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1
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Liver TRMs

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Kupffer cells

2
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Spleen and secondary lymphoid organ TRMs

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Sinus histiocytes

3
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CNS TRMs

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Microglia

4
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Lung TRMs

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Alveolar macrophages

5
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Five main functions of macrophages

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  • Phagocytosis
  • Fibrosis
  • Antigen presentation
  • Tissue destruction/remodeling
  • Angiogenesis
6
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Th1-derived ___ activates ___ to secrete ___ which is repsonsible for inducing and maintaining granuolmas.

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Th1-derived IFN-g activates macrophages to secrete TNF-a which is repsonsible for inducing and maintaining granuolmas.

7
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“Naked granuloma”

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No or minimal lymphocytes surrounding granuloma

8
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Granulomas

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  • Assembly of macrophages in tissue, which may appear as “epithelioid histiocytes”
  • May or may not contain giant cells
  • May or may have lymphocytic involvement
9
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Blood cell lineage diagram

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10
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Monocytes circulate for ___ before entering the tissue where they live for ___ as histiocytes

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Monocytes circulate for only a few hours to days before entering the tissue where they live for months to years as histiocytes

11
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Histiocyte

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A term for monocytes that have entered a tissue

12
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Bone TRMs

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Osteoclasts

13
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Kidney TRMs

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Intraglomerular mesangial cells

14
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While ___ have a phenotype similar to that of a dendritic cell, they are in fact derived from ___.

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While Langerhans cells have a phenotype similar to that of a dendritic cell, they are in fact derived from blood monocytes.

15
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Monocyte-derived lineages

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Dendritic cells AND macrophages

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Foreign body granuloma

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Foreign body granuloma

18
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Clinically, foreign body granulomas may appear as . . .

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. . . erythematous papules, plaques or dermal or subcutaneous nodules. They can sometimes become scaly, weepy, or ulcerate.

19
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Fish Tank Granuloma

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  • Caused by Mycobacterium marinum
  • Usually seen in individuals who clean aquariums or sell fish and have a small cut or are exposed to contaminated water
  • Often the lesion heals fine, but then ~3 weeks later a verrucous or wart-like papule or nodule will emerge at the site of injury, then begins to spread
  • Lesions may be asymptomatic or may be painful if tissue containing nerves is involved
  • Progression typically very slow, over the course of years
  • Treatment involves months of antibiotics
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Verrucous cutaneous tuberculosis

21
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Tuberculosis marinum infection spreads in the body via the ___.

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Tuberculosis marinum infection spreads in the body via the lymphatics.

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Multiple erythematous nodules spreading linearly via the lymphatics. Initial spread of M. marinum

23
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Chronic granulomatous disease

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  • Characterized by recurrent, life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections and granuloma formation
  • Caused by genetic deficiency in Phox
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Massive lymphadenopathy in CGD

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Massive lymphadenopathy of CGD

26
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Symptoms and signs of pulmonary sarcoidosis

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  • Dyspnea
  • Dry cough
  • Normal physical exam, possibly crackles on lung auscultation
  • Chest X-ray reveals hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy
27
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Symptoms and signs of cutaneous sarcoidosis

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  • Systemic involvement
  • Sometimes referred to the “great immitator” for its difficulty to pin down
  • Violaceous papules (eyelids & nostrils)
  • When nostril rim involved, respiratory track involved
  • Violaceous plaques & nodules (face, neck, & extremities)
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Cutaneous sarcoidosis of the eye

29
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What do the arrows show?

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Beading in cutaneous sarcoidosis

30
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Sarcoidosis in knee scar

31
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Diascopy

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  • Press glass slide against a lesion
  • Reveals characteristic apple jelly color in granulomatous inflammation
32
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Joint involvement in sarcoidosis

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  • May appear as acute polyarthritis involving periarthritic symptoms and with symmetric involvement, often of ankles
  • In chronic cases, periosteal bone resorption creates cysts which may be detected on X-ray
  • May cause substantial deviation at DIPs
33
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Eye involvement in sarcoidosis

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  • 25% of patients
  • Presents as uveitis with substantial redness and vasodilation
  • Highly correlated with systemic involvement
  • Can involve many parts of the eye (orbit, lacrimal glands, muscle, conjunctiva, sclerae)
34
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Differential for sarcoidosis

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Major differentials are infection and cancer

35
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Treatment of sarcoidosis

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  • Oral steroids
  • Other immunosuppressants
36
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Clinical variants of Sarcoidosis

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  • Löfgren’s Syndrome: More mild form. Tetrad of hilar lymphadenopathy, acute periarthritis of ankles, fever and/or uveitis, erythema nodosum
  • Lupus Pernio: Severe form of sarcoidosis. Lymphadenopathy, organomegaly, uveitis, bone cysts. Very difficult to treat.
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Erythema nodosum

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  • Hypersensitivity reaction which may result from drugs, infections, or induction of autoimmune disease
  • Development of multiple erythematous patches
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Cutaneous sarcoidosis (lupus pernio)

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Cutaneous sarcoidosis

Lupus pernio variant

40
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Cutaneous sarcoidosis, subcutaneous variant

Lupus pernio

41
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Crohn’s disease

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  • IBD characterized by granulomatous inflammation along the entire GI tract
  • Can also manifest in the skin, joints, eyes and kidneys
  • Mucosal T cells secrete large amounts of TNF-a and IFN-g which produces ongoing acute and chronic inflammation of GI tract
  • abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, peritoneal signs
  • Increases risk of gut colonization by microbes
42
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Normal IG vs Crohn’s GI vs UC GI

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43
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Extracutaneous manifestations of Crohn’s

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44
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Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

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  • Granulomatous vasculitis of small- and medium-sized vessels of unclear etiology
  • chronic allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, asthma, peripheral eosinophilia, and lung and skin disease
  • vasculitic lung disease can cause lung nodules and alveolar hemorrhage
  • Cutaneous vasculitis can cause subcutaneous nodules or palpable purpura
  • Granulomatous nodules can be seen on the elbows and knees
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Suppurative granuloma

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  • Granuloma with a central abscess
  • Defined by epithelioid histiocytes and multinucleate giant cells with a central collection of neutrophils
  • May occur with necrotizing or non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation
  • Associated with coccidiomycosis and Bartonella henselae (cat scratch disease)
46
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Naked granulomas are associated with. . .

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. . . sarcoidosis

47
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When you diagnose a patient with sarcoidosis, always immediately order ___.

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When you diagnose a patient with sarcoidosis, always immediately order an EKG.

48
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If a sarcoidosis patient is found to have heart involvement, what steps should be taken?

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Implantation of a pacemaker and debibrillator.

49
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In a non-naked granuloma, the T cells will be . . .

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. . . intermixed with the macrophages, not just surrounding it. Even if there are a ton of T cells surrounding the granuloma, it is a naked granuloma.

50
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The apple jelly sign for granulomas is. . .

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. . . very specific, but not very sensitive

51
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Findings: Reynaud’s and telangiectasias of the finger nail beds and palm.

What is your likely diagnosis?

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Scleroderma

52
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Findings: Raynaud’s, malar rash, and alopecia

What is the likely diagnosis?

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Lupus

53
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Findings: Raynaud’s, palpable purpura, and fingertip necrosis

What is your likely diagnosis?

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Medium vessel vasculitis

54
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Findings: Raynaud’s, Gottron’s papules, and GERD

What is the likely diagnosis?

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Dermatomyositis

55
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Gastric antral vascular ectasia

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aka GAVE aka watermelon stomach

Associated with anti-RNA Pol III