Other TB infections Flashcards
Describe the form of miliary TB
Severe
Describe the spread that causes miliary TB
Hematogenous
Describe the dose of bacteria which is spread in miliary TB
Large
Describe the immunity of the patient which has miliary TB
Very low
Describe the occurrence of the foci when cut section and outer surfaces of all organs is done
Multiple
Describe their shape
Rounded
Describe their size
Equal
Describe their color
Yellowish
What are the small foci related to?
Blood vessels
What are these small foci not surrounded by?
Red zone
What is this red zone of?
Hyperaemia
What is seen under the microscope in miliary TB? (2 points)
Tubercles
Central caseation
Describe this caseation
Central
What are the cells seen under the microscope in miliary TB?
Langhans giant cells
Describe the number of these Langhans giant cells
Few
What is the differential diagnosis of Miliary TB?
Pyaemic abscesses
Describe the prognosis of Miliary TB
Fatal
What occurs in the primary skin TB?
Primary skin complex
What is the secondary skin TB a part of?
Miliary TB
Which miliary TB is the secondary skin TB a part of?
Generalized
What occurs in the secondary skin TB?
Lupus vulgaris
Describe Lupus vulgaris
Infection
Describe this infection
Hematogenous
Where does this hematogenous infection mainly occur in?
Face
Describe the shape of the TB ulcer
Irregular
Describe the edge of the TB ulcer
Undermined
What occurs in the edge of the TB ulcer?
Destruction
Which layer is this destruction more in?
Deeper
Describe the margin of the TB ulcer
Cyanotic
Describe the shape of this margin
Irregular
What occurs in the floor of the TB ulcer?
Caseation
What occurs in the base of the TB ulcer?
Fibrosis
Describe this base
Indurated
What does the TB ulcer show under the microscope? (2 points)
Tubercle
Caseation
What are the 2 differential diagnosis of the TB ulcer?
Syphilitic
Malignant ulcers
How does the bacteria enter the intestine in TB enteritis?
Swallowed
How many organs are rarely affected by the swallowing of bacteria?
3
What are the 3 organs that are rarely affected by the swallowing of the bacteria?
Mouth
Pharynx
Oesophagus
What makes these 3 organs rarely affected by the swallowing of the bacteria?
Stratified squamous epithelium
What is another organ that isn’t affected by the swallowing of the bacteria?
Stomach
What feature of the stomach doesn’t make it affected by the swallowing of the bacteria?
Acidity
Describe the dose needed as a result
Large
What is this large dose needed to reach?
Intestine
What are the 2 types of intestinal TB?
Primary
Secondary
What is the type of the primary intestinal TB?
Childhood
What causes the primary intestinal TB?
Ingestion
What is ingested, causing primary intestinal TB?
TB bacteria
What is this TB bacteria of?
Bovine
Where is this bovine TB bacteria found in?
Milk
What is formed in the primary intestinal TB?
Primary intestinal complex
What is this primary intestinal complex formed of? (3 points)
Intestinal parenchymatous lesion
TB Lymphangitis
TB Lymphadenitis
What occurs in this intestinal parenchymatous lesion?
Engulfment
What is engulfed?
TB bacteria
What is this TB bacteria engulfed by?
Macrophage
What are these macrophages of?
Peyer’s patches
What is this engulfment followed by?
Tubercle formation
What does this tubercle formation undergo?
Ulceration
What occurs in the TB Lymphadenitis?
Tabes mesenterica
What is affected in Tabes mesenterica?
Mesenteric LNs
How are the Mesenteric LNs affected in Tabes mesenterica?
Enlarged
What then happens to the Mesenteric LNs?
Fuse together
Describe the fusion of the Mesenteric LNs
Matted
What causes these Mesenteric LNs fuse together?
Peri-lymphadenitis
What is the good fate of the primary intestinal TB?
Healing
What is the bad fate of the primary intestinal TB?
Spread
How many types in which the primary intestinal TB spread by?
3
What are the 3 types in which the primary intestinal TB spread by?
Local
Lymphatic
Blood
How many local sites does the primary intestinal TB spread to?
2
What are the 2 local sites in which the primary intestinal TB spread to?
Peritoneum
Fallopian tube
What is the lymphatic site in which the primary intestinal TB spread to?
Other LNs
What is an example of the blood spread of the primary intestinal TB spread to?
Miliary TB
What are another sites in which the primary intestinal TB spread to?
Natural passages
What causes secondary intestinal TB?
Swallowing of sputum
Which patients get secondary intestinal TB due to swallowing of sputum?
Those with pulmonary TB
Where does the secondary intestinal TB start in?
Peyer’s patches