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Structure Of The Lung

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bronchioles/lobe number for R/L lung, anlge?
importance?

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3 for R and 2 for L
R bronchus is also more vertical: means that inspried object more liley to go right

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compoents of trachea/ brocnhus

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cartilage
and glands

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bronchiole components

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lack
cartilage and glands,
has smooth muscle for bronchoconstriction/dialtion

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components of the alveolar wall

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type 1 and 2 pneumocytes and pores of kohn

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  • Type I pneumocyte –
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flattened alveolar
lining cell

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  • Type II pneumocyte – functions
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surfactant, repair

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pores of kohn allow?

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passage of exudate between alveoli

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IS cell found in alveoli?

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alveolar macrophage

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Surfactant

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Surface active agent –reduces surface
tension

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type 2 pneumo development, without this

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  • Type II pneumocytes by 27-28th weeks of gestation
  • without this Hyaline membrane disease can occur and be fatal
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Pleura

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  • Visceral pleura (inner)
  • Parietal pleura (outer)
  • Mesothelial lining created by this
  • Pleural space –a potential space
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implication?

pain receptors at lung/pleura

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  • Pleura –pain receptors
  • Lung –few pain receptors
  • Pain is not a part of lung disease until the pleura is involved
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lymphatics at lung

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very rich, metatsis likely

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forms?

Atelectasis

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Collapsed Lung
* Resorption– Obstruction prevents air from reaching distal airway
* Compression– Fluid within pleural cavity
* Contraction– Local or generalized fibrotic changes

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Scoliosis and Kyphosis pul effects

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can add P onto lungs and reduce function

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COPD

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combination of two diseases: chronic bronchitis and emphysema

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chronic inflamm where? resistance to?

  • Chronic bronchitis –
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chronic inflammation of bronchi
–increases resistance to the outflow of air

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Emphysema

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destruction of elastic tissue, loss of surface area
–reduces the elastic recoil of the lung
and surface area

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common in? rare in?

Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease

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  • Common in cigarette smokers
  • Rare in non-smokers
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portion of airway affected by chronic bronchitis?

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proximal?

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portion of airway affected by emphysema

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distal

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Pure Chronic Bronchitis vs
Pure Chronic Emphysema

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clinical def of chronic bronchitis

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persistent productive cough for 3 consecutive months in 2 consecutive years

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forms of chronic brochitis

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simple
asthmatic
obstructive

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Simple chronic bronchitis

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–airflow not obstructed

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Chronic asthmatic bronchitis

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–hyperreactive airways with bronchospasm and wheezing

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Chronic obstructive bronchitis

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chronic outflow obstruction

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histo effects of chronic bronchitis

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squamous metaplasia and thickening of the mucus layer

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Chronic Bronchitis
* Inspiration vs Expiration

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  • Inspiration –easy
  • Expiration - difficult
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Emphysema

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  • Abnormal permanent enlargement of the air spaces
  • Destruction of alveolar walls without fibrosis
  • Reduction in surface area for gas exchange
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forms of emphysema

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centrilobular and panacinar

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centrilobular emphysema

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affects res bronchiole
* Typically seen in
cigarette smokers

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centrilobular emphysema

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affects res bronchiole
* Typically seen in
cigarette smokers

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panacinar emphysema

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affect alveolus
* Most commonly seen in Alpha-1 Anti-trypsin Deficiency
* Seen in people without risk factors (smoking)

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Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

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  • Causes a rare form of emphysema –panacinar emphysema
  • Protease-antiprotease imbalance
  • Oxidant-antioxidant imbalance
  • A1AT is anti-protease synthesized in the liver
  • A1AT scavenges proteases released by inflammatory cells (polys and macrophages)
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COPD –“Pink Puffer” due to

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Predominance of Emphysema

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COPD –“Blue Bloater” due to

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Predominance of Chronic Bronchitis

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Bronchiectasis

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  • A secondary disease; not a primary disease
  • Permanent dilation of bronchi and bronchioles caused by destruction of muscle and supporting tissue resulting from chronic necrotizing infections
  • Cough and expectoration of copious amounts of purulent sputum
    seen with CF
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Brochial Asthma
symptoms?
diff with?
bronchi?
time frame?
tx?
Status asthmaticus?

