PATHOLOGY ASSISTANT ASCP EXAM WITH
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
Oncocytomas - ANSWERS-Large eosinophilic cells that have
small round nuclei and large nucleoli with numerous
mitochondria
Cystitis - ANSWERS-Bladder inflammation
Hematuria, pyuria, no white cell casts
Ureteritis cystica - ANSWERS-Chronic inflammation of
ureters
mucosal cysts (0.1-0.5 cm)
Polypoid Cystitis - ANSWERS-Longterm catheters, mucosal
bulges (not mistaken for papillary)
,Malacoplakia - ANSWERS-Chronic, bacterial, soft, yellow,
raised plaques up to 4 cm
Large foamy macrophages with scant giant cells and
lymphocytes
Interstitial Cystitis - ANSWERS-Submucosal hemorrhages,
localized ulceration (Hunner ulcer), inflammation and
fibrosis of all bladder walls
Targetoid Michaelis-Gutmann bodies
E. coli
Identical lesions occur in other organs of the body
Vitamin A Deficiency - ANSWERS-Night blindness and
squamous metaplasia
Berbiberi - ANSWERS-B1 deficiency
Dry: Peripheral Neuropathy
Wet: increased output, cardiac failure
Marasmus - ANSWERS-Deficient in all neutrients
Kwashiorkor - ANSWERS-Protein deficient
,Right Coronary Artery - ANSWERS-Posterior RV free wall and
septum
Posterior LV
Left Circumflex (from left coronary: right dominant) -
ANSWERS-LV lateral wall
Left Anterior Descending - ANSWERS-Apex
Anterior LV
Anterior 2/3 Ventricular septum
Arteriolosclerosis - ANSWERS-Hyaline thickening in vessels
(kidneys, hypertension, diabetes)
Atherosclerosis - ANSWERS-Plaques (atheroma) in vessels
Arteriosclerosis - ANSWERS-rigidity, thickening of vessels
Monckeberg Arteriosclerosis - ANSWERS-Radial and ulnar
arteries, calcific sclerosis of the media of arteries (so blood
flow is not obstructed)
, Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis - ANSWERS-Streptococcus
Viridans, mitral valve ( also include aortic valve)
IV Drug users= Strep viridans and triscupid valve
Large, soft, friable easily detached vegetations
Complications: ulceration of valves, perforation of cusps,
rupture of chordae tendineae
Nonbacterial Endocarditis (Marantic endocarditis) -
ANSWERS-Metastatic cancer, wasting conditions
Small, sterile fibrin deposits randomly arranged along the
line of the valve leaflets
Peripheral emboliztion
Sterile emboli
Libman-Sacks Endocarditis - ANSWERS-Lupus
Small vegetations on either or both surfaces of valve leaflets
Endocarditis Carcinoid Syndrome - ANSWERS-Right side
cusps thickened endocardial plaques
CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED ANSWERS
LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ 2025 – 2026
Oncocytomas - ANSWERS-Large eosinophilic cells that have
small round nuclei and large nucleoli with numerous
mitochondria
Cystitis - ANSWERS-Bladder inflammation
Hematuria, pyuria, no white cell casts
Ureteritis cystica - ANSWERS-Chronic inflammation of
ureters
mucosal cysts (0.1-0.5 cm)
Polypoid Cystitis - ANSWERS-Longterm catheters, mucosal
bulges (not mistaken for papillary)
,Malacoplakia - ANSWERS-Chronic, bacterial, soft, yellow,
raised plaques up to 4 cm
Large foamy macrophages with scant giant cells and
lymphocytes
Interstitial Cystitis - ANSWERS-Submucosal hemorrhages,
localized ulceration (Hunner ulcer), inflammation and
fibrosis of all bladder walls
Targetoid Michaelis-Gutmann bodies
E. coli
Identical lesions occur in other organs of the body
Vitamin A Deficiency - ANSWERS-Night blindness and
squamous metaplasia
Berbiberi - ANSWERS-B1 deficiency
Dry: Peripheral Neuropathy
Wet: increased output, cardiac failure
Marasmus - ANSWERS-Deficient in all neutrients
Kwashiorkor - ANSWERS-Protein deficient
,Right Coronary Artery - ANSWERS-Posterior RV free wall and
septum
Posterior LV
Left Circumflex (from left coronary: right dominant) -
ANSWERS-LV lateral wall
Left Anterior Descending - ANSWERS-Apex
Anterior LV
Anterior 2/3 Ventricular septum
Arteriolosclerosis - ANSWERS-Hyaline thickening in vessels
(kidneys, hypertension, diabetes)
Atherosclerosis - ANSWERS-Plaques (atheroma) in vessels
Arteriosclerosis - ANSWERS-rigidity, thickening of vessels
Monckeberg Arteriosclerosis - ANSWERS-Radial and ulnar
arteries, calcific sclerosis of the media of arteries (so blood
flow is not obstructed)
, Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis - ANSWERS-Streptococcus
Viridans, mitral valve ( also include aortic valve)
IV Drug users= Strep viridans and triscupid valve
Large, soft, friable easily detached vegetations
Complications: ulceration of valves, perforation of cusps,
rupture of chordae tendineae
Nonbacterial Endocarditis (Marantic endocarditis) -
ANSWERS-Metastatic cancer, wasting conditions
Small, sterile fibrin deposits randomly arranged along the
line of the valve leaflets
Peripheral emboliztion
Sterile emboli
Libman-Sacks Endocarditis - ANSWERS-Lupus
Small vegetations on either or both surfaces of valve leaflets
Endocarditis Carcinoid Syndrome - ANSWERS-Right side
cusps thickened endocardial plaques
