Pathology- Blood & Lymphatic Disorders

Question 1

This rare inflammatory vessel disease occurs in tertiary stage of syphilis, involves vasa vasorum in the thoracic area

Answer 1

Syphilitic aortitis

Question 2

This disease is aka occlusive thromboaortopathy, aortic arch syndrome & pulseless disease - Rare, aortic arch involved

Answer 2

Takayasu’s

Question 3

This disease is aka Temporal arteritis -Rare, inflames temporal & intracranial arteries, can cause blindness

Answer 3

Giant cell arteritis

Question 4

This rare arterial disease occurs in young adults, nodular reddish swelling, microaneurysms, narrows arteries from fibrosis

Answer 4

Polyarteritis Nodosa

Question 5

What is the name of the disease that causes necrotizing vasculitis (kills vasculature in organs) in the lungs, nasopharynx, and kidney?

hint: Wag your tail so much it dies

Answer 5

Wegener’s Granulomatosis

Question 6

Primary involvement in the lungs, 5-year survival rate 25%

Hint: breathe through a “straw”

Answer 6

Churg & Strauss

Question 7

This is a rare disease that occurs in children, immunologic hypersensitivity, fever, conjunctival & oral edema, hemorrhage, cervical lymphadenopathy, MI. Aneurysms cause death in 3% of cases

Answer 7

Kawasaki disease

Question 8

Kawasaki disease is aka?

Answer 8

Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

Question 9

Thromboangiitis obliterans is aka?

Answer 9

Buerger’s

Question 10

This is reversible if caught early, has symptoms of pain in lower extremity, occurs in smokers and mainly males

Answer 10

Thomboangiitis obliterans aka Buerger’s

Question 11

This is a vasospastic disorder of small arteries, especially the hands. Occurs more in female. Symptoms are pain and a triphasic color change- White (pallor), blue (cyanosis), and red (rubor).

Answer 11

Raynaud’s Disease

Question 12

If Raynaud’s is combined with any other syndromes what is it referred to as?

Answer 12

Raynaud’s Phenominon

Question 13

Phlebitis (vein inflammation) related to a thrombus. Occurs repeatedly in different locations

Answer 13

Thrombophlebitis
Thrombophlebitis migrans if it is moving or migrating

Question 14

Heme production disrupted, dark purple urine

Hint- Purple People Pee’ers

Answer 14

Porphyria

Question 15

Inherited, faulty synthesis hemoglobin, severe anemia

Hint: Tha Lass is tired off her ass

Answer 15

Thalassemia

Question 16

This is the most common VIRAL lymphadenopathy

Answer 16

Mononucleosis

Question 17

Strep throat, syphilis, and plague are all types of this lymphadenopathy

Answer 17

Bacterial

Question 18

Bacterial lymphangitis is most commonly caused by?

Answer 18

Streptococcus pyogenes

Question 19

This is common in tropics, is caused by Wuchereria bancrofti & Brugia malayi Aedes & Culex Mosquito bites

Answer 19

Filarial Lymphangitis

Question 20

This disease results from not making enough glucocerebrosidase and fat is not broken down causing it to accumulate in the spleen liver, and bone marrow

Hint: ______ couldn’t make enough glucose

Answer 20

Gaucher’s

Question 21

This is cancer associated with chromosome 8

Answer 21

Burkitt’s lymphoma