Derm #4, Cardio #1 Flashcards

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What is one of the main disorders of epidermal growth and differentiation?

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seborrhea (primary, secondary)

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What are some examples of common endocrinopathies?

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Hypothyroidism, hyperadrenocorticism, hyperestrogenism, pituitary dysfunction

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3
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What type of disorder is seborrhea?

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Disorder in cornification

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What are characteristics of seborrhea?

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Clinically excessive scaling, greasiness, increased rate of epithelial turnover, abnormal intercellular lipids

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What are the two types of seborrhea?

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Primary (genetic disease) or secondary to other diseases

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What does seborrhea look like grossly?

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White scale on the surface of the skin

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What is malassezia and what disorder is it commonly seen in?

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Superficial yeast that likes the stratum corneum, makes keratosis worse, and will smell; common secondary agent to seborrhea

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What are gross features of endocrine dermatopathies?

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Bilaterally symmetric alopecia, epidermal thinning, hyperpigmentation, secondary bacterial pyoderma and seborrhea

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What are microcopic changes associated with endocrine dermatopathies?

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Hyperkeratosis, epidermal/dermal atrophy, adnexal atrophy, telogen hairs, +/- hyperpigmentation and superimposed inflammatory changes

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10
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What is this?

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Malassezia - yeast associated with seborrhea

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11
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What 3 changes can be seen here?

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Epidermal atrophy (arrow), orthokeratotic hyperkeratosis, follicular hyperkeratosis

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12
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What is alopecia?

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Lack or loss of hair

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13
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How does demodex cause alopecia?

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Destroys some hair follicles

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14
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How do dermatophytes cause alopecia?

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Destroy hairs

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15
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How do endocrinopathies, metabolic causes, toxins, and drugs cause alopecia?

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Atrophy of follicles

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16
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What is hypertrichosis?

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Too much hair - can be caused by hirsutism, tumors of the hypophysis, malnutrition, prolonged gestation

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17
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What is a common endocrinopathy that cats get that causes alopecia?

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Feline psychogenic alopecia - cat gets stressed and licks all of its hair off

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18
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What disease is associated with bilateral alopecia in dogs?

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Cushing’s

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19
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T/F: Seborrhea is an acute change

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False

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20
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What are some examples of non-neoplastic tumors?

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Follicular cysts, hamartomas, fibroadnexal dysplasia, calcinosis circumscripta, granulomas

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21
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What is this and what causes it?

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Verrucous lesion; likely caused by a papillomavirus

22
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What is this cutaneous epithelial neoplasm? What is indicated by the blue arrow?

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Squamous cell carcinoma: malignant epithelial neoplasm;

Blue arrow = neoplastic squamous epithelium

23
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What cutaneous neoplasm is seen here? What are they sometimes called?

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Round cell tumor: Cutaneous histiocytoma (often in young dogs and benign)

AKA “button tumors”

24
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What change is seen here? What is the cause?

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Lymphoma - we see irregular lymphocytes on histo; usually do not know the cause

25
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What change is seen here? Should we consider this to be benign or malignant?

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Mast cell tumor; we should always consider these to be potentially malignant

26
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What is histologic grading? Who does this?

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Classification based on microscopic appearance of a malignant neoplasm; done by a pathologist

27
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What is staging? Who does this?

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Evaluating the extent of spread of a neoplasm in the body. It is a clinical assessment done by the rDVM.

28
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What can cats get as a reaction from vaccination? How should you vaccinate in order to make removal easier?

A

Vaccine-associated sarcomas; vaccinate on lower limb or on tail in case you have to amputate to remove the tumor

29
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What is this and what can it be a result of? (hint: it is from a cat)

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Fibrosarcoma: malignant; can result from nodule formation that malignantly transformed into a sarcoma after vaccinating a cat

30
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What is this? Is it benign or malignant?

