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Module 9: Respiration > Pathology > Flashcards

Pathology Flashcards

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What are the 4 routes by which pathogens can enter the lungs?

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  • Aerogenous
  • Haematogenous
  • Lymphatic entry
  • Direct entry
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Define pneumonia

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Lung inflammation

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How is lung inflammation classified?

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  1. Bronchopneumonia (enzootic, suppurativem fibrinous)
  2. Interstitial pneumonia
  3. Granulomatous pneumonia
  4. Embolic pneumonia
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Explain the pathogenesis of bronchopneumonia

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Inhaled agents cause inflammation at the bronchoalveolar junction. An acute inflammatory response is triggered. And exudate of fluid and plasma proteins is formed inthe bronchioles and alveoli. Alveolar macrophages are recruited and neutrophils emigrate to site of inflammation.

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How are lesions distributed in bronchopneumonia?

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Cranio-ventrally, due to inhalation and gravity. Affects the bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli

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What are the causes of bronchopneumonia?

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  • BACTERIA
  • Mycoplasma
  • Aspirated food/gut contents
  • Viruses (and secondary bacterial infection)
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Describe enzootic pnuemonia

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  • High morbidity, low mortality
  • Usually chronic, young animals
  • Aetiology - Mycoplasma in sheep and pigs
  • Gross - cranioventral, dark red, sharply demarcated, collapse and consolidation. Suppurative material in bronchi and bronchioles
  • Histo - peribronchial cuffing
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What kind of pneumonia can be seen here?

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Bronchopneumonia, enzootic

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What does this histological image show?

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Lymphoid cuffing around a bronchiole. Enzootic pneumonia

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Describe suppurative bronchopneumonia

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  • Presence of degenerative neutrolphils
  • Aetiology - mostly bacterial (Pasteurella multocida, Bordetella bronchiseptica, E.coli, Strepp. spp); aspiration of bland contents; viral infection predisposes to bacterial infection
  • Exudate - purulent, mucopurulent visible on airway surfaces
  • Distribution - cranio-ventral; patchy/confluent areas/whole lobes
  • Gross lesions - red, consolidated, bilateral, not as sharply demarcated
  • Histo - degenerate neutrophils filling alveoli and airways. NO lymphocytic cuffing
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What kind of pneumonia is shown here?

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Suppurative bronchopneumonia

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What does this histological section show?

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Bronchioles and alveoli with exudation of neutrophils and macrophages. Bright pink = intact septa

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Describe fibrinous bronchopneumonia

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  • Fibrinous = fibrin, oedema, degenerate neutrophils, necrosis
  • Aetiology - Cattle (Mannheimia haemolytica)
                        - Pigs (*Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae),*

                     not cranio-ventral distribution\*

                    - Aspiration of gut contents
  • Distribution - cranioventral, spreads rapidly within/between lobules. Often affects large confluent areas and pleura (pleuritis/pleuropneumonia)
  • Gross - fibrinous pleural surface and marked expansion of interlobular septae
  • Clinical signs and death can occur as a result of severe toxaemia and sepsis
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What kind of pneumonia is shown here?

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Fibrinous bronchopneumonia

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What is shipping fever and in what species is it found?

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  • Cattle
  • Mannheimia haemolytica
  • Colonises in the lower resp tract
  • Produces leukotoxin - lyses alveolar macrophages nad neutrophils which release lysosomal contents causing tissue necrosis and fibrinous bronchopneumonia. Extensive deposition of fibrin in interlobular septa and on pleura
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Describe aspiration pneumonia

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  • Subset of fibrinous
  • Distribution - typically cranioventral; dogs, right middle lobe most commonly affected; may be asymmetric
  • Predisposing causes - handfeeding neonatal animals, megaoesophagus, cleft palate, down animals, iatrogenic
  • Gross - green/brown/black discolouration, foul smelling
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What kind of pneumonia is shown here?

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Aspiration pneumonia

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What are possible sequelae to acute bronchopneumonia?

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  • Resolution
  • Chronic pneumonia - BALT hyperplasia, bronchiolar goblet cell metaplasia
  • Abscess formation
  • Pleuritis
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Death
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Describe interstitial pneumonia

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  • Distribution - diffuse
  • No exudate - inflammation involves the interstitium/alveolar epithelium
  • Gross - large lungs that don’t deflate (fill up entire thoracic cavity); rib impressions; rubbery texture
  • Aetiology - viral (canine distemper, IBR), inhaled toxins/gases, toxic metabolites, acute respiratory distress syndrome, ventilator-induced injury
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What kind of pneumonia is shown here?

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Interstitial pneumonia

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Describe granulomatous pneumonia

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  • Distribution - multifocal, any lobe
  • Gross - firm nodules, crumbly dry material
  • Histo - epithelioid macrophages, multinucleated giant cells in sheets or discrete granulomas
  • Route of entry - aerogenous/haematogenous/lymphatic spread
  • Aetiology - bacteria (Mycobacterium bovis), fungi (Cryptococcus neoformans, Coccidiae immitis), parasites (Dictyocaulus spp.)
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What can be seen in this histological image?

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Granulomas

23
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What kind of pneumonia is shown here?

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Granulomatous pneumonia

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Describe verminous pneumonia in relation to Dictyocaulus

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  • Interstitial - larval migration
  • Bronchitis - intrabronchial adults
  • Granulomatous - aberrant parasites, dead larvae or eggs
  • Distribution - caudal
  • Gross - collapse of lung or small nodules

*parasitic infection can cause a variety of lesions, depends on which stage of the lifecycle the parasite is in*

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Describe embolic pneumonia

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  • Distribution - multifocal, random
  • Route of entry - haematogenous
  • Gross - variable
  • Causes - vegetative valvular endocarditis, hepatic abscesses, any septicaemia
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What kind of pneumonia is shown here?

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Embolic pneumonia

27
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What kind of pneumonia is shown here?

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Embolic suppurative pneumonia

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What does this image show and how is it related to pneumonia?

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  • Valvular endocarditis
  • Portions of the valve become detached and travel via pulmonary circulation to the lungs where it can get lodged. Infection spreads to the lungs causing pneumonia
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How can pulmonary neoplasia arise?

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  1. Primary neoplasm - arise in the lung, epithelial in origin, one large mass +/- intrapulmonary metastases
  2. Secondary neoplasm - arise elsewhere. Lungs are popular metastatic site due to massive blood flow and massive capillary bed
30
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Describe primary lung tumours in small animals

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  • Described as ‘rare’
  • Epithelial origin - carcinoma or adenoma
  • Majority are malignant
  • Intrapulmonary metastases are common
  • May metastasise to local lymph nodes, brain and bone
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Describe ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA)

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  • Caused by infection with jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus
  • Virus transforms alveolar epithelial cells into a neoplastic population
  • Neoplastic cells produce abundant fluid
  • Lung has firm, grey appearance
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Name common metastatic tumours

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  • Haemangiosarcoma (spleen or right atrium)
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Mammary carcinomas

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