Key Pathology Word Associations Flashcards by Jennifer Lensraf

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Alpha-fetoprotein elevation in amniotic fluid

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Spinal Bifida

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Alpha-fetoprotein elevation in adult

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Amyloid deposits in the brain

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Alzheimer’s disease

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Antibodies to ACh receptors in NMJ

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Myasthenia gravis

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Antibodies to Ca++ influx pumps in NMJ

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Lambert Eaton Syndrome

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Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpasture disease

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Anti-IgG antibodies

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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Anti-Nuclear Antibodies

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SLE

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Apical cavitations

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tuberculosis

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Antischkows cells

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Rheumatic fever

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Apical lung tumor

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Pancoast Tumor

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Ascending demyelinating polyneuropathy

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Gillian-Barrel syndrome

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Aschoff bodies

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Rheumatic fever

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Auer’s rods

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Acute myelogenous leukemia

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Basophilic stippling and blue gums

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Lead poisoning

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BCR - abl oncogene

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Chronic myelogenous leukemia

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Bence Jones proteins

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Multiple myeloma

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Berry aneurysms

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Adult polycystic disease of the kidney

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Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

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Bilateral exophthalmos

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Grave’s disease

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Bilateral Hilar lymphadenopathey

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Sarcoidosis, TB, or lymphoma

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Bleeding gums

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scurvy

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Blue sclera and broken bones

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Osteogenesis imperfecta

Q

Brodie’s abcess

A

Osteomyelitis

Q

Bouchard’s node

A

Rheumatoid arthritis

Q

BRCA - 1/2 tumor marker

A

Breast CA

Q

Bronze skin and diabetes mellitus and testicular atrophy

A

hemochromatosis

Q

Brown cysts in bone

A

hyperparathyroidism

Q

Buffalo hump and truncal obesity

A

Cushing’s syndrome

Q

Bull’s eye rash

A

Lyme disease

Q

Butterfly rash

A

SLE

Q

CA-125

A

Ovarian cancer

Q

Café au lait spots

A

neurofibromatosis

Q

Calor, rubor, tumor, dolor, and function laesa

A

Acute inflammation

Q

Caput medusae

A

Portal hypertension

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Carcinoembryonic antigen

A

Colon cancer

Q

Caseous necrosis

A

TB

Q

Cerebellar tonsillar herniation

A

Arnold-Chiari malformation Type 2

Q

Cerebellar vermis herniation

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Arnold-Chiari malformation Type 1

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Change from one cell type to another cell type

A

metaplasia

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Chariot-Leiden crystals or Curschmann’s spirals

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asthma

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Chloride transport regulator defect

A

Cystic fibrosis

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Cherry red macula and mental retardation

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Tay-Sachs disease

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Chocolate cysts in the pelvis

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Endometriosis

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Chorea due to decreased GABA

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Huntington’s disease

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Clue cells

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Bacterial vaginosis

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Coagulative necrosis

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Myocardial infarction

Q

Cobblestone appearance of intestinal mucosa

A

Crohn’s disease

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Codman’s triangle on x-ray

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Osteosarcoma

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Condylomata accuminata

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HPV infection