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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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anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpasture syndrome

glomerulonephritis & 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 inflamm, joint pannus, boutonneière deformity)
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antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA)

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Primary biliary cirrhosis

female, cholestasis, portal HTN

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antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)

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Microscopic polyangiitis & Churg-Strauss syndrome (MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA);
Granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)

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antinuclear antibodies (ANA: anti-Smith/snRNPs & anti-dsDNA)

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SLE

type III HSR

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antiplatelet antibodies

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Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura

ITP

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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, wt 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 granulocytes & myeloblasts

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Auer rods
(AML, esp PML M3 type)
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bacitracin response

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Resistance: S. agalactiae (group B)
Sensitive: S. pyogenes (group A)
B-BRAS

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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

d/t splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen

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basophilic stippling of RBCs

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Lead poisoning,

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 –> Horner syndrome

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‘brown’ tumor of bone

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Hyperparathyroidism OR Osteitis fibrosa cystica

deposited hemosiderin from hemorrhage –> brown color

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cardiomegaly w/ apical atrophy

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Chagas disease

Trypansoma cruzi

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cellular crescents in Bowman capsule

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Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis

RPGN

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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, retinoblastoma, medulloblastoma

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colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs

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Cystic fibrosis
(AR mutation in CFTR gene --> fat-soluble vit def & mucous plugs)
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decreased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Down syndrome & other chromosomal abnormalities

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degeneration of dorsal column nerves

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Tabes dorsalis (3' syphilis),
Subacute combined degeneration (B12 def --> dorsal columns & lateral corticospinal tracts affected)
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depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra

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Parkinson disease

basal ganglia d/o: 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 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 brain gray matter

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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

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Reed-Sternberg cells CD15/CD30+

Hodgkin lymphoma

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42
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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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43
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‘hair on end’ crew-cut appearance on x-ray

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Beta-thalassemia OR Sickle cell anemia

marrow expansion

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hCG elevated

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choriocarcinoma,
hydatidiform mole (occurs w/ and w/o embryo, and multiple pregnancies)
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

47
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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,
PE,
DIC

49
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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

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 syndrome

adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung

52
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hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anemia
(B12 def: neuro sx's; folate def: no neuro sx's)
53
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hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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Conn 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 AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Dating error,
Anencephaly,
Spina bifida (NTDs)

56
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increased uric acid levels

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Gout,
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome,
Tumor lysis syndrome,
Loop & Thiazide diuretics

57
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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

A 
Ferruginous bodies
(abestosis: increase chance of mesothelioma)
59
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keratin pearls on skin biopsy

A

Squamous cell carcinoma

60
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large lysosomal vesicles in phagocytes, immunodeficiency

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Chédiak-Higashi disease

congenital failure if phagolysosome formation

61
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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

A

Goodpasture syndrome

63
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low serum ceruloplasmin

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Wilson disease

hepatolenticular degeneration

64
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‘lumpy bumpy’ appearance of glomeruli on IF

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Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis

immune complex deposition of IgG & 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 the 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 consequence of aging),
Waldenström (M protein = IgM) macroglobulinemia,
Primary amyloidosis
68
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mucin-filled cell with 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 disease

70
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necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

A 
Granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA),
Goodpasture syndrome (anti-basement membrane antibodies)
71
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needle-shaped, negatively birefringent crystals

A

Gout

monosodium urate crystals

72
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nodule hyaline deposits in glomeruli

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Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules

diabetic nephropathy

73
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Novobiocin response

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Resistant: S. saprophyticus
Sensitive: S. epidermidis

74
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‘nutmeg’ appearance of liver

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Chronic passive congestion of liver d/t RHF

75
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‘onion skin’ periosteal reaction

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Ewing sarcoma

malignant round-cell tumor

76
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optochin response

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Resistant: viridans strep (S. mutans)
Sensitive: S. pneumoniae

77
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periosteum raised from bone; creating triangular area

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Codman triangle on x-ray

Osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, pyogenic osteomyelitis

78
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podocyte fusion of ‘effacement’ on EM

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Minimal change disease

child w/ nephropathy

79
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polished, ‘ivory-like’ appearance of bone at cartilage erosion

A

Eburnation

osteoarthritis resulting in bony sclerosis

80
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protein aggregates in neurons from hyperphosphorylation of tau protein

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Neurofibrillary tangle (Alzheimer disease),
Pick bodies (Pick disease/FTLD)
81
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psammoma bodies

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Papillary thyroid carcinoma, Papillary serous carcinoma of the endometrium/ovary, Meningioma, Mesothelioma

82
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pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy

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Gliobastoma 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

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Reinke crystals

Leydig cell tumor

85
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renal epithelial casts in urine

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Acute toxic/viral renal injury

86
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rhomboid crystals, positively birefringent

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Pseudogout

calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals

87
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rib notching

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Coarctation of the aorta

88
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ring-enhancing brain lesion in AIDS

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Toxoplasma gondii,

CNS lymphoma

89
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sheets of medium-sized lymphoid cells with scatted pale, tingible body-laden macrophages
(‘starry sky’ histology)

A

Burkitt lymphoma

t[8:14] c-myc activation, a/w 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 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)
- different from MPGN!

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

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‘Clue cells’

Gardnerella vaginalis

95
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‘tennis-racket’-shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in Langerhans cells

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Birbeck granules

Langerhans cell histiocytosis/histiocytosis X: eosinophilic granuloma

96
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thrombi made of white/red layers

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Lines of Zahn

arterial thrombus, layers of platelets/RBCs

97
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‘thumb sign’ on lateral x-ray

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Epiglottitis

H. influenzae

98
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thyroid-like appearance of kidneys

A

chronic bacterial pyelonephritis

99
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‘tram-track’ appearance of capillary loops of glomerular basement membranes on LM

A

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

MPGN

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 cells

104
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‘wire loop’ glomerular capillary apperance of LM

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Lupus nephropathy
(DPGN = nephritic)
105
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Yellowish CSF

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Xanthochromia

e.g. d/t subarachnoid hemorrhage

First Aid 2014 (7 decks)

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