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General pathology and principles

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Objective description: CLASS-C   Color, location, appearance, size, shape, consistency  
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Process: -itis   Inflammatory  
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Process: -osis, -opathy   Degenerative  
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Process: -trophy, -plasia, -oma   Disorders of growth  
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Degree types   mild, moderate, marked, severe (subjective)  
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Duration types   peracute, acute, subacute, chronic  
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Distribution types   focal, multifocal, locally or regionally extensive, disseminated, diffuse  
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Mild degree   mild exudative changes, little discerible tissue destruction (high likelihood of restitution)  
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Moderate degree   prominent vascular and cellular exudative changes, moderate tissue destruction  
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Severe degree   Substantial tissue destruction  
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Minimal degree   change not clinically detectable  
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Peracute   rapid onset, lasts hours, exudative, few cells  
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Acute   onset in few hours, can last days, primarily neutrophils  
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subacute   onset days to weeks, exudative changes diminished, cell infiltrate evolves from neutrophilic to mononuclear  
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chronic   onset days to weeks following injury; can last years; mononuclear infiltration, tissue regeneration, neovasculatization and fibrosis  
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chronic-active   recurrent bouts of active inflammation superimposed on chronic inflammation  
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etiologic diagnosis   a diagnosis denoting cause: cause and tissue process  
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morphologic dx   "3D ATP" tissue, process, adjective, degree, duration, distribution  
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Players in cell injury   ATP depletion, calcium, membrane permeability, mitochondrial damage, oxygen and reactive oxygen species  
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Effects of ATP depletion   membrane transport, protein synthesis, lipogenesis, phospholipid turnover  
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cytoplasmic calcium activates:   phospholipases, proteases, ATPases, endonucleases  
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Effects of mitochondrial damage   increased Ca, oxidative stress, phospholipid breakdown and breakdown products. Results in Mitochondrial Permeability Transition (MPT), cytochrome C leakage, loss of membrane potential  
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Effects of oxygen and ROS damage   damage to membranes, proteins, nucleic acids  
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Reversible hypoxia steps   1. ATP depletion: anaerobic glyclysis 2. Na:K:ATPase pump shuts down 3. intracellular Na accumulation 4. intracellular water accumulation via osmotic mechanisms 5. swelling of organelles  
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Transition to irreversible injury   1. Degranulation of RER (loss of ribosomes) 2. Moderate to severe mitochondrial swelling  
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Irreversible ischemic injury steps   1. Severe mitochondrial swelling 2. massive Ca influx 3. increased membrane permeability 4. lysosomes leak 5. cellular enzymes leak into extra-cellular space  
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Irreversible injury: pyknosis   condensation of molecular material (calcium sink in mitochondria leads to mineralization and dissolution)  
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Irreversible injury: karyorrhexis   destructive fragmentation of nucleus  
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karyolysis   dissolution of cell nucleus  
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Ischemia/reperfusion injury   continued cell death following reperfusion. 1. cells are structurally intact but have lethal functional changes; 2. new injuring processes are initiated; perhaps elaboration of ROS  
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Reactive Oxygen Species (5)   Superoxide anion (O2-); singlet oxygen (O); hydroxyl radical (OH); nitric oxide (NO); hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)  
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Fenton Reaction   Pro-oxidative: transition metals (Fe or Cu) catalyze reactions generating reactive oxygen species (OH. and OH-) (hemostasis during surgery can increase Fe in tissue and cause oxidative injury)  
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Haber-Weiss Reaction   Pro-oxidative: antioxidant defenses are overwhelmed, superoxide and hydrogen peroxide interact to form hydroxyl radical (OH.) and hydroxide (OH-)  
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Superoxide Dismutase   Inactivates superoxide (forming H2O2 + O2), preventing ROS damage. 1. Mg SO in mitochondria; 2. Cu Zn SOD in cytosol  
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Specific antioxidant: Catalase   Inactivates H2O2 --> O2 + 2H2O  
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Specific antioxidant: Glutathione Peroxidase   Inactivates H2O2 and hydroxyl radical (GSSG (disulfide bond) + 2H2O) - can measure glutathione to assess oxidative stress  
