Pigments and Tissue Deposits Flashcards
Heart Failure Cells
Hemosiderin-laden macrophages
Histological appearance of lipofuscin
Golden-brown, fine granular cytoplasmic pigment
Local hemoglobin catabolism results in
Chronic congestion
Hemorrhage
A beta amyloid is commonly associated with
Cerebral lesion of Alzheimer disease
Common causes of hepatic hyperbilirubinemia
Hepatic Insufficiency
Hepatitis
Hepatocellular Degeneration
Microscopic appearance of hemosiderin
Dark-yellow-brown, coarse granular cytoplasmic pigment
Stains blue-black with prussian blue/Perls stain
When bilirubinemia is how much mg/dL you get jaundice
2mg/dL
Erythropoietic Porphyria
Developmental anomaly of calves, cats and pigs due to inherited deficiency of Uroporphyrinogen III Cosynthetase
Pathogenesis of Erythropoietic porphyria
- Deficiency of uroporphyrinogen III cosynthetase
- Defect in heme synthesis
- Porphyrins accumulate in dentin and bone
Common cause of Prehepatic hyperbilirubinemia
Hemolysis
Posthepatic Hyperbilirubinemia
Reflux of conjugated bilirubin into blood
General etiologies of intravascular hemolysis
Oxidative Damage
Erythrocyte metabolic deficiency
Infectious
Immune mediated
Direct membrane damage
Amyloid A deposition associated with
chronic inflammatory conditions; certain breeds predisposed
Widespread hemoglobin catabolism results in
Hemolysis
Inherited disorders of Fe storage
Pathogenesis of Reactive Systemic Amyloidosis
- Chronic inflammation
- Liver produces Saa in response to IL-4 and IL-6
- Spontaneous conversion of SAA to AA
- Formation of Amyloid fibrils
T/F: Amyloid looks the same no matter what it is made out of
True
Causes of hypercalcemia
Excess PTH
Excess Vitamin D
Calcitonin
Decreases Ca and Decreases P
Synthesized in response to increased Ca
Vitamin D effect on Ca and P
Increase Ca, incease P
Synthesized in response to decreased Ca and decreased P
Hemosiderin
Iron stored intracellurly as ferritin- bound to apoferitin
Metastatic Calcification
Widespread deposition of calcium in otherwise normal tissues
Caused by hypercalcemia
Microscopic appearance of jaundice/icterus
Do not see pigment in jaundiced tissues - unless cholestatic liver
Yellow-brown intracellular or extracellular pigment
Amyloid light chain (AL) deposition associated with
Monoclonal B-lymphocyte proliferation
Lipofuscin
Derived from the breakdown of lipids
Composed of lipid complexed with protein
Gout
Accumulation of uric acid in tissues
Microscopic appearance of hemoglobinuria
Homogenous re-orange material in renal tubules
Common causes of excess PTH
Renal secondary hyperparathyroidism
Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism
Paraneoplasmic syndrome
Type types of calcification
Dystrophic
Metastatic
Important pigments
Hematogenous pigments
Melanin
Lipofuscin
Exogenous pigments
Type of amyloid tissue deposits
Amyloid Light Chail (AL)
Amyloid A
Endocrine Amyloid
A beta Amyloid
Dystrophic Calcification
Local deposition of calcium in areas of injury
Especially necrotic fat
Muscle, granulomas, parasites
Gross appearance of calcification
White gritty granules/ plaques
Hard
Ways in which hyperbilirubinemia occurs
Prehepatic Hyperbilirubinemia
Hepatic Hyperbilirubinemia
Posthepatic Hyperbilirubinemia
Amyloid as is made from SAA protein synthesized by the liver in response to
Inflammation
Pigments responsible for coloration of bruises
Bilirubin - yellow
Hemoglobin - red/blue
Hemosiderin - brown