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Lecture 1 - Introduction To Pathology Flashcards

1
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What is pathology?

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Branch of medicine concerned with understanding the process of disease

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2
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What is a disease?

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A pathological condition of a body part, an organ or a system characterised by an identifiable group or signs or symptoms

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3
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In a disease, how is homeostasis affected?

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Homeostasis fails

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4
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What is chemical pathology?

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Biochemical investigations of disease

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5
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What is Haematology?

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Diseases of the blood

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6
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What is Immunology?

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Diseases of the immune system

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7
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What is medical microbiology?

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Disease-causing microbes including advice on antibiotic usage

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8
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What is cellular pathology?

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Examines organs, tissues and cells for diagnosis and to guide treatment

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9
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Why is microscopic diagnosis important?

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Gives a definitive diagnosis

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10
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What is the difference between Histology and Cytology?

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Histology = Looking at pieces of tissues

Cytology = Individual/ a very small number of cells are aspirated

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What does aspirated mean?

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Drawn from the body by suction

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12
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What is histology good for?

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Immunohistochemical and molecular testing

Can differentiate invasive from in situ disease

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13
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What are some key notes about cytology?

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Faster and cheaper than histology
Higher inadequate and error rates
Can be used for cells in fluids

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14
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What is an Adnexal mass?

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A lump in the tissue near the uterus

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15
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What is ascites

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Fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity

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16
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What information can be determined from Histopathology/cytology?

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Inflammatory or neoplastic
Benign/malignant
Primary Tumor or metastasis
Grade of cancer

17
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How is immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology useful for treatment?

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Can determine the likely efficacy of further treatments

18
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What is autolysis?

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Cell degradation (when the blood supply is cut off cell digests itself)

19
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What are the steps in producing slides for microscopy?

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Sample sliced thinly
Fixation
Embedding
Blocking
Microtomy
Staining
Mounting

20
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What is fixation?

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Specimen suspended in formalin solution

21
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What does fixing actually do?

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It prevents the specimen undergoing autolysis by inactivating tissue enzymes and denaturing protiens.
Also hardens the tissue

22
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What is done when embedding a specimen?

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Paraffin wax surrounds the specimen
Then dehydration with alcohol
Alcohol removed and XYLENE added
More wax added

23
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What is blocking?

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Sample put into metal trays and more wax added
Metal tray is then removed

24
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What is microtomy?

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Machine called microtome very thinly slices the specimen into sections

25
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What stains are commonly used?

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Haematoxylin and eosin (H&E)

26
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What does Haematoxylin stain and what colour does it stain?

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Stains Nuclei purple

27
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What does Eosin stain and what colour does it stain?

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Stains Cytoplasm and connective tissue pink

28
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What is mounting?

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Preserving and protecting the slice of tissue
Mounting medium is add, dries and hardens, coverslip then gets attached

29
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What is good about frozen sections and when are they used?

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They are produced very quickly so are made in surgery and used to make Intra operative decisions

30
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What is the downside to frozen sections?

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Less clear than formalin fixed
Don’t last very long

31
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What is immunohistochemistry and what is its use?

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Antibody made that has an enzyme which catalyses a colour producing reaction

Antibody can be made specific to pretty much any antigen

32
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What is molecular pathology?

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Studies how diseases are caused by alterations in normal cellular molecular biology (changed DNA, RNA or proteins)

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