Path 1 Quiz 3 Flashcards
Exogenous Pigments - what does this mean? What is the most common cause for exogenous pigmentation?
- Comes from outside in
- Carbon/coal
Carbon aka
coal
Who commonly breaths in carbon/coal?
Miners
Define Anthracosis
- Deposition and accumulation of carbon/coal in the lungs
- Benign
- This is not a condition it is used to describe a condition
Define Coal-worker pneumoconiosis
- Lung disease
- accumulation of coal dust in the lungs and the tissue’s reaction to its presence
- lung tissue is modified due to reaction to inhaling of particles - CT is formed to replace normal lung tissue
What is tattooing?
- insulation of the superficial cells of the skin (dermatocytes)
- Ink is not damaging but the problem is if the instrument is infected and not sterilized
- infected can can become inflamed
List the types of Endogenous Pigments
Lipofuscin
Melanin
Homogensitic acid
hemosiderin
AKA for lipofuscin
- Lipochrome
- Wear and tear pigment
- Brown atrophy
Explain Lipofuscin:
- Represents complexes of protein and lipid derived from free radical preoxidation of polyunsaturated lipids of subcellular membranes
- Doesn’t cause any problems
What is the physical representation of lipofuscin?
brown spots/pigmentation
Lipofuscin is commonly seen in…
- elderly patients
- Absence of this is a sign of youth
What is melanin?
Normal Black pigment
What cell produces melanin?
Melanocytes
Function of melanin?
Important protecter of UV radiation
Amount of melanin in individuals bodies varies and can be dependent upon
Where they live
Homogentisic Acid AKA
Alkapton
What color is homogenitistic acid?
Black
Homogentistic acid is a product of what diseases?
alkaptonuria
onchronosis
(deposition of of calcium into IVDs and cartilage)
Hemosiderin
Accumulation in tissues where there is local or systemic excess of IRON and representing large aggregates of ferritin micelles
Presence of ferritin usually means there is a presence of…
iron
Is iron normal in the blood?
How much iron is considered normal?
- Yes it is normal in the blood - but too much locally or systemically will cause hemosiderin
- 2-5 grams
Hemosiderin is commonly deposited systemically in…
liver, spleen, and lymph nodes (focal areas)
Hemosiderin is commonly deposited locally in…
how does this happen?
eyes - ears
(battle sign and raccoon sign)
Trauma - direct contact makes iron react with heme - leads to change in color
Explain hemosiderosis
-It is associated with a deposition of hemosiderin in MANY organs and tissues in the cases of systemic overload of iron!
Explain Hemochromatosis
Excess accumulation of iron - Systemically - can be harmful
Explain Hereditary hemochromatosis?
- AKA?
- Gender, age?
- location
- AKA Genetic or hereditary
- Chromosome problem
- Predominantly distributed among males 7:1
- 40 - 50 years old
- increased absorption of iron in the GI tract - increased iron in the body.
- up to 50G
- accumulation of iron in the liver
Explain Secondary hemochromatosis?
-AKA?
- AKA Acquired Hemochromatosis aka Transfusion reaction
- Systemic iron overload with increased absorption of iron in the body
hemotransfusions / blood transfusions result in _______ when there are elevated iron levels in the blood / hemochromatosis.
Lysis of the RBC
Bantu Siderosis
- Explain it?
- What is it an example of - pathology wise?
Iron interferes with replication of DNA, this can lead to cancer
- ACQUIRED hematochromatosis
- South Africa - Malie
Bantu Siderosis is seen in what type of cases?
Malaria
hemolytic anemia
MOST COMMONLY - this is seen in those of the savanna desert in Africa that make an alcohol in iron barrels - this causes a high ingestion of iron
Secondary iron overload/ Transfusion reaction / Acquired hemochromatosis / Bantu Siderosis Disease
- Problem sites include?
Liver
Pancreas
Cardiac Failure
Pathology that can arise when there is excess iron in the Liver?
Hepatoma = Liver cancer
(increases the chance of liver by 20%)
-Liver fibrosis/cirrhosis (occurs because of excess scar tissue in the liver)
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Pathology that can arise when there is excess iron in the Pancreas?
Diabetes mellitus
Pathology that can arise when there is excess iron in the heart?
Cardiomyopathy / cardiac failure
- can lead to arrhythmia
Signs and symptoms of secondary iron overload
Hepatomegaly abdominal pain skin pigmentation (hyper pigmentation) diabetes mellitus arrhythmia temporary arthritis Joint pain / arthralgia
What pigmentation is not normal?
Homogenisitc Pigmentation
Wilson’s disease AKA?
Hepatolenticular degeneration
What normally happens when copper enters the blood?
- copper entered body and goes into the liver and in conjunction with alpha - 2 globulin it creates ceruloplasmin. (95% of copper - 2.5 grams a day)
This goes into the blood circulation and goes back into the liver where the complex separates - copper is then excreted from the body with bill via the GI tract