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PATH: Diseases I
Diseases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Monckeberg Medial Sclerosis | degenerative calcification of the vessel wall media layer |
| who gets Monckeberg medial sclerosis | elderly (in extremities) |
| Atherosclerotic Aneurysm is commonly found? | in the distal aorta and common iliacs between the inner 2/3 and the outer 1/3 |
| Dissecting aneurysms are common in those with? | Marfan's syndrome |
| Cystic Medial Necrosis | Dissecting aneurysm |
| sharp pain that radiates to the back | Dissecting aneurysm |
| where are syphilitic aneurysms found | ascending aorta and arch |
| Lymphangitis is caused by? | Beta hemolytic streptococci |
| Cappilary hemangioma | birthmark |
| Cavernous hemangioma | port wine stains |
| exposure to arsenic and vinyl chloride cause? | hepatic angiosarcoma |
| kaposi sarcoma | tumor on the skin or mucus membranes of GI and Lungs |
| who gets kaposi sarcoma | AIDS patients |
| Kaposi Sarcoma is associated with? | Herpes Simplex 8 |
| what are the inflammatory conditions of the breast | Acute mastitis, Granulomatous Mastitis, Mammary Duct Extasia, Fat Necrosis |
| Acute Mastitis | inflammation of the breast due to staph. aureus in the babies mouth |
| Lactiferous mastitis | another name for acute mastitis (inflammatory condition of the breast from feeding) |
| how do you treat acute mastitis | Antibiotics or you will get abscess |
| Granulomatis Mastitis | inflammation caused by infections that can't be cleared like Tb, Sarcoid, or foreign material |
| Mammary duct Ectasia | infiltration of histiocytes and secretions with fibrosis and inflammation |
| who gets mammary duct ectasia? where is it found | subaereolar |
| what causes fat necrosis | trauma or ruptured cyst in fibrocystic changes |
| what are the beign proliferative conditions of the breast | fibrocystic change, ductal hyperplasia and radial scar |
| what is fibrocystic change | not a disese dilations of the ducts with apocrine metaplasia and fibrosis |
| who gets fibrocystic change | women in their 20s and 30s |
| how does fibrocystic change present | mass or assymetry |
| what is sclerosing adenosis | whe tne terminal ducts and acini proliferate with fibrotic stroma seen in those with fibrocystic change |
| what increases the rist that fibrocystic change will become carcinoma | typical or atypical ductal hyperlations (proliferative fibrocystic change) |
| is mammography a good choice for fibrocystic change | no there is too much fibrosis |
| Ductal hyperplasia | alone or with fibrocystic change (can progress to cancer if proliferation is atypical) |
| Radial Scar | often confused with malignancy but is benign fibroelastic core with radiating ducts and lobules |
| what are the benign neoplasms of the breast | fibroadenoma, intraductal papilloma, nipple papilloma |
| fibroadenoma | benign neoplasm presents a mass in 20-30 y/o women |
| when does fibroadenoma change | during pregnancy increases and decreases with age |
| how do fibroadenomas appear | long ducts with loose fibromyxoid structure and smooth round appearance |