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Anticentromere antibodies

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Scleroderma (CREST)

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Antidesmoglein (epithelial) antibodies

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Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering

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Anti–glomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpasture syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis

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Antihistone antibodies

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Drug-induced SLE (hydralazine, INH, phenytoin,

procainamide)

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Anti-IgG antibodies

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Rheumatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus,
boutonnière deformity
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Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs

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1° biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal hypertension

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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs

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Microscopic polyangiitis and Churg-Strauss syndrome
(MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA); granulomatosis with polyangiitis
(Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)

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Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA)

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SLE (type III hypersensitivity

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Antiplatelet antibodies

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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

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Anti-topoisomerase antibodies

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Diffuse systemic scleroderma

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Anti-transglutaminase/anti-gliadin/anti-endomysial

antibodies

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Celiac disease (diarrhea, distention, weight loss)

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“Apple core” lesion on abdominal x-ray

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Colorectal cancer (usually left-sided)

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Azurophilic peroxidase  granular inclusions in granulocytes

and myeloblasts

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Auer rods (AML, especially the promyelocytic [M3] type)

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Bacitracin response

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Sensitive: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A); resistant:
Streptococcus agalactiae (group B)
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“Bamboo spine” on x-ray

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Ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis:
HLA-B27)
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Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs

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Howell-Jolly bodies (due to 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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Bloody tap on LP

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

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“Boot-shaped” heart on x-ray

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Tetralogy of Fallot, RVH

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Branching gram-positive rods with sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging

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Pancoast tumor (can compress sympathetic ganglion and
cause Horner syndrome
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“Brown” tumor of bone

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Hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (deposited

hemosiderin from hemorrhage gives brown color)

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Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy

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Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)

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Cellular crescents in Bowman capsule

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Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis

