Histopath Flashcards
betaHMC mutation
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Erythema marginatum
Subcutaenous nodules
Acute Rheumatic Fever
Acute Rheumatic Fever
Strep throat infection
Heart: pancarditis (endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis) + vasculitis
Joint: arthritis and synovitis
Skin: Erythema marginatum, subcutaneous nodules
CNS: encephalitis, Sydenham’s chorea
Jones Criteria
Diagnosis of Rheumatic Fever = group A strep infection + 2 major OR 1 major + 2 minor
Major (CASES) Carditis Arthritis Sydenham's chorea Erythema marginatum Subcutaneous nodules
Minor criteria Fever Raised ESR or CRP Migratory arthralgia Prolonged PR interval Previous rheumatic fever Malaise Tachycardia
Beady fibrous vegetations
verrucae
Rheumatic fever
Aschoff bodies
Small giant-cell granulomas
Rheumatic fever
Anitschkov myocytes
regenerating myocytes
Rheumatic fever
Libman-Sacks
Associated with SLE and anti-phospholipid syndrome
small (<2mm) “warty” vegetations
Sterile
Platelet rich
Acute infective endocarditis
Staph aureus
Strep pyogenes
Subacute infective endocarditis
Strep viridans
Staph. epidemris
Culture negative infective endocarditis
Coxiella Mycoplasma Candida Brucella Chlamydia Mycoplasma Bartonella
HACEK
Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter (previously Actinobacillus), Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella
Tricuspid infective endocarditis
IVDU
Staph aureus
Duke Criteria
Diagnosis of Infetcive Endocarditis
2 major
1 major = 3 minor
5 minor
Major:
Positive blood culture growing typical IE organism OR 2 positive culture >12 hours apart
Evidence of vegetation/abscess on echo OR new regurgitant murmur
Minor:
Risk factor (prosthetic valve, IVDU, congenital valve abnormalities)
Fever >38
Thromboembolic phenomena
Immune phenomena
Positive blood culture not meeting major criteria
Treatment of infective endocarditis
Acute:
Flucloxacillin for MSSA
Rifampicin AND Vancomycin AND Gentamicin for MRSA
Subacute:
Benzylpenicillin AND Gentammicin OR Vancomycin for 4 weeks
Mid-diastolic click and late systolic murmur
Mitral valve prolapse
Pericarditis
Types
Fibrinous: MI, Uraemia
Purulent: Staphylococcus aureus
Grenulomatous: TB
Haemorrhagic: Tumour, Tb, Uraemia
Fibrous = constrictive (arises from the above)
Pericardial effusion
Chronic heart failure
Pericardial effusion
Usual cause: Chronic heart failure
Cardiomyopathy
Dilated = systolic dysfunction
Hypertrophic = dialstoilic dysfunction
Restrictive = diastolic dysfunction
Charcot-Leyden crystals
Asthma
Curschmann spirals
Asthma
Goblet cell hyperplasia, hypertrophy of mucous glands
Chronic bronchitis
Yellow nail syndrome
Yellow dystrophic nails
Pleural effusions
Lymphoedema
Bronchiectasis
Young’s syndrome
Rhinosinusitis
Azoospermia
Bronchiectasis