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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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Anticentromere antibodies

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Scleroderma (CREST)

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Anti-desmoglein (anti-desmosome) antibodies

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Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)

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Antiglomerular 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 (eg. hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide)

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Anti-IgG antibodies

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Rheumoatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)

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Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA)

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Primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal hypertension)

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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)

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Microscopic polyangiitis and eosiniphilic 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 & 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, weight loss)

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Apple core lesions on 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 (+) 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: S. pyogenes (group A);

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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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Tetrology of Fallot (due to RVH)

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Branching gram (+) 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 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 of Bowman capsule

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Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis

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Chocolate cyst of ovary

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Endometriosis (frequentyly 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 (autosomal recessive mutation in CTFR gene -> 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

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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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Wolff-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 cases in sputum

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Curschmann spirals (bronchial asthma; can result in whorled mucus plugs)

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Disarrayed granulosa cells arranged around collections of eosinophilic fluid

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

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Dysplastic squamous 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 of liver cell

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Mallory body (alcoholic liver disease)

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in neuron

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Lewy body (Parkinson disease and Lewy body dementia)

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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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44
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Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain

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Senile plaques (Alzheimer disease)

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45
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Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions (Owls 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 xray

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Beta-thalassemia, sickle cell disease (marrow expansion)

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hCG elevated

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Choriocarcinoma, hydratidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo, and multiple pregnancy)

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Heart nodules (granulomatous)

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Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)

50
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Heterophilic antibodies

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Infectious Mononucleosis (EBV)

51
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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)

54
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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 DVTs and vasculitis)

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Trousseau syndrome (adenocarcinoma of pancreas and lungs)

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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anemia (B12 deficiency: neurologic symptoms; Folate deficiency: lack of neurologic symptoms)

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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic acidosis

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Primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn syndrome)

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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia

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Iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia (fetal hemoglobin sometimes present)

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Intranuclear eosinophil droplet-like bodies

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Crowdy type A bodies (HSV or VZV)

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Iron containing nodules in alveolar septum

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Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis: elevated chance of mesothelioma)

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Keratin pearls on skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

62
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Large granules in phagocytes, immunodeficiency

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Chediak-Higashi disease (congenital failure of phagolysosome formation)

63
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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 on IgG deposition on glomerular and 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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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

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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

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Multiple myeloma (usually IgG or IgA)

70
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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

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA) and Goodpasture syndrome (anti-basement membrane antibodies)

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Needle shaped (-) birefringement 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: S. epidermis

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Nutmeg apprearance 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. pneumoniae

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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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Psammona 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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Raised periosteum (creating a Codman triangle)

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Aggressive bone lesion (eg. osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, osteomyelitis)

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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 (eg. ischemia or toxic injury)

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Rhomboid crystals, (+) birefringement

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Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals)

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Rib notching (inferior surface, on x rays)

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Coarctation of the aorta

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Ring-enhancing brain lesion on CT/MRI 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 lymphoma (t8:14 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 frontal CXR

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Croup (parainfluenza virus)

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Stippled vaginal epithelial cells

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Clue cells (Gardenella 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 (Langherhans cells histiocytosis)

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Thousands of polyps on colonoscopy

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Familial adenomatous polyposis (autosomal dominant, 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 (Haemophilus influenzae)

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Thyroid-like appearance of kidney

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Chronic pyelonephritis (usually due to recurrent infection)

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Tram-track appearance of capillary loops of glomerular basement membranes on light microscopy

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Membraneoproliferative glomerulonephritis

106
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Triglyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles

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Fatty liver disease (alcoholic or metabolic syndrome)

107
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Elevated uric acid levels

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

108
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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 cases 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 proliferative glomerulonephritis (usually seen with lupus)

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Yellowish CSF

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Xanthochromia (eg. due to subarachnoid hemorrhages)

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