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When do Looser’s zones occur and what are they?

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They look like fractures but are not fractures.

caused by severe vitamin D deficiiency

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What are brown tumours?

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When do you see multinucleatted giant cells in bone histology?

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Causes of hilarious lymphadenopathy

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lymphoma
TB
sarcoidosis

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How does sarcoidosis cause hypercalcaemia?

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macrophages in lymph nodes express 1-alpha-hydroxylase

make increased levels of activated vitamin D

this is not controlled by PTH

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seasonal hypercalcaemia

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Seasonal hypercalcaemia is a feature of sarcoidosis

due to increased levels of sunlight

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Management of saarcoidosis

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Steroids

-> will normalise calcium and treat the lung problem.

life long condition; have to be careful, higher doses (40/day for a week, taper down) if unwell, if not unwell reassure and observe.

These patients have to be under the resp team.

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Sarcoidosis defintion

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systemic disease where macrophages express 1-alpha-hydroxylase

affects the lungs (but may also affect other organs, e.g. neurosarcoidosis)

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PTHrP - why do we express it?

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foetuses express it to make mum release calcium from bone so that they can absorb it

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How do you manage hyperCa in 1-HPT and Cancer?

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  1. FLUIDS

in cancer give bisphosphonates.

In primary hyperparathyroidism fo not give bisphosphonates.

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What does nutmeg liver indicate?

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RHF
(caused by passive venous congestion; blood stays in the liver longer than it would; congested blood vessels)

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Causes of splenic enlargement:

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Infection: Malaria, EBV
Malignancy: lymphoma, leukemia
Haem:
etc.

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When is a fallopian tube most likely to rupture due to ectopic pregnancy?

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8-11 weeks

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Berry aneurysm

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Most aggressive bran tumour?

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glioblastoma multiforme

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What happens to a brain when it degenerates?

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liquefactive necrosis - turns more liquid

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What cancers does asbestos predispose you to?

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mesothelioma
carcinoma of the lung as well!

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Can you put “T1 resp failure’ as cause of death?

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not by itself.

Have to add a cause e.g. as a result of asthma

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old age on death certificate?

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yes, old age is a cause of death that can be on a certificate.

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pulmonary oedema on death cert?

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not by itself

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common causes of sudden death

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  • stroke
  • MI
  • ruptured AAA
  • oesophageal varices (if people do not know that they had them)
  • epilepsy
  • illicit drug use
  • trauma related to alcohol
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What picks up haematoxilin and eosin?

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H: nuclei (purple, dark blue)

E: cytoplasm and collagen (pink)

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Epidermis - type of epithelium

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stratified squamous epithelium

