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Rapid Review - Classic Labratory Findings Flashcards

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Increased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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

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Anti-centromere antibodies

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Scleroderma (CREST)

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Anti-desmoglein (anti-desmosome) antibodies

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Pemphigus Vulgaris (blistering)

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Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpasture’s Syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)

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Anti-histone antibodies

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Drug Induced SLE (hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide)

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Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP)

Anti-IgG antibodies

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Rheumatoid Arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)

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Anti-mitochondrial antibodies

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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal hypertension)

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Anti-neutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies

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p-ANCA: Microscopic polyangiitis and eosinophilic granulomatosis (Churg-Strauss Syndrome)
c-ANCA: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegeners)

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Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA: anti-smith and anti-dsDNA)

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Lupus (type 3 hypersensitivity)

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Anti-platelet 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 and weight loss)

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“Apple core” lesion on barium enema x-ray

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Colorectal Cancer (usually left sided)

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Atypical Lymphocytes

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EBV

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Azurophilic peroxidase positive granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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Auer Rods (AML - promyelocytic/M3 type)

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Bacitracin Response

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Sensitive = Strep Pyogenes (group A)
Resistant = Strep 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 or yellow tap on lumbar puncture

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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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“Boot-shaped” heart on x-ray

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Tetralogy of Fallot (due to 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 cervical sympatheic ganglia and cause Horner’s Syndrome)

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“Brown” tumor of bone

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Hyperparathyroidism

Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica (deposited hemosiderin from from hemorrhage gives from color)

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Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy

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Chagas Disease (Trypanosoma Cruzi)

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Cellular crescents in bowmans capsule

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Rapidly progressing crescentic glomerulonephritis

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Chocolate cysts on ovary(s)

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Endometriosis

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Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils

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Homer-Wright Rosettes (neuroblastoma and medulloblastoma)

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Colonies of mucoid pseudomonas in lungs

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Cystic Fibrosis (autosomal recessive mutation in CFTR gene, fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and mucus plugs)

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Decreased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Down Syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalities

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Degeneration of dorsal column fibers

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Tabes Dorsalis (tertiary syphilis)
Subacute combined degeneration (dorsal columns, lateral corticospinal, spinocerebellar tracts affected)
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“Delta Wave” on EKG, short PR interval, supraventricular tachycardia

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Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (Bundle of Kent bypasses the AV node)

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Depigmentation of neurons in the substantia nigra

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Parkinson’s Disease

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Desquamated epithelium casts in the sputum

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Curschmann spirals (bronchial asthma, can results in whorled mucous plugs)

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Disarrayed granulosa cells arranged around collections of eosinophilic fluid

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Call-Exner Bodies (Granulosa Cell Tumor of the Ovary)

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Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with raisinoid nuclei and hyperchromasia

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Koilocytes (HPV)

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Electrical Alternans (alternating amplitude on EKG)

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Pericardial Tamponade

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Enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies

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“Owl eye” appearance of CMV

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Enlarged thyroid cells with ground-glass nuclei with central clearing

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“Orphan Annie Eyes” nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the thyroid)

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in a liver cell

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Mallory Body (Alcoholic Liver Disease)

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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in a neuron

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Lewy Body (Parkinson Disease or Lewy Body Dementia)

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Eosinophilic globule in liver

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Councilman body (viral hepatitis, yellow fever)
Represents a hepatocyte undergoing apoptosis
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Eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal and cerebellar neurons

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Negri Bodies of Rabies

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Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of the brain

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Senile Plaques of Alzheimer Disease

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Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions (Owl’s Eye)

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Reed-Sternberg Cells (hodgkins lymphoma)

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Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessels in germ cells

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Schiller-Duval Bodies (Yolk Sac Tumor)

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“Hair on end” or “Crew cut” appearance on x-ray

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B-Thalassemia or Sickle Cell Disease

Due to bone marrow expansion

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hCG elevation

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Choriocarcinoma

Hyatidaform mole

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Heart Nodules (Granulomatous)

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Aschoff Bodies (Rheumatic Fever)

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Heterophile Antibodies

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Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)

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

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Bronchial Asthma (Charcot-Leydin Crystals; eosinophilic granules)

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High level of D-Dimers

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PE, DVT, DIC

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Hilar lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung lobes

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Ghon Complex (primary TB)

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“Honeycomb Lung” on x-ray or CT

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Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

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Hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVTs and Vasculitis)

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Trousseau Syndrome (adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung)

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Hypersegmented neutrophils

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Megaloblastic Anemia (Folate - no neuro symptoms; B12- neuro symptoms)

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Hypertension, Hypokalemia, Metabolic Alkalosis

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Primary Hyperaldosteronism (Conn Syndrome)

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Hypochromatic, microcytic anemia

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Iron deficiency, lead poisoning, thalassemia

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Intranuclear eosinophlic droplet-like bodies

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Cowdry Type A Bodies (HSV or VZV)

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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum

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Ferruginous Bodies (asbestosis)

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Keratin pearls on skin biopsy

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Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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Large granules in phagocytes, immunodeficiency

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Chediak-Higashi Disease (congenital failure of phagolysosome formation)

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“Lead pipe” appearance of colon on abdominal imaging

