Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Flashcard 891: What is the diagnostic test of choice for diagnosing mucormycosis?_____

Answer: Mucosal biopsy

Flashcard 892: Which skin disorder is characterized by congenital lack of pigmentation?_____

Answer: Albinism

Flashcard 893: Werdnig-Hoffmann disease is the infantile form (type 1) of _____

Answer: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Flashcard 894: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-strauss) is a form of _____-vessel vasculitis

Answer: small

Flashcard 895: What is the mode of inheritance of tuberous sclerosis?_____

Answer: Autosomal dominant

Flashcard 896: Microscopic polyangiitis is a form of _____-vessel vasculitis

Answer: small

Flashcard 897: Tabes Dorsalis is characterized by _____ joints due to loss of proprioception

Answer: charcot

Flashcard 898: Which type(s) of cells line the fibrovascular projections of an intraductal papilloma of the breast? _____

Answer: both epithelial (luminal) and myoepithelial cells

Flashcard 899: What finding emerges on blood smear following splenectomy in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis? _____

Answer: Howell-Jolly bodies

Flashcard 900: The CNS tumor that is histologically identical to testicular seminoma and ovarian dysgerminoma is the _____.

Answer: Germinoma

Extra: Germinomas are the most common tumors of the pineal gland and are histologically identical to testicular seminoma and ovarian dysgerminoma. They characteristically present with Parinaud syndrome (vertical gaze palsy) due to compression of the tectal plate.