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Alpha-fetoprotein elevation in amniotic fluid

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Spina 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’sdisease

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Antibodies to acetylcholine receptors in NMJ

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Myasthenia gravis

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Antibodies to Calcium influsx 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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9
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Apical cavitations

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Tuberculosis

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Antischkow cells

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Rheumatic fever

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Apical lung tumor

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Pancoast tumor

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12
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Aschoff bodies

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Rheumatic fever

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13
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Auer’srods

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Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

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Basophilic stippling

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Lead poisoning

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15
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BCR-abl oncogene

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Chronic myelogenous leukemia

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16
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Bence Jones proteins

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Multiple Myeloma

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17
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Berry aneurysms

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Adult polycystic disease of the kidney

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Bilateral adrenal heamorrhage

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome

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19
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Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy

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Sarcoidosis

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20
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BRCA-1/2 tumor marker

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Breast cancer

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21
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Brown cysts in bone

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Hyperparathyroidism

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22
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Buffalo hump and truncal obesity

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Cushing’ssyndrome

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23
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CA-125

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Ovarian cancer

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24
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Carcinoembryonic antigen

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Colon cancer

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25
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Caseous granulomas

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Tuberculosis

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26
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Cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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Arnold-Chiari malformation

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27
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Charcot-Leyden crystals

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Asthma

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28
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Chocolate cysts in the pelvis

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Endometriosis

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29
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Clue cells

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Bacterial vaginosis

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30
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Coagulative necrosis

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Myocardial infarction

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31
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Cobblestone appearance of intestinal mucosa

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Crohn’sdisease

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32
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Codman’striangleonx-ray

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Osteosarcoma

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33
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Congenital aganglionosis of the colon

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Hirschsprung’sdisease

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34
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Curschmann’s spirals

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Asthma

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35
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Dark urine and dark cartilage

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Alkaptonuria

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36
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Downey cells

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Mononucleosis

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37
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Dry eyes and dry mouth

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Sjorgen syndrome

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38
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Dystrophin defect

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Duchenne’smusculardystrophy

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39
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Eburnation

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Osteoarthritis

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40
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Fatty necrosis

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Liver damage

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41
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Fibrillin defect

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Marfan’ssyndrome

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42
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Ghon’sfocusandcomplex

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Primary Tuberculosis

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43
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Guarneri bodies

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Smallpox

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44
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Heterophil antibodies

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Mononucleosis

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45
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Hirano’sbodies

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Alzheimer’sdisease

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46
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HLA-B8

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Graves disease

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47
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HLA-B27

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AS,Reiter’ssyndrome,ulcerativecolitis

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HLA-DR3 or 4

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DM type 1, RA and SLE

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Hypercoagulabilty, venous stasis and vessel wall damage

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Virchow’striad

50
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Hyperelasticty of skin and joint capulse

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

51
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Hyperpigmented skin with fatigue

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Addison’sdisease

52
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Immotile cilia with sinusitis, bronchietasts and situs inversus

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Kartagener’ssyndrome

53
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Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules

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Diabetic nephropathy

54
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Langhan’sgiantcells

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Tuberculosis

55
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Lewy bodies

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Parkinson’sdisease

56
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Lines of Zahn

57
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Liquefactive necrosis

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Nerve damage

58
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Liver and brain damage after aspirin ingestion

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Reye syndrome

59
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L-MYC oncogene

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Colon cancer

60
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L ooser’szone

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Osteomalacia

61
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MacCallum’spatch in lefrt atrium

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Rheumatic fever

62
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Macrocytic normochromic anemia

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Folic acid or Vitamin B12 deficiency

63
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Malignant plasma cells

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Multiple Myeloma

64
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Microcytic hypochromic anemia

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Iron deficiency anemia

65
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Minimal change of the basement membrane

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Nephrotic syndrome

66
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Most common cancer in men

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Prostate cancer

67
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Most common cause of osteomyelitis

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Staphylococcus aureus

68
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Most common cancer in women

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Breast cancer

69
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Most common malignant bone tumor

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Metastases

70
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Most common benign brain tumor

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Meningioma

71
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Most common kidney tumor in children

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Wilms tumor

72
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Most common malignant brain tumor in adults

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Glioblastoma multiforme

73
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Most common malignant brain tumor in children

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Neuroblastoma

74
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Most common primary bone cancer in adults

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Multiple Myeloma

75
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Most common primary bone cancer in teens

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Osteosarcoma

76
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M spike on serum electrophoresis

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Multiple Myeloma

77
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Needle-shaped negatively birefringent crystals

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Gout [uric acid crystals]

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Negri bodies

79
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Neurofibrillary tangles

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Alzheimer’sdisease

80
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N-MYC oncogene

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Neuroblastoma

81
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Non-caseous granulomas in the gut

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Crohn’sdisease

82
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Non-caseous granulomas in the lung

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Sarcoidosis

83
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Nutmeg liver

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Congestive Heart Failure

84
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Onion-skin periosteal reaction on x-ray

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Ewing’ssarcoma

85
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Oral pigmentation and intestinal polyps

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Peutz-Jegher syndrome

86
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Osteophytes

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Osteoarthritis

87
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Owl-eye appearance

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Cryptococcus neoformans

88
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p16 oncogene

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Malignant melanoma

89
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Pannus formation

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

90
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Philadelphia chromosome

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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

91
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Post-coital bleeding

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Carcinoma of the cervix

92
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Post-menopausal bleeding

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Endometrial cancer

93
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Prostatic Specific Antigen

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Prostatic carcinoma

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Red and gray hepatization in lung

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Red blood cell casts in urine

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Glomerulonephritis

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Recurrent peptic ulcers

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

97
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Rib notching on chest x-ray

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Coarctation of the aorta

98
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Reed-Sternberg cells

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Hodgkin’slymphoma

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Rheumatoid factor

100
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Rokitansky-Ashoff sinuses

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Cholecystitis

101
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Soap-bubble appearance on x-ray

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Giant cell tumor

102
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Spaghetti and meatballs appearance

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Malassezia furfur

103
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Splenomegaly and eyethema nodosum

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Sarcoidosis

104
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Starry sky appearance in lymph node

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Burkitt’slymphoma

105
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Stunted small intestinal villi due to gluten sensitivity

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Celiac disease

106
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Thymic and parathyroid aplasia

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DiGeorge syndrome

107
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Thyroglobulin antibodies

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Hashimoto’sdisease

108
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Vanilyl mandelic acid in the urine

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Pheochromocytoma

109
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Virchow’striad-vessel damage, stasis, hypercoagulability

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Deep vein thrombosis

110
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Vomiting blood after protracted vomiting and retching

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome

111
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Wallerian degeneration

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Nerve damage

112
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White blood cell casts in urine

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Pyelonephritis

113
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XO chromosomal disease

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Turner’sdisease

114
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XXY chromosomal disease

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Klinefelter’ssyndrome

115
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Zenker’sdegeneration

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Skeletal muscle damage

116
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Cerebellar tonsillar herniation

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Arnold-Chiari malformation

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Coagulative necrosis

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Myocardial infarction

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