PATHOLOGY Flashcards
Name the two (2) patterns of reversible cell injury.
Cellular swelling and fatty change
Fragmentation into nucleosome-sized fragments occurs in which type of cell death?
Apoptosis
The brain is special in that it undergoes what type of necrosis when ischemic?
Liquefactive necrosis
What is the most common form of metaplasia? What can cause this?
Squamous metaplasia (specifically columnar to squamous metaplasia from cigarette smoking and vitamin A deficiency)
What do you call the mediators of the apoptotic pathway?
Caspases
What do you call the sand-like lamellated calcifications seen in papillary cancers?
Psammoma bodies
What finding is seen when there are multiple collections of triglycerides in lamina propria of the gallbladder?
Strawberry gallbladder
What is the only endogenous brown-black pigment?
Melanin
What do you call inflammation of the brain parenchyma?
Encephalitis
What are the steps in the recruitment of leukocytes to sites of inflammation?
Margination; Rolling; Adhesion; Diapedesis; Chemotaxis
Which vasoactive amine causes arteriolar dilation and increase in venular permeability? Which cells predominantly produce it?
Histamine; Mast cells
Which cytokine functions to recruit neutrophils and monocytes?
IL-17
What is the most abundant complement? What does it give rise to and what are the functions of its products?
C3; C3a (anaphylotoxin) and C3b (opsonin)
C1 inhibitor deficiency leads to what disease?
Hereditary angioedema
What do you call a collection of activated macrophages, often with peripheral T- lymphocytes, and sometimes associated with central necrosis?
Granuloma
What is the most important cytokine for the synthesis and deposition of connective tissue proteins?
TGF-ß (transforming growth factor-beta)
What is the first step in hemostasis?
Arteriolar vasoconstriction
A deficiency in GpIb leads to what disease?
Bernard-Soulier syndrome
What pathologic liver finding is characterized by centrilobular regions that are grossly red-brown and slightly depressed contrasted with the normal tan surface?
Nutmeg liver
What disease is characterized by ischemia of the femoral head, tibia, and humerus due to formation of gas bubbles in the blood?
Caisson disease
Which two (2) characteristics differentiate antemortem from postmortem thrombosis?
Attachment to vessel wall (antemortem - yes; postmortem - no); Presence of lines of Zahn (antemortem - yes; postmortem - no)
What is the inheritance pattern of Ehler-Danlos syndrome?
Autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive
What is the genetic defect found in Marfan syndrome? Which chromosome can this be found?
Fibrillin-1 gene (chromosome 15)
Name the two (2) X-linked dominant disorders
Alport syndrome; Vitamin D-resistant rickets
What is the most common lysosomal storage disorder? What is the defect in this disorder?
Gaucher disease; Glucocerebrosidase (ß- glucosidase) deficiency
What cardiac finding is most associated with Trisomy 21? What hematologic cancer is most commonly found in patients with this disorder?
Endocardial cushion defect; Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia
What is the single most important cause of primary amenorrhea?
Turner syndrome
Anaphylaxis is what type of hypersensitivity reaction?
Type I (immediate) hypersensitivity
Erythroblastosis fetalis is what type of hypersensitivity?
Type II (antibody- mediated) hypersensitivity
Type III hypersensitivity reactions are generally systemic, except for?
Arthus reaction
Psoriasis is what type of hypersensitivity?
Type IV (T-cell- mediated) hypersensitivity
What is the best screening test for SLE?
ANA (antinuclear antibody)
Which test is specific for SLE and is correlated with disease activity?
Anti-dsDNA
What is the triad that comprises Sjogren syndrome?
Dry eyes (keratoconjunctivitis sicca); Dry mouth (xerostomia); Other connective tissue disorders (like rheumatoid arthritis)
Name the components of CREST syndrome
Calcinosis; Raynaud phenomenon; Esophageal dysmotility; Sclerodactyly; Telangiectasia
Which antibody is present in 10- 20% of diffuse scleroderma?
