition or toxic