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Classic Labs/Findings Flashcards

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Anticentromere antibodies

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Scleroderma (CREST)

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Anti-desmoglein (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 (e.g. hydralazine, isoniazid, 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 (AMAs)

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Primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal hypertension)

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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) (3)

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Microscopic polyangiitis and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg Strauss syndrome (MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA)
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener; 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 (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, weight loss)

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“Apple core” lesion on barium enema x-ray

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Colorectal cancer (usually L sided)

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Atypical lymphocytes

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EBV

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Azurophilic peroxidase + granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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Auer rods (AML, especially promyelocytic M3 type)

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Bacitracin response (2)

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Sensitive: S. pyogenes (GAS)
Resistant: S. agalactiae (GBS)

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“Bamboo spine” on x ray

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Ankylosing spondyliitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis, HLA B27)

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Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs

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Howell-Jolly bodies (due to splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen)

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Bloody or yellow tap on LP

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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“Boot-shaped” heart on XR

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Tetralogy of Fallot (due to 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 cervical sympathetic chain and cause Horner syndrome)

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“Brown” tumor of bone

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Hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (deposited hemosiderin from hemorhage 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)

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Colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs

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Cystic fibrosis (AR mut in CFTR gene yields fat soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs)

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Decreased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalities

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Degeneration of dorsal column fibers (2)

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Tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphilis), subacute combined degeneration (dorsal columns, lateral corticospinal, spinocerebellar tracts affected)

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“Delta wave” on EKG, short PR interval, supraventricular tachycardia

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Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrom e(Bundle of Kent bypasses AV node)

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Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra

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

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Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum

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Curschmann spiral (bronchial asthma, can result in worled mucous plugs)

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Disarrayed granulosa cells arragned around collections of eosinophilic fluid

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Call-Exner bodies (granulosa cell tumor of the ovary)

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Dysplastic squamos cervical cells with “raisinoid” nuclei and hyperchromasia

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Koilocytes (HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer)

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Electrical alternans (alternating amplitude on EKG)

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Pericardial tamponade

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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 with central clearing

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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 (viral hepatitis, yellow fever), represents hepatocyte undergoing apoptosis

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Eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal and cerebellar neurons

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Negri bodies of rabies

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Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of 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 (2)

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Beta thallassemia, sickle cell disease (marrow expansion)

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hCG elevated (2)

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Choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs w/ and w/out embryo, and 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, needlie like crystals in bronchial secretions

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Bronchail asthma (Charcot-Leyden crystals: eosinophilic granules)

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High level of D-Dimers (3)

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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)

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“Honeycomb lung” on XR 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 pancreas or lung)

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Hypersegmented neutrophils (2)

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Megaloblastic anemia (B12 def: neuro symtpoms, folate def: no neuro symptoms)

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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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Conn syndrome (primary hyperaldosteronism)

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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia (3)

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Iron deficiency anemia
Lead poisoning
Thalassemia (fetal hemoglobin sometimes present)

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Increased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum (3)

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Dating error, anencephaly, spina bifida (NTD)

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Increased uric acid levels (4)

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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 VZV)

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Iron-containing nodules in aveolar septum

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Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis: increased chance of mesothelioma)

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Keratin pearls on a skin biopsy

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Squamos cell carcinoma

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Large granules 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 abdominal imaging

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Ulcerative colitis (loss of haustra)

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Linear appearance of IgG deposition on glomerular and alveolar basement membranes

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Goodpasture syndrome

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Low ceruloplasmin

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Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)

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“Lumpy bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence

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Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (due to deposition of IgG, IgM, and C3)

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Lytic (“punched out”) bone lesions on x ray

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Multiple myeloma

68
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Mammary gland (“Blue domed”) cyst

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Fibrocystic change of the breast

69
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Monoclonal antibody spike (4)

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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” (gastic carcinoma)

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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 (2)

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener, PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA) and Goodpasture syndrome (anti-BM antibodies)

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Needle-shaped, negatively birefringent crystals (yellow when aligned parallel, blue when across)

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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 (2)

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Sensitive: S. epidermidis
Resistant: S. saprophyticus

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“Nutmeg” appearance of liver (2)

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Chronic passive congestion of liver due to RH 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 (2/3)

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Sensitive: S. pneumoniae
Resistant: viridans streptococci (S. mutans, S. sanguis)

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Periosteum raised from bone, creating triangular area (2)

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Codman triangle on x ray, 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 agggregates in neurons from hyperphosphorylation of tau protein

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

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Psamomma bodies (4)

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Meningiomas, papillary thyroid carcinoma, mesothelioma, papillary serious 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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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

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Renal epithelial casts in urine

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Intrinsic renal failure (like ischemia or toxic injury)

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Rhomboid crystals, positively birefringent (blue in parallel, yellow across)

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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 lesion in AIDS (2)

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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 activations, 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 CXR

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Croup (parainfluenza virus)

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Stippled vaginal epithelial cells

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“Clue cells” (Gardnerella vaginalis)

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Streptococcus bovis bacteremia

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Colon cancer

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

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Birbeck granules (Langerhans cell histiocytosis)

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Thousands of polyps on colonoscopy

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FAP (AD 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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Epiglottis (H. 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)

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“Waxy” casts with very low urine flow

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Chronic end stage renal disease

108
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WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyelonephritis

109
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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 (e.g. due to subarachnoid hemorrhage)

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