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Classic Lab/Diagnostic Findings (First Aid Rapid Review) Flashcards

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Anti-centromere antibodies

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Scleroderma

CREST

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Antidesmoglein (epithelial) antibodies

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Pemphigus vulgaris

Blistering

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Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpasture syndrome

Glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis

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Antihistone antibodies

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Drug-induced SLE

Hydralazine, INH, Phenytoin, Procainamide

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Anti-IgG antibodies

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Rheumatoid arthritis
(Systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)
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Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs)

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Primary biliary cirrhosis

Female, cholestasis, portal hypertension

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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)

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Microscopic polyangiitis and Churg-Strauss syndrome (MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA)

Granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)

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Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA)

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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/anti-gliadin/anti-endomysial antibodies

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Celiac disease

Diarrhea, distension, weight loss

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“Apple core” lesion on abdominal x-ray

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Colorectal cancer

Usually left-sided

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Azurophilic peroxidase (+)
Granular inclusions in granulocyte 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: Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A)
Resistant: Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B)

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“Bamboo spine” on x-ray

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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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Basophilic stippling of RBCs

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Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia

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Bloody tap on LP

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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“Boot-shaped” heart on x-ray

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Tetrology of Fallot

RVH

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Branching gram+ rods w/ sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging

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Pancost tumor

Can compress sympathetic ganglion 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 w/ apical atrophy

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Chagas disease

Trypanosoma cruzi

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Cellular cresents in Bowman capsule

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Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis

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“Chocolate cyst” of ovary

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Endometriosis

Frequently involves both ovaries

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Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils

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Homer-Wright rosettes

Neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma

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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 mucous plugs)
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Decrease AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Down syndrome
or
Other chromosomal abnormality

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Degeneration of dorsal column nerves

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Tabes dorsalis (Tertiary syphillis)
Subacute combined degeneration (Dorsal columns and lateral corticospinal tracts affected)
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Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra

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Parkinson disease

Basal ganglia disorder: ridgidity, 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 in eosinophilic fluid

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Call-Exner bodies

Granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovary

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Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia

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Koilocytes

HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer

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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

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“Orphan Annie” eyes nuclei

Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell

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Mallory body

Alcoholic liver disease

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell

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Lewy body

Parkinson disease

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Eosinophilic globule in liver

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Councilman body

Toxic or viral hepatitis, often yellow fever

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Eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal and cerebellar nerve cells

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Negri bodies of rabies

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Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain

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Senile plaques

Alzheimer disease

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41
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Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions (“owl’s eye”)

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Reed-Sternberg cells

Hodgkin lymphoma

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42
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Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cell

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Schiller-Duval bodies

Yolk sac tumor

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

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B-thalassemia
Sickle cell anemia
(Marrow expansion)

44
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hCG elevated

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Choriocarcinoma
Hydatiform mole
(occurs w/ and w/o embryo, and multiple pregnancy)

45
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Heart nodules (granulomatous)

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Aschoff bodies

rheumatic fever

46
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Heterophile antibodies

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Infectious mononucleosis

EBV

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

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Bronchial asthma

Charcot-Leyden crystals: eosinophilic granules

48
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High level of D-dimers

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DVT
Pulmonary embolism
DIC

49
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Hilar LAD

Peripheral granulomatous lesions in middle or lower lung lobes (can calcify)

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Ghon complex

Primary TB: Mycobacterium bacilli

50
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“Honeycomb lung” on x-ray or CT

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Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

51
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Hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitis)

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Trousseau’s syndrome

Adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lungs

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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anemia
(B12 deficiency: neurologic sx)
(Folate deficiency: no neurologic sx)
53
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HTN
HYPOkalemia
Metabolic ALKalosis

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Conn’s syndrome

54
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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia

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Iron deficiency anemia
Lead poisoning
Thalassemia (fetal Hb sometimes present)

55
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Increased alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Dating error
Anencephaly
Spina bifida (NT defects)

56
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Increased uric acid levels

A

Gout
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
Tumor lysis syndrome
Loop and thiazide diuretics

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Intranuclear eosinophilic droplet-like bodies

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Cowdry type A bodies

HSV or CMV

58
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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum

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Ferruginous bodies
(Asbestosis: increased chance of mesothelioma)
59
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Keratin pearls on a skin biopsy

A

Squamous cell carcinoma

60
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Large lysosomal vesicles in phagocytes

Immunodeficiency

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Chediak-Higashi disease

Congenital failure of phagolysosome formation

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“Lead pipe” appearance of colon on barium enema x-ray

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Ulcerative colitis

Loss of haustra

62
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Linear appearance of IgG deposition on glomerular basement membrane

