classic labs/findings 3 Flashcards
Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium x-ray
“String sign” (Crohn disease)
Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA) and Goodpasture syndrome (anti–basement
membrane antibodies)
Needle-shaped, ⊝ birefringent crystals
Gout (monosodium urate crystals)
Nodular hyaline deposits in glomeruli
Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules (diabetic nephropathy)
Novobiocin response
Sensitive: S epidermidis; resistant: S saprophyticus
“Nutmeg” appearance of liver
Chronic passive congestion of liver due to right heart failure or Budd-Chiari syndrome
“Onion skin” periosteal reaction
Ewing sarcoma (malignant small blue cell tumor)
Optochin response
Sensitive: S pneumoniae; resistant: viridans streptococci (S mutans, S sanguis)
Podocyte fusion or “effacement” on electron microscopy
Minimal change disease (child with nephrotic syndrome)
Polished, “ivory-like” appearance of bone at cartilage erosion
Eburnation (osteoarthritis resulting in bony sclerosis)
Protein aggregates in neurons from hyperphosphorylation of tau protein
Neurofibrillary tangles (Alzheimer disease) and Pick bodies (Pick disease)
Psammoma bodies
Papillary serous carcinoma of the endometrium and ovary
Serous papillary thyroid carcinoma
Meningioma
Malignant mesothelioma
Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy
Glioblastoma multiforme
Raised periosteum (creating a “Codman triangle”)
Aggressive bone lesion (eg, osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, osteomyelitis)
RBC casts in urine
Glomerulonephritis
Rectangular, crystal-like, cytoplasmic inclusions in Leydig cells
Reinke crystals (Leydig cell tumor)