Key Pathology Word Associations Flashcards by Samantha Marshall | Brainscape

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Alpha fetoprotein elevation, amniotic fluid

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Spina bifida

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Alpha fetoprotein elevation, adult

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

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Amyloid deposits in brain

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Alzheimer’s disease

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Antibodies to acetylcholine receptors in NMJ

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Myasthenia gravis

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Antibodies to calcium influx pumps in NMJ

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Lambert eaton syndrome

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Anti-IgG antibodies, inflammatory arthritis

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RA

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Antinuclear antibodies, inflammatory arthritis

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SLE

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Apical cavitations

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TB

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Antischkow cells

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Rheumatic fever

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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 leukaemia

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Basophilic stippling

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Lead poisoning

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BCR-abl onogene

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Chronic myelogenous leukemia

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Bence jones protein

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MM

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Berry aneurysm

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Adult polycystic kidney disease

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BL hilar lymphadnopathy

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Sarcoidosis

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Brown cysts in bone

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Hyperparathyroidism

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Buffalo hump, truncal obesity

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Cushing’s syndrome

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CA-125

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Ovarian cancer

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Carcinoembryonic antigen

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Colon cancer

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Caseous granulomas

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TB

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Cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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Arnold chiara malformato

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Carcot leyden crystals

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Asthma

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Chocolate cysts in pelvis

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Endometriosis

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Clue cells

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Bacterial vaginosis

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Coagulative necrosis

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MI

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Cobblestone appearance of intestinal mucosa

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Crohn’s disease

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Codman’s triangle on x-ray

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Osteosarc

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Congenital aganglionosis of colon

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Hirschsprung’s disease

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Curschmann’s spirals

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Asthma

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Dark urine, dark cartilage

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Alkaptonuria

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Downey cells

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Mononucleosis

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Dystrophin defect

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Duchennes MD

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Fatty necrosis

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Liver damage

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Eburnation

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OA

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Fibrillin defect

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Marfan’s

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Ghon’s focus and complex

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TB

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Guarneri bodies

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Smallpox

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Heterophil antibodies

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Mononucleosis

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Hirano’s bodies

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Alzheimer’s disease

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HLA B8

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Graves disease

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HLA B27

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Seroneg spondyloarthritis

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HLA DR3/4

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DM type 1, RA, SLE

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Hypercoagulability, venous stasis, vessel wall damage

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Virchow’s triad

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Hyperelasticity of skin and joint capsule

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EDS

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Hyperpigmented skin, fatigue

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Addison’s disease

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Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules

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Diabetic nerphropathy

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Langhan’s giant cells

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TB

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Lewy bodies

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Parkinsons

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Lines of Zahn

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Thrombus

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Liquefactive necrosis

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Nerve damage

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L-MYC oncogene

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Colon cancer

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Looser’s zone

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Osteomalacia

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MacCallum patch in left atrium

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Rheumatic fever

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Macrocytic normochromic anemia

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Folic acid/vit B12 deficiency

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Malignant plasma cells

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MM

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Microcytic homnocromic anemia

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Iron deficient anaemia

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MC cancer in men

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Prostate

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MC cancer in women

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Breast

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MC cause of osteomyelitis

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Staphylococcus aureus

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MC malignant brain tumour, adults

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Glioblastoma multiforme

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MC malignant brain tumour, kids

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Neuroblastoma

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MM primary bone tumour, adults

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MM

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MC primary bone tumour, kids

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Osteosarc

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M spike on protein electrophoresis

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MM

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Needle shaped negatively birefringent crystals

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Gout

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Neurofibrillary tangles

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Alzheimer’s

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Nutmeg liver

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CHF

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Post-menopausal bleeding

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Endometrial cancer

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Red blood cell casts in urine

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Glomerulonephritis

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Rib notching on chest xray

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Coarctation of aorta

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Reed-sternberg cells

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Hodgkins lymphoma

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Thyroglobulin antibodies

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Hashimotos disease

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Virchow’s triad

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DVT

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XO chromosomal disease

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Turners

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XXY chromosomal disease

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Klinefelter syndrome

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Zenker’s degeneration

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Skeletal muscle damage