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vasculitis: small vessel vasculitis with P-ANCA against (proteinase 3/myeloperoxidase)

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myeloperoxidase (P is perinuclear)

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vasculitis: small vessel vasculitis with C-ANCA against (proteinase 3/myeloperoxidase)

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proteinase 3 (C is cytoplasmic)

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vasculitis: what type of bacteria invades the endothelial cells, smooth muscles, and capillaries?

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Rickettsia

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vasculitis: (Behcet/Buerger-Thromboangiitis obliterans/Kawasaki/Takayasu/Churg Strauss) large and small vessels, mucous membranes of many organs, oral and genital ulcers, ocular inflammation

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Behcet. Treat with corticosteroids

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vasculitis: (Behcet/Buerger-Thromboangiitis obliterans/Kawasaki/Takayasu/Churg Strauss) medium and small arteries of distal arms and legs, gangrene, painful ulceration, smoking

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thromboangiitis obliterans, Buerger disease (polyphenols from tobacco elicit antibodies, 25-40 year olds)

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vasculitis: (Behcet/Buerger-Thromboangiitis obliterans/Kawasaki/Takayasu/Churg Strauss) small and medium arteries, arterioles, veins. Granulomas and eosinophilic infiltrates, asthma, P-ANCA

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Churg Strauss (young pts with asthma, tx with corticosteroids)

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vasculitis: (Behcet/Buerger-Thromboangiitis obliterans/Kawasaki/Takayasu/Churg Strauss) aortic arch and branches

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Takayasu Arteritis

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vasculitis: (Behcet/Buerger-Thromboangiitis obliterans/Kawasaki/Takayasu/Churg Strauss) coronary arteries

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Kawasaki Disease

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vasculitis: (Behcet/Buerger-Thromboangiitis obliterans/Kawasaki/Takayasu/Churg Strauss) inflammation of vasa vasorum requires differentiation from syphilis

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Takayasu

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vasculitis: (Behcet/Buerger-Thromboangiitis obliterans/Kawasaki/Takayasu/Churg Strauss) women under 30, pulseless disease if subclavian arteries are affected, vision disturbances

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Takayasu

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vasculitis: (Behcet/Buerger-Thromboangiitis obliterans/Kawasaki/Takayasu/Churg Strauss) acute necrotizing, infection with parvovirus/bacteria, fever, rash, conjunctival and oral lesions, LAD

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Kawasaki

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vasculitis: (Behcet/Buerger-Thromboangiitis obliterans/Kawasaki/Takayasu/Churg Strauss) children, parvovirus infection

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Kawasaki

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vasculitis: (Polyarteritis nodosa/Hypersensitivity-microscopic angiitis/Giant Cell arteritis/Wegener Granulomatosis) aka Temporal arteritis

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Giant Cell

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vasculitis: (Polyarteritis nodosa/Hypersensitivity-microscopic angiitis/Giant Cell arteritis/Wegener Granulomatosis) 70% C-ANCA, 10% P-ANCA, men age 50-60

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Wegener

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vasculitis: (Polyarteritis nodosa/Hypersensitivity-microscopic angiitis/Giant Cell arteritis/Wegener Granulomatosis) medium and small arteries, sometimes large arteries, vigorous acute inflam response, necrosis, thrombosis, infarcts, aneurysm in large arteries

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polyarteritis nodosa

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vasculitis: (Polyarteritis nodosa/Hypersensitivity-microscopic angiitis/Giant Cell arteritis/Wegener Granulomatosis) clinical findings in kidneys, heart, muscle, skin. Occurs in HBV, HCV, HIV patients

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polyarteritis nodosa (treat with corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide)

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vasculitis: (Polyarteritis nodosa/Hypersensitivity-microscopic angiitis/Giant Cell arteritis/Wegener Granulomatosis) P-ANCA, smallest arteries and arterioles, reaction to foreign materials/drugs/infection

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Hypersensitivity microscopic angiitis

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vasculitis: (Polyarteritis nodosa/Hypersensitivity-microscopic angiitis/Giant Cell arteritis/Wegener Granulomatosis) cutaneous purpuric lesions, complication is renal involvement

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hypersensitivity microscopic angiitis

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vasculitis: (Polyarteritis nodosa/Hypersensitivity-microscopic angiitis/Giant Cell arteritis/Wegener Granulomatosis) usually benign and self limited, 70 years mean onset, cranial arteries, aorta and branches

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giant cell. giant cells distributed at internal elastic lamina

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vasculitis: (Polyarteritis nodosa/Hypersensitivity-microscopic angiitis/Giant Cell arteritis/Wegener Granulomatosis) nodular thickening of lumen, increased risk in HLA-DR4

