HALLMARK FINDINGS Flashcards
Albumino-Cytologic Dissociation
Guillain-Barre (markedly increased protein in CSF w/ only modest increase in cell count)
Antiplatelet Antibodies
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Arachnodactyly
Marfan’s
Aschoff Bodies
Rheumatic Fever
Auer Rods
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (AML type M3)
Autosplenectomy
Sickle Cell Anemia; low O2 increases sickling; aplastic crisis w/ B19 (Parvovirus ssDNA) infection; Salmonella Osteomyelitis; vaso-occlusive painful crisises; tx: hydroxyurea & bone marrow transplant
Babinski
UMN lesion
Basophilic Stippling of RBCs
lead poisoning
Bence Jones Protein
multiple myeloma; Waldenstrom’s Macroglobinemia
Birbeck Granules
Histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
Blue Bloater
Chronic Bronchitis
Boot-Shaped Heart
Tetralogy of Fallot
Bouchard’s Nodes
OA; proximal IP joint
Boutonniere’s Deformity
RA; flex proximal & extended distal IP joints
Brown Tumor
Hyperparathyroidism
Brushfield Spot
Down’s Syndrome
Call-Exner Bodies
Granulosa Cell Tumor: associated w/ endometrial hyperplasia & carcinoma; Granuloma-Theca Cell Tumor
Cardiomegaly w/ Apical Atrophy
Chagas’ Disease
Chancre
Primary Syphilis
Chancroid
Haemophilus ducreyi
Charcot Triad
MS = nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech
Charcot’s Cholangitis Triad
RUQ pain, fever, jaundice
Charcot-Leyden Crystals
bronchial asthma
Cheyne-Stokes Breathing
cerebral lesion
Chocolate Cysts
endometriosis
Chvostek’s Sign
hypocalcemia; facial spasm in tetany
Clue Cells
Gardnerella vaginitis; BV
Codman’s Triangle
Osteosarcoma
Cold Agglutinins
Mycoplasma pneumonia; infectious mononucleosis
Condyloma Lata
secondary syphilis
Cotton Wool Spots
HTN; cytoid bodies seen w/ SLE (yellowish cotton wool fundal lesions)
Councilman Bodies
dying hepatocytes - HepB