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Goodpasture’s syndrome

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Low serum ceruloplasmin

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Wilson’s disease

Hepatolenticular degeneration

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“Lumpy bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence

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Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis

Immune complex deposition of IgG and C3b

65
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Lytic (“hole punched”) bone lesions on x-ray

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Multiple myeloma

66
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Mammary gland (“blue domed”) cyst

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Fibrocystic change of breast

67
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Monoclonal antibody spike

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Multiple myeloma (usually IgG or IgA)
Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS; normal consequence of aging)
Waldenstrom's (M protein=IgM) macroglobulinemia
Primary amyloidosis
68
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Mucin-filled cell w/ peripheral nucleus

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Signet ring

Gastric carcinoma

69
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Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium x-ray

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“String sign”

Crohn’s disease

70
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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs)
and
Necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Wegener’s; (+) c-ANCA)

Goodpasture’s syndrome (anti-basement membrane antibodies)

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Needle-shaped

Negatively birefringent crystals

A

Gout

Monosodium urate crystals

72
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Nodular hyaline deposits in glomeruli

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Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules

Diabetic nephropathy

73
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Novobiocin response

A

Sensitive: Staphlococcus epidermidis
Resistant: Staphlococcus saprophyticus

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“Nutmeg” appearance of liver

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Chronic passive congestion of liver due to RH failure

75
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“Onion skin” periosteal reaction

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Ewing’s sarcoma

Malignant round-cell tumor

76
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Optochin response

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Sensitive: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Resistant: Viridans streptococcus

77
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Periosteum raised from bone, creating triangular area

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Codman’s triangle on x-ray

Osteosarcoma, Ewing’s sarcoma, pyogenic osteomyelitis

78
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Podocyte fusion or “effacement” on electron microscopy

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Minimal change disease

Child w/ nephrotic syndrome

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Polished, “ivory like” appearance of bone at cartilage erosion

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Eburnation

Osteoarthritis resulting in bone sclerosis

80
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Protein aggregates in neurons from hyperphosphorylation of protein tau

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Neurofibrillary tangles (Alzheimer's disease)
Pick's bodies (Pick's disease)
81
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Psammoma bodies

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Meningiomas
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Mesothelioma
Papillary serous carcinoma of endometrium and ovary

82
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Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy

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Glioblastoma multiforme

83
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RBC casts in urine

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Acute glomerulonephritis

84
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Rectangular, crystal-like, cytoplasmic inclusions in Leydig cells

A

Reinke crystals

Leydig cell tumor

85
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Renal epithelial casts in urine

A

Acute toxic/viral nephrosis

86
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Rhomboid crystals

Positively birefringent

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Pseudogout

Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals

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Rib notching

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Coarctation of the aorta

88
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Ring-enhancing brain lesions in AIDS

A

Toxoplasma gondii

CNS lymphoma

89
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Sheets of medium-sized lymphoid cells with scattered pale, tingible body-laden macrophages
(“Starry sky” histology)

A

Burkitt’s lymphoma

t[8:14] c-myc activation, associated with EBV; “black sky” made up of malignant cells

90
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Silver-staining spherical aggregation of tau proteins in neurons

A 
Pick bodies
(Pick's disease: progressive dementia, changes in personality)
91
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“Soap bubble” in femur or tibia on x-ray

A

Giant cell tumor of bone

Generally benign

92
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“Spikes” on basement membrane

“Dome like” subepithelial deposits

A

Membranous glomerulonephritis

May progress to nephrotic syndrome

93
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Stacks of RBCs

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Rouleaux formation

High ESR, multiple myeloma

94
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Stippled vaginal epithelial cells

A

“Clue cells”

Gardnerella vaginalis

95
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“Tennis racket” shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in Langerhans cells

A

Birbeck granules
(Langerhans cell histiocytosis
or histiocytosis X: eosinophlic granuloma)

96
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Thrombi made of white/red layers

A

Lines of Zahn

Arterial thrombus, layers of platelets/RBCs

97
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“Thumb sign” on lateral x-ray

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Epiglotittis

Haemophilus influenzae

98
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Thyroid-like appearance of kidney

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Chronic bacterial pyelonephritis

99
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Tram-track appearance of capillary loops of glomerular basement membranes on light microscopy

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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

100
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Triglyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles

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Fatty liver disease

Alcoholic or metabolic syndrome

101
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“Waxy” casts with very low urine flow

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Chronic end-stage renal disease

102
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WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyelonephritis

103
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WBCs that look “smudged”

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CLL

Almost always B cell

104
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“Wire loop” glomerular capillary appearance on light microscopy

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Lupus nephritis

105
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Yellowish CSF

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Xanthochromia

e.g. due to subarachnoid hemorrhage

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