Pulmonary — Flashcards

Lung abscess may occur in patients with _____ (e.g. cancer)

What genotype is associated with an asymptomatic phenotype with decreased alpha-1 antitrypsin?

Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (hyaline membrane disease) is a cause of _____ lung disease

Silicosis presents with fibrotic nodules in the _____ lobes of the lung

Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung commonly presents as a hilar mass arising from the _____

Asbestosis lesions may contain _____ bodies, which are golden-brown fusiform rods resembling dumbbells

Gross examination of pulmonary infarction due to PE reveals a hemorrhagic, _____-shaped infarct

One multifactorial cause of secondary pulmonary hypertension is due to _____ of the pulmonary vasculature by a tumor

Pneumoconioses requires chronic exposure to small particles that are _____

_____ is fibrosis of the lung interstitium with unknown cause