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Elevated AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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Dating error, anencephaly, spina bifida (NTDs)

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Anticentromere antibodies

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Limited scleroderma - CREST Syndrome: Calcinosis, Raynaud’s, Esophogeal dysmotility, Sclerodactyly, Telangiectasia

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Antidesmoglein (antidesmosome) antibodies

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Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering w/ +Nikolsky)

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Antiglomerular 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 (e.g. hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide)

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Anti-IgG antibodies

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Rheumatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity, involving -MCP, PIP, and wrist) Note: OA is DIP (heberden nodes), PIP (bouchard nodes, and 1st carpometacarpal, but no metacarpophalangeal)

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Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs)

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1° Biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal HTN)

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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)

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Microscopic polyangiitis and Eosinophilic granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (aka Churg-Strauss syndrome - MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA) Granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)

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

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SLE (Type 3 hypersensitivity)

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Antiplatelet antibodies

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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (antibodies against GpIIb/IIIa receptor on platelets)

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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, weight loss)

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“Apple core” lesion on barium enema x-ray

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Colorectal cancer (usually L-sided)

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Atypical lymphocytes

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EBV

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Azurophilic peroxidase w/ + granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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

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Bacitracin response

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Sensitive: S. pyogenes (group A) Resistant: S. 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 (after splenectomy or non-fxnal 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 Xray

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Tetralogy of Fallot (due to RVH)

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Branching gram + rods with sulfur granules

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Actinomyces isralii

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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging

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Pancoast tumor (can compress cervical sympathetic chain and cause Horner syndrome)

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“Brown” tumor of bone

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Hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (hemosiderin deposition from hemorrhage gives brown color)

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Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)
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Cellular crescents in Bowman's capsule
Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis
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"Chocolate cyst" of ovary
Endometriosis (frequently involves both ovaries)
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Chromogranin immunohistochemical stain
Neuroendocrine cell tumor (e.g. Carcinoid tumors)
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Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils
Homer-Wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma)
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Colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs
Cystic fibrosis (AR mutation of CFTR gene --\> fat soluble vitamin deficiencies/mucus plugs)
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Decreased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum
Down syndrome, Edwards syndrome (Trisomy 18), other chromosomal abnormalities
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Degeneration of dorsal column fibers
Tabes dorsalis (3° syphilis), subacute combined degeneration (dorsal columns as well as lateral corticospinal, spinocerebellar tracts)
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"Delta wave" on EKG, short PR interval, SVT Due to bundle of ???
WPW syndrome (Bundle of Kent bypasses AV node)
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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 arranged around collections of eosinophilic fluid
Call-Exner bodies (granulosa cell tumor of the ovary)
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Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with "raisinoid" nuclei and hyperchromasia
Koilocytes (HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer)
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Electrical alternans (alternating amplitude on EKG)
Pericardial tamponade
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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 with central clearing
"Orphan Annie" eyes nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the thyroid)
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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions in liver cells
Mallory body (alcoholic liver disease)
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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in neurons
Lewy body (Parkinson disease and Lewy body dementia)
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Eosinophilic globule in liver
Councilman body (viral hepatitis, yellow fever), hepatocytes undergoing apoptosis
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Eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal and cerebellar neurons
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 and prominant 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" or "crew cut" appearance on X ray
ß-thalassemia, sickle cell disease (marrow expansion)
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hCG elevated
Choriocarcinoma, hyatidiform 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 secretions
Bronchial asthma (Charcot-Leyden crystals: eosinophilic granules)
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High levels of D-dimers
DVT, PE, DIC
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Hilar lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung (may be calcified)
Ghon complex (1° TB: Mycobacterium bacilli)
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"Honeycomb lung" on Xray or CT
Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
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Hypercoagulability (resulting in 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
1° Hyperaldosteronism (Conn syndrome)

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