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  • Severe dyspnea with wheezing
  • Difficulty with expiration
  • Bronchi constricted and filled with mucin and debris
  • Attacks last from one to several hours
  • Subside spontaneously or with therapy –usually bronchodilators and corticosteroids
  • Status asthmaticus –a severe paroxysm that does not respond to therapy and persists
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what occurs in the airway with brochial asthma

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  • Mucus accumulation
  • Goblet cell hyperplasia
  • Hypertrophy of submucosalmucous glands
  • Chronic inflammation
  • Basement membrane thickening
  • Smooth muscle cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia
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Allergic Asthma
type od dx?
obstruction?
inflamm/cells involved?
smooth mm?

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  • Allergic disease - repeated immediate hypersensitivity and late phase reactions
  • Intermittent and reversible airway obstruction
  • Chronic bronchial inflammation with eosinophils
  • Bronchial smooth muscle hypertrophy and hyper-reactivity
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Drug-Induced Asthma
what drug?
seen in?

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  • Aspirin sensitivity –aspirin induces asthma attack
  • seen in pts with History of recurrent rhinitis, nasal polyps, urticaria and bronchospasm
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Metastatic Disease at lungs
* frequent site?
* The most common lung tumor?
* Lung metastases are present in about ______of all cancer deaths

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Metastatic Disease
* The lungs are a frequent site of metastatic disease
* The most common lung tumor is metastatic
* Lung metastases are present in about 1/3 of all cancer deaths

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why are metasises so common at lung

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Metastases to the lungs are more common even than primary lung neoplasms simply because so many other primary tumors can metastasize to the lungs

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carcinoma/sarcoma routes to lung

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  • Carcinomas usually metastasize via the lymphatics
  • Sarcomas frequently metastasize via the hematogenous route
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Therapeutic Classification of
Bronchogenic Carcinoma

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  • Small cell carcinoma (NE cells)
  • Non-small cell carcinoma (epi cells)
    both classes respond to dif tx
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Pathologic Classification of
Bronchogenic Carcinoma

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  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Small cell carcinoma (oat cell carcinoma)
  • Large cell undifferentiated carcinoma
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Squamous Cell Carcinoma
* Most often seen in?
* Arises from where in lung?
* precursor lesion?
* Prognosis depends on?

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  • Most often seen in cigarette smokers
  • Arises centrally from main bronchi close to the bifurcation
  • Squamous metaplasia precursor lesion
  • Prognosis depends on the stage
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Squamous Metaplasia of Columnar,
Ciliated Respiratory Epithelium

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  • Smoking causes squamous metaplasia of respiratory epithelium
  • Creates “dead spots” in mucociliary escalator
  • Creates “fertile soil” for development of epithelial dysplasia leading to squamous cell carcinoma (most common type of bronchogenic carcinoma in smokers)
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Precursor Lesions of Bronchogenic
Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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52
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what pigment can be seen with SCC

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anthrcotic in the lesion due to smoke

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Small Cell Carcinoma
(Oat Cell Carcinoma)
* Arise where in lung?
* Aggressive?
* tx?
* origin?
* Frequent association with?

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  • Arise centrally
  • Aggressive –metastasize early and widely, poor prognosis
  • Chemotherapy
  • Neuroendocrine origin
  • Frequent association with smoking
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pigmentation of oat cell carcinoma

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can still see antrascotic pigment of lesion

55
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small cell carcinoma can cause ulceration where?

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can see neutropenic ulceration in the oral cavity

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Adenocarcinomas arise where in lung

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Arises peripherally in lung

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Large Cell Carcinoma

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  • Undifferentiated epithelial tumors that lack the cytologic features of small cell carcinoma and glandular or squamous differentiation
  • poorly differentiated large cells= diagnosis of exclusion
  • can arise centrally of peripherally
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Bronchial Carcinoid
* origin?
* tx?

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  • Neuroendocrine cell origin
  • Often resectable and curable
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Mass Effects of Lung Cancer

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  • Obstruction (atelectasis)
  • Superior vena cava syndrome
  • Pancoast syndrome
  • Horner syndrome
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Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
* Obstruction of?
* Impaired?
* Edema and congestion?
* Upper extremity veins?

