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Grossly: Solid, airless lungs
Microscopically:
Pink necrotic cellular debris
Increased neutrophils
HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE
Cataract Deafness Mental retardation PDA Blueberry muffin baby
CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME
What test determines whether respiration took place on a newborn before death?
FODERE’S TEST/ HYDRO STATIC TEST
What test involves floating of the stomach in water to determine the presence of air?
BRESLAU’S TEST
Cause by Vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)
Retinopathy of prematurity
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Decrease in alveolar septation
COMPLICATIONS OF OXYGEN THERAPY
Breakdown of mucosal barrier function permits transluminal migration of bacteria?
NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS
Bloody stools
Abdominal distention
Shock develop rapidly due to bleeding
Pneumatosis intestinalis (gas within intestinal walls)
Leading to bowel infarction and strictures
NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS
Accumulation of edema fluid in the fetus during intrauterine growth?
FETAL HYDROPS
Prevention of Immune hydrops?
Administration of RhIg Ig to negative mothers at 28 weeks AOG Within 72 hours of delivery
Hyperplasia of bone marrow
Erythroblastosis fetalis
Large chorionic villi
Kernicterus ( > 20 mg/dl )
HYDROPS FETALIS
AR
Mutations of gene: phenylalanine hydroxylase
Inability to convert phenylalanine to tyrosine
Musty or mousy odor to affected infants
Brain damage and mental retardation
PHENYLKETONURIA
Most common variant of Galactosemia?
Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase
Hepatomegaly Cataract due to sorbitol accumulation Failure to thrive Mental ratardation E. Coli septimecia
GALACTOSEMIA
AR
Loss of CFTR causes decreased Na and Cl reabsorption in sweat glands
Deletion of three nucleotides coding for phenylalanine at AMINO ACID POSITION 508
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Most common lethal genetic disease that affect caucasian populations?
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
AR Infertility Meconium ileus ATROPHY of exocrine pancreas Respiratory infections due to P. AERUGINOSA
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Most common cause of death of an infant younger than 1 year old which occur between 2 and 4 months?
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
Most common tumors of infancy?
HEMANGIOMAS
Most common teratomas of childhood?
SACROCOCCYGEAL TERATOMAS
Most common extracranial solid tumor of childhood?
NEUROBLASTOMA
Neuropil ( faintly eosinophilic fibrillary material)
HOMER-WRIGHT pseudorosettes
Blueberry muffin baby
NEUROBLASTOMA
Homer-wright rosette is associated with?
NEUROBLASTOMA
MEDULLOBLASTOMA
PRIMITIVE NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS
Flexner- Wintersteiner rosette is associated with?
RETINOBLASTOMA
Consist of tumor cells collected around a blood vessel
PERIVASCULAR PSEUDOROSETTE