Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 341: Rabies virus travels _____-grade along peripheral nerves

Answer: retro

Flashcard 342: Normocytic anemia with extra-vascular hemolysis is associated with enlargement of the _____

Answer: spleen (splenomegaly)

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Flashcard 343: Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is characterized by focal and segmental _____ and hyalinosis on light microscopy

Answer: sclerosis

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Flashcard 344: In β-thalassemia major, α4 tetramers result in _____ erythropoiesis and extravascular hemolysis

Answer: ineffective

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Flashcard 345: Disseminated intravascular coagulation may occur secondary to malignancy, such as _____, due to activation of the coagulation cascade by mucin

Answer: adenocarcinoma

Flashcard 346: The 'tram-track' appearance associated with MPGN is due to basement membrane splitting caused by _____ cell ingrowth

Answer: mesangial

Extra: Atlas: Other: "Tram-track" is a keyword that may appear in different pathologies (like bronchiectasis on CT). Illustration of keyword below:

Flashcard 347: What ABO type is the universal recipient of plasma? _____

Answer: Type O

Flashcard 348: Chronic pyelonephritis is characterized by _____ fibrosis and atrophy of tubules

Answer: interstitial

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Flashcard 349: Chronic liver transplant rejection typically presents as _____

Answer: vanishing bile duct syndrome

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Flashcard 350: Tabes Dorsalis is characterized by loss of _____ due to degeneration of the dorsal roots

Answer: deep tendon reflexes (DTRs)