Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 381: Constitutive activation of FGFR3 _____ chondrocyte proliferation

Answer: inhibits

Flashcard 382: Hereditary spherocytosis is characterized by a(n) _____ RDW

Answer: increased

Extra: Atlas: Other:

Flashcard 383: _____ is the age-related hyperplasia of prostatic stroma and glands

Answer: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

Flashcard 384: In Riedel thyroiditis, fibrosis may extend to _____, thus mimicking anaplastic carcinoma

Answer: local structures (e.g. airway)

Flashcard 385: Diabetic glomerulonephropathy is associated with _____ proliferation on light microscopy

Answer: mesangial

Flashcard 386: The targetoid appearance of erythema multiforme is due to central epidermal _____, surrounded by erythema

Answer: necrosis

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 387: Adenocarcinoma of the lung is associated with _____ (clubbing)

Answer: hypertrophic osteoarthropathy

Flashcard 388: When HLA typing and testing for a Mixed lymphocyte reaction, _____ radioactivity signifies lower compatibility

Answer: higher

Flashcard 389: _____ colloid is a characteristic histological finding associated with Graves disease

Answer: Scalloped

Extra: normal (left), Graves (right) * Colloid is the pink space in follicles Atlas:

Flashcard 390: Periductal mastitis presents as a subareolar mass with _____ due to pull from myofibroblasts during healing

Answer: nipple retraction