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| where do you find Giant cells? |
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| in areas of inflammation. |
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| what is a Giant cell made of? |
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| organized collection of macrophages (feature of chronic inflammation) |
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| what are the two types of granulomas? |
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| necrotizing and non-necrotizing granulomas |
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| do acute and chronic inflammation sometimes exist at the same time? |
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| what mediators do you find in chronic inflammation that are not found in acute inflammation? |
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| persistent infection/toxins and autoimmune diseases |
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| what key WBC is found in acute inflammation? |
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| what is the most common form of systemic vasculitis in adults? |
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| temporal (giant cell) arteritis. |
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| features of temporal arteritis? |
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| intimal thickening. Narrowing vascular lumen. Acute and chronic granuloomatous inflammation with Giant Cells. |
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| A solitary pulmonary nodule is a round or oval spot (lesion) in the lungs that is seen with a chest x-ray or CT scan. |
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| what bug can cause peptic ulcers? |
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| what are two forms of Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD)? |
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| Ulcerative Colitis and Chron's Disease |
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| what histological features are characteristic of ulcerative colitis? |
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| Crypt architecture distortion, cryptal abscess, acute cryptitis, inflammation. |
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| what cells do you see in acute inflammation |
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| what cells are seen in chronic inflammation? |
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| macrophages, lymphocytes, granulomas, Giant Cells |
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| look at slide 42 for summary and what we need to knoq |
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