Heavy metal toxicity and environmental exposure organ pathology morphology, one finding per card.
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- Which RBC finding is classically seen in lead poisoning?
- Basophilic stippling
- What are the bluish gum line deposits seen in chronic lead poisoning called?
- Burton lines
- What is the classic childhood source of lead exposure?
- Old lead-based paint chips
- What renal histologic finding is seen in chronic lead nephropathy?
- Intranuclear inclusion bodies in proximal tubule cells
- What neuropsychiatric syndrome of irritability, mood lability, and tremor is caused by mercury toxicity?
- Erethism
- What is the classic dietary source of methylmercury exposure?
- Contaminated fish, especially large predatory species
- What condition with pink, peeling hands and feet occurs in children exposed to mercury?
- Acrodynia (pink disease)
- What breath odor is classic for acute arsenic poisoning?
- Garlic odor
- What nail finding is associated with arsenic poisoning?
- Mees lines (transverse white lines)
- What environmental source is classically linked to chronic arsenic poisoning?
- Contaminated well water
- What chronic skin change occurs with long term arsenic exposure?
- Hyperkeratosis with hyperpigmentation
- What disease of bone pain and fractures results from chronic cadmium exposure?
- Itai-itai disease
- Which part of the nephron is damaged by cadmium toxicity?
- The proximal tubule
- What toxic effect on hair is caused by thallium poisoning?
- Alopecia (hair loss)
- What skin color change is classic for carbon monoxide poisoning?
- Cherry red skin discoloration