Pathology Flashcards
Halo sign on chest x-ray.
Aspergillosis.
Crohn’s mutations.
Chromosome 16 - NOD2/CARD15.
Gout treatment (long-term).
Allopurinol (Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor)
Gout attack treatment (acute).
NSAIDs (preferred), colchicine.
HLA-B27.
Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Cardiac failure enzyme.
Brain Natriuretic Peptide.
Aphthous ulcers.
Crohn’s disease.
CLL with p53 mutation. What is the treatment?
3 drugs
Ibrutinib (TKi), alemtuzumab (anti-CD52), idalalisib
Multiple myeloma patient - what is seen in the urine?
Bence Jones Protein.
Discontinuation in epithelial surface - technical name
Ulcer
Connection between two epithelial surfaces - technical name
fistula
Signet ring cells
Gastric carcinoma
Rose spots on torso, recent travel history.
Salmonella typhi - typhoid fever.
Gold standard for coeliac Dx
Duodenal/jejunal biopsy
Recurrent chest infections, low set ears, cleft palate,
cardiac murmur, low Ca. What is the condition and associated mutation.
DiGeorge (22q11.2).
CREST antibodies
Anti-centromere
What antibodies are involved in Grave’s disease?
Anti-TSH-R (thyroid stimulating hormone receptor).
Type of neutrophil is seen in pernicious anaemia.
Hypersegmented neutrophil.
Alpha Glucosidase inhibitor (in brush border membrane).
Acarbose.
Dipeptidyl dipeptidase inhibitor examples
Gliptins - Sitagliptin/Alogliptin
Ring-enhancing lesion on CT or MRI.
Cerebral abscess.
Gram-positive diplococcus.
Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Gram negative intracellular diplococci.
Neisseria gonorrhoea.
What condition is anti-mitochondrial antibody associated with?
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis/Cholangitis.
What 4 conditions is P-ANCA associated with?
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Microscopic Polyangiitis, PSC, Type 3 Crescentic/Rapidly Progressive glomerulonephritis.
Goodpasture’s syndrome antibody
Anti-glomerular basement membrane (type IV collagen).
Anaemia plus spectrin molecule abnormality.
Hereditary elliptocytosis or hereditary spherocytosis.
Ca high
PTH normal
Primary hyperparathyroidism (PTH is INAPPROPRIATELY normal). Most commonly caused by parathyroid adenoma.
Calcium low
PTH high
Secondary hyperparathyroidism (due to CKD, osteomalacia or vitamin D deficiency).
What vitamin deficiency is associated with pellagra?
Niacin deficiency/vitamin B3.
Snail track oral ulcer.
Syphilis.
What organism causes syphilis?
Treponema pallidum.
Reed-Sternberg cells.
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
What organism causes scarlet fever?
Streptococcus pyogenes.
What antibodies are present in Sjogren’s syndrome?
Anti-Ro and Anti-La.
Speckled pattern - RF can be present.
Liver enzyme in MI
AST
What is seen on heart biopsy in multiple myeloma?
Amyloid deposits (AL amyloidosis).
What is the mechanism of action of warfarin? Which factor is effected first?
It is a Vitamin K inhibitor, therefore decreasing factors 2, 7, 9, 10.
Factor 7/VII is effected first.
Test for autoimmune haemolytic anaemia.
Direct antiglobulin test (DAT).
Also known as the Coombs test.
Cancer with keratin and intercellular bridges.
Squamous cell carcinoma.
Chocolate cysts.
Endometriomas (endometriosis)
Most common type of carcinoma seen in the liver.
Metastatic adenocarcinoma (from the gut, via the hepatic portal vein).
Hyponatraemia is most commonly caused by…
… decreased serum osmolality (more water/in older people this can be caused by SIADH).
Most common type of brain cancer in adults. 
Metastatic deposit.
Most common type of brain cancer in children. 
Astrocytoma.
What electrolyte abnormality commonly presents with depression?
Hypercalcaemia.
Caseating granuloma.
Tuberculosis (mycobacterium tuberculosis). 
Non-caseating granuloma.
Sarcoidosis.
Tuberculosis treatment.
RIPE - rifampacin, isoniazid, pyrzinamide, ethambutol.