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giant cell. temporal pain, treat with corticosteroids

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vasculitis: (Polyarteritis nodosa/Hypersensitivity-microscopic angiitis/Giant Cell arteritis/Wegener Granulomatosis) small and medium arteries/veins, necrosis, lesions of nose/sinuses/lungs/kidney

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Wegener (granulomatous inflammation)

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Monckeberg medial sclerosis is characterized by calcification of (smallest and small/small and medium/medium and large/large and largest) arteries of older pts who are not otherwise affected by atherosclerosis

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large and medium arteries

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symptoms of Monckeberg medial sclerosis

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usually asymptomatic

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most major factor in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis (systemic HTN/hyperlipidemia)

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hyperlipidemia

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(thrombin/plasmin) involved in fibrinolysis

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plasmin

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pt with an unrepaired ASD may develop (paradoxical embolism/pulmonary HTN)

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pulm HTN–narrowing of pulm vasculature, R to L shunt

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large VSD can lead to _____ syndrome

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Eisenmenger

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(subendocardial/transmural) MI’s occur as a consequence of hypoperfusion of the heart secondary to poor coronary blood flow, often in the setting of hypotension

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subendocardial

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(subendocardial/transmural) MI’s follow occlusion of a major coronary artery

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transmural

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(viral myocarditis/rheumatic heart disease) associated with focal inflammatory lesions found in various tissues, most distinctive in the heart, termed “Aschoff bodies”

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rheumatic heart disease

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_____ syndrome reflects the release of active tumor products and features diarrhea, flushing, bronchospasm, and skin lesions

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carcinoid

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carcinoid heart disease typically affects which two valves in the heart

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pulmonic and tricuspid

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(restrictive/constrictive) pericarditis is a chronic fibrosing disease of the pericardium that compresses the heart and restricts inflow. It results from an exuberant healing response

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constrictive

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tricuspid (insufficiency/stenosis) secondary to bacterial endocarditis is one of the most common complications of IV drug abuse

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insufficiency

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complications of bacterial PNA include spread of infection to (blood/bronchi/interstitial space/pericardium/pleural space), pulm abscess, pulm fibrosis

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pleural space (empyema)

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____ is a loculated collection of pus with fibrous walls that follows the spread of bacterial infection to the pleural space. thick, foul smelling fluid

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empyema

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pulmonary infection with ______ (bacteria) is common as a superinfection after influenza, occurs in chronically ill patients who are prone to aspiration or who are intubated

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staph aureus

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lobar PNA: (Strep pneumoniae/Klebsiella pneumoniae) MCC of community acquired PNA and secondary PNA, seen in middle aged adults and elderly

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strep

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lobar PNA: (Strep pneumoniae/Klebsiella pneumoniae) aspirated enteric flora, seen in nursing homes, alcoholics, diabetics, currant jelly sputum

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klebsiella. often complicated by abscess

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broncho PNA: (S aureus/H influenzae/P aeruginosa/Legionella) often complicated by abscess or empyema

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S aureus

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broncho PNA: (S aureus/H influenzae/P aeruginosa/Legionella) leads to exacerbation of COPD

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H influenzae

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broncho PNA: (S aureus/H influenzae/P aeruginosa/Legionella) in CF patients

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P aeruginosa

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broncho PNA: (S aureus/H influenzae/P aeruginosa/Legionella) best visualized by silver stain, macrophage infiltrate

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Legionella–contaminated water source

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interstitial (atypical) PNA: (mycoplasma/chlamydia/resp syncytial virus/CMV/C burnetti) a rickettsial organism that causes PNA, Q fever, does not produce a skin rash

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C burnetti

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interstitial (atypical) PNA: (mycoplasma/chlamydia/resp syncytial virus/CMV/C burnetti) young adults, MCC of atypical PNA, cold hemolytic anemia, IgM, erythema multiforme

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mycoplasma (no gram stain due to lack of cell wall)

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interstitial (atypical) PNA: (mycoplasma/chlamydia/resp syncytial virus/CMV/C burnetti) 2nd MCC of atypical PNA in young adults

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chlamydia

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interstitial (atypical) PNA: (mycoplasma/chlamydia/resp syncytial virus/CMV/C burnetti) MCC of atypical PNA in infants

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RSV

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interstitial (atypical) PNA: (mycoplasma/chlamydia/resp syncytial virus/CMV/C burnetti) posttransplant immunosuppressive therapy

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CMV

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MAI often occurs in AIDS patients due to depletion of CD4 T cells, characterized by an extensive pulmonary infiltrate of (eosinophils/macrophages/mast cells)

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macrophages