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First Aid - Classic Labs/Findings Flashcards

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anticentromere antibodies

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scleroderma (CREST)

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antidesmolegin (epithelial) antibodies

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pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)

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anti-GBM antibodies

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goodpastures (GNP + hemoptysis)

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antihistone antibiodies

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drug-induced SLE

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anti-IgG antibodies

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rheumatoid arthritis

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AMAs

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primary biliary cirrhosis - female, cholestasis, portal HTN

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MPO-ANCA (p-ANCA)

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microscopic polyangiitis and Churg-Strauss

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PR3-ANCA (c-ANCA)

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granulomastosis with polyangiitis

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anti-smith antibodies

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SLE

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antiplatelet antibodies

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idiopathic thrombocytopenic pupura

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anti-topoisomerase antibodies

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diffuse systemic scleroderma

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anti-transglutaminase/anti-gliasin/anti-endomysial antibodies

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celiac disease - diarrhea, distention, wt loss

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“apple core” lesion on abd x-ray

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colorectal cancer - usually L sided

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azurophilic peroxidase + granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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auer rods - AML, esp te promyelocytic (M3) type

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bactracin response

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sensitive: streptococus pyogens (group A); resistant: streptococcus agalactiae (group B)

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“bamboo spine” on x-ray

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ankylosing spondlyitis - chronic inflammatory arthritis (HLA-B27)

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basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs

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howell-jolly bodies - d/t splenectomy or nonfxnl 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 CXR

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tetrology of fallot, RVH

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branching gm + rods with sulfure 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 apically atrophy

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chagas disease

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cellular crescents in Bowman capsule

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RPGN

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“chocolate cyst” of ovary

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endometreosis - 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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CF

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decreased in AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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down synd or other chromosomal abn

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30
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degeneration of dorsal column nerves

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tabes dorsalis - tertiary syphilis

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depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra

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parkinson dz - basal ganglia disorder; rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia

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disarrayed granulosa cells in eosiniphilic fluid

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call-exner bodies - granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovary

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desquamated epi casts in sputum

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curschmann spirals - bronchial asthma, can get whorled mucous plugs

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dysplastic squamous cervical cells with nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia

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koilocytes - HPV

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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 inclusions in liver cells

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mallory body - etoh liver dz

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eosinophilic cutoplasmic inclusions in nerve cells

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lewy body - PD

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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 or rabies

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extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter or brain

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senile plaques - alzheimer dz

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giant B cels with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions

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reed-sternberg cells - Hodgkin lymphoma

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glomerulous-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells

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schiller-duval bodies - yolk sac tumor

44
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“hair on end” (crew-cut) appearance on xray

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beta-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia - marrow expansion

45
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hCG elevated

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choriocarcinoma, hydatiform mole

46
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heart nodules (granulomatous)

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aschoff bodies - rheumatic fever

47
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heterophile antibodies

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infectious mononucleosis (EBV)

48
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hexagonal, double-pointed, needle-like crystals in bronchial secretions

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bronchial asthma - charcot-leyden crystals, eosiniophilic granules

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high levels of d-dimers

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DVT, PE, DIC

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hilar LAD, peripheral granulomatous lesions in middle or lower lung lobes - can calcify

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ghon complexes - primary TB, mycobacterium bacilli

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“honeycomb lung” on xray or CT

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interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

52
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hypercoagulability - leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitides

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trousseau syndrome - adenocarcinoma of the pancreas or lungs

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hypersegmented neutrophils

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megaloblastic anemia - B12 def = neuo s/s, folate def = no neuro s/s

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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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Fe def anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia (fetal Bh sometimes present)

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increased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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dating error, anencephaly, spina bifida (neural tube defect)

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increased uric acid levels

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gout, lech-nyhan syndrome, tymor lysis syndrome, loop and thiazide diuretics

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increanuclear eosinophilic droplet-like bodies

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cowdry type A bodies (HSV or CMV)

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Fe-containing nodules in alveolar septum

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ferruginous bodies - asbestos, increased chance of mesothelioma

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keratin pearls on a skin biopsy

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sq cell carcinoma

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large lysosomal vesicles in phagocytes, immuodef

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chediask-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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UC - 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

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“lumpy bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence

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post strep GNP - IgG and C3b complex deposition

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lytic (“hole punched”) bone lesions on xray

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multiple myeloma

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mammary glad (“blue domed”) cyst

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fibrocytic change of the breast

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monoclonal antibody spike

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  • multiple myeloma
  • monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
  • waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
  • primary amyloidosis
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mucin-filled cells with peripheral nucleus

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“signet ring” - gastic carcinoma

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narrowing of bowel lumen on barium xray

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“string sign” - crohn disease

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necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing GNP

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  • granulomatosis with polangiitis

- goodpasture syndrome

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needle-shaped, negatively birefringent crystals

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nodule hyaline deposits in glomerular

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kimmelstel-wilson nodules - diabetic nephropathy

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novobiocin response

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sensitive: staph epidermidis; resistant: staph saprophyticus

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“nutmeg” appearance of liver

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chronic passive congestion of liver d/t RHF

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“onion skin” periosteal reaction

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ewing sarcoma - malignant round-cell tumor

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optochin response

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sentive: strep pneumo; resistant: viridans, streptococci

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periosetum raised from bone, creating triangular area

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codman triangle on xray - osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, pyogenic osteomyelitis

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polished, “ivory-like” appearance of bones at cartilage erosion

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eburnation - osteoarthritis resulting in bony sclerosis

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psammoma bodies

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meningioma, 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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rectangular, crystal-like, cytoplasmic inclusion in Leydig cells

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reinke crystals - Leydig cell tumor

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renal epi 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 - CaPO dihydrade crystals

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rib notching

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coarctation of the aorta

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ring-enhancing brain lesions in AIDS pt

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toxoplama gondii, CNS lymphoma

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sheets of medium-sized lymphoid cells with scattered pale, tingible body-laden MPs - “starry sky” histology

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burkitt lymphoma - t[8:14] c-myc activation, ass’d 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 xray

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giant cell tumor of bone - generally benign

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“spikes” on basement membrane, “dome-like” subepi deposits

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membranous GNP - 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 epi cells

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“clue cells” - garderella vaginalis

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“tennis racket” shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in Langerhans cells

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birbeck granules - langerhans cells histiocytosis or histiocytosis X: eosinophilic granuloma

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thrombi made of red/white layers

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lines of zahn - aterial thrombus, layers of platelets/RBCs (pre-mortem)

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“tram-track” appearance of capillary loops of glomerular basement membranes on light microscopy

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membranoproliferative GNP

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triglyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles

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fatty liver disease - etoh or metabolic syndrome

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“waxy” casts with very low urine flow

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chronic end-stage renal dz

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WBC casts in urine

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acute pyelo

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WBCs that look “smudged”

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CCL - almost always B cell

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“wire look” glomerular capillary appearance on light microscopy

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lupus nephropathy

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yellowish CSF

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xanthochromia

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amastigotes in macrophages

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leishmania infection (kaplan)

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