Pathology Flashcards
Infectious causes of granulomas
Mycobacteria, bartonella henselae (cat scratch), listeria (granulomatosis infantiseptica), tertiary syphillis, endemic fungi shistosoma
Autoimmune granulomatous diseases
sarcoid, Crohn, PBC, subacute thyroiditis, Churgh-Strauss, GCA, Takyasu, Wegener
Foreign material causing granulomas
Berylliosis, talcosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Cancer associated with hypercalcemia
Squamous cell carcinomas of various organs (PTHrP) and lymphoma (calcitrol)
Cancer associated with Cushing and SIADH
small cell of the lung
Cancer associated with pure red cell aplasia and Good syndrome (hypogammaglobulinemia)
thymoma
Cancers assoc. w/ Trousseau and NBTE
adenocarcinomas, especially pancreatic
Cancers assoc. w/ anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
ovarian teratoma
Cancers assoc. w/ opsoclonus-myoclonus ataxia syndrome (dancing hands, dancing feet)
neuroblastoma in kids, small cell lung cancer in adults
Cancers assoc. w/ paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (antibodies vs. Hu, Yo, and Tr in Purkinje cells)
small cell lung cancer, gynecologic and breast, Hodgkin lymphoma
cancers assoc. w/ paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis (antiboies vs. Hu in neurons)
small cell lung cancer
Cancers assoc. w/ lambert-eaton
small cell lung cancer
Cancer-causing HPV strains
16, 18
Psammoma bodies seen in…
papillary carcinoma of thyroid, serous papilary cystadenocarcinoma of ovary, meningioma, malignant mesothelioma
Breast cancer marker
CA 14-3/CA 27-29