Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Graft-versus-host disease is mediated via recipient T-cells in the graft _____

Hint: T/F

Clear cell renal carcinoma is often preceded by the formation of multiple _____

_____ is generally preceded by either group A strep pharyngitis AND/OR GAS skin infections (impetigo)

Dermatitis Herpetiformis Causes: _____ Sx: _____ Dx and Bx: _____ Tx: _____

c-ANCA antibodies are most associated with _____

Hint: condition

Thrombosis of graft vessels = _____ rejection dense interstitial lymphocytic infiltrate with vasculitis of graft vessels = _____ rejection fibrosis / arteriosclerosis / wall thickening and luminal narrowing = _____ rejection

_____ most commonly involves defects in ankyrin, spectrin, band 3, or protein 4.2 which are proteins that anchor the cytoskeleton to RBC membrane

Dissemination of Histoplasmosis in immunocompromised patients to the liver and spleen results in _____, with gross pathology of these organs showing _____

Autoimmune destruction of β islet cells leading to hyperglycemia is suggestive of _____

Hint: condition

Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease) is characterized by synovial fluid with: - _____-shaped crystals - _____ birefringence under polarized light - _____ when parallel to polarized light

Hint: shape?