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Classic Labs/Findings Flashcards

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Anticentromere antibodies

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scleroderma (CREST)

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Antidesmoglein (epithelial) antibodies

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Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)

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Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpasture’s syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)

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Antihistone antibodies

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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, 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)

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vasculitis
c-ANCA: Wegener’s
p-ANAC: microscopic polyangiitis, churg-strauss syndrome

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Antinuclear Antibodies (ANAs: anti-smith and anti-dsDNA)

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SLE (type III hypersensitivity)

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Anti-platelet antibodies

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Idopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

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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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Anti-topoisomerase antibodies

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diffuse systemic scleroderma

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“apple core” lesion on abdominal x-ray

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colorectal cancer (usually left-sided)

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Azurophilic granular needles in leukemic blasts

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Aure rods

Acute Myelogenous leukemia (especially promyelocytic (M3)

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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 ballot, RVH

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Branching gram positivie rods with sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

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“Brown” tumor of bone

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Hemorrhage (hemosiderin) causes brown color of osteolytic cysts due to:

  1. Hyperparathyroidism
  2. Osteitis Fibrosa cystica
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Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy

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Chaga’s Disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)

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Cellular crescents in Bowman’s capsule

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Rapidly progressive cresentic glomerulonephritis

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“Chocolate cyst” 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 Pseudomoas in lung

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Cystic fibrosis (AR mutation of CFTR resulting in fat-souble 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 abdnormality

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depigmentation of neurons in substantita nigra

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parkinson’s disease

basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremors, and bradykinesia

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Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum

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Curschmann’s Spirlas

bronchial astma; can result in whorled mucous plug

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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 eye” appearance of CMV

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Enlarged thyroid cells with ground-glass nuclei

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“orphan annie” eye 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’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 cytoplam of hippocampal nerve cells

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Rabies Virus (lyssavirus)

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Extracellular amyloid depositon 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

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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

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hCG elevated

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Choriocarinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo)

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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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Heaxagonal, 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, pulmonary embolism, DIC

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Hilar Lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung lobes (can calcify)

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Ghon comples (primary TB: mycobacterium bacilli)

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“Honeycomb lung” on x-ray

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Interstitial fibrosis

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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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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia

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Iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia

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Increased alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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dating error (MC), anencephaly, spina bifid a (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 eosinophil droplet-like bodies

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Cowdry type A bodies (HSV or CMV)

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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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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 x-ray

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Ulcerative colitis (loss of haustra)

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Linear appearance of glomeruli on immunofluoresence

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goodpature’s

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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 immunofluorescence

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poststreptococcal glomerulonephrtitis (immune complex deposition of IgG and C3b)

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Lytic (hole-punch) 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 the breast

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Monoclonal antibody spike

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  1. Multiple myeloma (called teh M protein; usually IgG or IgA)
  2. Monoclonal gammaopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS; normal consequence of aging)
  3. Waldenstrom’s (M protein = IgM) macroglbulinemia
  4. Primary amyloidosis
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Monoclonal globulin protein in blood/urine

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Bence jones proteins (multiple myeloma [kappa or lambda Ig light chains in urine]), Waldenstroms macroglobulinemia (IgM)

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Mucin-filled cell with peripheral nucleus

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signet ring (gastric carcinoma)

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Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium radiograph

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“string sign” (Crohn’s disease)

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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 pneumonia
resistant: steptococcus viridans

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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 on EM

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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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Neurfibrillary tangles (Alzheimers disease and CJD)

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Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy

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Glioblastoma multiform

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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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Reink crystals (Leydic 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)

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Rib notching

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coarctation of the aorat

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Ring enhancing brain lesion in AIDs

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Tosxoplasma gondii

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Sheets of medium sized lymphoid cells (“starry sky”)

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Burkitt’s Lymphoma (t[8:14] c-myc activation, asociated with EBV

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Silvery-staining spherical aggregation of tau proteins in neurons

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Pick bodies (Pick’s 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” subendothelial deposits

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Membranous glomerulonephritis (may progress to nephrotic syndrome)

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Stacks of red blood cells

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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 langerhan cells

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Bierbeck granules (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 (Haemopilus influenzae)

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Thyorid-like appearance of kidney

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chronic bilateral pyelonephritis

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“Tram-track” appearance on EM

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membranoproloiferative glomerulonephritis

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Triglyceride accumulation in lever cell vacuoles

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Fatty liver disease (alcoholic or metabolic disease)

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WBCs that look smuged

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CLL (almost always B cell; affects the elderly)

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“Wire loop” glomerular appearnce on LM

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Lupus neropathy

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yellow CSF

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Xanthochomia (previous subarachnoid hemorrhage)

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