Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Minimal change disease is characterized by _____-mediated damage of foot processes and loss of glomerular basement anions

Babesiosis is diagnosed via _____ with a characteristic '_____' structure within cells

Immunoblotting for dystrophin (present in BMD) will reveal a(n) _____ at the myocyte cell membrane (absent in DMD)

The cause of minimal change disease is often _____ and may be triggered by recent URI, immunization, or immune stimulus (ex. insect bite)

Whipple disease classically involves the _____ of the small bowel

Hint: mucosal layer

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy is a localized amyloidosis associated with _____ disease

Multiple myeloma is associated with free _____ excretion in the urine, known as Bence Jones proteinuria

In DMD, BMD, & Myotonic Dystrophy, histology displays myocytes of _____ sizes

Hint: the same/different

What pathologic RBC finding is seen in bone marrow with sideroblastic anemia, lead poisoning, and myelodysplastic syndrome? _____

Secondary hyperparathyroidism over time often results in parathyroid _____