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Pathology Flashcards

1
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What’s the difference between clinical and anatomic pathology?

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Anatomic involves formerly alive tissue

Clinical pathology is done in a lab

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2
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Avenzoar

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First physician known to have made postmortem dissections

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3
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Rudolf Virchow

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Generally recognized to be the father of microscopic pathology

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4
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What’s the difference between histology and cytology?

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Histology looks more at tissue as an organized unit- still tries to preserve tissue structure
Cytology samples the cells and looks exclusively at type and cellular changes

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5
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What types of samples can be submitted for cytology and histology?

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Cytology- smears
Histology- get parts of organs from an -ectomy
FNA biopsies get sent to cytology
Core bx is sent in formalin to pathology

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6
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What fixatives are used for histology?

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Formalin

Alcohol

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7
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Well circumscribed

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Fibroadenoma

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8
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Smoothly lobulated

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Lipoma

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9
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Verrucous

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Cutaneous condyloma

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10
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Papillary

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Bladder tumors

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Velvety

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Nl gallbladder mucosa

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12
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Macule

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Lentigo

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13
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Papule

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Mole

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14
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Friable

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Necrotic tumors

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15
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Viscous

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Thick

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16
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Serosanguinous

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Serum tinged with blood

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17
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Serous

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Like serum (watery)

18
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Mucinous

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Thick and sticky or gelatinous

19
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Tacky

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Sticky

20
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Suppurative

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Green thick exudate

21
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Hematoxylin

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Stain for nuclear material

22
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Eosin

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Stain for cytoplasmic material

23
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What does the pathologist do in the operating room?

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If there is a surgery that involves multiple steps for the dx or the dx is made intraoperatively and possibly incidentally

24
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Ziehl-Neelson

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Mycobacteria

25
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Congo red

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Amyloid

26
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Diff quick

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Modified Giemsa stain

27
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Giemsa

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Lymphoproliferative disorders

28
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Gram

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Bacteria

29
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Iron

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Bone marrow

30
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Mucicarmine

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Adenocarcinomas

31
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Periodic acid Schiff

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Tumors with glycogen

32
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Silver stain

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Infectious dz

33
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Toluidine blue

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Mast cell dz

34
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Trichrome

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Liver

35
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Wrights

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Blood smears

36
Q

What is the purpose of immunoperoxidase studies?

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Classification of tumors
Prognostic factors
Predictive factors to guide specific therapy
Identification of extracellular material
Identification of infectious agents
37
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Breast special studies

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ER/PR
HER2/neu
GCDFP-15

38
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Carcinoid tumor special studies

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Chromogranin

39
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Lung adenocarcinoma special study

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TTF-1

40
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Squamous cell carcinoma special studies

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CK5/6
p63
p16
HPV

41
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Thyroid special tests

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Thyroglobulin

42
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Melanoma special test

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S100 protein

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