Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

Which blistering skin disorder is characterized by a "fish net" (reticular) pattern on immunofluorescence? _____

Proteus mirabilis is a gram negative bacteria that classically forms large, _____ (form from struvite stones) in the renal pelvis

What spinal cord level is most commonly affected by poliovirus? _____

Which blistering skin disorder is characterized histologically by detachment of the basal cell layer from the basement membrane? _____

Hereditary spherocytosis is most often inherited in an _____ pattern

Subarachnoid hemorrhage is associated with increased risk of developing communicating high pressure and/or obstructive _____

Post-strep glomerulonephritis occurs _____ (time) post GAS infection

In addition to ascending UTI (most common), acute pyelonephritis may be caused by _____ spread to the kidney

Acute tubular necrosis may be caused by high levels of _____ (e.g. tumor lysis syndrome)

Periductal mastitis presents as a subareolar mass with _____ due to pull from myofibroblasts during healing