Lab: Inflammatory Lung Disease and Cancer Cases Flashcards
Spindle cells are indicative of __________ cancer.
metastatic
Differentiate the pathologic appearance of bronchopneumonia and lobar pneumonia.
Bronchopneumonia will be splotchy and mutlifocal, while lobar pneumonia will totally encompass the lobe.
What are empyemas?
Collections of pus in potential spaces; they are different from abscesses by the absence of an epithelial wall
What is the etymology of the word miliary?
Comes from millet-like, because the distribution looks like thrown seeds
What histologic stain is used to identify fungi?
Silver stains
What four extra-pulmonary areas can tuberculosis infect?
Lymph nodes
Spleen
Liver
Bones
Squamous cell carcinomas are most likely to arise in __________.
large bronchi
Which type of lung cancer causes paraneoplastic syndrome?
Small-cell carcinoma
