buzzwords Flashcards
Herring bodies
neurosecretory bodies in axons from hypothalamus in post. pituitary
Hurthle cells
large epithelial cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm associated with hashimoto’s thyroiditis and follicular thyroid cancer
Orphan Annie eye nuclei
nuclei that appear empty papillary thyroid carcinoma
Zellballen
nest-like clusters of cells seen in neuroendocrine tumors, pheochromocytoma
Kimmelstiel–Wilson nodules
glomerulosclerosis
hyaline nodules that form in the glomerulus, associated with diabetes
Homer-Wright pseudorosettes
tumor cells surround a lumen in neuroectodermal tissue such as neuroblastoma
Kernicterus
Seen in newborns with hyperbilirubinemia
brain damage with excessive jaundice
Ground glass appearance –
Fluffy infiltrates) seen on x-ray with hyalinization of alveoli (RDS), can be associated with CMV
Blue-dome appearance
bluish appearance on outside of cysts seen with fibrocystic changes
Popcorn calcifications on mammography
classic description of fibroadenoma
“Indian file” infiltration
invasion in single file lines seen in lobular carcinoma
Signet Ring cells
large intracellular vacuole that pushes the nucleus to one side, giving the appearance of a ring with a stone on one side. Seen in lobular carcinoma
Peau d’orange
Orange peel appearance of the breast seen in inflammatory carcinoma
Moth eaten
Epidermis permeated by large round to ovoid cells that is seen with Paget’s disease of the breast
Michaelis Gutmann bodies
dense round inclusions of the urinary tract seen in malacoplakia
Reinke crystals
Intracytoplasmic rod-shaped crystals seen in Leydig cell tumors
Schiller Duval bodies
perivascular structure (tumor cells lined around a vessel) that resembles a glomerulus
seen in yolk sac tumors
Snowstorm appearance
Or “cluster of grapes” that is seen in hydatidiform moles
Koliocytosis
Dark, large, irregular nucleus seen on cytology in cells infected with HPV
Chocolate cyst
Endometrial cyst of the ovary seen with endometriosis
Triple negative
Breast cancer cells that do not express ER, PR, or HER2/neu, difficult to target with therapy
Leaf-like projections
Projections seen from Phyllodes tumors into the cysts
String of pearls
Seen on ultrasound in polycystic ovarian syndrome as numerous follicles in ovary
Blueberry muffin baby
Blue rash seen in TORCH infections and disseminated neuroblastoma
Clue cells
Vaginal epithelial cells coated with gram-variable rods (Gardnerella vaginalis) due to BV
Hutchinson’s teeth
Babies that have smaller, widely spaced teeth with notches are a sign of syphillis
Owl’s eye
nuclear inclusion body that occurs with CMV
Fried egg appearance
Clear cytoplasm with round nucleus seen in seminoma
