General Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 141: α-thalassemia due to a(n) four gene deletion is characterized by formation of _____ tetramers, known as Hb Barts

Answer: γ4

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Flashcard 142: _____ is a skin disorder characterized by the autoimmune destruction of melanocytes, resulting in flat, hypopigmented macules with distinct borders.

Answer: Vitiligo

Extra: Associated with other autoimmune diseases like Type 1 Diabetes and Hashimoto thyroiditis.

Flashcard 143: This is an example of torus palatinus, which is a(n) _____ lesion

Answer: congenital

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Flashcard 144: _____ is a secondary skin lesion.

Answer: Scale

Flashcard 145: Achondroplasia is characterized by _____ extremities with a relatively _____ head

Answer: short

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Flashcard 146: Wound ulceration is more common in which spider bite? _____

Answer: Brown recluse

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Flashcard 147: _____ is a laboratory error caused by platelet aggregation in vitro

Answer: Pseudothrombocytopenia

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Flashcard 148: Pott's disease = TB infection of _____

Answer: the vertebral bodies

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Flashcard 149: Rapidly growing with ↑ bleeding, associated trauma and pregnancy? _____

Answer: Pyogenic granuloma

Extra: Despite the name, these lesions are neither infectious (pyogenic) nor true granulomas; they are benign vascular proliferations.

Flashcard 150: _____ anemia often presents with two populations of RBCs, hypochromic and normochromic

Answer: Sideroblastic

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