Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

_____ are the most common changes in pre-menopausal breast

Hereditary spherocytosis is primarily characterized by _____ hemolysis

What is the first change that occurs in the kidney in a diabetes mellitus patient? _____

Patients with Good Syndrome have deficient levels of what types of lymphocytes? _____

Which strain(s) of Plasmodium forms sticky knobs on RBCs that occlude blood vessels? _____

_____ with Warthin-Finkeldey giant cells is diagnostic of Measles (rubeola)

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is a special form of disease that is related to exposure to _____ spongiform encephalopathy

When chronically _____, PTH has catabolic effects on bone, known as osteitis fibrosa cystica

β-thalassemia major is characterized by expansion of hematopoiesis into facial bones, leading to "_____ facies"

_____ is a laboratory technique used to assess size, granularity, and protein expression of individual cells in a sample