Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 81: A feared complication of severe thrombocytopenia is _____ bleeding

Answer: intracranial

Flashcard 82: Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is primarily characterized by _____ hemolysis

Answer: intravascular

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Flashcard 83: Alzheimer disease is characterized by _____ of sulci

Answer: widening

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Flashcard 84: In addition to sickle cells, what other pathological RBC is seen on blood smear in a sickle cell disease patient? _____

Answer: Target cells

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Flashcard 85: Circulating _____ deposition causes glomerular damage and subsequent nephritic syndrome in Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis

Answer: immune complex

Extra: strep pyogenes cell wall antigen + Ab deposits in kidney glomerulus + complement

Flashcard 86: Sporotrichosis diagnosis is confirmed via _____ or _____

Answer: culture

Flashcard 87: The sticky RBCs of Plasmodium falciparum occlude vessels of the _____, _____, and _____

Answer: brain

Flashcard 88: _____ pyelonephritis is characterized by widespread kidney damage due to granulomatous tissue containing foamy macrophages (rare)

Answer: Xanthogranulomatous

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Flashcard 89: One clinical feature of Cushing syndrome is abdominal striae which is a result of impaired _____ synthesis, allowing blood vessels to rupture easily

Answer: collagen

Flashcard 90: Loss of membrane blebs in hereditary spherocytosis renders RBCs _____ instead of disc-shaped

Answer: round (spherocytes)

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