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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, boutonnière 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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Microscopic polyangitis and eosinophilia granulomatosis with polyangitis (Churg-Strauss syndrome) (MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA);

Granulomatosis with polyangitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)

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Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs:anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA

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SLE (type 3 hypersensitivity)

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Anti-platelet antibodies

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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

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Anti-topoisomerase

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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” lesionon barium enema x-ray

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Colorectal cancer (usually left-sided)

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Atypical lymphocytes

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EBV

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Azurophilic peroxidase positive 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: 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 or yellow tap on lumbar puncture

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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“Boot shaped” heart on x-ray

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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 Israeli

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Brochogenic 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 fibrosis 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 cresenteric 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 mucous Pseudomonas in lungs

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Cystic fibrosis (AR mutation in CFTR gene—-> fat soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs)

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Decrease 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

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Tabes Dorsalis (tertiary syphilis)

Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord
(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 syndrome (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 spirals (bronchial asthma; can result in whorled mucous plugs)

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Disarrayed granulosa cells arranged around collections of eosinophilia fluid

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

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Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with “rasinoid” 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 cerebellum 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’s disease)

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

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Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin lymphoma)

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Glomerulus-like structure surround 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 Disease (marrow expansion)

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hCG elevate

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Choriocarcionoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo, and multiple pregnancy).

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Heart nodules (granulomatous)

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Aschoff bodies (Rhuematic 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 granulomatosis 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 pancreas or lung)

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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anemia (B12 deficiency: neurological symptoms; folate deficiency:no neurological symptoms)

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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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Conn syndrome (primary hyperaldosteronism)

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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia

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

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Increased AFPmin amniotic fluid or maternal serum

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Dating error, anencephaly, spina bifida (NTDs)

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Increased Uris acid levels

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Gout, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, tumor lysis syndrome, loop and thiazide diuretics

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Intranuclear esosinophilc droplet-like bodies

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Cowdry type A bodies (HSV or VZV)

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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum

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Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis: increase chance of mesothelioma)

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Keratin pearls on skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Large granules in phagocytes, immunodeficiency

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Chédiak-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 glomerularnand alveolar basement membranes

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Goodpasture syndrome

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Low serum ceruloplasmin

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Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)

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“Lumpy bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence

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

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Lytic “punched out” bone lesion on x-ray

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Multiple Myeloma

69
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Mammary gland (“blue domed”) cyst

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Fibrocystic change of the breast

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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)
  • Waldenström (M protein= IgM) macroglobulinemia
  • Primary amyloidosis
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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 X-ray

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String sign (Crohn Disease)

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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Granulomatosis with polyangitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)

Goodpasture syndrome (anti-basement membrane antibodies)

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Needle shaped, negative birefringrnt 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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Novobocin response

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Sensitive: S.epidermidis
Resistant: S.saprophyticus

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“Nutmeg” appearance of liver

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Chronic passive congestion of liver due to right heart 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

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Sensitive: S.pnuemoniae
Resistant: Viridans strep (s.mutans, S.sanguis)

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Periosteum raised from bone, creating triangular area

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Cod an 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 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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Meninigiomas, papillary thyroid carcinoma, mesothelioma, papillary serous carcinoma of the endometrium and ovary

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Pseudopalisading tumor 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 (ischemic or toxic)

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Rhomboid crystals, positively birefringent

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Psuedogout (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals)

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Rib notching

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Coarctaion of the aorta

92
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Ring enhancing brain lesions in AIDS

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Toxoplasma gondii, CNS lymphoma

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Sheets of medium sized lymphoid cells with scattered pale, tangible body-laden macrophages (“starry sky” histology)

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Burkitt lymphoma (t[8:14] c-myc activation, 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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Stipples vaginal epithelial cells

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“Clue cells” (Gardnerella vaginalis)

100
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Streptococcus bovis bacteremia

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Colon cancer

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“Tennis racket-shaped cytoplasmic organelles 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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Familial adenomatous polyposis (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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Epiglottitis (H.influenza)

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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

109
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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)

111
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“Wire loop” glomerular capillary appearance on light microscopy

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Diffuse 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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