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Anti-desmoglein (epithelial) Ab’s

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Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)

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Anti-glomerular basement membrane anti-bodies

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Goodpasture’s syndrome

glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis

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Antihistone anti-bodies

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Drug-induced SLE

hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide

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Anti-IgG antibodies

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Rheumatoid arthritis

systemic inflammation, join pannus, boutonnière deformity

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Anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMAs)

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Primary biliary cirrhosis

female, cholestasis, portal hypertension

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Anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic anti-bodies (ANCAs)

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Vasculitis

(c-ANCA: Granulomatosis with pharyngitis [Wagner’s])

(p-ANCA: microscopic Pharyngitis, Churg–Strauss syndrome)

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Anti-nuclear antibodies

AMAs: 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 Purpera (ITP)

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Anti-topoisomerase anti-bodies

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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 left-sided)

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Azurpphilic peroxidase-positive granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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Auer rods

acute myelogenous leukemia, 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: 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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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, RVH

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Branching gram-positive rods with sulfur granules

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Actinomycetes israelii

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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging

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Pancoast tumor

can compress sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner’s 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’s 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 Pseudomonas and lungs

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Cystic fibrosis

autosomal-recessive mutation in CFTR resulting in fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs

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Decreased alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalities

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Degeneration of dorsal column nerves

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~Tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphilis)

~subacute combined degeneration (dorsal columns and lateral corticospinal tract affected)

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Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra

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Parkinson’s disease

basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia

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Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum

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Curschmann’s 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’s eye” appearance of CMV

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Enlarged thyroid cells with ground-glass nuclei

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“Orphan Annie’s eyes” nuclei

papillary carcinoma of the thyroid

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cells

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Mallory bodies

alcoholic liver disease

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions in nerve cell

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Lewy body

Parkinson’s 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 nerve cells

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Negri bodies of rabies

Lyssavirus

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Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain

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Senile plaques

Alzheimer’s 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’s 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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~Beta-thalassemia

~sickle cell anemia (marrow expansion)

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hCG elevated

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~Choriocarcinoma

~hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo)

44
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Heart nodules (granulomatous)

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Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)

45
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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

47
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High level of D-dimers

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~DVT

~pulmonary embolism

~DIC

48
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~Hailar lymphadenopathy

~peripheral granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung lobes (can calcify)

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Ghon complex (primary TB: Mycobacterium bacilli)

49
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“Honeycomb lung” on x-ray or CT

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Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

50
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Hypercoagulability

leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitis

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Trousseau’s syndrome

adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung

51
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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anemia

(B12 deficiency: neurologic symptoms)

(folate deficiency: no neurologic symptoms)

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1) Hypertension
2) hypokalemia
3) metabolic alkalosis

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Conn’s syndrome

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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia

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~Iron deficiency anemia

~lead poisoning

~thalassemia (fetal hemoglobin sometimes present)

54
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Increased alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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~Dating error

~anencephaly

~spina bifida (neural tube defects)

55
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Increased uric acid levels

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~Gout

~Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

~tumor lysis syndrome

~loop and thiazide diuretics

56
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Intranuclear eosinophilic droplet-like bodies

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Cowdry type A bodies (HSV or CMV)

57
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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar 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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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Large lysosomal vesicles in phagocytes, immunodeficiency

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Chédiak-Hagashi disease

congenital failure of phagolysosome formation

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“Lead pipe” appearance of colon on barium enema 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’s syndrome

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Low serum ceruloplasmin

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Wilson’s disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)

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“Lumpy bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on immunoflorescence

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Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis

immune complex deposition of IgG and C3b

64
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Lytic (“hole punched”) bone lesions on x-ray

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Multiple myeloma

65
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Mammary gland (“blue dome”) cyst

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Fibrocystic change of the breast

66
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Monoclonal antibody spike

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~Multiple myeloma (usually IgG or IgA)

~Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS; normal consequence of aging)

~Waldenström’s (M protein = IgM) macroglobulinemia

~Primary amyloidosis

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Mucin-filled cells with peripheral nucleus

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Singlet ring (gastric carcinoma)

68
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Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium x-ray

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“String sign” (Crohn’s disease)

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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s; c–ANCA positive) and Goodpasture’s syndrome (anti-basement membrane antibodies)

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Needle-shaped, negatively 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: Staphylococcus epidermidis

Resistant: Staphylococcus saprophyticus

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“Nutmeg” appearance of liver

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Chronic passive congestion of liver due to right heart failure

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“Onion skin” periosteal reaction

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Ewing’s sarcoma (malignant round-cell tumor)

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Optochin response

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Sensitive: Streptococcus pneumoniae

Resistant: Viridans streptococcus

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Periosteum raised from bone, creating triangular area

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Codman’s triangle on x-ray

osteosarcoma, Ewing’s 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 protein tau

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

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Psammoma bodies

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~Meningiomas

~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 nephrosis

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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 lesion 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’s lymphoma

t[8:14] c-myc activation, associated with EBV; “black 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’s disease: progressive dementia, changes in personality

90
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“Soap bubble” in femur or tibia an 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 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” shape cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in Langerhans cells

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Birbeck granules

Langerhans cells 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)

100
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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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WBC’s that look “smudged”

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CLL (almost always B cell)

103
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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

105
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Anticentromere antibodies

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Scleroderma (CREST)

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