Alexis HD 3 Flashcards
(33 cards)
What is the main cause of cerebrovascular disease?
atherosclerosis + comp
Stroke
abrupt onset of focal/global neurologic signs/sx caused by ischemia or hemorrhage lasting more than 24 hrs
-3rd leading cause of death in us
Where strokes occur most often?
middle cerebral territory
Infarcts are ____ and ____
focal and global
Know the evolution of infarcts bc they gave us a picture of a brain that had a lot of empty spaces and they asked what stage of infarct is it
ARDS/DAD patho
DAD (diffuse alv damage) with hyalin membrane lining damaged alv airspaces
ARDs Outcomes
-Death, 40% mortality
-Diffuse interstitial fibrosis
-Recovery
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
-Histo is UIP (usual interstitial pneumonia)
*macrophages release cytokines/FGF
*interstitial chronic inflammation
*patchy interstitial fibrosis
*type 2 pneumocyte hyperplasia
*honeycomb lung
Pneumonconioses
COPD consists of ____
emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, and bronchiectasis
Normal on left
EMPHYSEMA on right
B CELLS
make IgE
Histo of Asthma
hyperplasia of submucosal gland and the basement membrane
1 fungal in US and Mexico
opportunistic pneumonia
TB
Number one cause of deaths in industrialized world
Lung cancer
Different types of lung cancer
Squamous cell bronchogenic carcinoma
adenocarcinoma
*weakest link to smoking
*gland forming
*peripheral
Small Cell Carcinoma
subset of neuroendocrine carcinoma with large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and carcinoid
-older males, smokers, central bronchi, paraneoplastic syndromes
Mesothelioma
asbestos fibers are coated with iron
Different kidney cancers
