CVP and GI Pathology Exam 2 Practice

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• What is the classic primary cardiac tumor in adults and where is it most commonly located?
• Antischkow Cells Are Associated With Which Condition?
• Systemic hypertension is associated with which type of CHF?
• What is the histologic pattern of viral myocarditis and which virus is most classically associated?
• Rheumatic fever predisposes to which long-term valvular lesion most prominently?
• In hypertensive heart disease, which statement accurately describes the most characteristic vascular change accompanying LV hypertrophy?
• Reperfusion injury after ischemia primarily results in which type of cellular injury?
• Which statement about variant (Prinzmetal) angina is true?
• What histologic hallmark is seen in porcelain gallbladder and its clinical significance?
• Describe the histology of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).
• Which congenital disorder exhibits a hypoplastic left atrium, but a normal left ventricle, and a PFO or an ASD?
• What histologic patterns are typical of fatty liver disease?
• Which histologic feature characterizes arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy?
• Which defect is least likely to lead to irreversible pulmonary hypertension?
• Which histologic finding is associated with intestinal-type gastric adenocarcinoma as a precursor lesion (often with H. pylori infection)?
• STEMI is associated with involvement of which portion of the ventricular wall?
• Classic histologic features of GERD-related esophagitis include which of the following?
• Which histologic features are characteristic of primary sclerosing cholangitis?
• Which statement best describes physiologic cardiac hypertrophy due to exercise?
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy is primarily defined by which dysfunction?
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is most often caused by mutations in which cardiac components?
• In Transposition Of The Great Vessels, Life Is Possible Only If There Is Also A Ventricular Septal Defect.
• Which histologic feature is commonly seen in colorectal adenocarcinoma compared with benign polyps?
• Which defect best describes the combination of pulmonary stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy, overriding aorta, and ventricular septal defect?
• Left-sided congestive heart failure can be precipitated by which valve disease?
• Lipofuscin is best described as:
• Atherosclerotic obstruction is most likely to occur in which artery?
• What are antischkow cells?
• Describe the pathologic features of calcific aortic valve stenosis.
• Right-sided congestive heart failure is most commonly linked to which chronic lung disease?
• In severe valvular aortic stenosis, neonates may be fatal in the first week after birth when which event occurs?
• Which statement best describes restrictive cardiomyopathy?
• Which syndrome is associated with DCM?
• Pulmonary congestion and edema are characteristic of...
• In coarctation of the aorta, hypertension is observed in which extremities?
• True or false: Most infarcts are transmural.
• Which statement best describes physiologic hypertrophy due to endurance exercise?
• In a 50-year-old man with chronic alcoholism and congestive heart failure, which histologic finding in the myocardium is most likely?
• Which of the following is a typical finding after a myocardial infarction, reflecting a common complication?
• A person with rheumatoid arthritis is likely to develop what?
• Rheumatic fever develops after a preceding infection with which organism?
• Constrictive pericarditis and its main histologic feature?
• Which histologic finding is typical of viral myocarditis?
• A 75-year-old man with heaped up calcified masses on the aortic valve is most likely diagnosed with
• Which finding is most characteristic of chronic Chagas disease affecting the heart?
• How does cirrhosis appear histologically?
• Persistent truncus arteriosus is characterized by which anatomical feature?
• Mallory-Denk bodies are associated with which liver diseases?
• Which histologic finding is not characteristic of hypertensive heart disease?
• What histologic features are typical of alcoholic hepatitis?
• Which histologic feature is typical of chronic cholecystitis besides Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses?
• In longstanding rheumatoid arthritis, which cardiac disease is most commonly encountered?
• What histologic features define celiac disease in the duodenal mucosa?
• Pancarditis in rheumatic fever involves which heart layers?
• The most common congenital heart malformation is...
• Which Of The Following Is A Component Of The Tetralogy Of Fallot?
• Severe asthma is associated with which type of CHF?
• Forward failure refers to which observation?
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is commonly caused by mutations in which of the following?
• Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection results in pulmonary veins draining into which chamber?
• Which statement best describes the pathogenesis and histology distinguishing true abdominal aortic aneurysm from aortic dissection?
• Rheumatic involvement of the mitral valve is more common in which sex?
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy presents with which dysfunction?
• Which vascular change is characteristically seen in hypertensive heart disease affecting the left ventricle?
