General Pathology — Flashcards

What is the mode of inheritance of acute intermittent porphyria?_____

_____ with Warthin-Finkeldey giant cells is diagnostic of Measles (rubeola)

Compared to younger spherocytes, older spherocytes are _____ (size)

What laboratory technique is used to diagnose chromosomal imbalances?_____

What pathologic RBC is seen with bone marrow infiltration (e.g. myelofibrosis, thalassemias)?_____

Impaired division and enlargement of RBC precursors leads to _____, macrocytic anemia

The _____ is a diagnostic test used to identify HSV or VZV through a smear of an opened skin vesicle.

A _____ occurs when the long arms of 2 acrocentric chromosomes fuse at the centromere and the 2 short arms are lost

Is Sturge-Weber syndrome inherited or sporadic? _____

Patients with infective endocarditis can develop a nephritic syndrome due to deposition of _____