Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 11: Dialysis-associated amyloidosis is characterized by deposition of _____ in joints

Answer: β2-microglobulin

Flashcard 12: What joint complication is associated with tabes dorsalis? _____

Answer: Charcot joint (especially knee)

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 13: What pathology may be caused by an isochromosome in the X chromosome? _____

Answer: Turner's syndrome (46,X,i(Xq))

Flashcard 14: Osteoarthritis is characterized by _____ formation, which are reactive bony outgrowths

Answer: osteophyte

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 15: Acute tubular necrosis may be caused by ingestion of _____, which is associated with oxalate crystals in the urine

Answer: ethylene glycol

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 16: Sarcoidosis may cause _____ to common skin antigens that usually elicit a type IV HSR immune reaction

Answer: anergy

Flashcard 17: What are the most common renal pathologies seen with analgesic nephropathy? _____

Answer: Papillary necrosis Chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis

Extra: * Triangle pointing to renal papillary necrosis

Flashcard 18: Myelodysplastic syndromes are caused by _____ or environmental exposure (e.g. radiation, benzene, chemotherapy)

Answer: de novo mutations

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 19: Negri bodies of Rabies virus can be found in the cytoplasm of the _____ cells and cerebellar purkinje cells

Answer: hippocampal pyramidal

Flashcard 20: In ATN, ischemic injury results in vaso_____ of the _____ arteriole, which impedes blood flow to the glomerulus

Answer: constriction