Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis is associated with _____ thickening and splitting on light microscopy

The diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is confirmed by histology at _____ (when possible)

The "spike" appearance in _____ is due to the basement membrane engulfing "domes" of subepithelial immune deposits

Hint: nephrotic syndrome

Obstruction distal to the ureters (e.g. VUR, posterior urethral valve, BPH) may cause _____

Hint: renal complication

Cystine kidney stones are characterized by urine crystals that are _____ in shape

Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy is caused by an abnormal _____ of skin and bone at distal extremities

Chédiak-Higashi syndrome is characterized by _____ circulating neutrophils

Which endocrine tumor is characterized by granular cytoplasm and small nests of spindle-like chromaffin cells "Zellballen"? _____

Polycystic kidney disease may compress the renal parenchyma and cause irreversible damage leading to _____

Hint: renal pathology

What type of nephritic syndrome is a patient with SLE most likely to get? _____