Pigmentations & Tissue Deposits & Developmental Case Studies

Question 1

This pigment is most likely:

A. Melanin from melanosis
B. Melanin from melanoma
C. Hemosiderin
D. Lipofuscin
E. Exogenous

Answer 1

E. Exogenous

Question 2

What type of tissue deposit is this?

A. Amyloid
B. Calcium
C. Lipofuscin
D. Uric acid

Answer 2

B. Calcium

Question 3

Which type of calcification?

A. Dystrophic
B. Metastatic
C. Neither

Answer 3

B. Metastatic

Question 4

What disease is this?

A. Bacillary hemoglobinuria
B. Erythropoeitic porphyria
C. Phosphofructokinase
deficiency
D. Propylene glycol toxicity

Answer 4

B. Erythropoeitic porphyria

Question 5

What are 4 things you will check during your necropsy?

Answer 5

1) Liver
2) Gallbladder
3) Bladder
4) Spleen

Question 6

What mechanism causes jaundice in these
following conditions common in St Kitts:

Leptospirosis -> ?

Ehrlichiosis -> ?

Answer 6

Leptospirosis -> Hepatic

Ehrlichiosis -> Prehepatic

Question 7

What is the most likely cause:

A. Bluetongue
B. Herpesvirus
C. Inherited genetic defect
D. Pestivirus

Answer 7

A. Bluetongue
and
D. Pestivirus

Question 8

What is this deposit:

A. Amyloid
B. Calcium
C. Fibrin
D. Uric acid

Answer 8

A. Amyloid