General Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 51: GVHD of the liver presents with similar histologic findings to what immune disorder? _____

Answer: Primary biliary cholangitis

Flashcard 52: What RBC abnormalities are seen on blood smear post-splenectomy? _____

Answer: Howell-Jolly bodies and target cells

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 53: What ABO type is the universal donor of plasma? _____

Answer: Type AB

Flashcard 54: What is the mode of inheritance of Liddle syndrome? _____

Answer: Autosomal dominant

Flashcard 55: Which error in morphogenesis is characterized by absent organ despite the presence of primordial tissue? _____

Answer: Aplasia

Flashcard 56: Tay-Sachs disease is characterized by an "_____" appearance to the lysosomes

Answer: onion-skin

Flashcard 57: Mycobacteria tuberculosis primarily resides and proliferates in _____

Answer: macrophages

Flashcard 58: Type II HSRs can cause pathology by inducing _____ by antibodies depositing on cell surfaces, which in turn activates complement

Answer: inflammation

Flashcard 59: Which type of cell has a "clock-face" chromatin distribution and an eccentric nucleus? _____

Answer: Plasma cell

Flashcard 60: In addition to the brain, what other organ may undergo liquefactive necrosis? _____

Answer: Pancreas

Extra: * decreased blood flow to the acinar cells -> further autodigestion