Pulmonary — Flashcards

Flashcard 61: _____ of the lung is the most common cancer in nonsmokers and female smokers

Answer: Adenocarcinoma

Flashcard 62: Complete collapse of a lung usually occurs following _____ of a mainstem bronchus

Answer: obstruction

Flashcard 63: _____ pneumonia is characterized by diffuse, patchy inflammation that is localized to interstitial areas at alveolar walls

Answer: Atypical

Flashcard 64: One clinical feature of asthma is a productive cough with eosinophil-derived crystals, known as _____ crystals

Answer: Charcot-Leyden

Flashcard 65: Inhalation injury results in the development of chemical _____, pulmonary edema, and pneumonitis

Answer: tracheobronchitis

Flashcard 66: Small (oat) cell carcinoma of the lung is characterized by positive staining for _____, neuron-specific enolase, synaptophysin, and NCAM (CD56)

Answer: chromogranin A

Extra: * very aggressive neuroendocrine tumor; amplification of L-MYC gene common, as well

Flashcard 67: Secondary TB typically affects the _____ of the lung due to high oxygen tension

Answer: apex

Flashcard 68: Adenocarcinoma in situ is a subtype of adenocarcinoma that typically arises from _____ cells

Answer: club (Clara)

Flashcard 69: Pulmonary hypertension is characterized by _____ fibrosis of pulmonary arteries

Answer: intimal

Extra: UWorld:

Flashcard 70: Pneumoconioses are due to release of fibrogenic factors from _____ that have engulfed foreign, fibrogenic particles

Answer: alveolar macrophages