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BOARDSpathology
Lung Disorders
Name | Info |
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Pneumonia | infection of lung parenchyma, alveolar spaces and interstitial tissue |
Pneumonia | 2 million affected. 40,000 to 70,000 deaths per year in the USA (6th COD) |
Bacterial Pneumonia | most common cause of pneumonia - Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Viral Pneumonia | gradual onset, increased lymphocytes |
Klebsilla or Friedlander's | debilitated patients and alcoholics, red currant jelly sputum |
Pneumocytis carnii | comon in patients with AIDS |
Pneumoncoccal | rusty sputum |
Lobar pneumonia | most common type |
Mycoplasmal | most common "atypical" pneumonia |
COPD's | increased resistance to airflow during forced expiration |
Chronic Bronchitis | blue bloater, chronic cough, sputum may be blood-streaked, wheezing, dyspnea |
Asthma | curschmann's spirals, Charcot's Laden Crystals, thick sputum, bronchial spasm |
Emphysema | pink puffer, enlargement of airspaces - primary cause is smoking |
Bronchiectasis | dead lung, irreversible, focal bronchial dialation with infection |
Lung Cancer | Clubbing of the nails |
Hand-Schuller-Christian syndrome | lung & bone, exophthalmosis & Diabetes Insipidus |
Silicosis | related to TB "sandblasters" |
Asbestosis | may lead to mesothelioma |
Siderosis | Iron dust |
Byssinosis | cotton dust |
Bagassosis | sugar cane dust "bag o sugar" |
stannosis | tin dust |
Berylliosis | beryllium dust |
Atelectasis | lung collapse (partial or complete) |
Pneumothorax | air in the pleural cavity, (spontaneous) occurs in young men |
Pleurisy | irritation of the pleura |
Pleural Effusion | fluid in the pleural cavity |