Neuropathology Flashcards
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Alzheimer’s Disease
Granulovacuolar degeneration, neurofibrillary tangle, hirano body
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Pick Disease
Spares the superiortemporal gyrus
Spherical intracellular inclusions
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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
-Inflammatory and demyelinating features shown in the image
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Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage
Basal ganglionic hemorrhage & rupture into ventricular system
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Friedreich Ataxia
Tract degeneration in dorsal spinocerebellar columns and posterior columns
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Wernicke Encephalopathy
Mamillary bodies are congested and discolored
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Laminar necrosis, due to hypoxic/ischemic injury.
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Aspergillosis infection. Septate Hypae branch at acute angles
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Pompe Disease - severe vacuolar myopathy due to extensive glycogen storage
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CADASIL - numerous accumulations of granular osmiophilic material (GOM) shown in electron micrograph
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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy - Globose neurofibrillary tangles and positive astrocytic inclusions
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Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Notice the Amyloid Plaques
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Schwannoma - tumor contains a verocay body
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Polyarteritis Nodosa - acute vasculitis involving an epineural artery
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Multiple Sclerosis - sharply demarcated plaque of myelin loss and small lesions adjacent to the ventricles
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