Pathology-Childhood and Infancy Quick Poppers Flashcards
Causes of asymmetric fetal growth restriction
Maternal or placental
Cause of symmetric fetal growth restriction
Fetal problems (chromosomal abnormalities, infection, erythroblastosis)
SIDS risks
1 month to 1 year, 90% of deaths within 1st 6 months, male, African-American, low parental SES.
Why intrauterine infection results in preterm premature rupture of membranes
Releases of collagenases, elastases that promote membrane rupture and release of prostaglandins that promote smooth muscle contraction
When can a primigravada mother have Rh incompatability
Prior history of incompatible transfusion
Enzyme deficiency that gives rise to galactosemia
Galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency (GALT)
Presentation of galactosemia
Liver damage (fatty change and portal fibrosis), cataracts, diarrhea, E. coli septicemia w/o pancreatic abnormalities
Familial hypercholesterolemia presentation
Accelerated atherogenesis
Genetic factors that indicate good prognosis for retinoblastoma
Absence of N-myc or 1p deletion. Presence of hyperdiploidy and high levels of Trk A (nerve growth factor receptor that allows for differentiation).
Most common location of teratoma presentation in a fetus
Midline at the sacrococcygeal area
Irregular, red-blue skin lesions that are flat and spreading
Hemangiomas
Diagnostic tests for fetal lung development
Amniotic L:S ratio and lamellar bodies (in differentiated pneumocytes)
1st trimester infection that causes heart defects
Rubella
Teratogen that causes limb defects
Thalidomide
Condition that leads to fetal anemia with congestive heart failure and hydrops
Erythroblastosis fetalis. Maternal antibody coats fetal RBCs that causes hemolysis and anemia which leads to heart failure.
Recurrence rate in multifactorial inheritance patterns
2-7%
When can phenylalanine restriction be lifted in a person with PKU?
Adulthood, once neural development is complete. PKU only affects CNS tissue.
Condition not associated with diabetic embryopathy
Gestational diabetes
Condition characterized by multiple recurrent severe infections from birth
Adenosine deaminase deficiency
Condition characterized by cholestasis in children that progresses to chronic liver disease
alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
Glucocerebrosidase deficiency
Gaucher disease