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Pathology - Systemic Exam 1
Pathology - Systemic Exam 1
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Pharmacology
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05/01/2013

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Term
In COPD, Reid Index is ?
Definition
Greater than 0.5

Normal is 0.4
Term
Blue bloaters describe what disease ?
Definition
Chronic bronchitis

Are cyanotic, respiratory acidosis, right-sided heart failure
Term
Diagnosis of chronic bronchitis ?
Definition
Productive cough for 3 months in at least 2 consecutive years
Term
Pink puffers are persons with ?
Definition
Emphysema

Barrel chest
Complication is Cor Pulmonale
Early PCO2 normal, late PCO2 high

Do not give O2 as therapy
Term
Characteristics of Panlobular Emphysema ?
Definition
Present as younger age, around 40
Hereditary deficiency of alpha-1 antitrypsin

Abnormal allele is PIZZ homozygous
Alveolar septal rupture and loss of capillaries
Affects lower lobes
Associated with liver cirrhosis
Term
Most accurate way to diagnose bronchioectasis ?
Definition
High resolution CT
Term
Etiological factors of bronchiectasis ?
Definition
Cystic fibrosis is most common cause

Kartagener's Syndrome
TB
Hypogammaglobulinemia
Recurrent pneumonia
Measles
Asthma
Centrally located tumors
Term
Characteristics of bronchiectasis ?
Definition
On sputum culture, will see mixed flora

Foul smelilng sputum

On histology, peribronchial fibrosis and desquamation
Term
Two unique inclusions see in sputum of asthma patients ?
Definition
Curshmann spirals (shed epithelium from mucus plugs)
Charcot-Leyden crystals (fragments of eosinophilic membranes)
Term
Asthma characteristics ?
Definition
Bronchial hyper-responsiveness causes "Reversible" bronchoconstriction

Most imp mediator is **leukotrienes**

Hyperplasia of bronchial goblet cells causes mucus plugs to form
Hyperventilate so see resp. alkalosis
Symapthetics are good for trt b/c cause bronchodilation

Symptoms are cough, wheezing, dyspnea, decreased I/E ratio, pulsus pardoxus, mucus plugging

Extrinsic type and Intrinsic type

Status Asthmaticus
Term
2 examples of intrinsic asthma ?
Definition
Non-reaginic asthma

Pharmacologic asthma - due to aspirin (inhibits only cycloxygenase pathway)
Triad asthma (take aspirin, develop asthma, nasal polyps)
Term
Spirometry for asthma would be ?
Definition
Same as for emphysema

Decreased FEV1/FVC ratio
Increased TLC
Increased RV
Term
Bronchogenic carcinoma =
Definition
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Lung

Both are centrally located tumors
Term
Characteristics of bronchogenic carcinoma ?
Definition
Endogenous lipid pneumonia
Foamy macrophages

Complications:
Phrenic nerve paralysis
bronchiectasis
Lymphadenopathy
Other problems due to obstruction in center of chest
Term
Characteristics of Squamous Cell Carcinoma ?
Definition
Two main causes of squamous cell cancer:
Cigarette smoking (most common)
Radon exposure

Also p16 and p53 mutations

Morphology:
Keratin pearls
Intracytoplasmic bridges

Paraneoplastic Syndrome:
Associated with PTH-like peptide leading to hypercalcemia
Term
Symptoms of Pancoast tumor (tumor of the pulmonary apex) is related what 2 syndromes ?
Definition
1) Horner's Syndrome (due to compression of superior cervical ganglion)
ipsilateral miosis, anhidrosis, ptosis

Weakness of arm in ulnar distribution
Hoarse voice and bovine cough

2) Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Facial and arm swelling, cyanosis, dilatation of veins of head and arms
Term
Characteristics of Small (Oat) Cell Carcinoma ?
Definition
Central tumor
High nuclear : cytoplasm ratio, small hyperchromatic nuclei, diffuse sheets of cells

Cell of origin is Kulchitsky cell (neuroendocrine cell)

Strong corr to smoking
Very aggressive - need chemotherapy soon

Paraneoplastic Syndromes - mainly neurological, production of hormones (ADH, ACTH, rarely serotonin, Lambert Eaton Syndrom, Myasthenic Syndrome)
Term
Facts about Carcinoid tumor of lung ?
Definition
Slow growing neuroendocrine tumor
Not linked to smoking or other factors

90% benign
Cell of origin prob Kulchitsky cell
Carcinoid Syndrome rare so rarely secrete ACTH or serotonin

Findings of intraluminal growth (cought, hemoptysis, recurrent infections) or asymptomatic
Term
Adenocarcinoma of Lung facts ?
Definition
Peripheral lung cancer

KRAS and EGFR genetic mutations

PAS and cytokeratin positive

Three Types:
1. AAH (Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasi
2. Bronchial/Frank Invasive Adenocarcinoma
Has hematological / thormobosis paraneoplastic syndromes

3.Bronchioalveolar Carcinoma (BAC)
Not linked to smoking
Lepidic growth pattern
Spread via pores of Kohn
Multiple densities on x-ray
Term
Most common lung cancer in females and non-smokers ?
Definition
Bronchial / Frank Invasive Adenocarcinoma
Term
Most common cause of death from adenocarcinoma of lung ?
Definition
Suffocation
Term
Metastiatic lung lesions show up as what on x-ray ?
Definition
Cannon-ball appearance
Term
Most common site for metastiatic lesions of the lung ?

