PATHOLOGY LATEST
ASSISTANT ASCP
EXAM
Erythema Muliforme - ANSWERS-"target" archer's bull's eye lesion
Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome - ANSWERS-Port wine stain, mucus
membranes with hemorrhage
Angiosarcoma (hemangiosarcoma) - ANSWERS-Liver cancer with
malignant vascular tumer from exposure to polyvinyl, arsenic and others
Kaposi Sarcoma - ANSWERS-AIDS, red-purple macules lower
extremities
Pellagra - ANSWERS-B3 deficiency
Megloblastic Anemia - ANSWERS-B12 (Neurologic dysfunction)
Folic Acid (no neuro symptoms)
Vitamin A Deficiency - ANSWERS-Night blindness and squamous
metaplasia
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, PATHOLOGY LATEST
ASSISTANT ASCP
EXAM
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
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, PATHOLOGY LATEST
ASSISTANT ASCP
EXAM
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
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, PATHOLOGY LATEST
ASSISTANT ASCP
EXAM
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
Rubella (German Measles) - ANSWERS-Risk highest shortly before
conception to 16th wk gestation
Right Sided Heart Failure - ANSWERS-Left sided heart failure
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ASSISTANT ASCP
EXAM
Erythema Muliforme - ANSWERS-"target" archer's bull's eye lesion
Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome - ANSWERS-Port wine stain, mucus
membranes with hemorrhage
Angiosarcoma (hemangiosarcoma) - ANSWERS-Liver cancer with
malignant vascular tumer from exposure to polyvinyl, arsenic and others
Kaposi Sarcoma - ANSWERS-AIDS, red-purple macules lower
extremities
Pellagra - ANSWERS-B3 deficiency
Megloblastic Anemia - ANSWERS-B12 (Neurologic dysfunction)
Folic Acid (no neuro symptoms)
Vitamin A Deficiency - ANSWERS-Night blindness and squamous
metaplasia
END OF
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1
, PATHOLOGY LATEST
ASSISTANT ASCP
EXAM
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
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, PATHOLOGY LATEST
ASSISTANT ASCP
EXAM
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
END OF
PAGE
3
, PATHOLOGY LATEST
ASSISTANT ASCP
EXAM
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
Rubella (German Measles) - ANSWERS-Risk highest shortly before
conception to 16th wk gestation
Right Sided Heart Failure - ANSWERS-Left sided heart failure
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