Classic Laboratory Findings Flashcards

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Elevated AFP in maternal serum or amniotic fluid

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Dating error, NTDs

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Anticentromere antibodies

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CREST scleroderma

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Anti-desmoglein antibodies

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Pemphigus vulgaris

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Anti-GBM

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Goodpasture syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)

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Antihistone antibodies

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Drug induced lupus (hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide, associate with slow acetylators)

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Anti-IgG antibodies

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Rheumatoid arthritis (IgM against IgG is RF)

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Antimitochondrial antibodies

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Primary biliary cirrhosis

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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)

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C anca/PR3-ANCA - Wegners
MPO-ANCA with granulomas - Churg Strauss
MPO-ANCA without granulomas - PSC

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ANA, Anti smith, Anti DSDNA

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SLE (Type III hypersensitivity)

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10
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Antiplatet antibodies

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Indiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

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11
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Anti-topoisomerase antibodies

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Diffuse systemic scleroderma

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Anti-TTG, Anti-gliadin, anti-endomysial antibodies

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Celiac disease

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13
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“Apple core lesions” on barium enema x-ray

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Colorectal cancer

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14
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Atypical lymphocytes

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EBV

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15
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Azurophilic peroxidase granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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Auer rods (AML)

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16
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Bacitracin sensitive

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S pyogenes

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17
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Bacitracin resistant

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S agalactiae

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18
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“Bamboo spine”

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs

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Howel Jolly Bodies (Asplenia)

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20
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Basophilic stippling in RBCs

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Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia

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21
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Bloody or yellow tap on lumbar puncture

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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22
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“Boot shaped” heart

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Tetralogy of Fallot

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23
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Branching gram + rods with sulfur granule

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Actinomyces israelii

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24
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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging

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Pancoast tumor (May cause horner syndrome by impinging on cervical sympathetic ganglia)

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25
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Brown tumor of bone

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Hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (hemosidering due to hemorrhage give the brown color)

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26
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Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy

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Chagas disease

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27
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Cellular crescents in bowman capsule

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Rapidly progressing glomerularnephritis

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28
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“chocolate cyst” in ovary

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Endometriosis

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29
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Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils

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Homer wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medduloblastoma)

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30
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Colonies of mucoid pseudomonas in lungs

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Cystic fibrosis

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31
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Decreased AFP in amniotic fluid

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Chromosomal abnormalities

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32
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Degeneration of dorsal column fibers

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Tabes dorsalis, subacute combined degeneration.

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33
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“Delta wave” on EKG, sort PR interval, supraventricular tachycardia

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WPW

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34
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Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra

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Parkinsons disease

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35
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Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum

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Curschmann spirals (bronchiolar asthma), may also be associated with whiled mucous plugs

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36
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Disarryed granulosa cells arranged around collections of eosinophilic fluid

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Call-Exner bodies (granulosa cell tumor of ovaries)

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37
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Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with “rasinoid” nuclei and hyperchromisia

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Koilocytes (HPV)

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38
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Electrical alternans

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Pericardial tamponade

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39
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Enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies

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Owl Eye appearance of CMV

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40
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Enlarge thyroid cells ith ground-glass nuclei with central clearing

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Orphan annie cells (papillary thyroid carcinoma)

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41
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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell

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Mallory body (alcoholic cirrhosis)

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42
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Eosinophilic cytoplsmic inclusion in neuron

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Lewy Body (Parkinson and LBD)

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43
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Eosinophilic globule in liver

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Concilman body (viral hepatitis, yellow fever)

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44
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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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45
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Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain

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Senile plaques (Alzheimers dementia)

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46
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Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions

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Reed sternberg cells (Hodgkins lymphoma)

47
Q

Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells

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Schiller duval bodies (yolk sac tumor)

48
Q

“Hair on end” appearance on xray

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B-thalassemia or sickle cell disease

49
Q

hCG elevated

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Choricarcinoma, hydatidiform mole, pregnancy

50
Q

Heart nodules (granulomatous)

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Aschoff bodies (Rheumatic fever)

51
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Heterophile antibodies

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Infectious Mononucleosis

52
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Hexagonal, double-pointed, needle like crystals in bronchial secretions

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Bronchial asthma (charcot leyden crystals)

53
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Elevated D dimer

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DVT, DIC, PE

54
Q

Hilar lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesions in middle or lower lung lobes

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Ghon complex (Primary TB)

55
Q

“HOneycomb lung” on x-ray or CT

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Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

56
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Hypercoagulability leading to migrating vasculitis

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Trousseaus sign (Pancreatic or lung adenocarcinoma)

57
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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anemia due to B12 deficiency if neurologic symptoms present or folate if no neurologic symptoms are present

58
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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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Hyperaldosteronism

59
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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia

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Iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalasemia.

