Vascular Pathology Practice Questions

Question 1

Medial thickening of arteries with an onion-skin appearance on biopsy is diagnostic of which condition in an elderly male presenting with uncontrolled hypertension and signs of renal failure?

Accepted Answer

Hyperplastic arteriosclerosis

Answer

Thromboangiitis obliterans

Answer

Arteriosclerosis obliterans

Answer

Hyaline arteriosclerosis

Question 2

A 78-year-old male presents with headache, visual disturbance, and tenderness over his right temporal region. A biopsy taken from his right temporal artery is most likely to show what?

Accepted Answer

Granulomatous inflammation with giant cells

Answer

Acute organizing thrombus formation

Answer

Luminal thrombosis

Answer

Aneurysmal dilatation with subintimal inflammation

Question 3

Which of the following does not lead to increased formation of thrombus?

Accepted Answer

Hyperglycemia

Answer

Malignancy

Answer

Decreased blood volume

Answer

Decreased blood flow

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT seen in malignant hypertension?

Accepted Answer

Hyaline arteriosclerosis

Answer

Fibrinoid necrosis

Answer

Necrotizing glomerulonephritis

Answer

Hyperplastic arteriosclerosis

Question 5

Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN) typically involves which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Small- or medium-sized muscular arteries

Answer

Large elastic arteries

Answer

Arterioles

Answer

Capillaries

Question 6

Which of the following is seen in hyperemia?

Accepted Answer

Increased arteriolar blood flow to the tissue

Answer

Decreased arteriolar blood flow to the tissue

Answer

Increased venous blood flow in the tissue

Answer

Decreased venous blood flow in the tissue

Question 7

Which of the following statements regarding aneurysms is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

Saccular aneurysms involve the entire circumference of the vessel wall.

Answer

A true aneurysm contains all three layers of the arterial wall.

Answer

In dissecting aneurysms, the media layer is defective.

Answer

Charcot-Bouchard aneurysms are typically found in the brain.

Question 8

Which of the following are risk factors for Angiosarcoma?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

Polyvinyl chloride

Answer

Arsenic

Answer

Thorotrast

Question 9

An elderly man presents with a history of abdominal pain. He is found to have a fusiform dilatation of the descending aorta. What is the likely cause?

Accepted Answer

Atherosclerosis

Answer

Trauma

Answer

Right ventricular failure

Answer

Syphilitic aortitis

Question 10

Which infective agent is implicated in causing atherosclerosis?

Accepted Answer

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Answer

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Answer

Haemophilus influenzae

Answer

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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