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1
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“Soap bubble” in femur or tibia on x-ray

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Giant cell tumor of bone (generally benign)

2
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“Spikes” on basement membrane, “dome-like” subepithelial deposits

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Membranous nephropathy (nephrotic syndrome)

3
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Stacks of RBCs

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Rouleaux formation (High ESR, multiple myeloma)

4
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Steeple sign on CXR

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Croup (parainfluenza virus)

5
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Stippled vaginal epithelial cells

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“Clue cells” (Gardnerella aginalis)

6
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Streptococcus bovis bacteremia

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Colon cancer

7
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“Tennis racket” shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in Langerhans cells

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Birbeck granules (Langerhans cell hystiocytosis)

8
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Thousands of polyps on coonoscopy

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Familial adenomatous polyposis (Autosomal dominant, mutation of APC gene)

9
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Thrombi made of white/red layers

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Lines of Zahn (arterial thrombus, layers of platelets/RBC’s)

10
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“Thumb sign” on lateral neck x-ray

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Epiglottitis (Haemophilus influenzae)

11
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Thyroid-like appearance of kidney

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Chronic pyelonephritis (Usually due to recurrent infections)

12
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“Tram-track” appearance of capillary loops of glomerular basement membranes on light microscope

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Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

13
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Triglyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles

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Fatty liver disease (alcoholic or metabolic syndrome)

14
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Waxy casts with very low urine flow

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Chronic end-stage renal disease

15
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WBC casts in urine

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Acute pyelonephritis

16
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WBC’s that look “smudged”

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CLL (almost alway sB cell)

17
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“Wire loop” glomerular capillary appearance on light microscopy

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Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (usually seen with lupus)

18
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Yellowish CSF

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Xanthochromia (e.g., due to subarachnoid hemorrhage)