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buzz words and various things I can't remember for comlex
Question | Answer |
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what is palisading necrosis? | areas of necrosis surrounded by neoplastic nuclei in GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORM |
what are psammoma bodies? | laminated calcifications in a MENINGIOMA |
what are flame-shaped intracytoplasmic inclusions composed of paired helical filaments? | neurofibrillary tangles in DEMENTIA |
what are intracytoplasmic eosinophillic inclusions containing alpha-synuclein and unbiquitin? | lewy bodies |
what are ashoff bodes? | focal interstitial myocardial inflammation characterized by areas of fibrinoid necrosis, large cells, and multinucleated giant cells in RHEUMATIC HD |
what are roth spots, oslers nodes, janeway lesions, and splinter hemmorhages? | roth spots-retinal hemmorhagesoslers nodes-painful,red, raised lesions on the palms and solesjaneway lesions-non tender, red, lesions on the palms and soles splinter hemmorages- reddish-brown lines under the nails ALL SEEN IN BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS |
what is libmann sacks endocarditis | small vegetations on either or both surfaces of valve leaflets in SLE |
is what disorder does the patient squat? | tetralogy of fallot, presumbly to lessen the right to left shunting. |
what disorder is associated with endocardial cushion defect? (ASD and VSD) | downs syndrome |
what causes cardiovascular defects, microcephaly with mental retardation, deafness, cataracts, and growth retardation? | congenital rubella syndrome |
what cardiac abnormality is associated with rubella? | PDA |
what is the most common mutation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? | beta-myosin heavy chain gene |
what is a frequent cause of cor pulmonale? | emphysema |
disease of the heart that are non-inflammatory and are not associated with htn, congenital heart disease, valvular disease, or coronary heart disease | cardiomyopathy |
what are councilman bodies? | dying hepatocytes that condense into eosinophilic contracted forms in YELLOW FEVER |
what are mallory bodies? | intracytoplasmic eosinophillic hyaline inclusions in ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS |
dane particle is associated with what? | hep B |