Pneumonia-like symptoms, failure to respond to antibiotics.
Abscess/empyema.
‘Rice water stool’.
Vibrio cholerae.
Bloody diarrhoea after eating chicken at a barbecue.
Campylobacter jejuni.
Gradual onset enteric fever and constipation in a returning traveller.
Salmonella typhi.
Flask shaped ulcer on histology of a homosexual man presenting with dysentery and flatulence.
Entamoeba histolytica.
Pear-shaped trophozoite (with 2 nuclei), foul smelling non-bloody diarrhoea.
Giardia lamblia.
Patient with kidney stones and UTI. What is the causative organism?
Proteus mirabalis (high affinity for kidney stones).
UTI in a young healthy woman. Causative organism?
- Escheria coli
2. Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Patient comes in to ED with pyelonephritis. What is your management?
- admit
2. IV co-amoxiclav and gentamycin
What antibiotic would you prescribe for a staphylococcus aureus wound, bone or joint infection?
IV flucoxacillin
Clostridium difficile management?
Oral metronidazole or vancomycin (severe).
What antibiotic is associated with clostridium difficile?
Ceftriaxone.
Tear drop poikilocytes on blood film
Primary myelofibrosis.
What ECG changes are associated with hyperkalaemia?
- loss of p waves
- tall tented T waves
- broadened QRS complex
What is the treatment for mild hypokalaemia (3.0-3.5 mmol/l)?
Oral KCl (2 SandoK tablets TDS for 48 hours).
What is the treatment for severe hypokalaemia (<3.0 mmol/l)?
IV KCl
What can cause an elevated anion gap metabolic acidosis?
Ketoacidosis
Uraemia
Lactic acidosis
Toxins
What is the best marker of acute liver injury?
Prothrombin time.
What does raised AST and ALT indicate?
Hepatocellular damage e.g. hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease (AST:ALT = 2:1)
What does raised ALP and GGT indicate?
Cholestatic/obstructive picture.
Note: GGT is raised in chronic alcoholism, isolated raised ALP can be due to Paget’s or osteomalacia (bone).
What is the most common type of renal cell carcinoma?
Clear cell carcinoma.
What is the most common type of thyroid neoplasm?
Papillary (75-85%).
What tumour markers is indicative of each thyroid neoplasm?
Thyroglobulin - papillary, follicular.
CEA, calcitonin - medullary.
What is the investigation for Addison’s disease?
SynACTHen test.
What adrenal condition is associated with increased skin pigmentation?
Addison’s disease.
Uncontrollable hypertension, hypernatraemia, hypokalaemia.
Conn’s syndrome (raised aldosterone:renin ratio).
Hypertension, arrythmias, death if left untreated.
Phaeochromocytoma - adrenal medulla tumor leading to raised adrenaline.
What conditions are primarily caused by a vitamin D deficiency?
Rickets (children) and osteomalacia (adults).
Raised ALP, Ca/PO4/PTH/Vit D all normal.
Paget’s disease (bone re-modelling defect).
What is the most common type of renal stone?
Calcium oxalate.
What enzymes are raised in acute pancreatitis?
Serum amylase and lipase (>3 times the reference is highly indicative).
What conditions is raised creatinine kinase associated with?
Myocardial infarction, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, rhabdomyolysis.
Note: CK it is a marker of muscle damage.
What protein is a marker of acute myocardial infarction?
Troponin - a myocardial infarction biomarker.
What is vitamin B12 deficiency associated with?
Pernicious anaemia.
Note: hypersegmented neutrophils.
What two things is folate deficiency associated with?
Megaloblastic anaemia and neural tube defects.
Diabetes mellitus glucose threshold values.
Random glucose >11.1, fasting glucose >7.0.
IGTT >7.8 but <11.1.
Impaired glucose tolerance.
Fasting glucose >6.1 but <7.0.
Impaired fasting glucose.
Fluid resuscitation quantities.
0.9% NaCl saline solution.
Systolic <90 = give 500ml in 15 minutes.
Systolic >90 = give 1000ml in 1 hour.
Hypoglycaemia: low C-peptide, low insulin. What are the causes?
Fasting, strenuous exercise, critical illness, anorexia nervosa etc.
