Lung and Pleura Flashcards
(14 cards)
Most common type of emphysema
Centriacinar (95%)
Type of emphysema associated with a-1 anti trypsin deficiency
Panacinar
Curschmann spirals are whorls of shed epithelium associated with?
Bronchial asthma
Charcot-Leyden crystals are eosinophilic crystals associated with
Bronchial asthma
Kartagener syndrome (primary ciliary dyskinesia) associated with
Bronchiectasis
Most common pneumoconiosis in the world
Silicosis
“Egg-shell calcifications” in radiographic studies
Silicosis
Most common related malignancy with asbestosis
Lung carcinoma
not mesothelioma
Schaumann bodies are concretions of calcium and proteins associated with
Sarcoidosis
Asteroid bodies are stellate inclusions in giant cells associated with
Sarcoidosis
Pulmonary hypertension: Mean PA pressure of __ at rest
> /= 25 mmHg
Most common cause of lung abscess
Aspiration of infective material
Salt and pepper chromatin
Small cell lung CA
Azzopardi effect (basophilic staining of vascular walls) is seen in?
Small cell lung CA
