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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-Leyden crystals: eosinophilic granules)

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High level of D-dimers

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DVT, PE, DIC

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Hilar lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung lobes (can calcify)

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Ghon complex (1° TB: Mycobacterium bacilli)

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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 (B12 deficiency: neurologic symptoms; folate deficiency: no neurologic symptoms)

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Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis

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Conn syndrome

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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia

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Iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia (fetal hemoglobin sometimes present)

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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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Increased uric acid levels

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Gout, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, tumor lysis syndrome, loop and thiazide diuretics

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Intranuclear eosinophilic droplet-like bodies

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Cowdry type A bodies (HSV or CMV)

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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum

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Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis:

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Keratin pearls on a skin biopsy

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Large lysosomal vesicles in phagocytes, immunodeficiency

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Chédiak-Higashi disease (congenital failure of phagolysosome formation)

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“Lead pipe” appearance of colon on barium enema x-ray

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Ulcerative colitis (loss of haustra)

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Linear appearance of IgG deposition on glomerular basement membrane

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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 immunofluorescence

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Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (immune complex deposition of IgG and C3b)

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Lytic (“hole punched”) 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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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
“String sign” (Crohn disease)
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Necrotizing vasculitis (lungs) and necrotizing glomerulonephritis
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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