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High AFP in amniotic fluid or maternal serum

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Dating error

NTD

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Anticentromere antibodies

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Scleroderma (CREST)

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Anti-desmoglein (anti-desmosome) antibodies

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Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)

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Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpastures syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)

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Anti-histone antibodies

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Drug-induced SLE

hydralazine, Isoniazid, phenytoin, proncainamide

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Anti IgG antibodies

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Rheumatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)

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anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA)

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Primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal hypertension)

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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)

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Microscopic polyangitis and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA)

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegner; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA)

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Antinuclear antibodies (ANA)

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SLE (type III hypersensitivity)

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Antiplatelet antibodies

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idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

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Anti-topoisomerase antibodies

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Diffuse systemic scleroderma

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Anti-transglutaminase Abs
Anti-gliadin Abs
Anti-endomysial Abs

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Celiac disease (diarrhea, weight loss)

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Apple core lesion on barium enema X-rayu

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Colorectal cancer (usually left-sided)

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Atypical lymphocytes

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EBV

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Azurophilic peroxidase + granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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Auer rods (AML, especially the promyelocytic M3 type)

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Bacitracin response

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Sensitive: S. pyogenes
Resistant: S. agalactiae

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“Bamboo spine” on xray

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Ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis HLA-B27)

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Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs

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Howell-Jolly bodies (due to splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen)

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Bloody or yellow tap on LP

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Basophilic stippling of RBC

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Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia

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“Boot-shaped” heart on x-ray

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Tetralogy of fallot (due to RVH)

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Branching Gram + rods with sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging

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Pancoast tumor

can compress cervical sympathetic chain and cause Horner syndrome

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“Brown” tumor of bone

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hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (deposited hemosiderin from hemorrhage gives brown color)

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Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy

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Chagas disease (trypanosoma cruzi)

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Cellular crescents in Bowman’s capsule

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Rapidly progressing crescentic glomerulonephritis

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“Chocolate cyst” of the ovary

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Endometriosis (frequently involved both ovaries)

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Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pail neurofibrils

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Homer-wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma)

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Colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs

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Cystic fibrosis (autosomal recessive mutation in CFTR gene -> fat soluble vitamin deficiency and mucus plugs)

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Decreased AFP in Amniotic fluid/maternal syndrome

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Down syndrome or other chr abnl

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Degeneration of dorsal column fibers

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Tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphilis) or
subacute combined degeneration
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“Delta wave” on EKG
Short PR interval
Supraventricular tachycardia

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Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (bundle of kent byasses AV node)

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Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra

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Parkinson’s disease (basal ganglia disorder, rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia)

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Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum

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Curschmann spirals (bronchial asthma; can result in whorled mucous plugs)

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Disarrayed granulosa cells arranged around collections of eosinophilic liquid

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Call-Exner bodies (granulosa cells tumor of the ovary)

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Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with “raisinoid” nuclei and hyperchormasia

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Koilocytes (HPV; predisposes to cervical cancer)

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Electrical alternans (alternating amplitude on EKG)

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Pericardial tamponade

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Enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies

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“owl eye” appearance of CMV

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Enlarged thyroid cells with ground glass nuclei with central clearing

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“orphan annie” eyes nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the thyroid)

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions in liver cells

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Mallory body (alcoholic liver disease)

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions in neuron

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Lewy body (Parkinson disease and Lewy body dementia)

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Eosinophilic globule in liver

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Councilman body (viral hepatitis, yellow fever)
Represents hepatocyte undergoing apoptosis
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Eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal and cerebellar neurons

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Negri bodies of rabies

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Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain

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Alzheimer’s disease

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Giant B cells with bi-lobed nuclei with prominent inclusions (Owl eye)

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Reed-Sternburg cells (Hodgkin lymphoma)

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Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells

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Schiller-Duval bodies (yolk sac tumor)

47
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“Hair on end” (crew cut) appearance on x ray

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Beta thalassemia
Sick cell disease
(marrow expansion)

48
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hCG elevated

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Choriocarcinoma
hydatidiform mole
Multiple pregnancy

49
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Heart nodules (granulomatous)

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Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)

50
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Heterophile antibodies

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Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)

51
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Hexagonal, double-pointed, needle-like crystals in bronchial secretions

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Bronchial asthma (charcot-leyden crystals; eosinophilic granules)

52
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High level of D-Dimbers

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DVT, PE, DIC

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Hilar lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung lobes (can calcify)

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Ghon complex (primary TB)

54
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“honeycomb lung” on x-ray or CT

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interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

55
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hypercoagulability (migrating DVT and vasculitis)

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trousseau syndrome (adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung)

56
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hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anemia
 (B12 deficiency: neuro symptoms)
(Folate deficiency: no neuro symptoms)
57
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hypertension
hypokalemia
metabolic alkalosis

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Primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn syndrome)

58
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Hypochromic microcytic anemia

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Iron deficient anemia
Lead poisoning
Thalassemia

59
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Intranuclear eosinophilic droplet-ilke bodies

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Cowdry type A bodies (HSV or VZV)

60
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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum

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Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis, increased risk of cancer)