Common metastiatic sites of primary lung cancers ?
Definition
Breast


(HALBB)
Hilar lymph nodes
Adrenals
Liver
Brain
Bone
Term
M0st common cause of solitary (coin) lung lesions ?
Definition
Granulomatous disease (TB, Wegener's, Histoplasmosis)
Term
Clubbing is not associated with what subtype of lung disease ?
Definition
COPD (Emphysema or Bronchitis)
Term
Cytokine responsible for pathogenesis of IPF (Idiopathic/Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis) ?
Definition
TGF-B
Term
How to treat pt. with solitary (coin) lung lesion ?
Definition
Just reassure pt. it is probably benign

Do not do biopsy b/c can cause pneumothorax
Term
Clubbing present in what diseases ?
Definition
H O G L

Heart disease

Other - hyperthyroidism, axillary artery aneurysm

Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary

Lung Disease
***But not COPD (emphysema or bronchitis)***
Term
Anisocytosis is ?
Definition
Variation in size of RBCs
Term
Normal Myeloid : Erythroid (M:E ratio) is ?
Definition
2 - 3 : 1
Term
Characteristics of bone marrow biopsy ?
Definition
Used to study architecture

Can see intact tissue with trabeculae

Results in a week
Term
Characteristics of bone marrow biopsy ?
Definition
Used to study architecture

Can see intact tissue with trabeculae

Results in a week
Term
Characteristics of extravascular hemolyssi ?
Definition
Occurs within mononuclear-phagocyte system secondary to RBC defect , see Heinz bodies

No hemoglobinuria, hemosiderinuria, or methemoglobinuria

Decreased plasma haptoglobin

Anemia and Jaundice

Splenomegaly
Term
Hereditary Spherocytosis caused by ?
Definition
Intrinsic defect in the cell membrane

Increased MCHC
Decreased MCV

Ankyrin most common protein affected

Pigment gall stones
Splenomegaly
Howell Jolly bodies

Osmotic Fragility Test as definitive investigation

Trt is splenectomy (eliminates anemia but not spherocytes)
Term
Splenomegaly and gall stones are rare in ?
Definition
G6PD Deficiency

b/c hemolysis is episodic

Has mostly extravascular hemolysis and some intravascular hemolysis
Term
Bite cells and Heinz bodies seen in ?
Definition
G6PD Deficiency
Term
What GPI proteins are deficient in PNH ?
Definition
C8 binding protein
CD 55
CD 59
Term
Ham's test is used to diagnose what disease ?
Definition
PNH
Term
Two types of Immune Hemolytic Anemia ?
Definition
Warm antibody type (favors IgG) and Cold antibody type (favors IgM)

Both are Coombs test positive
Term
Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia ?
Definition
Due to mechanical hemolysis of RBCs

Seen with prosthetic heart valves, severe calcific aortic stenosis, SLE, obstruction of bvs

See schistocytes / helmet cells in peripheral blood
Term
A test that reduces oxygen tension, and is used to detect HBS in Sickle Cell Anemia ?
Definition
Sodium Metabisulphate test
Term
Crew cut appearance of skull and frontal bossing seen in what two disease states ?
Definition
Chronic hemolytic anemia (sickle cell) and Beta Thalassemia Major
Term
Trs for Sickle Cell Anemia ?
Definition
Bone Marrow Tx
Hydroxyurea to increase HbF
O2 for hypoxia
Water for dehyration
Term
Most accurate invetigative test for sickle cell, Beta Thallassaemia Major, and Beta Thallassaemia Minor ?
Definition
Electrophoresis
Term
Most commmon cause of death in Beta Thall. Major ?
Definition
Heart failure from secondary hemochromatosis
Term
Most definitive diagnosis for Iron Deficiency Anemia ?
Definition
Bone Marrow biopsy with Prussian blue
Term
What things increased in iron studies of iron deficiency anemia ?
Definition
These are increased:

RDW
Platelets
TIBC

Soluble transferrin receptors
FEP and Zn protophyrin levels
Term
Do not give excess iron to ?
Definition
Beta Thallassemia Minor pts
Term
What iron studies are increased in Anemia of Chronic Disease ?
Definition
Serum ferritin
Bone marrow iron

Hepcidin also increased from liver
Term
Hypersegmented neutrophils seen in what disorder ?
Definition
Megaloblastic anemia
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