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high AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Dating error, anencephaly, spina bifida (open neural tube defects)

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anticentromere abs

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Scleroderma (CREST)

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anti-desmoglein/desmosome abs

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Pemphigus vulgaris

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Anti-glomerular basement memb

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Goodpasture

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Antihistone

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Drug-induced SLE (hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide)

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anti-IgG

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Rheumatoid arthritis

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antimitochondrial

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primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal hypertension)

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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic abs

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Microscopic polyangiitis and eosinophilic granulomatosis (Churg-Strauss); primary sclerosing cholangitis; granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegeners)

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Antinuclear abs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA

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SLE

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10
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Antiplatelet

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ITP

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Anti-topoisomerase

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Diffuse systemic scleroderma

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Anti-transglutaminase/gliadin/endomysial

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Celiac

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Apple core lesion on barium enema x-ray

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Colorectal cancer (left-sided)

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14
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Atypical lymphocytes

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EBV

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Azurophilic peroxidase granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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Auer rods (AML esp APL)

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Bacitracin response

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Sensitive: S pyogenes
Resistant: S agalactiae

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17
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Bamboo spine on X-ray

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs

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Howell-Jolly bodies (from splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen)

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Basophilic stippling of RBCs

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Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia

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20
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Bloody or yellow tap on lumbar puncture

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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21
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Boot-shaped heart on X-ray

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Tetrology of Fallot

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Branching gram + rods with sulfur granules

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Actinomyces

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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging

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Pancoast tumor (can compress cervical sympathetic chain and cause Horners)

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Brown tumor of bone

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Hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (deposited hemosiderin from hemorrhage)

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Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy

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Chagas disease (trypanosoma cruzi)

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26
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Cellular crescents in Bowman capsule

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RPGN Major causes: Goodpasture, pauci-immune (ANCA) vasculitidies
Minor: Lupus nephritis, IgA nephropathy, PSGN

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27
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Chocolate cyst of ovary

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Endometriosis

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Circular group of dark tumor cells around pale neurofibrils

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Homer-Wright rosettes (medullobastoma, neuroblastoma)

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29
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Colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs

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Cystic fibrosis

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30
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Low AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities

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31
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Degeneration of dorsal column

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Tabes dorsalis (tert syphilis) and subacute combined degeneration

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32
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Delta wave on EKG, short PR interval, supraventric tachycardia

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Wolff-Parkinson-White

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33
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Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum

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Curschmann spirals from chronic bronchitis

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34
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Disarrayed granulosa cells around eosinophilic fluid

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Call-Exner bodies of gran cell tumor of ovary

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35
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Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with raisinoid nuclei and hyperchromasia

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Koilocytes (HPV)

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36
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Electric alternans (alternating amplitude on EKG)

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Pericardial tamponade

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37
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Enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies

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Owl eye cell of CMV

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38
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Enlarged thyroid cells with ground glass nuclei with central clearing

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Orphan annie eyes of papillary thyroid cancer

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell

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Mallory body (alcoholic liver dz)

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40
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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in neuron

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Lewy body (Parkinson and Lewy dementia)

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41
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Eosinophilic globule in liver

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Councilman body (viral hepatitis, yellow fever) is hepatocyte undergoing necrosis

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42
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Eosinophilic inclusion body in cytoplasm of hippocampal and cerebellar lesions

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Negri body of rabies

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43
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Extracellular amyloid deposits in gray matter of brain

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Amyloid plaque of alzheimers

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44
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Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei and inclusions

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Reed-Sternberg cells of Hodgkin

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45
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glomerulus-like structure around vessel in germ cells

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Schiller-Duval body (yolk sac)

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46
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Hair on end (crew cut) x-ray appearance

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beta-thalassemia, sickle cell (marrow expansion)

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47
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hCG elevated

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choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole, multiple gestations

48
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Granulomatous heart nodules

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Aschoff bodies in rheumatic fever

49
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Heterophile antibodies

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Mono (EBV)

50
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Hexagonal, double pointed, needle-like crystals in bronchial secretions

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Charcot-Leyden crystals of Bronchial asthma

51
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Giemsa stain

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malaria, Chlamydia

52
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Silver stain

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fungi

53
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Congo red stain

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amyloid

54
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Prussian blue stain

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iron

55
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Trichrome stain

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fibrous tissue

56
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High D-dimer

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PE, DVT, DIC

57
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hilar lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung

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Ghon complex

58
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Honeycomb lung

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Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

59
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Hypercoagulability (migrating DVTs and vasculitis)

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Trousseau syndrome (adenocar of pancreas or lung)

60
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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic anemia (B12 or folate defic)

