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Classic Labs/Findings Flashcards

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Anticentromere 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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Antiglomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpasture’s syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)

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Antihistone antibodies

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Drug induced SLE (hydralazine, isoniazid, phentynoin, 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

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Primary biliary cirrhosis– female, cholestasis, portal hypertension

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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA’s)

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c-ANCA- Wegener’s granulomatosis with polyangiitis; p-ANCA- microscopic polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome

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ANA: 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, distention, 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-positive granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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Auer rods- acute myelogenous leukemia, especially the promyelocytic (M3) type

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Bacitracin response

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Sensitive: group A strep aka Strep pyogenes; Resistant: group B strep aka Strep agalactiae

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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 RBC’s

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Howell-Jolly bodies- due to splenectomy or non-functional spleen

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Basophilic stippling of RBC’s

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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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Tetralogy of Fallot; RVH

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Branching gram positive 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 sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner’s syndrome

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Brown tumor of bone

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Hyperparathyroidism of osteitis fibrosa cystica; deposited hemosiderin from hemorrhage gives brown color

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Cardiomegaly and 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 progressive crescenteric glomerulonephritis

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Chocolate cyst of ovary

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Endometriosis (frequently bilateral)

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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- AR mutation in CFTR resulting in fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and mucus plugs

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Decreased alpha-fetoprotein 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 syphilis), 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’s disease– basal ganglia disorder characterized by rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia

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Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum

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Curschmann’s spirals- bronchial asthma; can result in whorled mucus 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;s eye appearance of CMV

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Enlarged thyroid cells with ground glass nuclei

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Orphan Annie’s eyes nuclei- papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions in liver cell

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Mallory bodies (alcoholic liver disease)

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell

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Lewy body (Parkinson’s disease)

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Eosinophilic globule in the 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 nerve cells

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Negri bodies of rabies (Lyssavirus)

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Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain

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Senile plaques of Alzheimers disease

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

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Reed-Sternberg cells of Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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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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beta-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia (marrow expansion)

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hCG elevated

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Choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo)

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Heart nodules (granulomatous)

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Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)

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Heterophile antibodies

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Infectious mono (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, pulmonary embolism, 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; mycobacterium bacilli)

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Honeycomb lung on x-ray or CT

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Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

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Hypercoagulability leading to migrating DVT’s and vasculitis

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Trousseau’s syndrome (adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung)

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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anemia- B12 deficiency characterized by neurologic symptoms; folate deficiency does not have neuro symptoms

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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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Conn’s 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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Increased alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Dating error, anencephaly, neural tube defects

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Increased uric acid levels

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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 A bodies (HSV or CMV)

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Iron containing nodules in alveolar sputum

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Ferruginous bodies: asbestosis leads to increased chance of mesothelioma

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Keratin pearls on skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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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)

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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

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Lumpy bumpy appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence

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Postreptococcal glomerulonephritis (immune complex deposition of IgG and C3b)

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Lytic (hole punched) bone lesions on x-ray

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Multiple myeloma

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Mammary gland (blue domed) cyst

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Fibrocystic change of the breast

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Monoclonal antibody spike

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Multiple myeloma (usually IgG or IgA); MGUS (normal consequence of aging); Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia (M protein= IgM); Primary amyloidosis

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Mucin filled with peripheral nucleus

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Signet ring (gastric carcinoma)

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Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium x-ray

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String sign (Crohn’s disease)

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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s c-ANCA positive) & Goodpasture’s syndrome (anti-basement membrane antibodies)

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Needle shaped negatively birefringent crystals

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Gout (MSU crystals)

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Nodular hyaline deposits in glomeruli

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Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease (diabetic nephropathy)

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Novobiocin response

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Sensitive: Staph epidermidis; Resistant: Staph saprophyticus

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Nutmeg appearance of the liver

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Chronic passive congestion of liver due to right heart failure

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Onion skin periosteal reaction

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Ewing’s sarcoma (malignant round cell tumor)

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Optochin response

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Sensitive: Strep pneumo; Resistant: Viridans strep

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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

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Podocyte fusion or “effacement” on electron microscopy

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Minimal change disease (child with nephrotic syndrome)

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

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Eburnation- osteoarthritis resulting in bony sclerosis

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Protein aggregates in neurons from hyperphosphorylation of protein tau

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Neurofibrillary tangles (Alzheimer’s) and Pick’s bodies (Pick’s disease)

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Psammoma bodies

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Meningiomas, papillary thyroid carcinoma, mesothelioma, papillary serous carcinoma of the endometrium and ovary

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Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy

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Glioblastoma multiforme

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RBC casts in urine

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Acute glomerulonephritis

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Rectangular, crystal-like, cytoplasmic inclusions of Leydig cells

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Reinke crystals (Leydig cell tumors)

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Renal epithelial casts in urine

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Acute toxic/viral nephrosis

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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

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Ring enhancing lesions in AIDS

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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’ histology)

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Burkitt’s lymphoma (t[8;14] c-myc activation, associated with EBV; ‘black sky’ made up of malignant cells)

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Silver staining spherical aggregation of tau proteins in neurons

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Pick bodies– Pick’s disease characterized by progressive dementia, changes in personality

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Soap bubble in femur or tibia on x-ray

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Giant cell tumor of bone (generally benign)

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

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Membranous glomerulonephritis (may progress to nephrotic syndrome)

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Stacks of RBC’s

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Rouleaux formation- high ESR, multiple myeloma

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Stippled vaginal epithelial cells

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Clue cells of Gardnerella vaginalis

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Tennis racket shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in Langerhans cells

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Birbeck granules- Langerhans cell histiocytosis or histiocytosis X; eosinophilic granuloma

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Thrombi made of white/red layers

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Lines of Zahn– arterial thrombus, layers of platelets/RBC’s

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Thumb sign on lateral x-ray

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Epiglottitis (Haemophilus influenzae)

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Thryoid like appearance of kidney

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Chronic bacterial pyelonephritis

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

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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

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Triglyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles

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Fatty liver disease (alcoholic or metabolic syndrome)

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Waxy casts with very low urine flow

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Chronic end-stage renal disease

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WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyelonephritis

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WBC’s that look “smudged”

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CLL (almost always B cell)

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Wire loop glomerular capillary appearance on light microscopy

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Lupus nephropathy

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Yellowish CSF

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Xanthochromia (e.g. due to subarachnoid hemorrhage)

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Acanthocyte (spur cell)

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Liver disease, abetalipoproteinemia (states of cholesterol dysregulation)

“Acantho” = spiny

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Spherocytes

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Hereditary spherocytosis, Autoimmune Hemolysis

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Teardrop cell

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Bone Marrow infiltration (e.g. myelofibrosis)

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Target cell

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HbC disease, Asplenia, Liver disease, Thalassemia

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