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  • Obstruction of superior vena cava
  • Impaired venous return from the head and neck
  • Edema and congestion of face, neck and upper chest
  • Upper extremity veins fail to empty on elevation
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Horner Syndrome
* eyes?
* eyelid?
* pupils
* sweating?

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Compression of the sympathetic
nerves to head and neck causing:
* Enophthalmos –retraction of
globe
* Ptosis of the upper eyelid
* Miosis - Pupillary constriction
* Anhidrosis –lack of sweating

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Pancoast Syndrome

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  • Compression of the lower cervical and upper thoracic nerves causing shoulder pain radiating down the arm
63
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potnetial forms?

paraneoplasitc syndromes of lung cancer

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Well Known for Causing Paraneoplastic Syndromes
* Small cell carcinoma –frequent ectopic hormone production

  • Cushing syndrome - ectopic secretion of an ACTH-like hormone
    – Patients present with Cushing syndrome
  • Hyperparathyroidism - ectopic secretion of a parathyroid-like hormone
    – Patients present with symptoms of hyperparathyroidism –parathyroids normal
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airway? metasis? paraneo? SVC? horner?

Effects of Bronchogenic Carcinoma
Summation

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  • Local mass effects by blockage of airway
  • Metastasis
  • Paraneoplastic syndromes
  • Superior vena syndrome
  • Horner syndrome
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also increased risk of?

Mesothelioma

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Mesothelioma
* Malignant neoplasm of pleura (pain occurs) associated with environmental asbestos exposure
* Asbestos also increases risk for squamous cell
carcinoma as well as mesothelioma

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Pulmonary Hamartoma

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hyperproduction of lung tissue, benign

67
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Traditional Classification of
Pneumonia by Anatomic Distribution

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  • classified based on Pattern of lung involvement
  • Bronchopneumonia –patchy involvement
  • Lobar pneumonia –entire lobe involved
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types of pneumonia?

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lobular pneumonia

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Classification of Pneumonia by
Etiologic Agent or Clinical Setting

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  • Specific etiologic agent –e.g. Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Clinical setting
    – Community-acquired pneumonia
    – Nosocomial pneumonia (in hospital)
    – Aspiration pneumonia
    – Chronic pneumonia
    – Pneumonia in the immunocompromised host
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Pneumonia in Immunocompromised
Individuals spp?

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  • Pneumocystis jiroveci(older name: Pneumocystis carinii)– Fungal organism of very low virulence in
    immunocompetent individials
  • Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI)
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possible agents of pneumonia

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  • Bacterial
  • Viral
  • Other
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bacterial agents of pneumonia

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– Streptococcus pneumoniae
– Klebsiella pneumoniae
– Staphylococcus aureus
– Streptococcus pyogenes
– Legionella pneumophilia

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other agents of pneumonia

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– Mycoplasma
– Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis –parrot fever)

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viral agents of pneumonia

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– Cytomegalovirus
– Roseola (measles)
– Varicella (chickenpox)

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Pneumonia in AIDS

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  • AIDS patients are susceptible to all forms of pneumonia
  • Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)
    – AIDS patients especially vulnerable to Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)
    – Reclassified from a protozoan to a fungus
    – Name changed to Pneumocystis jiroveci
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Tuberculosis
caused by?
AIDS?
transmission?
inital lesion where? name?
course of events?

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  • Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis hominis or bovis
  • In AIDS patients, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is a common pathogen
  • Transmitted from person-to-person by aerosolized droplets during coughing, sneezing and talking
  • Initial lesion in lung (Gohn focus/complex)
  • Following exposure the course of events is variable - may disseminate and cause systemic involvement
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Primary Tuberculosis histology

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  • Granulomas form in the periphery of the lung
    (Gohn focus) followed by Gohn complex
  • The classic lesion is a caseating granuloma –a
    collection of activated macrophages (epitheliod
    histiocytes), sensitized lymphocytes, multinucleated giant cells and a collar of fibroblasts
78
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A

gohn complex of TB

79
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what necrosis occurs with TB

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caseous

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Secondary Tuberculosis
* Lesions classically appear where? how?
* the result of?
* triggered by?