new cells born in the stratum basale, as they go up they lose their nucleus

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thickest layer of skin

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stratum spinosum

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Tissue reaction patterns in dermatology (1-6)
1. spongioitic 2. lichenoid 3. psoriasiform 4. vesiculobullous 5. granulomatous 6. vasculopathic There is overlap between these patterns
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Spongiatic reaction (derm)
- intrtaepidermal oedema (spongiosis) - can cause vesicles - superficial perivascular lymphocytic infiltration example: eczema/dermatitis
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Lichenoid inflammation (derm)
- lymphocytes at junction of dermis and epidermis - attack keratinocytes in the ?epidermis -> kill them -> apoptotic keratinocytes e.g. lichen planus or erythema multiform or Toxic Epidermal Necrosis (TEN) or SJS
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Psoriasiform reaction pattern (derm)
- thickened epidermis - reddish plaques with silvery scale - rapid turnover of keratinocytes (e.g. 8 days rather then 30/40ish) - no time for cells to fully lose nucleus -> stratum corner shows nuclei - neutrophils in the skin e.g. psoriasis
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psoriasis
silvery, white scale extensor surfaces (elbows, knees) psoriasiform reaction pattern
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Vesiculobullous reaction pattern (derm)
- antibodes attacking different levels of the epidermis e.g. pemphigoid, pemphigus
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bullous pemphigoid
- IgG autoantibodies attacking the basement membrane - eosinophils - bullae are subepidermal - direct immunofluorescence binding to IgG can show deposit of IgG at the dermal/epidermal junction
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pemphigus
- intercellular junctions are attacked - this leads to epidermolysis - lethal, can be a very severe disease
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pemphigus vs pemphigoif
pemphigus is epidermal pemphigoid is subepidermal
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What exactly is attacked in pemphigus vulgaris?
desmoglycin 3 intraepidermal blistering
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Where do bulbar form in pemphigus valgaris?
intraepidermal
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Granulomatous skin reaction
x
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vasculitis reaction (derm)
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How does sun damage show on pathology?
solar elastosis
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What is the commonest skin cancer?
basal cell CA
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Does basal cell Ca metastasise?
Virtually never metastasises
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common mutation in basal cell ca
PTCH (often somatic mutation due to sun exposure, but also you can inherit a mutation that causes BCC)
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How to BCCs look under the microscope?
- they are blue tumours - some artefact - peripheral nests (cells at periphery of the nests align)
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SCC or BCC worse?
SCC is worse they CAN metastasise and tend to be more aggressive locally
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What is Bowen's disease?
SCC in situ
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SCCs colour on histopath
pink there are keratin pearls you can have increased mitotic activity and perineurial activity because of the keratin
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Benign naevi on histopath
- maturation with depth - nests - well spaced - .....
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ABCDE and FG of melanoma
AA B C D E Firm Growing
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melanoma on histopath
- pagetoid spread (melanocytes high up in the epidermis) -
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stains for melanoma
melan A .....
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main factors in melanoma staging
breslow thickness ulceration
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prognosiit cfactors in melanoma
- breslow thickness - ulceration - lymphovascular invasion - etc.
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What mutation do you investigate in melanoma?
BRAF can use a specific treatment
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How is Breslow thickness meaasured?
from granular layer to the deepest melanoma cell
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Breslow stage is used to stage which cancer?
melanoma
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What is multiple myeloma?
malignancy of bone marrow plasma cells, the terminally differentiated and Ig secreting B cells
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Structure of an antiibody
light chain: heavy chain:
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Structure of an antiibody
light chain: heavy chain:
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Somatic hypermutatoin
- increases affinity of Ab to Ag -
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Where does somatic hypermutation occur?
In the germinal centre of lymph nodes
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myeloma statistics
- 2nd mostt common heamatological malignancy (f you count lymphoma as 1 ) - 19th n all cancers - m>f - less common in asian and Caucasian population - more common in afrocarribean - age of onset ~67 - 1% below age 40 - more common in
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aetiology of multiple melanoma
Risk factors: obesity, increasing age Genetics (increased incidence n black population, sporadic cases of familiar myeloma)
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Wheat is myeloma preceded by?
MGUS
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MGUS
- premalignant condition (before multiple myeloma or lymphoma) - clonal plasma cells in bone marrow - no symptoms
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Diagnostic criteria for MGUS
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MGUS average risk to progression too malignancy
1% per year IgG and IgA MGUS -> MM IgM MGUS -> lymphoma
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how do you stratify MGUS?
Mayo criteria
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Mayo criteria
- risk stratification for MGUS #of RFs Non-IgG M-spike M-spke >15g/L abnormal serum free light chain (FLC) ratio 0 RF -> 2% risk of progression in 20 years 1 RF -> X% risk of progression in 20 years 2 RF -> X% risk of progression in 20 years 3 RF -> X% risk of progression in 20 years
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Smouldering myeloma
Definition criteria: - serum monoclonal protein (IgG or IgA) > 30g/L or urnary monoclonal protein >500mg/24h and/or clonal bone marrow plasma cels 10-60% - absence of myeloma defining events or amyloidosis
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IMWG stratfication
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What aree MGRS and MGCS
monoclonal gammopathy of renal/clinical significance
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When does myeloma incidence peak?
84-85?
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Primary events leading to myeakima
- hyperdploiidy (60%, additional odd number Cir) - IGH rearrangements (Chr 14q32)
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Common secondary events in myeloma pahtogenesis
KRAS, NRRASA t(8:14) IGH/MYC etc.
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CRAB criteria
- Hyeprcalcaemia (>2.75, no other cause for the high Ca such as HPT) - Renal impairment - anaemia - bone lesions
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2014 myeloma defining events (MDE)
- bone marrow plasma cells >60% - involved:uninvolved FLC ratio >100 - >1 focal lesion in MRI (>5mm)
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What areas of the skeleton are affected by multiple myeloma?
- skull - spine - ribs - pelvis (proximal skeleton)
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Imaging for multiple myeloma
- whole body low-dose CT scan - CT / FDG-PET scan - MRI (bone marrow cellularity, active vs treated disease)
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Complications of bone disease in multiple myeloma
- cord compression (emergency!) Imaging with MRI - Hypercalcaemia
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Cord compression in MM
- emergency - Dx and Mx within 24 h - Ig and FLC studies +/- biopsy - dexamethasone/radiotherapy - neurosurgery rarely required - stabilise unstable spine - MDT meeting magin
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Hypercalcaemia in MM
- Sx: drowsiness, constipation, etc. - Mx with fluids, steroids and bisphosphonates
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Hypercalcaemia in MM
- Sx: drowsiness, constipation, etc. - Mx with fluids, steroids and bisphosphonates
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Causes of myeloma kidney disease
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Causes of myeloma kidney disease
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Ix for multiple myelomaa
- Ig studies - BM biopsy and aspirate - FISH studies - other
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Staging systems for MM
ISS (international staging system, looks at serum b2-microglobulin level) R-ISS (revised international staging system, includes genetics) R2-ISS (revised international staging system, includes genetics and 1q+) R2-ISS now used!!!
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Amyloidosis
- misfolded free light chains aggregate into amyloid fibrils in target organs - MGUS or myeloma in the background -
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Clinical presentation of amyloidosis
insert
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Key histopathological myeloma marker?
CD138 (they often lose markers like CD20)
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Stain for Amyloidosis
Congo Red under polarised light, it has a yellow/green colour
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Treatment of myeloma
- monoclonal antibodies - CAR-T cell therapy - melphalan - cyclophhosphamide - dexamethasone and prednisolone (was first treatment used for myeloma) - IMiD (lenalidomine, pomalidomide) - CELMoDs) Myeloma is not a curable disease.
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2 groups of myeloma patients (re treatment)
Transplant-eligible (ft and typically <65/70) Transplant-ineligible (frail and usually >65/70)
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Side effects of CAR-T cells in MM
cytokine release syndrome (CRS) neurotoxicity other
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Bi-specific antibodies in MM
BiTE have 2 domains one recognises CD3 and the other target in the tumour cell)
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Bi-specific antibodies in MM
BiTE have 2 domains one recognises CD3 and the other target in the tumour cell) e.g. Teclistamab

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