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Zaman- Pathology
Pathology Exam 1 Term 2
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Graduate
12/04/2007

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Term
developmental failure of anterior abdominal wall
Definition
exstrophy
Term
fistula formation is associated with which cancer therapy?
Definition
radiation
Term
pt has prostatic hyperplasia and comes into the office complaining of increased frequency, lower abdominal pain and dysuria. These symptoms are consistent with what?
Definition
cystitis

Other predisposing factors are pregnancy, neuronal disorders (spinal chord injury and autonomic dysfunction) and catherization and surgery
Term
Organisms that cause cystitis
Definition
Gram -!! E. coli, Proteus, Klebsiella
Term
Aspergillus, coccidoidese immitus, polyoma cause cystitis in what type of pts?
Definition
immunocompromised
Term
Pt has been for 2 months and has been catherized for all 1 month. On microscopy you see finger like papillae, edema, and infiltrates, and superficial umberella cells. You ID that the patient has proliferative papillary cystitis a variant of chronic cystitis..the infection is located where in the bladder?
Definition
dome and posterior wall
Term
an incidential finding where on micro you see subepithelial lymphoid follocles = ?
Definition
follicular cystitis
Term
A severe type of cystitis tht is associated with urea-splitting bacteria infection in alkalinized urine. will have ulcers coated with calcium and phosphate = ?

Microscopy you will see infiltration extended into muscularis propria and mononuclear infiltrates and FBG reaction
Definition
encrusted cystitis
Term
What are some causes of granulomatous cystitis?
Definition
TB, Syphilis,coccidiomycosis,histoplasmosis
Schistosoma hematobium
malakoplakia
BCG
chrons, sarcoids, rheumatoid
vasculitis (wegners, pan, churg-strauss)
idiopathic
Term
Cause of post surgical cystitis
Definition
immunological reaction - altered antigen related to the procedure
Term
Female pt, age 55, comes in with symptoms of fever, hematuria, pyuria, uregency, pain, weight loss. You see yellow soft plaque like lesions in the trigone and the colon. what does she have if you see Michaelis-Gutman body (calcified phagolysosomes of macrophage containing bacterial debris) on microscopy
Definition
malakoplakia
a typical infection by gram - (E. coli) due to dysosomal defects in macrophages
Term
On autopsy, you see atrophy with ulceration of the bladder. Pt had cystitis in addition to other health problems when he was alive. What type of cystitis did the patient have when he was alive knowing the above fact?
Definition
radiation induced cystitis - atrophy is specific to this.
Term
Pt comes in with severe intractable hematuria. You look at his chart and find that he has been taking this medication that could be a cause of his hemorrhagic cystitis?
Definition
cytoxan (the metabolite acrolein) is what concentrated in the bladder and destroys it.

Macro observation of a bladder you see sever diffuse hypermia with edema and ulceration
Micro- see polyoma
Term
Female, age 55, presents with dysuria, urgency, frequency, hematuria, generalized pelvic pain. You look at the micro slide and find inflammation and fibrosis throughout ALL layers of the bladder. You have also R/O all other diseases on your differential. What type of infection does this patient have?
Definition
interstitial cystitis
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eosinphilic cystitis is rarely seen in who?
Definition
elderly males.
Term
hunner's ulcers are seen in
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intersitital cystitis
Term
this is seen with women and kids with allergic disorders.
symptoms: severe frequency, urgency, dysuria, hematuria with periods of remission and exacerbations, spontaneous resolution may occur
Definition
eosinophilic cystitis
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Benign lesions of bladder: small yellow cysts in LP assoc w/ cystitis
Definition
cystitis cystica
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florid cystitis is associated with what?
Definition
von brunn's metaplasia
Term
you have an older female with a triad of endometrial glands, stroma, hemosiderin laden macrophags and CD10+. Symptoms look like endometriosis. What lesion does this patient have?
Definition
Mullerianosis
Term
The most frequent malignant tumor of the urinary tract
Definition
bladder cancer
Term
Bladder cancer is more prominent in men (T/F)
Definition
True! (3:1)
Term
____ plays an important role in the cause of bladder tumors and increases the risk of developing bladder cancer by 2-4 times.
Definition
Cigarettes!
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schistosoma hematobium causes what type of bladder cancer?
Definition
squamous cell cancer of the bladder
Term
Most common finding of bladder cancer is __
Definition
Gross hematuria
Term
most bladder tumors are ______ and appears like _____ on microscopy
Definition
papillary