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Lipoma; benign

Don’t grow back once removed, not difficult to remove

Common in Schnauzers and labs

31
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What is this? Is it neoplastic? What can be seen on histo?

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Calcinosis circumscripta; not neoplastic; on histo see mineral bordered by macrophages and fibrous tissue

(Usually happens on pressure points in dogs, can be dx bc of white, chalky spots on cut surface)

32
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What is this? Is it neoplastic? What will happen if you squeeze it?

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Follicular cyst (alopecic nodule, raised, soft, fluctuant and fluid-filled); non-neoplastic; if squeezed will have keratinized material

33
Q

What is this called once it is ruptured?

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Furunculosis (ruptured cyst)

34
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What do you call a malignant neoplasm of sweat glands?

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Apocrine adenocarcinoma

35
Q

What will happen if you have obstruction in the pulmonary vein or in the left heart?

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Left-sided heart failure;

  • Back up of blood
  • Hydrostatic pressure increases –> pulmonary edema
  • Patient will cough a lot
  • There is a decrease in the amount of blood going forward
    • Kidneys take a large % of cardiac output
      • Start secreting renin to try to increase output
    • Sudden drop in output –> bad for brain –> fainting
36
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What will happen if you have right-sided heart failure?

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Blood backs up into the systemic capillary beds

  • Hydrostatic pressure increases –> systemic edema
    • Thoracic and/or abdominal cavities
  • Congestion outside in the thoracic cavity, pericardium, liver, spleen
37
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Where do you find the most cross sectional area in the body’s vessels?

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capillary beds

38
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What things are associated with acute cardiovascular failure?

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Cardiac syncope, acute congestion of tissues, peripheral circulatory failure (hypovolemia), sudden death

39
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What things are associated with chronic cardiovascular failure?

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Congestive heart failure –> pulmonary edema, ascites, hydrothorax, chronic passive liver congestion

40
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What are the 4 basic causes of heart failure?

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  1. Systolic dysfunction (overload)
  2. Decreased functional cardiac muscle mass
  3. Altered myocardial contractility
  4. Diastolic dysfunction
41
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What occurs during systolic dysfunction that leads to heart failure?

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Pressure overload due to valve stenosis and/or hypertension, volume overload due to valvular insufficiency

(Heart has to have increased pressure to get blood flowing through the valve)

42
Q

What are some things that cause decreased functional cardiac muscle mass, thus leading to heart failure?

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Neoplasm, inflammation, myocardial infarct

43
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What are some things that alter myocardial contractility and ultimately lead to heart failure?

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Arrythmia, advanced hypertrophy

44
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How does diastolic dysfunction lead to heart failure and what is an example of this?

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There is impairment of ventricular filling;

EX: Cardiac tamponade - fluid builds in pericardium causing an increased pressure on the ventricles. Ventricles cannot fill/relax (often manifests as right sided heart failure)

45
Q

Of the following conditions, which are associated with diastolic failure vs. systolic failure?

A. Mitral valve insufficiency

B. Hemopericardium

C. Systemic hypertension

D. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

A

A = systolic

B = diastolic

C = systolic

D = diastolic

46
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What is a big cause for hemopericardium?

A

hemangiosarcoma

47
Q

When does heart failure occur in relation to compensatory mechanisms?

A

Occurs when compensatory mechanisms are inadequate

48
Q

What is the goal of compensatory mechanisms?

A

Maintaining cardiac output

49
Q

What are some examples of compensatory mechanisms?

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Increased heart rate, altered peripheral resistance, decreased flow to non-vital organs, myocardial remodeling (hypertrophy), hypervolemia

50
Q

What two compensatory mechanisms are initially a good thing, but can become problematic if they happen chronically?

A

Hypertrophy and hypervolemia

51
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What two things are increased in hypervolemia and why?

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  1. Fluid volume - due to renal retention of salt and water (renin-angiotensin system)
  2. RBCs - due to erythropoeitin