PATHOLOGY ASSISTANT ASCP EXAM actual

PATHOLOGY ASSISTANT ASCP EXAM (actual / ) QUESTIONS AND verified ANSWERS

Proteus vulgaris in kidney - ---Answers----Bacteria that causes ammonium magnesium phosphate stones.Staghorn (struvite) calculi Alkaline urine

Kayser-Fleischer Ring - ---Answers----Wilson's disease Build up of copper (decrease in serum ceruloplasmin)

Mallory Bodies - ---Answers----Cytoplasm of liver in alcoholics

Negri bodies - ---Answers----Nerve cells of Rabies

Arcus Senilis - ---Answers----White, gray, blue opaque ring in corneal margin Present at birth and elderly Hypercholeserolemia deposits

Gardner Syndrome - ---Answers----Autosomal dominate Numerous adenomatous polyps, osteomas and soft tissue tumors

Familial Polyposis - ---Answers----Autosomal dominate 1 / 4

Adenomatous polyps, 100% malignant transformation

Turcot Syndrome - ---Answers----Adenomatous polyps CNS tumors

Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome - ---Answers----Non-Inherited Multiple polyps, idiopathic 2/3's Japanese men

Budd-Chiari Syndrome - ---Answers----Pregnant women, Polycythemiavera, Hepatocellular carcinoma Ascites, abd pain, hepatomegaly, elevated liver enzymes, hepatic vein thrombotic occlusion

Arnold Chiari Malformation - ---Answers----Downward displacement of cerebellar tonsils and medulla through foreman magnum (displaced brain tissue atrophy).Hydocephalus (CSF) obstructed Thoracolumbar meningomyelocele

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 2 / 4

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

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Identical lesions occur in other organs of the body

Diabetes Melitus Type 1 - ---Answers----Failure of insulin synthesis Increased thirst, extreme hunger and recent weight loss

Sarcoma Botryoides - ---Answers----0-5 yrs. 3 / 4

Multiple polypoid masses on vulva project into the vagina "bunches of grapes" Variant of rhabdomyosarcoma

Prolactinoma - ---Answers----Most common anterior pituitary tumor in women.Causes anterior pituitary hyper function, amenorrhea and galactorrhea, infertility Chromophobic staining

Corticotropic Adenoma - ---Answers----Cushings

Somatotropic Adenoma - ---Answers----Giantism in children Acromegaly in adults

Adamantinoma Craniopharyngioma - ---Answers----Benign, not true pituitary tumor Remnants of Rathke pouch Similar to ameloblastoma of the jaw, resembles embryonic tooth bud enamel organ, cystic expands to papillary projections, x-ray to see calcifications

Phimosis - ---Answers----Can't pull foreskin back over glands penis

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