EXAM 2 QUESTIONS Flashcards
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Circulating immune complexes filter out small vessels and activate the complement cascade. C5a attract neutrophils which causes local damaging inflammation….
Type III immune injury disease
All of the following are autoimmune diseases except:
a- systemic lupus
b- burons hypogammaglobulinemia
c- sjogrens syndrome
d- graves disease
(b) bruttons hypogammaglobluinemia
Which organ has very low tolerance to edema?
brain & lungs
Patients with peutz-jegher syndrome often present with:
a- multiple mucosal melanomas
b- nevus flamm
c- peri-oral freckling
d- petechial hemorrhage
(c) peri-oral freckling
T/F: Grading of malignancy is done by pathologists that he microscope. Staging is done by the clinician to determine distribution of tumor in the body
T/T
T/F: A diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma can be made clinically:
T
Kaposi sarcoma is caused by the HIV:
F (caused by HHV8)
The most common cause of right-sided heart failure is:
Left sided heart failure
(which is caused by CAD, MI, or long-term HTN)
What terminology is used to describe the invagination of the small intestines into itself leading to necrosis?
intussusception
Patients with barretts esophagus are at risk of developing what type of malignancy?
adenocarcinoma (most common in US)
The oral lesions associated with ulcerative colitis are known as:
pyostomatitis vegetans
What terminology used to describe metastasis of an adenocarcinoma to the bilateral ovaries?
Krukernberg tumor
What is the average lifespan of a RBC?
120 days
What radiographic term can be used to describe both sickle cell anemia and thalassemia
Hair on end
Sickle cell anemia occurs due to substitution between which two amino acids?
valine to glutamic acid
Patients with Plummer Vinson syndrome present with which type of anemia?
iron deficient anemia
Which anemia is considered an autoimmune disease?
hemolytic anemia
In viral infections which type of WBC is elevated?
leukocytes
What immune deficiency is caused by having a pronounced decrease in the number of neutrophils?
neutropenia
When presenting with oral manifestation, which leukemia has a predilection of the gingiva?
acute myelogenous leukemia
What low grade lymphoma can be associated with patients with Sjogrens?
MALToma
Which high-grade lymphoma has a predilection for the jawbone of children and is associated with herpes type IV (Epstein Barr)?
Burkett’s Lymphoma
A malignancy of plasma cells is referred to as:
multiple myeloma
Name one medication that impairs ability of platelets to aggregate:
aspirin