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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 syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)

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Antihistone antibodies

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Drug-induced SLE (hydralazine, INH, 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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1° biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal hypertension)

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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)

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Microscopic polyangiitis and 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

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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, 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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Azurophilic peroxidase

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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 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 yellow 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 sympathetic ganglion 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 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, retinoblastoma)

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Colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs

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

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decr. AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormality

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Degeneration of dorsal column nerves

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Tabes dorsalis (3° syphilis), subacute combined degeneration (dorsal columns and lateral corticospinal tracts affected)

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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 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” 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 (toxic or viral hepatitis, often yellow fever)

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Eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal and cerebellar nerve cells

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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

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β-thalassemia

sickle cell anemia (marrow expansion)

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hCG elevated

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Choriocarcinoma
hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo, and multiple pregnancy)
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Heart nodules (granulomatous)

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Aschoff bodies (granuloma w/ giant cells, associated with rheumatic 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 granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung lobes (can calcify)

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Ghon complex (1° 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: neurologic symptoms; folate deficiency: no neurologic symptoms)

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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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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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Increased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Dating error
Anencephaly
Spina bifida (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 eosinophilic 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: incr. 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-Higashi 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 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 (immune complex

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Lytic (“hole punched”) 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

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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 polyangiitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA) and Goodpasture 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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hemolysis, uremia, and thrombocytopenia

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EHEC triad

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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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Elementary body vs reticulate body

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chlamydia

elementary = extracellular, “enfectious”, enters cells via endocytosis

reticulate body = “replicative state”

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Optochin response

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Sensitive: Streptococcus pneumoniae

resistant: viridans streptococci

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Periosteum raised from bone, creating triangular area

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Codman triangle on x-ray (osteosarcoma, 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)

Pick bodies (Pick disease)

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Psammoma bodies

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MPMP
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 renal injury

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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 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 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 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”-shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in Langerhans cells

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Birbeck granules (Langerhans cell 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)

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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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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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Lupus nephropathy

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Yellowish CSF

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Xanthochromia (e.g., due to subarachnoid hemorrhage)

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CEA

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CA19

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pancreatic cancer - 19 is when andrew s. started drinking

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CA125

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ovarian cancer

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calcitonin

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PTHrP

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lung SCC - squamous

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lung small cell paraneoplastic factors

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ACTH, ADH, Lambert Eaton Syndrome

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koilocytes

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guarineri bodies

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negri

116
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synctia

117
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owls eyes

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cmv (reed sternberg also have similar looking things)

118
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schuffner dots in RBC

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plasmodium vivax or ovale

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Downey Cells

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Holly Jewell

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hyposplenia or asplenia (basophiilic nuclear remnants in RBC; normally removed by splenic macrophages)

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Heinz bodies

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Coffee-bean nuclei

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brenner tumor

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ovarian neoplasm with spindle shaped fibroblasts

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ovarian neoplasm with Call-Exner bodies

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Granulosa cell tumor

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ovarian neoplasm with fried egg appearance

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dysgerminoma; tumor marker hCG, LDH

126
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ovarian neoplasm with Psammoma bodies

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Serous Cystadenocarcinoma

127
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ovarian neoplasm with increased hCG and LDH

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dysgerminoma

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ovarian neoplasm with Schiller-Duval bodies with increased AFP

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Yolk Sac tumor

129
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Signet cells in ovaries

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Krukenberg tumor - GI metz

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microcalcifications on mammography

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ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - malignant breast tumor

131
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orderly row of cells in breast biopsy

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invasive lobular “indian file”

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testicular germ cell tumor with fried egg appearance (large cells w/ watery cytoplasm), increased ALP

133
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testicular germ cell tumor with schiller-duvall bodies (primitive glomeruli)

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yolk sac tumor

134
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testicular germ cell tumor with increased hCG

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choriocarcinoma

135
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large cytoplasmic vacuoles with reticulate bodies in epithelial cells

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chlamydia trachomatis

136
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test for 1˚ syphilis

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dark-field microscopy of chancre biopsy

137
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test for 2˚ syphilis

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VDRL FIRST, then confirmed with FTA-ABS

138
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test for 3˚ syphilis

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FTA-ABS or microhemagglutination test

dont use VDRL in this stage because it reverts to negative

139
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testicular tumor with sheets of undifferentiated cells with focal glandular differentiation

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embryonal carcinoma

140
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budding yeast cells and pseudohyphae at 25˚, but short germinating non-septate true hyphae (germ tubes) at body T

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candida albicans

141
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type of uterine tumor with well demarcated borders and a whorled pattern on the cut surface

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smooth muscle tumor (leiomyomas) that develop from the smooth muscle cells of the myometrium

142
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Aschoff bodies + Anitschkow cells

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both associated w/ rheumatic fever

143
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cardiac histology shows echogenic massess w/ bizzarre, markedly enlarged myocytes

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rhabdomyomas - frequent cardiac tumor in children <1yo

144
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cardiac histology shows scattered mucopolysaccharide stroma w/ abnormal blood vessels and hemorrhage

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myxoma - tend to produce IL6, which causes fever + weight loss

145
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acanthocyte (spurr cell)

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liver disease (OH)
aß-lipoprotenemia (state of cholesterol dysregulation)
146
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basophilic stippling

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ACD
alcohol abuse
Lead poisioning
Thalassemia

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Bite cell

148
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elliptocyte

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hereditary elliptocytosis

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macroovalocyte

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megaloblastic anemia (also hypersegmented PMNs)
marrow failure
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ringed sideroblast

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SIderoblastic anemia

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Schistocytes

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DIC
TTP/HUS
traumatic hemolysis (mechanical heart valves)

152
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spherocyte

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hereditary spherocytosis

153
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teardrop cell

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myelofibrosis

154
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target cell

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HbC disease
Asplenia
Liver disease
thalssemia

155
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HLA A3

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hemochromatosis

156
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HLA B27

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Anklyosing spondylitis
psoriatic arthritis
Arthritis of IBD
Reactive Arthritis

157
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HLA DQ2/DQ8

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Celiac disease

158
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HLA DR2

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MS
SLE
Goodpasture
Hay fever

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HLA DR3

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DM Type I
SLE
Graves

160
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HLA DR4

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RA

DM Type I

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HLA DR5

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Pernicious Anemia (∆B12)
Hashimotos thyroidtis
162
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HLA subtype associated with Diabetes Type I

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