• The Most Common Cause Of Sudden Cardiac Death Within One Hour After Onset Of First Symptoms In A 50-Year-Old Man Is
• Backward failure refers to what observation?
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with which type of CHF?
• A sign of calcific stenosis of a congenitally bicuspid aortic valve is:
• What histologic change defines intestinal metaplasia in the stomach?
• Aschoff bodies are a histologic sign of which disease?
• Rheumatoid arthritis commonly leads to which pericardial condition?
• Which histologic features characterize chronic pancreatitis?
• In histology, how do gastric ulcers differ from erosions?
• Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is most commonly located in which region of the pancreas, and what complication is it frequently associated with?
• Features of hypertonic cardiomyopathy include all of the following except:
• Sterile vegetations, myocarditis, and fibrinous pericarditis are features of pancarditis in which condition?
• Irreversible pulmonary hypertension is least likely in _____
• What is the typical timing and pathology of papillary muscle rupture after myocardial infarction?
• Diagnosis of rheumatic fever uses which criteria?
• Which pattern of infarction involves only small intramural vessels and is sometimes associated with epinephrine?
• Right-sided congestive heart failure can be precipitated by which of the following?
• A 56-year-old man with risk factors is most likely to have which vascular abnormality?
• Which condition features sterile, warty endocardial vegetations on valve leaflets, known as Libman-Sacks endocarditis?
• Mitral valve disease is associated with which type of CHF?
• Transient right-to-left shunt at the atrial level during activities such as coughing is most consistent with which defect?
• In H. pylori-associated gastritis, which histologic features are typical, and what may accompany intestinal metaplasia?
• Aschoff bodies are best described as?
• Naxos syndrome is associated with which form of cardiomyopathy?
• Which is NOT a typical complication following an MI?
• Which condition during pregnancy is a recognized cause of DCM?
• Which time frame best indicates macrophage-mediated clearance and beginning of granulation tissue after MI?
• Which valve is most commonly involved in rheumatic heart disease?
• The likely cause of infective endocarditis in which streptococcus viridans is involved is
• In restrictive cardiomyopathy there is:
• Which are classic risk factors for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma?
• Which feature distinguishes Crohn disease from ulcerative colitis in the colon?
• Characteristics Of Angina Pectoris Do Not Include
• Coarctation of the aorta is most closely associated with which finding?
• Pulmonary hypertension is a secondary cause of:
• Name the two classic mechanical complications of a transmural myocardial infarction and their typical timing.
• Thrombus formation involving which location is most likely to have put him at greater risk for the TIA?
• Which statement about sudden cardiac death is true?
• The most common congenital heart malformation is most often a defect in which structure?
• MI complications involve death mainly due to which event?
• The left AV valve leaflet is described as balloon-like or hooded in:
• Peripartum is a recognized cause of which cardiomyopathy?
• Porcelain gallbladder refers to which histologic finding?
• Which of the following is NOT a recognized cause of dilated cardiomyopathy?
• Barrett esophagus is defined histologically as replacement of normal squamous epithelium by specialized intestinal-type epithelium with goblet cells in the distal esophagus. Which option best captures this definition?
• Which radiographic finding is classically associated with Tetralogy of Fallot?
• Which immunohistochemical marker is characteristic of GIST?
• Which of the following is NOT a recognized cause of dilated cardiomyopathy?
• The likely cause of infective endocarditis in which staphylococcus aureus is involved is
• What are the two main histologic types of gastric adenocarcinoma and their features?
• Which of the following is a cause of dilated cardiomyopathy?
• What are the histologic features of Kawasaki disease affecting coronary arteries?
• Which Of The Following Statements About Coarctation Of The Aorta Is Correct?
• Distinguish intestinal-type and diffuse-type gastric adenocarcinoma histologically.
• What histologic findings indicate a myocardial infarction with reperfusion?
• Which is a cause of DCM that is related to toxins?
• Which gastric cancer type is described as gland-forming and cohesive cells?
• A murmur described as 'machine-like' is associated with which congenital heart defect?
• Which heart defect is most commonly associated with Down syndrome?
• What are the characteristic histologic features of rheumatic heart disease?
• Contrast dilated cardiomyopathy with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in terms of ventricular geometry and systolic/diastolic function.
• Which change is typical of an aging heart?
• Which cardiomyopathy is characterized by thickened ventricular walls and small chamber size due to sarcomere protein gene mutations?
• In Barrett esophagus, goblet cell-containing intestinal-type epithelium replaces the normal squamous epithelium in which segment of the esophagus?
