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Cause of nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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EBV!!
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most frequent malignant nasal tumor
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squamous cell carcinoma
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Singer's nodule
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benign laryngeal polyp, assoc MC with somoking - localized to true vocal cords
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chronic bronchitis
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productive cough that occurs at least 3 consecutive months over 2 consecutive years
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characteristics of chronic bronchitis
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linked to cig smoking; can lead to cor pulmonale; hypersec of mucus due to hyperplasia of mucus sec submucosal glands.
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def of a1-antitrypsin
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panacinar emphysema; also assoc w homozygous PiZZ allele (codes for a structural alteration in the protein that interferes with a1-antitrypsin sec)
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Ferruginous bodies
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in Asbestosis: yellow-brown, rod-shaped bodies w clubbed ends that stain pos w Prussian blue - from iron and protein coating on fibers
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Asbestosis results in marked predisposition to _______ &
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Bronchogenic carcinoma & malignant mesothelioma
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Sarcoidosis
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noncaseating granulomas; reduced sensitivity/ anergy to skin test antigens (characteristically neg result on tuberculin test)
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honeycomb lung
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idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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Birbeck granules
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Interstitial lung disease - eosinophlic granuloma; characterisitic cytoplasmic inclusions shapped like tennis rackets.
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