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 |