Pathology- Diseases of Organ Systems (34%) Flashcards
Dust from sand, rock or glass. Sandbalsters at risk
Silicosis
Rocky Quarry Disease
Silicosis
Risk for mesothelioma (malignant tumor) in lower lung lobes
Asbestosis
Iron Dust
Siderosis
Cotton Dust. “Brown Lung”
Byssinosis
Black lung disease from miners.
Antracosis
Caplan’s syndrome=
Antracosis + RA
Endemic Fungus around Mississippi or Ohio valleys
Histomycosis or Histoplasmosis
Endemic fungus in deserts of the southwest
coccidiomycosis
San Joaquin Valley Fever
Coccidiomycosis
Curschmann’s Spirals or Charcot Leyden Crystals
Asthma
Sputum analysis yeilds eosinophils
Asthma
Iron in lungs due to bleeding
Hemosiderosis
Affects Chloride Ion Channels in baby.
Cystic Fibrosis
Affects GI and Respiratory Mucus linings and exocrine secretions
Cystic fibrosis
Honeycomb Lung
Pulmonary fibrosis
Caseous necrosis in lung
Tuberculosis
Gohns complexes
Tuberculosis
Epitheliod Histocytes
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis in the spine
Pott’s Disease
Vertebra collapses from TB
Gibbus deformity
vasculitis of the lung and kidney
Wegener’s granulomatosis
Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
Emphysema
Decreased tubular excretion of nitrogen (increased nitrogen in the blood)
Azotemia