fat looking fibers, dilated tortuous vasculature, lining thickened (more than 7 cells)
Term
BPH is most common in what lobes of the prostate?
Definition
INNER
Term
Prostatic carcinoma is common in what lobes of the prostate?
Definition
Peripheral lobes
Term
BPH has a decreased incidence in ______ (3 things)
Definition
Asians, castrates, and alcoholics
Term
Upon digital rectal exmaination, the prostate is described as boddy and soft, smooth and with no nodules. what am I describing?
Definition
BPH
Term
clinical symptoms of BPH includes urinary retention, obstruction, infection, hydroureter, hydronephrosis, falls, bone fractures and this ________
Definition
renal failure
Term
T?F? BPH predisposes carcinoma of the prostate?
Definition
FALSE!
Term
Where will prostate cancer spread?
Definition
seminal vesicles, lymph nodes, bone (osteoblastic)
Term
Diagnosis for prostate cancer is done by
Definition
Rectal exam
biopsy
alkaline phosphatase (bone mets)
PSA
bone scans
Term
In this Gleason grade, cells are cribiform, angulated and microcystic
Definition
Grade 3
Term
Majority of treatable cancers fall between these Gleason grades
Definition
5-7 (3+3 and 3+4 are the most common!!)
Term
Staging ___ is an incidental finding on biopsy
Definition
T1a
Term
Local invasion...staging =

Distant spread...staging =

NX =
Definition
T3

T4

Regional lymph nodes
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N0

mets in regional lymph node or nodes
Definition
no regional lymph nods

N1
Term
Women has pain, localized swelling and inflammation of one breast. You notice a crack in her nipple and she has just delivered a baby. What organism is the most common cause of her discomfort?
Definition
Staph. she has acute mastitis.

(breast lecture)
Term
____ is the most commonly diagnosed grade of breast cancer in the US
Definition
Grade 2 (total score 6-7)
Term
T?F? Infiltrating ductual carcinoma occurs in both pre and postmenopausal women
Definition
True
Term
Women with the BRCA1 gene may also be at an increased risk for this other cancer
Definition
ovarian
Term
mutation for BRCA1 gene is on _______ chromosome
Definition
Chromosome 17q21
Term
mutation for BRCA2 is on ______ chromosome
Definition
chromosome 13q21
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this type of breast cancer typically does not present as a mass and is discovered as an incidental finding in biopsy. You find that lesions are multi-focal and bilateral and predominantly occurs in premenopausal women. What type of cancer is this?
Definition
intralobular carcinoma
Term
85% of invasive carcinoma of the breast = ?
Definition
infiltrating ductal carcinoma
Term
10% of invasive carcinomas of the breast = ?
Definition
infiltrating lobular
Term
Males with this syndrome have an increased risk of developing breast cancer
Definition
Klinefelters
Term
you have a 40 year old pt who comes in saying that she just noticed a sudden increase in size of this lump in her breast. she says she's had the lump for a very long time and it used to just be smaller in size. what tumor do you suspect?
Definition
Phyllodes AKA giant fibroadenomas or cystosarcoma phyllodes
Term
does phyllodes have a tendency to mets?
Definition
NO, though they tend to recur..it has a good prognosis
Term
Carcinomas of the breast commonly involve which quadrants of the breast? and metastize where?
Definition
Upper quadrants of the breast and mets to axillary lymph nodes
Term
distant mets of breast go to what 2 organs
Definition
brain and bone
Term
after a mastectomy, a common site of recurrance of cancer is where?
Definition
at the site ofthe scar of the mastectomy
Term
breast mass with lymph node mets or involvement of overlying skin is what stage of breast cancer
Definition
Stage II
Term
more extensive cancer which involves extensive adherance to the skin, muscle, lymph nodes that are fixed = what stage?
Definition
stage 3
Term
widely mets = what stage of breast cancer
Definition
4!
Term
List two factors that give a pt with breast cancer a good prognosis
Definition
1. axillary lymph nodes contain no malignancy
2. pt. with less than 4 positive lymph nodes
Term
Male Genitalia

Q. A complication of inflammation of the glans penis, veneral disease or trauma in which the foreskin is retracted and cannot be reduced.
Definition
Para-phimosis
Term
Phimosis
Definition
Prepubital orifice of foreskin is too small to permit retraction behind the glans
Term
a nonspecific infection/inflammation of both the foreskin and the glans of the penis. Usually associated with a phimosis and may be caused by various organisms
Definition
balanoposthitis
Term
fibrosis of the penis of unknown etiology. On PE, you see plaque-like scar in the corpora cavrnosa on the dorsum of the penis. The curvature of the penis on erection is associated with pain and have difficult/painful almost impossible intercourse
Definition
peyronie's disease
Term
T?F? Non-gonococcal urethritis symptoms last longer then gonococcal urethritis but pts with NGU have no discharge or mucoid discharge obtained after penile stripping.
Definition
true
Term
cyst of the epididymis
Definition
spermatocele
Term
hydrocele
Definition
fluid in the sac of the tunica vaginalis
Term
dilated veins of the pampiniform plexus
Definition
varicocele
Term
second most common cause of inflammation/infection of the testes
Definition
coxsackie B (first is mumps)
Term
most common cause of intertility in young men is
Definition
infection (GC of chlamydia)
Term
Inguinal hernia happens more on which side: left or right
Definition
left
Term
What tumors are 4-10x more likely in cryptorchid testes?
Definition
Germ cell
(this does not improved after medical treatment)
Term
someone with cryptorchism, prepubertal testes might show a sertoli cell nodule which is called
Definition
pick's adenoma
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