LUNG PATHOLOGY-1 Flashcards
Non Neoplastic lung conditions
3 asbestos exposure related conditions
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- Pleural plaques
- Adenocarcinoma
- Mesothelioma
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Ghon focus/ Ghon Complex?
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Ghon Complex
The image shows a combination of parenchymal lung lesion and regional nodal involvement
Refer Slide 98 of the Lung ppt
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1. Diagnosis?
Gross- Cobblestoned lung surface
C/F: Fine bibasilar crackles
2. What is the cause for the finding seen on radiology?
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- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Retraction of interlobular septa due to scarring is responsible for the honeycomb fibrosis seen on radiology
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Identify the pneumoconioses based on description provided for each:
1. • increased susceptibility to tuberculosis, egg shell calcification on Xray, birefringent particles on polarizing microscopy
- multiple, intensely blackened scars larger than 2 cm, necrotic center, coal miner
- See the image. What stain has been used to identify this characteristic finding ? Which condition is this?
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- Silicosis (see slide 57 for microscopic image of silicotic nodule)
- Complicated coal worker’s pneumoconioses (CWP)
(See slide 56 for gross lung image)
- Perl’s Prussian Blue; asbestos body.
An asbestos body- golden brown, fusiform or beaded rods with a translucent center and consist of asbestos fibers coated with an iron-containing proteinaceous material
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- Miliary pulmonary disease- does spread occur thorugh venous /arterial blood?
- Systemic miliary tuberculosis - does spread occur through venous/ arterial blood?
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- occurs when organisms draining through lymphatics enter the venous blood and circulate back to the lung.
- Systemic miliary tuberculosis : occurs when bacteria disseminate through the systemic arterial system
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Primary/ reactivation Tuberculosis?
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Reactivation Tuberculosis
The key here is to observe the cavitation, typically assoc with reactivation
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List some fibrogenic cytokines produced by the activated alveolar epithelial cells in IPF?
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TNF-alpha, TGF-beta, PDGF
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What is the major source of the event represented in the image?
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The event shown is a saddle embolus; cause in 95% is DVT.
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Identify this condition using the clues and Xray given:
Local suppurative process
secondary to Aspiration of infective material
or an
Antecedent primary lung infection
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Lung abscess
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What is the echocardiogram finding associated with this condition?
See attached image
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Coronary sinus dilatation
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Diagnosis?
abrupt onset of high fever, chills, purulent sputum, chest pain that increases on inspiration
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Bronchopneumonia
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1. What type of atelectasis is this?
Resorption of oxygen trapped in dependent alveoli due to complete obstruction of the bronchial airway
Mediastinum shifts toward affected side
2. Name the other 2 types of atelectasis
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- Resorption atelectasis
2a. . Compression
2b. Contraction
(If you cannot remember these, study slide 11 of the Lung ppt)
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Identify the lesion represented in the image provided
- extends to the periphery of the lung substance as a wedge with the apex pointing toward the hilus of the lung
- hemorrhagic
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Pulmonary infarction
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1. Identify this condition
- greater prevalence in African-Americans
- noncaseating granulomas, Schaumann bodies & asteroid bodies
- hypercalcemia, elevated ACE, hypercalcemia
2. Describe the radiologic finding
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- Sarcoidosis
- Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy
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PaO2 / FiO2 in ARDS
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Less than 200
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Identify this lesion that primarily involves the alveoli , immunologically mediated & is predominantly interstitial
- harvested humid, warm hay -
- proteins from serum, excreta, or feathers of birds
- thermophilic bacteria in heated water reservoirs
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Farmer’s lung
- Pigeon breeder’s lung
- Humidifier/air conditioner lung
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- What is the Reid Index?
- Which condition is this condition increased?
- In terms of the alphabets represented in the image, what represents the ratio?
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- ratio of the thickness of the mucous gland layer to the thickness of the wall between the epithelium and the cartilage .(normally 0.4)
- Chronic bronchitis
- bc/ad
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Pulmonary function test findings in restrictive airway diseases
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Decreased FVC and TLC
Increased FEV1/FVC ratio
Decreased lung volumes
Reductions in carbon monoxide diffusing capacity
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