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Classic Labs/Findings Flashcards

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anticentromere antibodies

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Scleroderma (CREST)

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andidesmoglein (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 and hemoptysis)

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antihistone antibodies

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drug-induced SLE (hydralizine, INH, phenytoin, 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 HTN)

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antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)

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microscopic polyangiitis and Churg-Strauss syndrome (MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA)
granulomatosis with polyangiitis/Wegener’s granulomatosis (PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)

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antinuclear antibodies (ANAs: 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 L sided)

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azurophilic peroxidase + granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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Auer rods (AML, especially the promyelocytic M3 type)

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Bacitracin response

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Sensitive: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A)
Resistant:: Streptococcus agalactiae (group B)

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“Bamboo spine” on x-ray

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Ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis, associated with HLA-B27)

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basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs

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Howell-Jolly bodies (due to splenectomy or functional asplenia)

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basophilic stippling of RBCs

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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 (children)

RVH (adults)

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branching gram-positive rods with sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

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bronchiogenic apical lung tumor on imaging

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Pancoast tumor

can compress sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner syndrome

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“Brown” tumor of bone

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hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica

deposited hemosiderin from hemorrhage gives brown color

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cardiomegaly with apical atrophy

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Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)

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cellular crescents in Bowman capsule

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rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis

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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, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma)

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colonies of mucoid-producing Pseudomonas in lungs

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Cystic fibrosis

AR mutation in CFTR gene –> fat soluble vitamin deficiency and mucus plugs

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decreased AFP in amnoitic 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 syphillis), subacute combined degeneration (dorsal columns + lateral corticospinal tracts affected)

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degeneration of neurons in substantia nigra

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Parkinson disease (basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia)

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desquamated epithelial 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)

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enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies

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“Owl eye” appearance of CMV

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Enlarged thryoid cells with ground-glass nuclei

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“Orphan Annie” 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 gray matter of the brain

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senile plaques (Alzheimer disease)

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

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Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin 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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B-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia (marrow expansion)

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hCG elevated

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choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole, multiple pregnancy

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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 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 (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 DVTs and vasculitis

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Trousseau syndrome (adenocarcinoma of the pancreas or lung)

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hypersegmented neutrophils

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megaloblastic anemia (B12 deficiency: neurologic sx, folate deficiency: no neurologic sx)

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HTN, hypokalema, metabolic alkalosis

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Conn syndrome (aldosterone producing adenoma)

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hypochromic, microcytic anemia

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iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia (fetal Hgb sometimes present)

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increased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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dating error, anencephaly, spina bifida (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 type A bodies (HSV or CMV)

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iron-containing nodules in alveolar sputum

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ferruginous bodies (asbestosis: increased risk 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 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 syndrome

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lower serum ceruloplasmin

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Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)

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“lumpy bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on immunoflourescence

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poststreptococcal 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

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)
  • Waldenstrom (M protein = IgM) macroglobulinemia
  • primary amyloidosis
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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

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granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener, PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)
Goodpasture syndrome (anti-basement membrane antibodies)
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needle-shaped, negatively birefringent crystals

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gout

monosodium urate crystals

72
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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: staphylococcus epidermidis
resistant: staphylococcus saphrophyticus

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“nutmeg” appearance of liver

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chronic passive congestion of liver due to R heart failure

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“onion skin” periosteal reaction

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Ewing sarcoma (malignant round cell tumor)

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optochin response

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sensitive: Streptococcus pneumoniae
resistant: viridans Streptococci

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periosteum raised from bone, creating triangular area

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Codman’s triangle on x-ray

osteosarcoma, Ewing 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 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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meningioma
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 in Leydig cells

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Reinke crystals (Leydig cell tumor)

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Renal epithelial casts in urine

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acute toxic/viral renal injury

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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 brain lesions in AIDS

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toxoplasma gondii

primary 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
“black sky” made up of malignant cells

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sliver-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 xray

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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 RBCs

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Rouleaux formation (high ESR, multiple myeloma)

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stippled vaginal epithelial cells

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“clue cells” (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/RBCs

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“thumb sign” on lateral x-ray

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Epiglottitis (Haemophilus influenzae)

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thyroid-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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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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Lupus nephropathy

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yellowish CSF

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xanthochromia (e.g. due to subarachnoid hemorrhage)

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