Pathology - KM Flashcards
Normal lung is what colour?
Redish, aerated but depends on the stain, always compare it against
If a lobe looks different, what do you call it?
LOBAR CONSOLIDATION
caused by strep pneumoniae
Sporadic pale bits suggest what?
Bronchopneumonia - these bits are white cells/puss
What causes LOBAR pneumonia?
Streptococcus pneumonia (gram positive)
How would bronchiectasis be seen?
Dilated circles on the lung
Black lung in a young child suggests
CF
What opportunistic organism affects people with CF?
Pseudomonas
What happens to the heart tissue after an MI? (three consequences)
Fibrosis - becomes inflexible
A thrombus can become an embolus
AF
What happens to the heart tissue after an MI? (three consequences)
Fibrosis - becomes inflexible (looks white)
A thrombus can become an embolus
AF
What does a healed myocardial infarction look like?
thinned walls
fibrosis
What does an MI of the heart look like?
Black around the ventricles
What does a transection of the abdominal aorta look like?
Two holes at the bottom for common iliacs
Management of AAA
Lower BP
Cholesterol management
Causes of cirrhosis
ETOH Autoimmune Hep B-D Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Iron overload/ PBC primary biliary cholangitis PSC Primary sclerosing cholangitis
What 3 changes on the liver can you see with alcohol?
- Fatty change
2 Alcoholic hepatitis (ballooning containing malorie denk bodies)
Cirrhosis