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“Chocolate cyst” of ovary
Endometriosis (frequently involves both ovaries)
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Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale | neurofibrils
Homer-Wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, | retinoblastoma)
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Colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs
``` Cystic fibrosis (autosomal recessive mutation in CFTR gene Ž fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs ```
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 AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum
Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormality
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Degeneration of dorsal column nerves
``` Tabes dorsalis (3° syphilis), subacute combined degeneration (dorsal columns and lateral corticospinal tracts affected) ```
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Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
``` Parkinson disease (basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia) ```
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Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum
``` Curschmann spirals (bronchial asthma; can result in whorled mucous plugs) ```
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Disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophilic fluid
Call-Exner bodies (granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovary)
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Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with nuclear enlargement | and hyperchromasia
Koilocytes (HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer)
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Enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies
“Owl eye” appearance of CMV
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Enlarged thyroid cells with ground-glass nuclei
“Orphan Annie” eyes nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the | thyroid)
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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell
Mallory body (alcoholic liver disease)
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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell
Lewy body (Parkinson disease)
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Eosinophilic globule in liver
Councilman body (toxic or viral hepatitis, often yellow feve
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Eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal | and cerebellar nerve cells
Negri bodies of rabies
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Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain
Senile plaques (Alzheimer disease)
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Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions | “owl’s eye”
Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin lymphoma
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Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells
Schiller-Duval bodies (yolk sac tumor)
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“Hair on end” (crew-cut) appearance on x-ray
β-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia (marrow expansion)
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hCG elevated
Choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs with and | without embryo, and multiple pregnancy)
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Heart nodules (granulomatous)
Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)
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Heterophile antibodies
Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)
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Hexagonal, double-pointed, needle-like crystals in bronchial | secretion
``` Bronchial asthma (Charcot-Leyden crystals: eosinophilic granules) ```
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High level of d-dimers
DVT, PE, DIC
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Hilar lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung lobes (can calcify)
Ghon complex (1° TB: Mycobacterium bacilli)
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“Honeycomb lung” on x-ray or CT
Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
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Hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitis)
Trousseau syndrome (adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung)
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Hypersegmented neutrophils
``` Megaloblastic anemia (B12 deficiency: neurologic symptoms; folate deficiency: no neurologic symptoms) ```
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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis
Conn syndrome
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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia
Iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia (fetal | hemoglobin sometimes present)
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Increased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum
Dating error, anencephaly, spina bifida (neural tube defect
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Increased uric acid levels
Gout, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, tumor lysis syndrome, loop | and thiazide diuretics
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Intranuclear eosinophilic droplet-like bodies
Cowdry type A bodies (HSV or CMV)
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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum
Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis:  chance of mesothelioma)
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Keratin pearls on a skin biopsy
Squamous cell carcinoma
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Large lysosomal vesicles in phagocytes immunodeficiency
Chédiak-Higashi disease (congenital failure of phagolysosome | formation)
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“Lead pipe” appearance of colon on barium enema x-ray
Ulcerative colitis (loss of haustra)
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Linear appearance of IgG deposition on glomerular basement | membrane
Goodpasture syndrome
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Low serum ceruloplasmin
Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)
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“Lumpy bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on | immunofluorescence
``` Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (immune complex deposition of IgG and C3b) ```
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Lytic (“hole punched”) bone lesions on x-ray
Multiple myeloma
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Mammary gland (“blue domed”) cyst
Fibrocystic change of the breast
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Monoclonal antibody spike
ƒƒMultiple myeloma (usually IgG or IgA) ƒƒMonoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS consequence of aging) ƒƒWaldenström (M protein = IgM) macroglobulinemia ƒƒ Primary amyloidosis
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Mucin-filled cell with peripheral nucleus
“Signet ring” (gastric carcinoma)
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Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium x-ray
“String sign” (Crohn disease)
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``` Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephriti ```
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/ c-ANCA) and Goodpasture syndrome (anti–basement membrane antibodies)
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Needle-shaped, negatively birefringent crystals
Gout (monosodium urate crystals)
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Nodular hyaline deposits in glomeruli
Kimmelstiel-Wilson nodules (diabetic nephropathy)
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Novobiocin response
Sensitive: Staphylococcus epidermidis; resistant: | Staphylococcus saprophyticus
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“Nutmeg” appearance of liver
Chronic passive congestion of liver due to right heart failure
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“Onion skin” periosteal reaction
Ewing sarcoma (malignant round-cell tumor)
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Optochin response
Sensitive: Streptococcus pneumoniae; resistant: viridans | streptococci
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Periosteum raised from bone, creating triangular area
Codman triangle on x-ray (osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma | pyogenic osteomyelitis)
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Podocyte fusion or “effacement” on electron microscopy
Minimal change disease (child with nephrotic syndrome)
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Polished, “ivory-like” appearance of bone at cartilage erosion
Eburnation (osteoarthritis resulting in bony sclerosis)
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Protein aggregates in neurons from hyperphosphorylation of | tau protein
``` Neurofibrillary tangles (Alzheimer disease) and Pick bodies (Pick disease) ```
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Psammoma bodies
Meningiomas, papillary thyroid carcinoma, mesothelioma, | papillary serous carcinoma of the endometrium and ovary
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Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy
Glioblastoma multiforme
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RBC casts in urine
Acute glomerulonephritis
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Rectangular, crystal-like, cytoplasmic inclusions in Leydig cells
Reinke crystals (Leydig cell tumor)
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Renal epithelial casts in urine
Acute toxic/viral renal injury
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Rhomboid crystals, positively birefringent
Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals)
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Rib notching
Coarctation of the aorta
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Ring-enhancing brain lesion in AIDS
Toxoplasma gondii, CNS lymphoma
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Sheets of medium-sized lymphoid cells with scattered pale, | tingible body–laden macrophages (“starry sky” histology)
``` Burkitt lymphoma (t[8:14] c-myc activation, associated with EBV; “black sky” made up of malignant cells) ```
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Silver-staining spherical aggregation of tau proteins in | neurons
``` Pick bodies (Pick disease: progressive dementia, changes in personality) ```
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“Soap bubble” in femur or tibia on x-ray
Giant cell tumor of bone (generally benign)
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“Spikes” on basement membrane, “dome-like” subepithelial | deposits
``` Membranous glomerulonephritis (may progress to nephrotic syndrome) ```
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Stacks of RBCs
Rouleaux formation (high ESR, multiple myeloma)
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Stippled vaginal epithelial cells
“Clue cells” (Gardnerella vaginalis)
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“Tennis racket”-shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in | Langerhans cells
``` Birbeck granules (Langerhans cell histiocytosis or histiocytosis X: eosinophilic granuloma) ```
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Thrombi made of white/red layers
Lines of Zahn (arterial thrombus, layers of platelets/RBCs)
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“Thumb sign” on lateral x-ray
Epiglottitis (Haemophilus influenzae)
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Thyroid-like appearance of kidney
Chronic bacterial pyelonephritis
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“Tram-track” appearance of capillary loops of glomerular | basement membranes on light microscopy
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
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Triglyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles
Fatty liver disease (alcoholic or metabolic syndrome)
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“Waxy” casts with very low urine flow
Chronic end-stage renal disease
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WBC casts in urine
Acute pyelonephritis
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WBCs that look “smudged”
CLL (almost always B cell)
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“Wire loop” glomerular capillary appearance on light | microscopy
Lupus nephropathy
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Yellowish CSF
Xanthochromia (e.g., due to subarachnoid hemorrhage)

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