Midterm: endo Flashcards
Buffalo hump
fat pad associated with Cushing’s syndrome
Moon facies
wide, round face associated with Cushing’s syndrome
Herring bodies
Herring bodies – neurosecretory bodies that represent the terminal axons from hypothalamus in post. pituitary
Hurthle cells
Hurthle cells – enlarged epithelial cells with abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm that are associated with hashimoto’s thyroiditis and follicular thyroid cancer
Orphan Annie eye nuclei
Orphan Annie eye nuclei – large nuclei cleared out in the center with powdery chromatin at the periphery appears empty
==papillary thyroid carcinoma
Zellballen
Zellballen- “cell balls”
nest-like clusters of cells
seen in neuroendocrine tumors, pheochromocytoma
Salt & pepper nuclei
Salt & pepper nuclei – granular/stippled chromatin inclusions in nucleus
seen in neuroendocrine tumors, pheochromocytoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma
Kimmelstiel–Wilson nodules
Kimmelstiel–Wilson nodules – nodules of hyaline that form in the glomerulus, associated with diabetes
Homer-Wright pseudorosettes
Homer-Wright pseudorosettes – circular structure of : differentiated tumor cells surrounding a thin matrix of ependymal (glial) cells surrounding a vessel (lumen) common in neuroblastomas
Kernicterus
Seen in newborns with hyperbilirubinemia that can manifest as neurologic damage
Blue-dome appearance
bluish appearance on outside of cysts seen with fibrocystic changes
small, round, blue cells
neuroblasts
this module think: adrenal medulla neuroblastoma (children with rapidly enlarging abdominal mass and “blueberry muffin babies”)
most common single, solid tumor in children (3)
1 neuroblastoma 2 wilms tumor 3 osteosarcoma
most common neoplasia in children (1)
leukemias
follicles with scalloped colliod
graves disease= hyperthyroidism