Lung Dz Flashcards
1
Q
Affects Chloride channels. “Sweat test”. Mother notices 1… tastes salt. Salty baby
syndrome. Affects GI and respiratory mucus linings and exocrine secretions. Susceptible to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Lung transplants frequently required
A
cystic fibrosis
2
Q
iron in lungs due to bleeding
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hemosiderosis
3
Q
sputum analysis yields “curshmann’s spirals” or “charcot leyden crystals”
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asthma
4
Q
honeycomb lung
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pulmonary fibrosis
5
Q
caseous necrosis in lung. ghon complex lesions. granulomas. epithelioid histiocytes. if spread to spine = potts dz
if vertebrae collapses from TB= gibbus deformity
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tuberculosis
6
Q
vasculitis of the lung and kidney
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wegener’s granulomatosis
7
Q
alpha 1 antitrypsin def. (protease antiprotease theory is associated with this)
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emphysema