Anti-Scl 70
Which disease is characterized by recurrent bacterial and enteroviral infections after 6 months?
X-linked (Bruton) agammaglobulinemia
Which disease is characterized by a triad of thrombocytopenia, recurrent infections, and eczema?
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
What is the antibody associated with mixed connective tissue disease?
Anti-U1- ribonucleoprotein (anti-U1-RNP)
Which organ is the most commonly affected in amyloidosis and represents the most serious form of organ involvement?
Kidney
What facilitates the attachment of the HIV virus to host cells? What facilitates fusion?
gp120 - attachment; gp41 - fusion
Which carcinomas are special in that their main mode of metastasis is via hematogenous spread?
Four Carcinomas Route Hematogenously (Follicular thyroid carcinoma; Choriocarcinoma; Renal cell carcinoma; Hepatocellular carcinoma)
Too much exposure to aniline dyes can lead to which cancer?
Bladder (urothelial) carcinoma
What proto-oncogene (when mutated) can lead to neuroblastoma?
N-MYC
What is the most common extrasalivary complication of mumps?
Aseptic meningitis
“Dewdrops on a rose petal” is the characteristic description for the lesions caused by what pathogen?
Varicella zoster virus
Gumma is found in which stage of syphilis?
Tertiary
Which fungus is an important cause of CNS infections in immunocompromised patients and has a thick, gelatinous capsule?
Cryptococcus neoformans
What is the causative agent for Durck granulomas?
Plasmodium falciparum
Which chemical causes skin cancer that affects the palms and soles, as opposed to UV- induced skin cancer that affects sun-exposed areas?
Arsenic
What are the two (2) hematologic findings that can be seen in cases of lead poisoning?
Ring sideroblasts; Microcytic, hypochromic anemia with basophilic stippling of red blood cells
Cadmium poisoning causes which disease that is characterized by osteoporosis and osteomalacia with renal disease and is seen in postmenopausal women of a certain East Asian country?
Itai-itai disease (seen in postmenopausal Japanese women)
What is the “guardian angel against obesity”?
Adiponectin
What is the most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood and is also the most frequently diagnosed tumor of infancy?
Neuroblastoma
What is the most common cause of respiratory distress in newborns?
Respiratory distress syndrome/Hyaline membrane disease
What is the defective gene in cystic fibrosis? Which chromosome is this gene located?
CFTR gene; Chromosome 7
These are tumor cells around a central space containing neuropil
Homer-Wright pseudorosettes
What are the three components of Wilms tumor?
Blastema (small, round blue cells); Stroma (fibroblasts); Epithelium
Which syndrome is associated with organomegaly, macroglossia, hemihypertrophy, and omphaloceles? What is the genetic defect in this syndrome?
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome; WT2 imprinting
Which two (2) sites are most commonly affected in atherosclerosis?
Lower abdominal aorta: Iliac arteries (followed by coronary arteries → popliteal arteries → internal carotid arteries → Circle of Willis)
What do you call it when blood tunnels in between layers of the vessel wall?
Dissection
Which disease is characterized by ocular disturbances and weakening of pulses in the upper limbs? In which set of patients is this condition usually seen?
Takayasu arteritis; Patients <50 years old
Takayasu arteritis; Patients <50 years old
Fever > 5 days; Conjunctival injection; Mucosal erythema (strawberry tongue); Cervical lymphadenopathy; Polymorphous exanthem (rashes)
Which disease affects renal and visceral vessels and is associated with hepatitis B? What are the symptoms of this disease?
Polyarteritis nodosa; Abdominal pain (due to visceral ischemia) and hypertension (due to renal vessels being affected)
This disease has a strong association with smoking, mainly affects vessels of the extremities, and is characterized by thrombosis of affected vessels.
Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease)
This autosomal dominant disease is characterized by CNS hemangioblastomas, cavernous hemangiomas, renal cell carcinomas, and pheochromocytomas
Von Hippel-Lindau disease