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Ulcerative Colitis (due to loss of haustra)

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Linear appearance of IgG deposition on glomerular and alveolar basement membranes

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Goodpasture Syndrome

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Low serum ceruloplasmin

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Wilson Disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)

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“Lumpy Bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on immunoflorescence

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Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (due to deposition of IgG, IgM, C3)

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Lytic (punched out) bone lesions on x-ray

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Multiple Myeloma

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Mammary gland blue domed cyst

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Fibrocystic change of the breast

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Monoclonal Antibody Spike

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Multiple Myeloma (usually IgG or IgA)
MGUS
Waldenstrom (M Protein - IgM) Macroglobinemia
Primary amyloidosis

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Mucin-filled cell with peripheral nucleus

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Signet Ring (Gastric Carcinoma)

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Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium x-ray

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String Sign (Crohns Disease)

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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis

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Granulomatosis with polyangititis (Wegener, c-ANCA) 
Goodpasture Sydrome (anti-basement membrane antibodies)
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Needle-shaped negatively bifringent crystals

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Gout (monosodium urate crystals)

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Nodular hyaline deposits in the glomeruli

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Kimmelstiel-Wilson Nodules (diabetic nephropathy)

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Novobiocin Response

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Sensitive = Staph Epidermidis 
Resistant = Staph Saprophyticus
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“Nutmeg” Appearance of Liver

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Chronic passive congestion of liver due to right heart failure or Budd-Chiari Syndrome

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“Onion Skin” periosteal reaction

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Ewing Sarcoma (malignant small blue cell tumor)

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Optochin Response

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Sensitive = Strep Pneumoniae
Resistant = Strep Viridans (mutans, sanguis)
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Podocyte fusion or effacement on electron microscopy

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Minimal change disease (child with nephrotic syndrome)

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Polished “ivory life” bone at cartilage erosion

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Eburnation (osteoarthritis resulting in body sclerosis)

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Protein aggregates in neuron from hyperphosphorylation of tau protein

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Neurofibrillary tangles (Alzheimer Disease)
Pick Bodies (Picks Disease)
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Psammoma Bodies

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Meningiomas
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Mesothelioma
Papillary serous carcinoma of the endometrium and ovary

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Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biospy

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Gliobastoma Multiforme

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Raised Periosteum (creating a codman triangle)

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Agressive bone lesion (Osteosarcoma, Ewing Sarcoma Osteomyelitis)

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RBC casts in urine

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Glomerulonephritis

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Rectangular, crystal-like, cytoplasmic inclusions in Lehdig cells

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Reinke Crystals (Leydig cell tumor)

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Recurrent infections, eczema, thrombocytopenia

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Wiscott-Aldrich Syndrome

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Renal Epithelial Casts in Urine

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Intrinsic renal failure (ischemia or toxic injury)

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Rhomboid crystals, positively bifringent

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Pseudogout (Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals)

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Rib notching (inferior surface) on x-ray

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Coarctation of the aorta

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Ring-enhancing brain lesions on CT/MRI in AIDS patient

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Toxoplasma Gondii

CNS Lymphoma

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Sheets of medium sized lymphoid cells with scattered pale tingible body-laden macrophages (starry sky histology)

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Burkitt Lymphoma (t[8;14], c-myc activation, associated with EBV)

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Silver-staining spherical aggregation of tau proteins in neurons

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Pick Bodies (Pick disease: progressive dementia, changes in personality)

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“Soap bubble” in femur or tibia on x-ray

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Giant cell tumor of the bone (usually benign)

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“Spikes” on basement membrane, “dome-like” subepithelial deposits

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Membranous nephropathy (nephrotic syndrome)

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Stacks of RBCs

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Rouleaux formation (high ESR, multiple myeloma)

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“Steeple” sign on frontal CXR

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Croup (parainfluenza virus)

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Stippled vaginal epithelial cells

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“Clue Cells” (Garderella Vaginalis)

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Strep Bovis Bacteremia

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Colon Cancer

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“Tennis racket” shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in Langerhans Cells

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Birbeck Granules (langerhans cell histiocytosis)

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Thousands of polyps on colonoscopy

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FAP (autosomal dominant, mutation of APC gene)

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Thrombi made of white/red layers

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Lines of Zahn (arterial thrombus, layers of platelets/RBCs)

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“Thumb-Sign” on lateral neck x-ray

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Epiglottitis (H. Influenzae)

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Thyroid-like appearance of kidney

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Chronic Pyelonephritis (usually due to recurrent infections)

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“Tram-track” appearance of capillary loops of glomerular basement membranes on light microscopy

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Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis

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Triglyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles

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Fatty Liver Disease (alcoholic or metabolic)

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Increased uric acid levels

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Gout
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Loop and Thiazide Diuretics

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“Waxy” casts with very low urine flow

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Chronic end-stage liver disease

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WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyleonephritis

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WBCs that look “smudged”

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CLL (almost always B cell)

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“Wire Loop” glomerular capillary appearance on light microscopy

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Diffuse Proliferative Glomerulonephritis (usually seen with Lupus)

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Yellowish CSF

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Xanthochromia (due to subarachnoid hemorrhage)

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