Key Pathology Word Associations

Question 1

Alpha fetoprotein elevation, amniotic fluid

Answer 1

Spina bifida

Question 2

Alpha fetoprotein elevation, adult

Answer 2

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 3

Amyloid deposits in brain

Answer 3

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 4

Antibodies to acetylcholine receptors in NMJ

Answer 4

Myasthenia gravis

Question 5

Antibodies to calcium influx pumps in NMJ

Answer 5

Lambert eaton syndrome

Question 6

Anti-IgG antibodies, inflammatory arthritis

Answer 6

RA

Question 7

Antinuclear antibodies, inflammatory arthritis

Answer 7

SLE

Question 8

Apical cavitations

Answer 8

TB

Question 9

Antischkow cells

Answer 9

Rheumatic fever

Question 10

Aschoff bodies

Answer 10

Rheumatic fever

Question 11

Auer’s rods

Answer 11

Acute myelogenous leukaemia

Question 12

Basophilic stippling

Answer 12

Lead poisoning

Question 13

BCR-abl onogene

Answer 13

Chronic myelogenous leukemia

Question 14

Bence jones protein

Answer 14

MM

Question 15

Berry aneurysm

Answer 15

Adult polycystic kidney disease

Question 16

BL hilar lymphadnopathy

Answer 16

Sarcoidosis

Question 17

Brown cysts in bone

Answer 17

Hyperparathyroidism

Question 18

Buffalo hump, truncal obesity

Answer 18

Cushing’s syndrome

Question 19

CA-125

Answer 19

Ovarian cancer

Question 20

Carcinoembryonic antigen

Answer 20

Colon cancer

Question 21

Caseous granulomas

Answer 21

TB

Question 22

Cerebellar tonsillar herniation

Answer 22

Arnold chiara malformato

Question 23

Carcot leyden crystals

Answer 23

Asthma

Question 24

Chocolate cysts in pelvis

Answer 24

Endometriosis

Question 25

Clue cells

Answer 25

Bacterial vaginosis

Question 26

Coagulative necrosis

Answer 26

MI

Question 27

Cobblestone appearance of intestinal mucosa

Answer 27

Crohn's disease

Question 28

Codman's triangle on x-ray

Answer 28

Osteosarc

Question 29

Congenital aganglionosis of colon

Answer 29

Hirschsprung's disease

Question 30

Curschmann's spirals

Answer 30

Asthma

Question 31

Dark urine, dark cartilage

Answer 31

Alkaptonuria

Question 32

Downey cells

Answer 32

Mononucleosis

Question 33

Dystrophin defect

Answer 33

Duchennes MD

Question 34

Fatty necrosis

Answer 34

Liver damage

Question 35

Eburnation

Answer 35

OA

Question 36

Fibrillin defect

Answer 36

Marfan's

Question 37

Ghon's focus and complex

Answer 37

TB

Question 38

Guarneri bodies

Answer 38

Smallpox

Question 39

Heterophil antibodies

Answer 39

Mononucleosis

Question 40

Hirano's bodies

Answer 40

Alzheimer's disease

Question 41

HLA B8

Answer 41

Graves disease

Question 42

HLA B27

Answer 42

Seroneg spondyloarthritis

Question 43

HLA DR3/4

Answer 43

DM type 1, RA, SLE

Question 44

Hypercoagulability, venous stasis, vessel wall damage

Answer 44

Virchow's triad

Question 45

Hyperelasticity of skin and joint capsule

Answer 45

EDS

Question 46

Hyperpigmented skin, fatigue

Answer 46

Addison's disease

Question 47

Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules

Answer 47

Diabetic nerphropathy

Question 48

Langhan's giant cells

Answer 48

TB

Question 49

Lewy bodies

Answer 49

Parkinsons

Question 50

Lines of Zahn

Answer 50

Thrombus

Question 51

Liquefactive necrosis

Answer 51

Nerve damage

Question 52

L-MYC oncogene

Answer 52

Colon cancer

Question 53

Looser's zone

Answer 53

Osteomalacia

Question 54

MacCallum patch in left atrium

Answer 54

Rheumatic fever

Question 55

Macrocytic normochromic anemia

Answer 55

Folic acid/vit B12 deficiency

Question 56

Malignant plasma cells

Answer 56

MM

Question 57

Microcytic homnocromic anemia

Answer 57

Iron deficient anaemia

Question 58

MC cancer in men

Answer 58

Prostate

Question 59

MC cancer in women

Answer 59

Breast

Question 60

MC cause of osteomyelitis

Answer 60

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 61

MC malignant brain tumour, adults

Answer 61

Glioblastoma multiforme

Question 62

MC malignant brain tumour, kids

Answer 62

Neuroblastoma

Question 63

MM primary bone tumour, adults

Answer 63

MM

Question 64

MC primary bone tumour, kids

Answer 64

Osteosarc

Question 65

M spike on protein electrophoresis

Answer 65

MM

Question 66

Needle shaped negatively birefringent crystals

Answer 66

Gout

Question 67

Neurofibrillary tangles

Answer 67

Alzheimer's

Question 68

Nutmeg liver

Answer 68

CHF

Question 69

Post-menopausal bleeding

Answer 69

Endometrial cancer

Question 70

Red blood cell casts in urine

Answer 70

Glomerulonephritis

Question 71

Rib notching on chest xray

Answer 71

Coarctation of aorta

Question 72

Reed-sternberg cells

Answer 72

Hodgkins lymphoma

Question 73

Thyroglobulin antibodies

Answer 73

Hashimotos disease

Question 74

Virchow's triad

Answer 74

DVT

Question 75

XO chromosomal disease

Answer 75

Turners

Question 76

XXY chromosomal disease

Answer 76

Klinefelter syndrome

Question 77

Zenker's degeneration

Answer 77

Skeletal muscle damage