Schwartz Feb 3rd Flashcards
waht are the approaches to any pathological lesion
- establish dd
with blood tests
TF
blood tests are rarely diagnostic
true
if you use blood test, which two things do you screen for
parathyroid hormone level
prostate specific antigen (PSA)
what markers of bone metabolism may be diagnosis
calcium
phosphours
alkaline phosphatase
waht immunological biomarkers are elevated in cancer
HPV
CEA
EVB
AFP
what are standard x ray and ct best for
bone pathlogy
CT is best for
soft tissue structures
3D CT good for
neurofibromatosis - benign disease a neurofibroma
contrast studies
inject a radioopaque dye into a body cavity and is injected into ______
blood vessel [most common]
salivary duct
why do you want to inject dye into the BV
outline
diagnosis
BVs
whartons duct is attached to waht salivary gland
submandibular gland
what general approach to any pathological lesion waht types of imaging are used
CT angiography
contrast imaging
MRI
what is MRI best used for
soft tissue pathology
TF
MRI shows bone marrow BUT NOT good for bone detail
true
waht are the 3 types of MRI
T1 weighted scan
T2 weigthed scan
Contrast MRI
which of the 3 MRI scans are the standard scan
T1 weigthed scan
which MRI scan is used for fluid contrast like CSF fluid
T2 weighted scan
for contrast MRI ____ is used to inject IV
and
increases vascular contrast
gadolinium
allows us to highlight brain tumors [helps stands out]
TF
tumors tend to have a higher vascular flow
true
what are the 3 types of scan?
PET
bone scan
White blood cell scans
TF
scan are non specific you inject the pt with a pharamceutical and wait to be taken up by the body and some tissues are going to uptake more than others
true
where does tracer uptake in areas of increased metabolic activity
tumors
infection
active growth
what OFFICE PROCEDURE that may be preferable to open biopsy
fine needle aspriation
fine needle aspiration
- withdraw some blood
- cells smeraed on glass slide
- cytologist [pap smear]
TF
very rarely does fine needle aspiration have a diagnosis
- can tell the difference bt benign and malignant
true
true
TF
using fine needle aspriation can determine bt the cysts and solid
true
cyst [syringe filled with cyst fluid]
if tumor [will not fill the syringe]