Mixed Block Notes 1 Flashcards
Histology of GBM
Necrosis, Hemorrhage, Pallisading pattern
Histology of Meningioma
Psammoma bodies (also papillary thyroid carcinoma, serous papillary ovarian adenocarcinoma)
Histology of Oligodendroglioma
Fried egg appearance
PCNSL Histology
Uniform atypical lymphocytes
Lingual Thyroid
Thyroid tissue fails to migrate –> Removal cause hypothyroid
dx of asthma after Methacholine challenge
Decr in FEV1 of >20%
Cutaneous Neurofibromas –>
NF1 –> Autosomal Dominant (Chr 17)
Widened QRS converts to narrow during tachyarrhythmia in WPW b/c
accessory pathway no longer pre-excites but instead forms re-entrant circuit
EKG Triad for WPW
Shortened PR, Delta wave, Wide QRS
Linear deposits of Ig along glomerular basement membrane
Anti-GBM disease (Goodpasture) = Type 1 RPGN = Crescents on LM
Basement membrane splitting in kidney bx
Alport and MPGN Type 1
Uniform, diffuse wall thickening in kidney bx
Membranous Glomerulopathy
B6 is an essential cofactor for
Transamination and Decarboxylation of Aas, Gluconeogenesis
OAA + Glutamate –>
Aspartate and a-KG
Transamination reactions
AA and a-keto acid –> Amine transferred to a-keto acid, which becomes AA
Most common form of Galactosemia
Galactose-1-P uridyl transferase deficiency
What to check before initiating metformin therapy?
Serum Creatinine –> Lactic Acid accumulation (also contraindicated in hepatic dysfunction, CHF, alcoholism, sepsis)
Bloom syndrome is characterized by
General chromosomal instability
Ataxia Telangiectasia is characterized by
DNA hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation
Cardiac Output equation
- SV x HR; 2. (O2 consumption) / (AV O2 difference)
TCA cause what heart manifestation
Quinidine-like effect: QRS and QT prolongation by inhibiting fast Na channels
Treatment for cardiac TCA overdose
Hypertonic NaHCO3: Corrects QRS prolongation, Reverses hypotension, Treats ventricular dysrhythmias
What accounts for awakening from barbiturate anesthesia
Redistribution (not elmination)
MOA of Oxybutynin
M3 antagonist –> Decr IP3 –> Decr Ca (urge incontinence)
Common causes of myopathy with elevated CK
Hypothyroid, Muscular Dystrophy, Inflammatory Muscle Disease, HMG-CoA Reductase inhibitor
Fatiguability, Weight gain, and Myoedema –>
Hypothyroid
CK levels in Steroid-induced myopathy
Normal
Ciprofloxacin is NOT effective for
Anaerobic infections
Ceftriaxone has poor activity against
Anaerobes
Azithromycin is used for
Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, H flu, Moraxella
Permissive effects of cortisol
Incr vascular and bronchial smooth muscle reactivity to catecholamines
Valproate causes what birth defect
Neural Tube defects
PYR positive
GAS
What molecule is upregulated to mediate Transmigration
PECAM-1
Caspofungin is most active against
Candida and Aspergillus (not against Mucor or Rhizopus)
Selective Proteinuria
Albumin loss with minimal loss of more bulky proteins (IgG, Macroglobulin)
Most selective derminant for size in glomerulus
GBM and slit diaphragm (4nm)
Barrier to albumin loss in urine
charge selectivity
Tubular proteinuria
Presence of low molecular weight proteins in urine that should have been reabsorbed
Overload pronteinuria
Normally reabsorbed, smaller proteins exceed reabsorption capacity
Functional proteinuira
change in blood flow through glomerulus
Histologic features of Acute Viral Hepatitis
Ballooning degeneration, Mononuclear infiltrates, Councilman bodies
Anorexia, nausea, and low grade fever followed by bilirubinuria and R upper quadrant tenderness
Acute Hepatitis - most commonly caused by HAV in young adults
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance is lowest when
At Functional Residual Capacity (after casual exhalation)
Require cholesterol for growth in acellular media
Mycoplasma
MacConkey agar contains ___ to inhibit growth of contaminant
Bile
Virulence factor of E coli in neonatal meningitis
K1 capsular antigen
Virulence factor of E coli in non-bloody gastroenteritis
Heat stable/labile
Virulence factor of E coli in UTI’s
P (pyelonephritis) Fimbriae
Na channel binding strength among Class I Anti-arrhythmics
1C > 1A > 1B (correlates to use dependence)
MOA of BNP
Incr cGMP via GC
Slow acetylation affects which drugs
INH, Dapsone, Hydralazine, Procainamide
MOA of Rifampin
DNA-dependent RNA synthesis inhibition
Rifampin vs Isoniazid
Rifampin is not specific for mycobacteria
99mmTc-pertechnetate scan detects
presence of gastric mucosa
Digestive effects after sub-total pancreatectomy
Deficient in all digestive enzymes normally secreted by pancrease into duodenum
D-xylose absorption
Monosaccharide that can be absorbed direct w/out pancreatic enzymes
oral administration of fixed dose D-xylose
Differentiate b/t malabsorption of pancreatic vs GI mucosal etiology
Langhans Cells
Multinucleated giant cell with role in Granulomatous inflammation
Raquet-shaped intracytoplasmic granule
Birbeck granule in Langerhans cells
Merkel Cells
Basal layer neuroendocrine cells with role in touch
Portal triad runs in
Hepatoduodenal ligament
Which part of heart injured in stab wound to left 4th intercostal space
Right Ventricle
Two important steps in workup of metabolic alkalosis
Volume Status, Urine Chloride
Treatment of Vomiting/NG suction Metabolic Alkalosis
Isotonic saline for volume and Cl repletion
What leads to metabolic alkalosis that is saline unresponsive
Hyperaldosteronism or Hypercortisolism
Low blood-gas partition coefficient means
Poor solubility –> Blood saturates quickly –> Fast rise in partial pressure –> Faster brain saturation –> Faster onset time
High blood-gas partition coefficient means
High solubility –> Blood saturates slowly –> Delayed rise in partial pressure –> Slow brain saturation –> Slow onset time
Function of BRCA1/2
Double strand DNA break repair
Heritability of BRCA mutations
Autosomal dominant
Dysfunction in Alkaptonuria
Homogentisate Oxidase - Tyrosine to Fumarate
What in urine in Alkaptonuria imparts black color if oxidized
Homogentisic Acid
Ochronosis
Blue-black pigmentation in Alkaptonuria
Tx for combined absence and tonic clonic
Valproate
Tx for Absence Seizures
Valproate, Ethosuximide
Ethosuximide is not effective for
Tonic Clonic
Chronic effects of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Reflexive systemic and pulmonary vasoconstriction and sympathetic cardiac stimulation –> Pulmonary HTN and Right Heart Failure
Hepatic Angiosarcoma is associated with
Arsenic, Thorotrast, Polyvinyl Chloride
CD31
PECAM1 –> Leukocyte migration thru endothium