Chapter 2 Flashcards
Color of RCC (Clear cell type)
Golden yellow and hemorrhagic
Color of normal adrenal cortical surface
Orange-yellow
Color of xanthogranulomatous inflammation (xantho = yellow)
Yellow
Color of cirrhosis (kirrhos = orange/yellow)
Yellow
Color of steroid-producing tumors
Pale or bright yellow
Color of chloroma or any purulent exudate (chloral = green)
Green
Color of prior hemorrhage with oxidation of blood
Green
Color of ochronosis (ochros = pale yellow)
Black or brown
Color of endometriotic cyst (chocolate cyst)
Brown
Color of melanoma
Black
Color of melanosis coli
Black mucosa
Color of anthracotic pigment (anthrax = coal)
Black
Color of blue dome cysts of the breast
Dark blue or black
Color of gout or chondrocalcinosis
Chalky white
Pheochromocytoma (phalos = dusky; chromo = color)
White to tan - chromatin reaction changes color to brown to black or purple
Postmortem blood clot
Currant jelly/Chicken fat
Perisplenitis
Sugar-coated spleen
Endometriotic cyst
Chocolate cyst
Gritty consistency of breast cancer
Unripe pear or waterchestnut
The villi of a hydatidiform mole
Grape vesicle
Miliary nodules of amyloidosis
Sago spleen (sago is a pearly starch [e.g., tapioca] made from the sago palm)
Cholesterolosis
Strawberry gallbladder