Pathology Flashcards
In which disease are florid plaques found?
a. sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
b. variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
c. Alzheimer’s disease
d. Pick’s disease
b. variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Pick’s dementia, what is the microscopic feature:
a. Pick’s body.
a. Pick’s body.
Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis:
a. a definitive diagnosis is made by autopsy and examination of the
cerebellum
a. a definitive diagnosis is made by autopsy and examination of the
cerebellum
A microscopic feature of Alzheimer’s:
a. senile beds,
b. neurofibrillary tangles.
a. senile beds,
b. neurofibrillary tangles.
What is the histopathological
characteristic of dermatomyositis?
a. vacuolization,
vasodilation, lymphocytes
a. vacuolization,
vasodilation, lymphocytes
One of these diseases has a different pathogenetic mechanism. Which one?
a. multiple sclerosis
b. ADEM
c. neuromyelitis optica
d. transverse myelitis
e. something that is not demyelinating, but I forgot
e. something that is not demyelinating, but I forgot
Bleeding in the left MCA (a. cerebri media). What does it not cause?
a. bleeding into the mesencephalon
b. bleeding in the PCA area
c. left ventricular compression
d. right ventricular enlargement
d. right ventricular enlargement
What are neurofibrillary tangles made of?
a. from the amyloid protein β
b. from α-synuclein
c. from prions
d. none of the above
d. none of the above
What are the changes in multiple sclerosis called?
a. sclerotic plaques
b. senile beds
a. sclerotic plaques
In which disease will we find Lewy bodies in the substantia nigra
a. Parkinson’s disease
b. diffuse Lewy body disease
c. Alzheimer’s disease
d. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
a. Parkinson’s disease
Which statement about neurofibrillary tangles is true?
a. can impair axonal transmission
b. composed of dephosphorylated tau proteins
c. composed of unpaired helical filaments
d. are the main constituents of amyloid leh
a. can impair axonal transmission
