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What are the logical steps of pathological analysis?
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Identify Organ or Tissue
Identify Pathologic Lesions Identify Key Diagnostic Features of Lesions Apply Diagnostic Criteria Subclassify Within Categories of Major Pathologic Processes Record and Confirm Your Gross Impression |
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Which type of lesions are sharply demarcated from normal tissues?
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Focal Lesions
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Which type of lesions can be reflected grossly only by an increase in the sie of an organ or thickness of a tissue?
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Diffuse lesion
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Lesions may be discerned by differences in: (4)
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1. color
2. texture 3. consistency 4. shape |
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VINDICATE = ?
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Subclassifications w/i categories of major pathological processes:
Vascular, Inflammatory, Neoplastic, Drug, Infectious, Congenital, Allergic, Trauma, Endocrine |
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In a case, diagnostic criteria do not seem to apply. What should NOT be done?
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DON'T guess at a diagnosis.
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Should you immediately jump to high magnification?
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No, examine grossly, then at ever increasing mags.
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What is the 'Gold Standard Method' for diagnostic pathology over the entire world? What color characteristics does it have?
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Hematoxylin & eosin stain (H&E)
H = stain acidic things dark blue/purple E = basic things red |
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Define: Basophilic/Acidophilic re: stains
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Basophilic = reacts w/ things that love Base, i.e., reacts w/ acid
Acidophilic = visa versa. |
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On H&E, what can the following colors indicate: deep blue, pale pink
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deep blue: foci rich in cell nuclei --> malignant neoplasms or focal inflammation
pale pink: frequently indicates a site of confluent cell necrosis such as an infarct, or scarring. |
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Sarcoidosis is a very serious disease that mainly affects which racial group?
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Blacks.
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Spread of the cancer from colon to liver, most likely way?
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rubins says lymph, but blood-borne is the most likely, we think. I think he's going to drop this question.
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cancer stage =
Cancer grade = |
location
pathological/slide appearance/characteristics |
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can benign tumors kills a patient?
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Yes.
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Paraneoplastic syndrome is when...
Are adrednal ademonas an example? |
...a tumor makes something unexpected.
No, b/c you'd expect that. |