61
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Keratin pearls on skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

62
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Large granules in phagocytes

Immunodeficiency

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Chediak-Higashi disease (congenital failure of phagolysosome formation)

63
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“lead pipe” appearance of colon on abdominal imaging

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Ulcerative colitis (loss of haustra)

64
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Linear appearance of IgG deposition on glomerular and alveolar basement membrane

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goodpasture syndrome

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Low serum ceruloplasmin

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Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)

66
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Lumpy bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence

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Post-strep glomerulonephritis (due to deposition of IgG, IgM, and C3)

67
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Lytic “punched-out” bone lesion on x-ray

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Multiple myeloma

68
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Mammary gland “blue domed” cyst

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Fibrocystic change of the breast

69
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Monoclonal antibody spike

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Multiple myeloma (IgG or IgA)
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS, consequence of aging)
Waldenstrom (IgM)
Primary amyloidosis

70
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Mucin-filled cells with peripheral nucleus

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“signet ring” of gastric carcinoma

71
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Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium x-ray

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“string sign” Crohn disease

72
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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Granulomatosis with polyangitis (Wegner; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)

Goodpasture syndrome (anti-basement membrane abs)

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Needle shaped, negative biferingent crystals

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gout (monosodium urate crystals)

74
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Nodular hyaline deposits in glomeruli

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`Kimmelstiel-Wison nodules (diabetic neuropathy)

75
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Novobiocin response

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S. epidermidis (sensitive)

S. saptrophicus (resistant)

76
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“nutmeg” liver

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chronic passive congestion of liver due to right sided heart failure or Budd-Chiari syndrome

77
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“onion skin” periosteal reaction

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Ewing sarcoma (malignant blue cell tumor)

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Optochin sensitivity

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S. pneumo (sensitive)

S. viridans (resistant): mutans and sanguis

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Podocyte fusion or “effacement” on electron microscopy

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minimal change disease (child with nephrotic syndrome)

80
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Protein aggregates in neurons from hyperphosphorylation of tau proteins

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neurofibrillary tangles (alzheimer’s diseae) and Pick bodies (pick disease)

81
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Psamomma bodies

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Meningiomas
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Mesothelioma
Papillary serious carcinoma (endometrium and ovary)

82
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Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy

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gioblastoma multiforme

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Raised periosteum creating a “codman triangle”

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Aggressive bone lesion (osteosarcoma, Ewin sarcoma, osteomyelitis)

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RBC casts in the urine

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Glomerulonephritis

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Rectangular, crystal-line, cytoplasmic inclusions in leydig cells

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Reinke crystals (Leydig cell tumor)

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Renal epithelial casts in urine

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Intrinsic renal failure (ischemia or toxic injury)

87
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Recurrent infections
eczema
Thrombocytopenia

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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

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Rhomboid crystals

+ bifiringence

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Psuedogout (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals)

89
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Rib notching (inferior surface) on xray

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Coarctation of the aorta

90
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Ring-enhancing brain lesion on CT

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toxoplasma gondii

CNS lymphoma

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Sheets of medium-sized lymphoid cells with scattered pale, tingible body-laden macrophages (starry sky)

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Burkitt lymphoma (t[8:14], c-myc activation)

Associated with EBV

92
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Silver-staining spherical aggregation of tau protein in neurons

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pick bodies (pick disease, progressive dementia, changes in personality)

93
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“Soap bubble” in femur or tibia on xray

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giant cell tumor of bone

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“spikes” on basement membrane

“dome-like” subepithelial deposits

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Membranous nephropathy (nephrotic syndrome)

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Stacks of RBC

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Rouleaux formation (high ESR, multiple myeloma)

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“steeple” sign on frontal CXR

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Croup (parainfluenza virus)

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Bacteria-covered vaginal epithelial cells

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“Clue cells” Gardenella vaginalis

98
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Streptococcus bovis bacteremia

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Colon cancer

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“Tennis racket”-shaped cytoplasmic organelles in langerhans cells

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Birbeck granules (Langerhans cell histiocytosis)

100
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Thousands of polys on colonoscopy

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FAP (AD mutation of APC gene)

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Thrombi made of red/white layers

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Lines of Zahn (arterial thrombus, layers of platelets and RBC)

102
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“thumb sign” on lateral neck x-ray

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Epiglottitis (Haemophilis influenzae)

103
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Thyroid-like appearance of kidney

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Chronic pyelonephritis

104
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“Tram-track” appearance of capillary loops of glomerular basement membrane on light microscopy

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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

105
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Triglyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles

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Fatty liver disease (alcoholic or metabolic)

106
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High uric acid levels

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gout, lesch-nyhan, tumor lysis syndrome, loop and thiazide diuretics

107
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“waxy” casts with low urine flow

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chronic end-stage renal disease

108
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WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyelonephrtitis

109
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WBC that look “smudged”

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CLL (almost always B cells)

110
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Wire loops glomerular capillary appearance

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Diffuse proliferative glomerulonepthritis (seen with SLE)

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Yellowish CSF

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Xanthochromia due to subarachnoid hemorrhage

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