Pulmonary — Flashcards

Flashcard 101: What is the cause of low glucose in an exudative pleural effusion? _____

Answer: Consumption by leukocytes and bacteria

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Flashcard 102: Pleural plaques = _____

Answer: asbestosis

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Flashcard 103: What is asthma? _____ Immunologic pathology? _____

Answer: Reactive obstructive airway disease caused by inflammation and bronchoconstriction that results in ↑ resistance to airflow

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Flashcard 104: Are lung adenocarcinomas typically centrally or peripherally located? _____

Answer: Peripherally

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Flashcard 105: When tuberculosis reactivates (secondary), it primarily affects the _____ lobes of the lung

Answer: upper

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Flashcard 106: Chronic _____ can look similar to TB, with cavitary lesions in the upper lobes of the lungs and hilar lymphadenopathy

Answer: Histoplasmosis

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Flashcard 107: One complication associated with lung cancer is _____ due to compression of the phrenic nerve

Answer: diaphragmatic paralysis

Flashcard 108: Fat emboli commonly presents with _____ due to fat, often with bone marrow elements, in the pulmonary vessels

Answer: dyspnea (symptom)

Flashcard 109: Which two pneumoconioses increase the risk for cor pulmonale?_____

Answer: Berylliosis and Silicosis

Flashcard 110: _____ presents with "Ivory white", calcified supradiaphragmatic and pleural plaques

Answer: Asbestosis