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***Non-specific cellular antioxidant defenses   Vitamin A, E (membrane antioxidant - prevents lipid peroxidation), C (water soluble); Caeruloplasmin (binds Cu2+); transferrin, lactoferrin, ferritin, hemosiderin (iron bound by protein prevents Fenton Rxn)  
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4 morphologic patterns of necrosis   1. coagulative 2. liquefactive 3. caseous 4. "special cases" - fat necrosis, gangrene  
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Coagulative necrosis: gross   "cooked"  
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Coagulative necrosis: histo   hypereosinophilic "ghost cells" (tissue architecture intact)  
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Coagulative necrosis: cause   usually ischemia (or occur in tissues with few proteases)  
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Liquefactive necrosis: gross   "liquid"  
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Liquefactive necrosis: histo   usually neutrophils (granulation tissue)  
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Liquefactive necrosis: cause   usually bacterial, or tissues with little stoma (e.g. CNS)  
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Caseous necrosis: gross   "cheese" (can be mineralized - "gritty")  
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Caseous necrosis: histo   sheets of macrophages (granulomatous) surrounding an amorphous center of debris  
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Caseous necrosis: cause   specific immuno-pathologic phenomenon; mycobacterial cell walls  
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Fat necrosis: gross   chalky or mineralized  
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Fat necrosis: histo   lightly basophilic, smudgy saponified material, sometimes with granulomatous inflammation  
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Fat necrosis: cause   ischemia, toxins, lipases  
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Gangrene: cause   ischemia  
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Gangrene: typical location   distal extremity or GI tract  
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"dry" gangrene: pattern of necrosis   coagulative  
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"wet" gangrene: pattern of necrosis   liquefactive, with tissue digestion by opportunistic bacteria (often w/ gas production)  
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Autolysis: process   "rotting"- enzymatic degradation and protein denaturation by host enzymes (typically w/ microbial enzyme involvement)  
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4 tissue types which undergo rapid autolytic change   adrenal, CNS, liver, gut  
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Rigor mortis: influencing factors   temperature, glycogen stores, pH of muscle  
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"hyaline" definition   microscopic appearance = eosinophilic, homogeneous, glassy material (intracellular or extracellular)  
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Extracellular protein deposits: three examples   edema fluid, fibrin, amyloid  
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amyloid: definition   any protein with fibrils measuring 7.5-10.0nm with a beta-pleated sheet configuration will take on the histologic appearance referred to as "amyloid" (aka "beta-fibrilloses")  
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amyloid: morphology   amorphous, hyaline, extracellular (red-orange or apple green depending on stain)  
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AL amyloid   formed from Ig light chains  
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AA amyloid   formed from serum amyloid A (SAA), an acute phase reactavt stains blue-black w/ iodine followed by sulfuric acid (typically follows chronic inflammation)  
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AF amyloid   usually prealbumin; named for its presence in human familial amyloidoses  
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Endocrine amyloid   formed from a variety of hormone and hormone-like receptors  
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Lipofuscin (pigment)   lipid breakdown product; "wear and tear" pigment w/in lysosomes. granular golden-brown  
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carbon (pigment)   "antracosis" - lung, urban environments, incidental  
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biological pigments   certain fungi, protozoa, etc. are pigmented (e.g. blue-green algae)  
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acid-hematin (pigment)   artifact of tissue processing (blackish - can resemble hemosiderin)  
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***Melanosis   incidental pigmentation of tissues in pigmented animals; pleura and meninges most commonly infected  
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***Reactive melanosis/hyperpigmentation   chronically inflamed skin  
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***Pseudomelanosis   postmortem artifact: production of hydrogen sulfide by bacteria with subsequent reaction with iron in hemoglobin to form insoluble iron sulfide (particularly seen in peritoneal and retroperitoneal cavity due to high levels of bacteria in gut)  
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hemosiderin (pigment)   lighter brown granular pigment; represents large accumulations of iron and apoferritin (together called ferritin)  
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hematoidin (pigment)   light yellow variant of hemosiderin that occurs during wound resolution as iron is removed from hemosiderin by macrophages  
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bilirubin (pigment)   greenish yellow pigment, usually not granular; seen within hepatocytes, bile canaliculi, and renal tubular epithelium  
