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classic labs/findings 3 Flashcards

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Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium x-ray

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“String sign” (Crohn disease)

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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA) and Goodpasture syndrome (anti–basement
membrane antibodies)

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Needle-shaped, ⊝ birefringent crystals

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Gout (monosodium urate crystals)

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Nodular hyaline deposits in glomeruli

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Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules (diabetic nephropathy)

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Novobiocin response

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Sensitive: S epidermidis; resistant: S saprophyticus

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“Nutmeg” appearance of liver

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Chronic passive congestion of liver due to right heart failure or Budd-Chiari syndrome

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“Onion skin” periosteal reaction

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Ewing sarcoma (malignant small blue cell tumor)

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Optochin response

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Sensitive: S pneumoniae; resistant: viridans streptococci (S mutans, S sanguis)

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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 tau protein

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

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Psammoma bodies

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Papillary serous carcinoma of the endometrium and ovary
Serous papillary thyroid carcinoma
Meningioma
Malignant mesothelioma

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Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy

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Glioblastoma multiforme

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Raised periosteum (creating a “Codman triangle”)

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Aggressive bone lesion (eg, osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, osteomyelitis)

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RBC casts in urine

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Glomerulonephritis

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Rectangular, crystal-like, cytoplasmic inclusions in Leydig cells

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Reinke crystals (Leydig cell tumor)

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Recurrent infections, eczema, thrombocytopenia

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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

WAS gene mutation; T cells unable to reorganize actin cytoskeleton. X-linked recessive

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Renal epithelial casts in urine

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Intrinsic renal failure (eg, ischemia or toxic injury)

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Rhomboid crystals, ⊕ birefringent

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Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals)

20
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Rib notching (inferior surface, on x-ray)

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Coarctation of the aorta

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Ring-enhancing brain lesion on CT/MRI 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 lymphoma (t[8:14] c-myc activation, associated with EBV; “starry 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 disease: 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 nephropathy (nephrotic syndrome)

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Stacks of RBCs

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Rouleaux formation (high ESR, multiple myeloma)

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“Steeple” sign on frontal CXR

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Croup (parainfluenza virus)

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Stippled vaginal epithelial cells

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“Clue cells” (Gardnerella vaginalis)

29
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Streptococcus bovis bacteremia

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Colon cancer

30
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“Tennis racket”-shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in Langerhans cells

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Birbeck granules (Langerhans cell histiocytosis)

31
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Thousands of polyps on colonoscopy

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Familial adenomatous polyposis (autosomal dominant, mutation of APC gene)

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Thrombi made of white/red layers

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Lines of Zahn (arterial thrombus, layers of platelets/RBCs)

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“Thumb sign” on lateral neck x-ray

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Epiglottitis (Haemophilus influenzae)

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Thyroid-like appearance of kidney

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Chronic pyelonephritis (usually due to recurrent infections)

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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)

37
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^uric acid levels

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Gout, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, tumor lysis syndrome, loop and thiazide diuretics

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“Waxy” casts with very low urine flow

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Chronic end-stage renal disease

39
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WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyelonephritis

40
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WBCs 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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Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (usually seen with lupus)

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Yellowish CSF

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Xanthochromia (eg, due to subarachnoid hemorrhage)



2016 Rapid Review! (14 decks)

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