• During MI healing, when is scar formation typically completed?
• What is the histology of infective endocarditis vegetations?
• How can cholangiocarcinoma be distinguished histologically from hepatocellular carcinoma?
• Which retinal finding is classically associated with infective endocarditis?
• What histologic features are typical of chronic cholecystitis?
• A right-to-left shunt produces which clinical finding?
• Atherosclerotic obstruction is least likely to occur in which artery?
• Onion-skin arteriolosclerosis, characterized by concentric laminated thickening of arteriolar walls, is most classically associated with which condition?
• Which statement is true about myocardial infarcts?
• Coarctation of the aorta is mostly related to:
• Roth spots are retinal findings associated with which condition?
• Which term describes dilated cardiomyopathy with no identifiable cause?
• Describe the timeline of histologic changes in the myocardium after an acute transmural myocardial infarction.
• Infective endocarditis vegetations are most characteristically located on which portion of valve leaflets?
• Which statement about supravalvular aortic stenosis is true?
• The Jones criteria diagnose rheumatic fever when there are two major manifestations or one major and two minor.
• In rheumatic heart disease, which valve is most commonly affected?
• Which finding is characteristic of restrictive cardiomyopathy?
• How can myocyte organization help distinguish hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from hypertensive heart disease on biopsy?
• Which histologic feature distinguishes colorectal adenocarcinoma from benign polyps?
• Which histologic feature is classically seen in primary sclerosing cholangitis?
• Eisenmenger syndrome is characterized by which hemodynamic change?
• Transposition of the Great Vessels is defined by which arrangement?
• Non-ST-Segment Myocardial Infarction Is Associated With
• In viral myocarditis, inflammatory infiltrates are primarily located in which tissue, and bacterial endocarditis is characterized by what?
• In a patient with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction due to chronic alcohol use, which histology would you most likely find?
• What histologic features indicate hepatocellular carcinoma in a cirrhotic liver?
• Which statement best describes the histologic hallmark of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma?
• In atrial septal defects, which location is most commonly involved?
• In rheumatic fever, tissue injury within the cusps or tendinous cords is characterized by which process?
• Describe Dressler syndrome and its pathologic hallmark.
• Which finding is NOT a typical histologic feature of Kawasaki disease affecting the coronary arteries?
• GIST originates from which cells?
• Naxos syndrome is associated with which form of cardiomyopathy?
• Which patterns differentiate ulcerative colitis from Crohn disease in the colon mucosa?
• Which of the following best describes the coronary artery pathology in Kawasaki disease?
• What pathology is characteristic of Chagas disease affecting the heart?
• Name two congenital heart defects that commonly cause left-to-right shunts and their potential pulmonary vascular consequences.
• Hypoxic encephalopathy due to a shunt occurs with which direction?
• In atrial septal defects, which location is least commonly involved?
• How does malignant hypertension appear histologically in small arteries?
• Which of the following is a minor Jones criterion?
• Which Statement About Stable Angina Is True?
• Signet-ring cells with diffuse infiltration are characteristic of which gastric cancer type?
• Which feature is a characteristic of Tetralogy of Fallot?
• The congenital heart defect in which all four chambers are in communication with each other is known as which condition?
• Transposition of the great vessels is incompatible with life unless there is also which associated defect?
• What renal vascular change is classically seen with long-standing hypertension?
• Calcified aortic valve disease in the elderly most likely represents which diagnosis?
• Which histologic feature is characteristic of Barrett esophagus?
• Which term describes pooling of blood and congestion?
• True or false: in restrictive cardiomyopathy, there is a diastolic dysfunction
• Sneezing or coughing at times may cause a mild shunt from the right atrium to the left atrium through which defect?
• Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is best described as?
• Which histologic feature best characterizes hypertensive heart disease in the left ventricle?
• Which statement about restrictive cardiomyopathy is true?
• Select the right-to-left shunt
• Onion-skin arteriolosclerosis is best described as:
• Which term describes decreased cardiac output and tissue perfusion?
• Stable Angina, The Most Common Form Of Angina Pectoris, Is Caused By
• What are Aschoff bodies?
• Which statement about blood pressure distribution in coarctation of the aorta is correct?
• Which histologic changes are typical of acute pancreatitis?
• Which is Not Part Of The Tetralogy Of Fallot?
• What is a hallmark histologic feature of ulcerative colitis?