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dystrophic calcification   mineralization of dead or dying cells; membrane vesicles form as cell membranes break down and these serve as a nidus for mineral deposition (often seen w/ granulomatous inflammation w/ casseation, e.g. TB)  
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metastatic calcification   mineralization in living tissue; excess Ca and P in the blood precipitate (exceed max saturation); commonly seen in gastric mucosa, blood vessels, basement membranes in the lungs and kidney (i.e. sites of acid exchange)  
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metastatic calcification: causes   hypervitaminosis D, renal disease, primary hyperparathyroidism hyperadrenocorticism, paraneoplastic syndrome (PTH-like related protein released by tumors)  
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necrosis   passive, degradative, from fatal cell injury  
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apoptosis, pyroptosis, pyronecrosis, autophagy, and oncosis   programmed cell death  
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cell death producing inflammation   necrosis, oncosis, pyroptosis, pyronecrosis  
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cell death without inflammation   apoptosis, autophagy  
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In which tissues does apoptosis normally occur?   tissues undergoing physiologic or post-pathologic atrophy; embryonic tissues  
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What cells are typically subject to apoptosis?   hematopoietic cell lines (termination of inflammation, self-reactive T cells), cells killed by T cells (AI, viral infection, cells with DNA damage, cells injured by hypoxia, irradiation, hyperthermia, toxins, and drugs  
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necrosis vs. apoptosis: which has mitochondrial and ER changes?   necrosis  
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necrosis vs. apoptosis: which has membrane alterations?   necrosis (apoptosis has blebbing only)  
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necrosis vs. apoptosis: which is active?   apoptosis  
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necrosis vs. apoptosis: which has DNA damage?   apoptosis  
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necrosis vs. apoptosis: which has membrane injury?   necrosis  
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necrosis vs. apoptosis: which undergoes karyolysis?   necrosis  
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necrosis vs. apoptosis: which appears as cytoplasmic eosinophilia?   BOTH  
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3 types of initiation phase of apoptosis   1. extrinsic pathway 2. intrinsic pathway (mitochondria) 3. perforin/granzyme pathway (activate T cells)  
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Final result of all three types of initiation phase of apoptosis   Execution pathway: caspase 3 activation leading to cellular degradation and formation of apoptotic bodies  
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apoptosis intrinsic pathway: intracellular signals - negative factors   absence of growth factors, hormones, or cytokines; loss of apoptotic suppression  
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apoptosis intrinsic pathway: intracellular signals - positive factors   radiation, toxins, hypoxia, hyperthermia, viral infections, free radicals  
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apoptotic changes in mitochondrial membrane   Mitochondrial Permeability Transmission (MPT) - release of pro-apoptotic proteins from intermembrane space (including CYTOCHROME C) into cytosol - initiation of caspase cascade  
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apoptosis - perforin/granzyme pathway   1. CD8 T cell recognizes foreign antigen on cell surface 2. secretion of perforin forming pore in target cell surface 3. secretion of Granzyme B which activates caspases  
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apoptosis: DNA damage-mediated   1. damage to DNA results in elaboration of p53 (proofreading enzyme) 2. p53 stops cell cycles to allow DNA repair 4. if DNA damage is too great, p53 initiates apoptosis  
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p53   DNA proofreading enzyme. Can initiate apoptosis in event of irreparable DNA damage (prevention of neoplastic cell proliferation)  
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Executioner caspases   point where initiation pathways (w/ initiator caspases 8, 9, 10) converge; activation of ENDONUCLEASES AND PROTEASES  
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phosphatidylserine   externalized to apoptotic cell surface - signal non-inflammatory phagocytic recognition and phagocytosis  
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pyroptosis   caspase-1 dependent cell death (active cell deletion); results in swelling and lysis of cell - cytokine release causes inflammation (desired for scarring and tissue repair)  
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autophagy   Double membraned lysosomal digestion of cell components (autophagosome) - characterized by vacuolization, degradation of cell components, lack of chromatin condensation; results in non-inflammatory phagocytosis  
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two disorders associated with decreased apoptosis   1. neoplasia 2. autoimmune disease - insufficient apoptosis of auto-reactive cells  
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three disorders associated with increased apoptosis   1. neurodegenerative disorders 2. exacerbation of damage in ischemic injury (e.g. ischemia-reperfusion) 3. virus-induced lymphocyte depletion in acquired immune deficiency syndromes  
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