Path I Flashcards
Group atrophy of skeletal muscles suggests what cause?
neurogenic disease
Perifascicular atrophy of skeletal muscle suggests what cause?
dematomyositis
Type II fiber atrophy of skeletal muscle suggests what cause?
corticosteroid therapy or disuse
Whta pathology is shown in the provided image?
Denervation & atrophy
some of the cells are very atrophic & more angulated
not dead - just atrophic b/c not getting the stimulation from the nerve
During reinnervation, what can happen to fiber type?
they can switch depending on what type of nerve the get re-innervated by
axon determine what type o myofibril you have
What type of pathology is shown in teh provided iamge?
How do you know?
Group atrophy & then regenration separated by type
- loss of “checkerboard” appearance to fiber type
What condition is seen in this provided image?
Myofiber hypertophy
can have many causes
What is the difference in presentation between Duchenne muscular dystrophy & Becker muscular dystrophy?
Presence of dystrophin?
- Duchenne
- severe chronic muslce damage
- dystrophin absent (frameshift)
- Becker
- milder chronic muscle damage
- dystrophin reduced (truncation)
What is the inheritance pattern of Muscular dysrophy with dystrohin mutation?
X-linked
(Duchenne & Becker)
Dystrophin is encoded by what gene?
IHC
If this is a stain for dystophin, what condition is depicted in the provided slide?
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
the brown outline of the myofibers in the right-hand box is the dystrophin; notice this is absent in the larger image, indicative of the absence of dystrphin
What condition is depicted in the provided slide?
The sample on the left is froma 3 yr old and the sample on the right is from a 9 yr old
Muscular Dystrophy
The collagen fibrosis that course between & around the myofibers is characteristic of muscular dystrophy
In the sample on the right, even more myofibers have been replaced by collagen & adipose
Identify the types of peripheral nerve damage shown in the diagram
- Top: axonal degeneration
- significant atrophy of myofibers
- Bottom: demyelination
- no signifiant atrophy of myofibers
- transmission will slow
What are the characteristics of nerves after regeration of axons after injury?
What are the characteristics of nerves after remission of demyelinating disease?
- Axon injury
- connections with myofibers reform
- new internodes are shorter
- sheaths are thinner
- Demyelinating
- remyelination
- new internodes are shorter
- thinner myelins sheaths than the undamaged nodes
What types of tumors have evidence of Schwann cell differentiation?
Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumos
Peripheral nerve sheath tumors are associated with what common familial tumor syndromes?
neurofibromatosis 1 & 2
schwanomatosis
How do malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors most commonly arise?
malignant transformation of preexisting benign plexiform neurofibromas
What pathology is shown on the provided image?
Benign or malignatn?
Arising from what cells?
Schwannoma
(well-circumscribed, encapsulated, firm gray masses, loosely attached to, but not invadign associated nerve)
benign tumor
often arist directly from peripheral nerves
Schwannomas asre associated with what gene mutation?
inactivating mutation in NF2 gene on chromosome 22
wiht loss of gene product (merlin)
The provided microscopic samples are from what larger pathology? Describe the two samples.
Schwannoma
- Left
-
Verocay bodies (arrow) in Antoni A areas
- tumor cells are very elongated & somewhat spindle-shaped
- sometimes lined up like a picket fence & in between them will look like a little pathway that has been cleared
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Verocay bodies (arrow) in Antoni A areas
- Right
- Cellular Antoni B region (left) and loose Antoni A (right)
- think “B for Barren”
What is the composition of neurofibromas?
schwann cells are admixed with perineurial-like cells, fibroblasts, mast cells & CD34+ spindle cells
What are the 3 types of neurofibromas?
superficial cutaneous
diffuse
plexiform
Neurofibromas can be associated with what gene mutation?
NFT1
What pathology is shown on the provided image?
Cutaneous superficial neurofibroma
ovoid or fusiformmass with gelatinous or wavy cut surface
(transected nerve fibers can be seen at the ends)
The provided microscopic sample is from what pathology?
Neurofibroma
small, elongated spindle cellw & collagenous stroma
What pathology is shown in the provided image?
Plediform Neurofibromas
“bag of worms”
The provided cross section sample is take from what pathology?
fascicles of plexiform neurofibroma
What is a feature of plexiform neurofibromas that is very rarely seen on other types of neurofibromas?
“shredded carrots” collagen bundles
What pathology is shown in the provided images?
Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor
large, fusiform masses arising from & incorporating nerves
bulky, circumscribed, pseudo-encapsulated mass w/ hemorrhage (black curved arrow) & cystic areas (blue arrow)