Pathology

Question 1

What are the clinicopathologic features for a MI

Answer 1

Rapid weak pulse

Profuse sweating

Dyspnea

Test for

Myoglobin

troponins T and I

MB fraction of Creatin Kinase

Question 2

What do splinter hemorrhages in nail beds relate to?

Answer 2

Can be a sign of Infective Endocarditis

Question 3

What are Janeway Lesions?

Answer 3

Painless lesions on pals and feet.

Can be a sign of Infective Endocarditis

Question 4

What are Osler’s Nodes?

Answer 4

Painful nodules on pads of the fingers and toes

Question 5

What can Mucosal Petechiae be evident of?

Answer 5

Can be a sign of Infective Endocarditis

Question 6

Describe takayasu arteritis

Answer 6

Granulomatous casculitis of medium to larger arteries.

Question 7

Describe Henoch Schonlein purpura

Answer 7

Small vessle casculitis mediated by IgA immune complexes

Question 8

Describe Kawasaki Disease

Answer 8

Can give children a myocardial infaction.

Arteritis of large to medium vesels, with a predilection for coronary arteries.

“Pulseless Disease”

Question 9

Describe Polyarteritis Nodosa

Answer 9

Systemic vasculitis of small and medium sized arteries, espectially in the renal and visceral vessels

Spares the pulmonary vessels

Question 10

Microscopic polyangiitis

Answer 10

Necrotizing arteritis of capillaries, arterioles and venules.

Question 11

Describe thromboangiitis obliterans, (Buerger disease)

Answer 11

Small vessel vasculitis mediated by IgA immune complexes

Question 12

Describe Wegeners Granulomatosis