Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 191: Chronic hypertension may cause nephrosclerosis/glomerulosclerosis leading to _____ disease, which worsens hypertension

Answer: chronic kidney

Flashcard 192: In appendicitis, obstruction leads to _____ intraluminal pressure, which compresses vessels and lymphatics in the appendiceal wall resulting in ischemia and necrosis

Answer: increased

Flashcard 193: _____ lymphadenopathy can be seen with chronic inflammation, metastatic carcinoma, or lymphoma

Answer: Painless

Extra: Other:

Flashcard 194: What pathology may form from milk trapping due to mammary duct obstruction? _____

Answer: Galactocele

Flashcard 195: Which blistering skin disorder presents with thin-walled bullae that rupture easily? _____

Answer: Pemphigus vulgaris

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 196: Osteoarthritis is characterized by _____ of the subchondral bone, due to friction from the opposing bone surface

Answer: eburnation (polishing)

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 197: What type of nephrotic syndrome is a patient with SLE most likely to get? _____

Answer: Membranous nephropathy

Extra: Step 2: Atlas:

Flashcard 198: The diffuse basement membrane thickening in diabetic microangiopathy is caused by overproduction of _____ by vascular fibroblasts

Answer: type IV collagen

Flashcard 199: Rhabdomyolysis releases heme pigments into the bloodstream, which may cause _____

Answer: acute tubular necrosis (nephrotoxic)

Flashcard 200: Rickets is due to decreased mineralization of _____ of epiphyseal growth plates

Answer: hyaline cartilage (type II)

Extra: * as opposed to osteoid mineralization in osteomalacia * defective mineralization in growth plates found in long bones