Hypoglycaemia: high insulin, low C-peptide. What are the causes?
Poor patient understanding/administration, factitious hypoglycaemia (intentional).
What deficiency is associated with leukocyte adhesion deficiency?
Deficiency of CD18 (b2 integrin sub-unit) in LAD1 - leukocytes can’t migrate to the site of infection.
What classical pathways are asssociated with SLE?
C2 and C1q.
What classical pathways are asssociated with mannose binding lectin deficiency?
C2 and C4.
A mutation in what gene is associated with Familial Mediterranean Fever?
MEFV gene.
What is the inheritance pattern of Familial Mediterranean Fever?
Autosomal recessive.
What HLA subtypes are associated with coeliac disease?
DQ2/DQ8.
“TWO eat, or not to EIGHT”
What HLA subtypes are associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
DR4.
“there are 4 walls in a rheum”
What HLA subtypes are associated with Pernicious Anaemia?
DR5.
What is HLA subtype DR2 associated with?
Multiple sclerosis, SLE, hay fever, Goodpastures syndrome.
“Multiple hay pastures have DiRt”
What HLA subtypes are associated with SLE?
DR2 and DR3.
“DR2 and 3 = SLE’
What is a type I hypersensitivity disorder?
Allergy - IgE mediated.
What is a type II hypersensitivity reaction?
IgG or IgM ANTIBODY mediated.
What is a type III hypersensitivity reaction?
IgG or IgM IMMUNE COMPLEX mediated.
What is the treatment for Graves’ disease?
Carbimazole and propylthiouracil.
What is anti-platelet antibody associated with?
Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
What is anti-ACh-R associated with?
Myaesthenia gravis.
What is anti-gastric parietal cell antibody associated with?
Pernicious anaemia - impaired vitamin B12 absorption.
What is a type IV hypersensitivity disorder? Give min. 2 examples
Delayed hypersensitivity - T cell mediated.
e.g., T1DM, MS, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohn’s Disease
What do you measure in a patient on LMWH?
Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT).
What do you measure in a patient on warfarin?
INR. (PT/control PT)
What cancer is associated with coeliac disease?
Enteropathy associated T cell lymphoma (EATL).
Heart attack, progressive memory loss, bronchopneumonia. What is the diagnosis?
Multiple cerebral infarcts.
What antiviral is used in HSV meningitis?
Acyclovir.
What antiviral is used in VZV?
Acyclovir.
What antiviral is used in CMV retinitis?
Ganciclovir.
What test would you request to diagnose temporal arteritis?
ESR.
In post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, what changes are seen in the kidney?
Immune complex depositions.
What is the classic renal histological finding of malignant hypertension?
Glomerular fibronecrosis.
A diabetic patient with severe UTI. What is seen on the kidney?
Diffuse Glomerular Basement Membrane Thickening
What is the management for osteoporosis?
Denusomab. (RANK Ligand inhibitor)
What type of cancer can helicobacter pylori predispose?
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma.
What immune cell resides in the bone marrow and migrates to the site of injury, and is involved with oxidative and non-oxidative killing?
Neutrophils.
What receptor mutation could be protective in HIV?
CCR5 co-receptor.
What is done to blood donations to reduce graft vs host disease?
Irradiation.
What organism causes ‘cat scratch’ disease?
Bartonella henselae.
What type of cells is associated with CLL?
2 types
Smear cells and smudge cells.
What is the most common cause of acute pancreatitis?
Gallstones.
IPEX affects what time of immune cell?
T regulatory cell.
What is the marker of medullary thyroid adenoma?
Calcitonin and CEA
What is the definition of herd immunity threshold?
1-1/R0
What viral increases the risk of nasopharyngeal cancer?
Epstein barr virus.
What 3 viruses are screened for in platelet donations to pregnant women?
CMV, HIV and HBV.
What gastric carcinoma spreads bilaterally to the ovaries and is commonly seen in Japanese women?
Krukenberg tumour.
What type of lymphoma is HTLV1 virus associated with?
T cell lymphoma.
What do epithelial cells in a urine MC&S sample mean?
Poorly taken sample.
What is the management for severe malaria?
Artesunate.