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1
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What is granulomatous inflammation characterised by?

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presence of granulomas in tissues and organ

2
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What is granulomatous tissue stimulated by?

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indigestible antigen that the body cannot get rid of

3
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What does granulomatous inflammation cause?

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many serious infections and idiopathic diseases

4
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What are granulomas?

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  • aggregates of epithelioid macrophages in tissues
  • may contain giant cells
  • may surround dead material
  • may be surrounded by lymphocytes
  • contain neutrophils, eosinophils
  • response to indigestible antigen
  • many are type IV hypersensitivity reactions
5
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What are giant cells?

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  • the fusion of macrophages to form larger cells

- large cytoplasm: multiple nuclei

6
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What are Langhans type cells?

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  • classically found in TB
  • peripheral rim of nuclei
  • large eosinophilic cytoplasm
7
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Describe foreign bodies in granulomatous tissue?

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  • often associated with pyogenic granulation tissue
  • acutely inflamed
  • neutrophils, pus
  • organisation
  • giant cells
8
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What can vacuoles containing silicone arise from?

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ruptured silicone implants

9
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When are Warthin-Finkeldy rarely seen?

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in measles

10
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What are 3 examples of granulomatous diseases?

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  • Tuberculosis
  • Leprosy
  • Syphilis
11
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What is caseous necrosis?

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dead tissue surrounded by macrophages, giant cells, lymphocytes

12
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What drug combination kills the pathogen that causes leprosy?

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  • dapson
  • rifampicin
  • clofazimine
13
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What are 3 examples of condition that involve non-infective granulomas?

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  • rheumatoid disease
  • sarcoidosis
  • Crohn’s disease
14
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Describe the basic mechanism of wound healing?

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  • phase of acute inflammation
  • granulations tissue formation
  • local angiogenesis
  • fibrosis and scar formation
15
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Describe surgical wound healing?

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  • healing by primary intention
  • minimal gap-blood clot forms
  • small amount of granulation tissue
  • small linear scar
16
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Describe healing of larger defects?

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  • healing by secondary intention
  • lots of granulation tissue ingrowth
  • contraction and scarring
17
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What is the sequence of events from wound to repair?

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  • injury, blood clot, acute inflammation, fibrin
  • many growth factors and cytokines involved
  • granulation tissue growth- angiogenesis
  • phagocytosis of fibrin
  • myofibroblasts move in and lay down collagen
  • contraction of scar
  • re-epithelialisation
18
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What improves wound healing?

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  • cleanliness
  • apposition of edges
  • sound nutrition
  • metabolic stability and normality
  • normal inflammatory and coagulation mechanisms
  • local mediator involvement
19
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What impairs wound healing?

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  • dirty,gaping wound with large hematoma
  • poorly nourished, lack of vitamin C,A
  • abnormal CHO metabolism, diabetes, corticosteroid therapy
  • inhibition of angiogenesis
20
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How does fracture healing differ from wound healing?

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It is a modified situation in bone as there has to be repair of bony structure as well as soft tissue

21
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Describe the sequence of events in fracture healing?

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  • trauma, fracture, hematoma
  • bits of dead bone and soft tissue
  • acute inflammation, organisation, granulation tissue, macrophages remove debris
  • granulation tissue contains osteoblasts as well as fibroblasts
22
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Describe callus formation.

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  • osteoblasts lay down woven bone
  • nodules of cartilage present
  • followed by bone remodelling
23
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What does bone remodelling involve?

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  • osteoclasts remove dead bone
  • progressive replacement of woven bone by lamellar bone
  • reformation of cortical and trabecular bone
24
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What stimulates proliferation in angiogenesis?

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VEGF released by hypoxic cells

25
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What does angiogenesis and organisation in thrombosis do?

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  • limits thrombus propagation

- reinstatement of flow

26
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What role does angiogenesis play in malignant tumours?

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  • angiogenesis occurs as tumour grows

- potential for therapeutic control

27
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What role does fibrosis and scarring play in atherosclerosis?

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-similarities with chronic inflammation