Inflammation — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: Hereditary angioedema may be diagnosed by _____ and confirmed with ↓ C1 inhibitor protein or function

Answer: ↓ C4 levels

Extra: * deficiency C1 inhibitor -> increased kallikrein activation -> increased conversion of kininogen to bradykinin

Flashcard 62: Inflammation in Riedel's thyroiditis _____ to surrounding tissue

Answer: spreads

Flashcard 63: Berylliosis is characterized by a(n) _____ histology and therefore is occasionally responsive to treatment with steroids

Answer: granulomatous

Flashcard 64: What HLA subtype is associated with hay fever? _____

Answer: DR2

Flashcard 65: On histology, patients with postpartum thyroiditis exhibit a(n) _____ infiltrate with occasional germinal center formation

Answer: lymphocytic

Extra: * also known as subcute lymphocytic thyroiditis

Flashcard 66: Granulation tissue consists of type _____ collagen, capillaries, and myofibroblasts

Answer: III

Flashcard 67: What are two specific symptoms of Rickettsia spp. infection? _____

Answer: Rash and Vasculitis

Flashcard 68: Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome is an overuse injury caused by inflammation of the apophysis located on the _____

Answer: inferior pole of the patella

Flashcard 69: Patients with cryoglobulinemic vasculitis have deposition of immune complexes in the _____, peripheral nervous system, and the kidney

Answer: skin

Flashcard 70: _____ and _____ are cellular adhesion molecules that are upregulated on endothelium during leukocyte adhesion

Answer: ICAM-1

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