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oliviahorn72

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on: Jul 16, 2018
Patients with bronchiectasis can have which of the following anatomic alterations?
 
  1. Hyperinflation
  2. Pulmonary embolism
  3. Consolidation
  4. Pneumothorax
  a. 1, 3
  b. 1, 4
  c. 2, 3, 4
  d. 1, 2, 3

Question 2

A patient has malignant mesothelioma related to chronic asbestos exposure. What would his pleural effusion fluid likely show on laboratory analysis?
 
  1. Erythrocytes
  2. Lymphocytes
  3. Normal mesothelial cells
  4. Malignant mesothelial cells
  a. 1, 4
  b. 2, 3
  c. 2, 3, 4
  d. 1, 2, 3, 4


wergv

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A
Hyperinflation will be caused by mucus plugs acting as an expiratory check-valve obstruction. Consolidation will occur when fluid fills alveoli during an infection. Neither pulmonary embolism nor pneumothorax is associated with bronchiectasis.

Answer to Question 2

C
Asbestos is known to cause mesothelioma, a cancer of the mesothelial cells lining the lungs and chest wall (the visceral and parietal pleura). The pleural effusion fluid, in this case, will show a mix of normal and abnormal mesothelial cells and lymphocytes.


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oliviahorn72

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Reply #2 on: Jul 16, 2018
Correct answers!


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Reply #3 on: Jul 16, 2018
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