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How was AIDS originally recognized?
What is Kaposi's sarcoma? Most distinctive characteristic of HIV encephalitis? |
combination of pneumocystis infection of the lungs and Kaposi's "sarcoma" of the skin
proliferation of endothelial cells/ blood vessels, caused by coinfection with herpes 8 / KSHV giant cells and nodules derived from macrophages |
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How does cryptosporidiosis show up on biopsy?
How does Histoplasmosis present? A huge cell bearing a single, huge intranuclear inclusion in the alveolar or intestinal epithelium is probably ______. (Owl eye appearance) |
blue-staining (H&E) spherules in the brush border of the small intestine
two-micron yeasts inside macrophages CMV (cytomegalovrus) |
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Why do the lymph nodes enlarge in "persistent generalized lymphadenopathy?"
What looks like "balloon animals" on slide? What looks like "crushed ping-pong balls" on a slide? Fungus with single, narrow-based bud: |
germinal centers enlarge to produce more B-cells
Candida Pneumocystis carinii Cryptococcus neoformans |
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Why are skin lesions in Kaposi's sarcoma brown?
Classic malignancy in AIDS? Lymphoma of the brain usually involves what virus in AIDS? What protein in HIV is also a neurotoxin? |
hemosiderin
lymphomas EBV gp120 |
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Hairy leukoplakia is caused by what?
HIV-1 came from what primate species? HIV-2 - which species? |
EBV
chimpanzee sooty mangabey |