60
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Intranuclear eosinophilic droplet-like bodies

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Cowdry type A bodies (HSV and VZV)

61
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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum

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Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis)

62
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Keratin pearls on a skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

63
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Large granules in phagocytes, immunodeficiency

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Chediak Higashi (congenital failure of phagolysosome formation)

64
Q

Lead pip appearance of colon on abdominal imaging

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Ulcerative colitis (due to loss of haustra)

65
Q

Linear appearance of IgG deposition on glomerular and alveolar basemant membranes

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Goodpasture syndrome

66
Q

Low serum ceruloplasmin

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Wilsons disease

67
Q

“lumpy bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on immunoflourescence

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PSGN

68
Q

Lytic bone lesions on Xray

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Multiple myeloma (or bony mets)

69
Q

Mammary gland cyst

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Fibrocystic change

70
Q

Monoclonal antibody spike

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MM if IgG or IgA
MGUS if no associate with “CRAB” symptoms
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia if IgM
Primary amyloidosis (K:L ratio greater than 20)

71
Q

Mucin-filled cell with peripheral nuclus

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“signet ring” (gastric carcinoma or krukenburg tumor)

72
Q

Narrowing of bowel lumen on Barium xray

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String sign of crohns disease

73
Q

Necrotizing vasculitis of lungs and necrotizing glomerularnephritis

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (cANCA) or goodpasture syndrome (antiGBM)

74
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Needle shaped negatively birefringent crystals

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Gout

75
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Nodular hyaline deposits in glomeruli

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Kimmelsteil wilson nodules (diabetic nephropathy)

76
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Novobiocin sensitive

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S epidermidis

77
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Novobiocin resisitant

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S saprophyticus

78
Q

Nutmeg liver

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Budd chiari syndrome, right heart failure

79
Q

Onion skin periosteal reactions

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Ewing sarcoma (11:22 translocation)

80
Q

Optochin sensitive

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S Pneumoniae

81
Q

Optochin resistant

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S viridans

82
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Podocyte effacement on electron microscopy

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Minimal change disease

83
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Protein aggregates in neurons from hyperphosphorylation of TAU protein

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Alzheimers Tau tangles

84
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Psammoma bodies

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Meningioma, papillary thyroid carcinoma, mesothelioma, papillary serous carcinoma of endometrium and ovary

85
Q

Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy

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Glioblastoma multiforme

86
Q

Raised periosteum “codmans triangle”

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Osteosarcoma

87
Q

RBC casts in urine

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Glomerulonephritis

88
Q

Rectangular, crystal like, cytoplasmic inclusion in leydig cells

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Reinke crystals (leydig cell tumor)

89
Q

REcurrent infections, eczema, thrombocytopenia

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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

90
Q

Renal epithelial casts in urine

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Intrinsic renal failure

91
Q

Rhomboid crystals with positive birefringence

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pseudogout

92
Q

Rib notching

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Coarctation of the aorta

93
Q

Ring enhancing brain lesions on CT/MRI in Aids

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Toxoplasma gondii, Primary CNS lymphoma

94
Q

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

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Burkitts Lymphoma (14:18 translocation), activates CMYC, associated with EBV

95
Q

Silver staining spherical aggregation of tau proteins in neurons

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Pick bodies (Picks disease)

96
Q

“Soap bubble” in femur or tibia on Xray

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Giant cell tumor of bone (generally benign)

97
Q

“Spikes” on basement membrane, “dome like” subepithelial deposits

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Membranous nephropathy

98
Q

Stacks of RBCs

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Rouleaux formation (high ESR or Multiple myeloma)

99
Q

“Steeple sign”

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Croup (Parainfluenza virus)

100
Q

Bacteria-covered vaginal epithelial cells

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Clue cells (Gardnerella vaginalis)

101
Q

Strptococcus bovis bacteremia

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Indicative of possible colon cancer

102
Q

“Tennis rackt” shaped cytoplasmic organelles in Langerhans cells

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Birbeck granules (Langerans cell histiocytosis)

103
Q

Thousands of polyps on colonoscopy

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FAP (mutation of APC)

104
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Thrombi made of white/red layers

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Lines of zahn (signals thrombus formation when patient was alive)

105
Q

Thumb sign on lateral neck xray

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Epiglotitis (HiB)

106
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Thyroid-like appearance of kidney

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Chronic pyelonephritis

107
Q

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

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MPGN

108
Q

Triblyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles

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Fatty liver disease

109
Q

Increased uric acid levels

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Gout, Lesch nyan, tumor lysis syndrome, loop and thiazide diuretics

110
Q

“Waxy casts” low urine volume

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Chromic end stage renal disease

111
Q

WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyelonephritis

112
Q

WBCs that look “smudged”

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CLL

113
Q

“Wire loop” glomerular capillary appearance on light microscopy

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DPGN (associated with lupus)

114
Q

Yellowish CSF

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Xanthochromia due to subarachnoid hemorrhage