61
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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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Primary hyperaldosteronism (Conn syndrome)

62
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Hypochromic microcytic anemia

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Iron defic, thalassemia, lead poisoning

63
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Intranuclear eosinophilic droplet like bodies

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Cowdry bodies (HSV or VZV)

64
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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum

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Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis)

65
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Keratin pearls on skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

66
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Pearly nodule with raised borders

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Basal cell carcinoma

67
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Large granules in phagocytes, immunodeficiency

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Chediak-Higashi

68
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Lead pipe appearance of colon on ab imaging

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Ulcerative colitis (loss of haustra)

69
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Linear appearance on IgG deposit on glomerular and alveolar basement membs

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Goodpasture

70
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Low serum cerulosplasmin

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Wilson disease

71
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Lumpy bumpy appearance of glomeruli on IF

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PSGN (deposit of IgG, IgM, and C3)

72
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Lytic punched out bone lesions

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multiple myeloma

73
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Mammary gland (blue dome) cyst

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Fibrocystic change of breast

74
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Monoclonal Ab spike

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Multiple myeloma, MGUS (from aging), Waldenstrom (IgM) macroglobulinemia, primary amyloidosis

75
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Mucin filled cell with peripheral nucleus

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Signet ring cell (gastric carc)

76
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Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium x-ray

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String sign (Crohn)

77
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Necrotizing vasculitis (lung) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis/ Wegener (PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)

Goodpasture

78
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Needle shaped, neg-birefringent crystals

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Gout (monosodium urate crystals)

79
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Nodular hyaline deposits in glomeruli

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Kimmelstiel-Wilson (diabetic nephrop)

80
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Novobiocin

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Sens: S epidermidis
Resistant: S sapro

81
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Nutmeg liver

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Chronic passive liver congestion due to RH failure or Budd-Chiari

82
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Onion skin periosteal reaction

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Ewing sarcoma (small blue cell)

83
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Optochin

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Sens: S pneumo
Resist: Viridans strep

84
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Podocyte effacement on EM

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Minimal change disease

85
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Foamy macrophages that are PAS+

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Whipple disease

86
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Protein aggregates in neurons from hyperphospho of tau

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Neurofibrillary tangles/Pick bodies

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Psammoma bodies

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Meningioma, papillary thyroid, mesothelioma, papillary serous carc of endometrium and ovary

88
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Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy

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glioblastoma multiforme

89
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raised periosteum (Codman triangle)

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aggressive bone lesion eg osteosarcoma, Ewing, osteomyelitis

90
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RBC casts in urine

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glomerulonephritis

91
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rectangular, crystal-like, cytoplasmic inclusions in leydig cells

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Reinke crystals

92
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Recurrent infections, eczema, thrombocytopenia

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Wiskott-Aldrich

93
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Renal epithelial casts

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intrinsic renal failure from ischemia or toxic injury

94
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rhomboid, pos-birefringent cystals

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pseudogout (calc pyrophos dihydrate crystal)

95
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rib notching on X-ray

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coarc of the aorta

96
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ring-enhancing brain lesion in AIDS

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toxo, CNS lymphoma

97
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silver-staining spherical aggreggation of tau in neurons

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pick bodies

98
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soap bubble in femur or tibia

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giant cell tumor of bone (usually benign)

99
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spikes on BM, dome-like subepith deposits

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membranous nephropathy

100
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stacks of RBC

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Rouleaux formation in multiple myeloma

101
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steeple sign on CXR

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croup (parainfluenza)

102
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bacteria-covered vaginal epith cells

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clue cells of Gardnerella

103
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strep bovis bacteremia

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colon cancer

104
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tennis racket cytoplasmic organelles in Langerhans cells

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Birbeck granules

105
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1000s of polyps

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FAP (AD, APC mut)

106
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thrombi of white/red layers

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lines of zahn (indicates thrombus formed in vivo)

107
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thumb sign on lateral neck x-ray

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epiglottitis (H flu)

108
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thyroid-like appearance of kidney

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chronic pyelo

109
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tram-track appearance of capillary loops of glom BM

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membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

110
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triglyceride accums in liver cell vacuoles

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fatty liver disease (alcoholic or metabolic syndrome)

111
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high uric acid

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gout, Lesch-Nyhan, tumor lysis, loop and thiazide diuretics

112
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waxy casts with low urine flow

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ESRD

113
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WBC casts in urine

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pyelo

114
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smudge cells (WBCs)

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CLL

115
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wire loop glom capillary appearance

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lupus nephritis (and other forms of diffuse prolif glomerulonephritis)

116
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yellowish CSF

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xanthochromia from subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Mucicarmine stain

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Cryptococcus

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