Respiratory Tract Pathology Flashcards
What complicates recovery from ARDS?
Interstitial fibrosis;damage and loss of type II pneumocytes leads to scarring and fibrosis
Cause of emphysema
Imbalance of proteases and antiproteases
Causes o bronchiectasis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia
- Tumor or foreign body
- Necrotizing infection
- Allergic brunchopulmonary aspergillosis
Pulmonary hypertension leads to…
Right ventricular hypertrophy with eventual cor pulmonale
Adenocarcinoma in-situ exhibits columnar cells that grow along preexisting __________ and __________.
Bronchioles;alveoli
Where granulomas often found in sarcoidosis?
Hilar lymph nodes and lung
Patients with silicosis have an increase risk for ____.
TB
Treatment for H, Influenza
Amoxicillin +/- clavulanate for mucosal infections
Ceftriaxone for meningitis
Rifampin prophylaxis for close contacts
Most common causes of lobar pneumonia
Strep pneumonia
Klebsiella pneumonia
Dyspnea or caush
Elevated serum ACE
Hypercalcemia
Sarcoidosis
Pneumonia in cystic fibrosis patients
Psudomonas
Cause of laryngeal papilloma
HPV 6 and 11
*papillomas are usually single in adults and multiple in children
What drugs can result in interstitial fibrosis?
Bleomycin
Amiodarone
What is the most common cause of acute epiglottitis?
H. Influenzae type B
*Especially in nonimmunized children
- Immunohistochemistry for adenocarcinoma
Glands
Mucin
TTF-1
Symptoms of rhitinitis
Sneezing
Congestion
Runny nose
Complications of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
- Hypoxemia increases the risk for persistence of patent ductus arteriosus and necrotizing enterocolitis
- Supplemental oxygen increases the risk for free radical injury. Retinal injury leads to blindness; lung damage leads to bronchopulmonary dysplasia
In ARDS, there is a leakage of protein rich fluid that leads to edema that combines with becrotic epithelial cells to form ___________ lining alveoli.
Hyaline membranes
Pancoast tumor
- Apical tumors involving the superior sulcus
- Sympathetic chain (ptosis, miosis, and anhidrosis)
- Brachial plexus (shoulder pain and hand weakness)
Triad seen in aspirin intolerant asthma
Asthma
Aspirin-induced bronchospasms
Nasal polps
Most common sources of metastasis to lung
Breat and colon
Hypoxemia and cyanosis with respiratory distress
“White out” on chest x-ray
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
__________ regenrate lung tissue during resolution phase of lobar pneumonia.
Type II pneumocytes
How does angiofibroma present?
Profuse epistaxis
clinical features of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Progressive dyspnea and cough
Which organism are associated with pneumonia superimposed on COPD?
Legionella
Moraxella cararrhalis
H. Influenzae
Allegic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is normally seen in patients with ______ or ______.
Asthma
Cystic fibrosis
Mild exposure to carbon results in __________.
Anthracosis
*Collectin of carbon-laden macrophages; not clinically significant
Normal pulmonary artery pressure
10 mmHg
Complication of bronchiectasis
Hypoxemia with cor pulmonale
Secondary amyloidosis
Which lung carcinomas are chromogranin positive?
Small cell carcinoma
Carcinoid tumor
NOTE: These are the tumors that are associated with neuroendocrine cells
Which lung carcinomas are associated with male smokers?
Small cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Atypical pneumonia with posttransplant immunosuppression or chemotherapy
CMV
How does neonatal respiratory distress syndrome appear on x-ray
Diffuse granularity of lung (ground-glass appearance)
Clinical feautures of secondary TB
Fevers and night sweats
Cough with hemoptysis
Weight loss
berylliosis increases risk for ________.
Lung cancer
Pneumonia is an infection of the _______.
Lung parenchyma
Three patterns classically seen on chest x-ray of pneumonia
Lobar pneumonia
Bronchopneumonia
Interstitial pneumonia
Smoking leads to _______ emphysema that is most severe in the ________ lobes.
Centriacinar; upper
*Smoke goes up
__________ from injured pneumcytes induce fibrosis.
TGF-B
How does acute epiglottitis present?
High fever
Sore throught
Drooling with dysphagia
Mufled voice
Inspiratory stridor (narrowing of airway)
*Risk of airway of obstruction
How does berylliosis present?
Noncaseating granulomas in the lung, hilar lymph nodes and systemic organs
Productive cough, with spiral-shaped mucus plugs (Curshmann spirals) and eosinophil derived crystals (Charcot-Leyden crytals)
Asthma
Caplan syndrome
a combination of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and pneumoconiosis that manifests as intrapulmonary nodules, which appear homogenous and well-defined on chest X-ray.
Malignant tumor of nasopharyngeal epithelium
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
A1AT deficiency results in _____ emphysema that is most severe in the ________ lobes.
Panacinar; lower
Gram - rod
Silver stain
Grows on charcoal yest extract
Legionella
Pathologic findings of histoplasmosis
Macrophage filled with Histoplasma
Benign tumor composed o lung tissue and cartilage; often calcified on imaging
Bronchial hamartoma
Abstestosis increases risk for ________ and ___________.
Lung carcinoma
Mesothelioma
*Lung carcinoma is more common
Decrease in FEV1/FVC
Obstructive
Allergic rhinitis is associated with which other conditions
Asthma
Eczema
What is the likely cause of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
Cyclical lung injury
What ratio indicates adequeate surfactant production?
>2
Characteristics of secondary TB
Cavitary foci of caseous necrosis
*may also lead to pulmonary TB or tuberculous bronchopneumonia
Additional tissues involved in sarcoidosis
Uvea
Skin
Salivary and lacrimal glands (mimics Sjogren syndrome)
Treatment for legionella
Marolide
Quinolone
Risk factors for laryngeal carcinoma
Alcohol and tobacco
*Can rarely arise from a laryngeal papilloma
Fibrotic nodules in the upper lobes of the lung
Silicosis
Imaging of lung carcinoma
Large spiculated mass
A solitary nodule can also be seen
Demographic for berylliosis
Beryllium miners and workers in the aerospace industry
organisms that cause intersitital (atypical) pneumonia
Mycoplasma pneumonia
Chlamydia pneumonia
RSV
CMV
Influenza
Coxiella
Protrusion of edematous, inlamed nasal mucosa
Nasal polp
____________ neutralizes proteases.
a1- antitrypsin
Demographic seen with coal workers’ pneumonoconiosis
Coal miners
ARDS is secondary to which diseases?
Sepsis infection
Shock
Trauma
Aspiration
Pancreatitis
DIC
Hypersensivity reaactions
Drugs
How does a laryngeal carcinoma present?
Hoarseness
Cough
Stridor
Gram +
a-hemolytic
Lancet-shaped
Optochin sensitive
Strep pneumonia
Paraneoplastic syndrome associated with squamous cell carcinoma
May produce PTHrp
_______ deficiency is a rare cause of emphysema
A1AT
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema
Asthma
Bronchiectasis
Benign papillary tumor of the vocal cord
Laryngeal papilloma
Major component of surfactant
Phosphatidylcholine (lecithin)
What other condition is present in A1AT deficiency emphysema and why?
Liver cirrhosis; mutant A1AT accumulates in the ER of hepatocytes, resulting in liver damage
Difuse damage to the alveoplar-capillar interface
ARDS