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| -the study of structural and functional changes associated with disease |
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| -the mechanisms and processes that lead to disease development |
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| Give an example of simple pathogenesis. |
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| -a traumatic femoral fracture |
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| Give an example of complex pathogenesis. |
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| -the development of ascited following chronic right heart failure. |
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| Definition: Pathophysiology |
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| -the study of altered physiologic function due to disease |
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| -an abnormal structural or functional change |
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| -an abnormal structural or functional change visible with the naked eye |
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| Definition: Microscopic/histologic lesion |
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| -an abnormal structural or functional change visible microscopically |
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| Definition: Pathognomonic |
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| -distinctly characteristic of a particular disease (a lesion is pathognomonic if when you see it the diagnosis of a specific disease is certain) |
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| -a conclusion regarding the nature, cause, and development of disease |
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| Definition: Clinical diagnosis |
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| -diagnosis based on examination of the living animal using techniques such as physical examination, radiography, cardiology, etc |
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| Definition: Clinicopathologic diagnosis |
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| -diagnosis basond on combination of clinical signs, physical examination results, and changes in hematology or clinical chemistries from a living patient |
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| Definition: Morphologic diagnosis |
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| -after examination of tissues, a pathologist tells the clinician a "summary diagnosis" indicating the severity, duration, distribution, location, and type of lesion |
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| Definition: Etiologic diagnosis |
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| -diagnosis that provides the precise cause of diease and tissue response |
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| -widespread disruption of normal liver structure by fibrosis |
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| Definition: Differential diagnosis |
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| -a listing of which disease or conditions could potentially be causing the patient's clinical signs or lesions |
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| Definition: Definitive diagnosis |
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-aka disease diagnosis
-the name of the disease or disease process |
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| -one who interprets and diagnoses the changes caused by disease in tissues and body fluids |
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| Definition: Anatomic pathologist |
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-a pathologist who evaluates gross and microscopic changes in tissue from dead or from living animals
-histopathology is their microscopic tool |
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| Definition: Clinical pathologist |
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-a pathologist who evaluates changes in blood, serum, urine, CSF, or impression smears from living animals
-cytology, clinical chemistries, and hematology are their microscopic tools |
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| -systemic gross evaluation of tissue in a dead animal |
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| -process of removing tissue from living animals for diagnostic examination |
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-statement of predicted outcome concerning the disease process
-used by clinicians after clinical diagnosis is made or by a pathologist after examination of biopsy specimen
-Ranks: good, guarded, poor, grave |
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