classic labs/findings 2 Flashcards

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Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with “raisinoid” nuclei and hyperchromasia

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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 inclusion in liver cell

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Mallory body (alcoholic liver disease)

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion 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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Senile plaques (Alzheimer disease)

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Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions

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Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin lymphoma) (“owl’s eye”)

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Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells

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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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β-thalassemia, sickle cell disease (marrow expansion)

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hCG elevated

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Choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo, and multiple pregnancy)

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Heart nodules (granulomatous)

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Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)

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15
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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)

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High level of d-dimers

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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 (1° TB: Mycobacterium bacilli)

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“Honeycomb lung” on x-ray or CT

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Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

20
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Hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitis)

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Trousseau syndrome (adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung)

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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anemia (B12 deficiency: neurologic symptoms; folate deficiency: no neurologic symptoms)

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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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1° hyperaldosteronism (Conn syndrome)

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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia

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Iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia (fetal hemoglobin sometimes present)

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Intranuclear eosinophilic droplet-like bodies

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Cowdry type A bodies (HSV or VZV)

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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum
Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis: ^chance of mesothelioma)
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Keratin pearls on a skin biopsy
Squamous cell carcinoma
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Large granules in phagocytes, immunodeficiency
Chédiak-Higashi disease (congenital failure of phagolysosome formation)
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“Lead pipe” appearance of colon on abdominal imaging
Ulcerative colitis (loss of haustra)
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Linear appearance of IgG deposition on glomerular and alveolar basement membranes 
Goodpasture syndrome
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Low serum ceruloplasmin
Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)
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“Lumpy bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (due to deposition of IgG, IgM, and C3)
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Lytic (“punched-out”) bone lesions on x-ray
Multiple myeloma
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Mammary gland (“blue domed”) cyst
Fibrocystic change of the breast
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Monoclonal antibody spike ƒ
-Multiple myeloma (usually IgG or IgA) ƒ-Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS consequence of aging) ƒ-Waldenström (M protein = IgM) macroglobulinemia ƒ -Primary amyloidosis
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Mucin-filled cell with peripheral nucleus
“Signet ring” (gastric carcinoma)