Respiratory

Question 1

reversible paroxysms of bronchospasm with wheezing

Answer 1

asthma

Question 2

underlying pathology in asthma due to inflammation

Answer 2

bronchial narrowing

Question 3

spirals found in the sputum of asthmatics

Answer 3

Curschmann’s spirals

Question 4

crystals found in sputum of asthmatics

Answer 4

Charcot-Leyden crystals

Question 5

copious amounts of sputum early in the mornings; dilated bronchi

Answer 5

bronchiectasis

Question 6

chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis and situs inversus

Answer 6

Kartangener’s syndrome

Question 7

underlying pathology in Kartagener’s syndrome

Answer 7

immotile cilia

Question 8

lung collapse

Answer 8

atelectasis

Question 9

type of atelectasis seen in pleural effusion or pneumothorax

Answer 9

compression atelectasis

Question 10

type of atelectasis in obstruction due to a foreign body

Answer 10

resorption atelectasis

Question 11

type of atelectasis seen in pulmonary tuberculosis

Answer 11

contraction atelectasis

Question 12

type of COPD with purse-lipped breathing and barrel chest

Answer 12

emphysema

Question 13

type of emphysema seen with cigarette smoking

Answer 13

Centriacinar pattern

Question 14

type of emphysema seen in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency

Answer 14

Panacinar pattern

Question 15

type of COPD with chronic cough > 3 months and > 2 consecutive years

Answer 15

chronic bronchitis

Question 16

cyanosis and edema

Answer 16

blue bloater

Question 17

purse-lips breathing

Answer 17

pink puffer

Question 18

underlying pathology in chronic bronchitis

Answer 18

bronchial hyperplasia

Question 19

segmental inflammation; consolidation, red and grey hepatization

Answer 19

lobar pneumonia

Question 20

patchy inflammtion of lungs

Answer 20

bronchopneumonia

Question 21

pus-filled cavity in the lung; Staph aureus or Klebsiella, alcoholics

Answer 21

lung abscess

Question 22

lung disease caused by inhalation of inorganic industrial stuff

Answer 22

pneumoconiosis

Question 23

inhalation of coal dust

Answer 23

anthracosis

Question 24

inhalation of sand and quartz

Answer 24

silicosis

Question 25

inhalation of asbestos

Answer 25

asbestosis

Question 26

inhalation of iron dust

Answer 26

siderosis

Question 27

pneumoconiosis seen in patients with RA

Answer 27

caplan's lung

Question 28

allergic lung disease seen in mill workers

Answer 28

byssinosis

Question 29

allergic lung disease seen in sugar cane workers

Answer 29

bagassosis

Question 30

allergic lung disease due to inhalation of moly hay

Answer 30

farmer's lung

Question 31

allergic lung disease due to inhalation of nitrogen dioxide

Answer 31

silo-filler's lung

Question 32

allergic lung disease due to inhlation of bird feathers, feces

Answer 32

bird fancier's disease

Question 33

non-caseous granulomas in lungs with hilar lymphadenopathy

Answer 33

sarcoidosis

Question 34

skin rash seen in sarcoidosis and TB; red bumps on the shin

Answer 34

erythema nodosum

Question 35

eye damage often seen in sarcoidosis

Answer 35

uveitis

Question 36

focus of epithelioid cells and Langhans giant cells in lung

Answer 36

Ghon focus

Question 37

Ghon focus and regional hilar lymph node involvement

Answer 37

Ghon complex

Question 38

activated macrophages in the periphery of granulomas

Answer 38

epitheliod cells

Question 39

focused epithelioid cells with nuclei in a horse-shape arrangment

Answer 39

Langhans giant cells

Question 40

m/c site for presentation of reactivated TB

Answer 40

lung apex

Question 41

m/c type of lung cancer

Answer 41

squamous cell cancer

Question 42

lung cancer type associated with hormone production

Answer 42

small (oat) cell cancer

Question 43

ectopic hormone in Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH secretion

Answer 43

Anti-Diuretic Hormone (ADH)

Question 44

apical squamous cell cancer

Answer 44

pancoast tumor

Question 45

unilateral ptosis, anhydrosis and miosis due to sympathetic damage

Answer 45

Horner syndrome

Question 46

air-filled pleural cavity

Answer 46

pneumothorax

Question 47

pneumothorax with tracheal shift away from side affected

Answer 47

tension pneumothorax

Question 48

fluid-filled pleural cavity

Answer 48

pleural effusion

Question 49

CHF, nephrotic syndrome, liver and renal failure cause

Answer 49

transudate

Question 50

pneumonia, TB or lung cancer will cause...

Answer 50

exudate