Pulm Flashcards
pedunculated pleural mass that is CD34 positive
solitary fibrous tumor/ localized benign mesothelioma
auto-Ab against GM-CSF
pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
impaired surfactant clearance by alveolar macrophages
pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Horner’s syndrome as a result of cervical sympathetic ganglion involvement by and invasive carcinoma
Pancoast tumor
hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by inhalation of actinomyetes spores
“farmers lung”
emphysema localized beneath the pleura in an upper lobe that may occur in an area of scarring or fibrosis and is prone to rupture during minor trauma leading to pneumothorax
distal acinar (paraseptal) emphysema
results from damage to the central or proximal portion of the lung acinus affecting the respiratory bronchioles…
centrilobular emphysema
manifest with hemoptysis and are central obstructing masses that involve the entire bronchus
carcinoid tumor
thickening of bronchial epithelial BM and hypertrophy of bronchial SM is seen in…
atopic asthma
most pulmonary emboli are…
small and clinically silent
EGFR mutations are seen in what type of lung cancer
adenocarcinoma
subtype of adenocarcinoma of the lung that shows thickening of the alveolar walls…
bronchioalveolar subtype
grows along the alveolar septa and is composed of tall columnar cells containing mucus
bronchioalveolar subtype of adenocarcinoma of the lung
the presence of granulomas and activated T cells in the lungs in sarcoidosis indicates…
a delayed hypersensitivity response to some inhaled antigen
peripheral, benign-appearing tumor composed to epithelial cells and connective tissue, typically with a large component of cartilage
harmartoma