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  • Lesions classically appear at the apices of the lungs and are cavitary
  • This form of tuberculosis usually is the result of reactivation of dormant organisms in old, silent lesions of primary tuberculosis
  • Reactivation is usually triggered by immunosuppression
81
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milliary tuberculosis of the spleen, can occur with dessimination thru lymphatics

82
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Pneumoconioses

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Lung scarring from inhaled particulate matter

83
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forms of Pneumoconioses

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  • Silicosis –silica
  • Asbestosis –asbestos
  • Berylliosis –Beryllium
  • Anthracosis –coal dust: Coal worker’s pneumoconiosis, Black lung disease
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Silicosis increases risk of? what is seen in histo

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  • Increased risk for tuberculosis= Silico-tuberculosis
  • silica crystal seen
85
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from? risk for? will form?

Asbestosis

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  • Environmental hazard
  • Risk for mesothelioma
    forms a fibrous pleaural plaque
86
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progressive? what pigments are seen?

Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis

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  • Black lung disease
  • Progressive massive fibrosis
    will see an anthracotic pigment
87
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IV drug use Lung effect

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Talc Crystals form in Lung

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Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
* Strong epidemiologic link?
* High frequency in?
* Three histologic variants?
* variant most common?
* Radiosensitive?

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  • Strong epidemiologic link to Epstein Barr
    virus
  • High frequency in Chinese
  • Three histologic variants:
    – Keratinizing SCCa
    – Non-keratinizing SCCa
    – Undifferentiated carcinoma
  • Undifferentiated carcinoma variant most
    common
    – “Lymphoepithelioma” (a misnomer) due
    to the influx of mature lymphocytes
  • Radiosensitive –50% 5-year survival rate
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what dx are associated with HHV-4

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  1. Infectious Mononucleosis
  2. Lymphomas –NHL and HL
    e.g. Burkitt lymphoma (NHL)
  3. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
  4. Oral Hairy Leukoplakia
90
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Most common presenting symptom of laryngeal lesions is?

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Most common presenting symptom of laryngeal lesions is hoarseness

91
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hoarseness of larynx seen with

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Vocal cord nodules (singer’s nodes, polyps) –chronic irritation
* Laryngeal papillomas –squamous papilloma - HPV

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squamous? recurrent? inherited?

  • Laryngeal papillomas
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Squamous papilloma - HPV
– Solitary in adults
– Multiple in children

    • Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP)
    • HPV types 6 and 11 (vaccination) –vertical transmission from infected mother- Spontaneously regress at puberty
93
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demo? associated with? most common sign?

Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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  • Adult males (7:1)
  • Strong association with cigarette smoking
  • Persistent hoarseness is most common symptom
94
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forms of laryngeal SCC

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glottic
supraglottic
subglottic

95
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confined? when are symptoms? prognosis?

  • Glottic tumors
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  • Glottic tumors (directly on vocal cords) most common
    – Most confined to larynx at diagnosis
    – Cause symptoms early in course of disease
    – Best prognosis –sparse lymphatics
96
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  • Supraglottic tumors
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  • Supraglottic tumors (above the vocal cords)
    – Rich in lymphatics –likely to metastasize to regional (cervical) lymph nodes
97
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  • Subglottic tumors
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  • Subglottic tumors (below the vocal cords) least common
    – Remain subclinical and present with advanced disease
98
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Toxic Pulmonary Effects of
Chemotherapy

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Pulmonary Fibrosis will occur
* Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) normal at start of chemotherapy
* One year later PFTs, 19% of lung function remaining
* Continuous 100% oxygen therapy
* Confined to wheel chair

99
Q

where can lung cancer metastisize too that we will see?

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oral cavity, gingiva

100
Q

what pul. fungal infection can be seen orally on occasion

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histoplasmosis, diagnosed with biopsy, would see red dots in macrophages

101
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radiographic app of metasises in oral

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presents as a luceny

102
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what sarcoma can be seen orally

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karposi sarcoma

103
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how can this be avoided?

what oral infection can occur with corticosteroid inhalers?

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candidasis, do not touch inhaler to mouth and rinse with water after use

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