Flashcards in FARR3 Deck (105)
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Anticentromere antibodies
Scleroderma (CREST)
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Antidesmoglein (epithelial) antibodies
Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)
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Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies
Goodpasture's syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)
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Antihistone antibodies
Drug induced SLE (hydrlazine, isoniazid, joint pannus, Boutonniere deformity)
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Anti- IgG antibodies
Rheumatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)
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Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs)
primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal HTN)
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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)
Microscopic polyangitis and Churg-Strauss syndrome (MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA); granlumatosis with polyagnitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)
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Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA)
SLE (type III hypersensitivity)
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Antiplatelet antibodies
Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura
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Anti-topoisomerase antiboides
Diffuse systemic scleroderma
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Anti-transglutaminase/anti-gliadin/anti-endomysial antibodies
Celiac disease (diarrhea, distension, weight loss)
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Apple core" lesion on abdominal x-ray"
Colorectal caner (usually left sided)
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Azurophilic peroxidase (+) granular inclusion in granulocytes and myeloblasts
Auer rods (AML, especially the promyelocytic (M3) variant)
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Bacitracin response
Sensitive: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A); resistant: Streptococcus agalactiae (group B)
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Bamboo spine" on x-ray"
Ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis: HLA-B27)
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Basophillic nuclear remnants in RBCs
Howell-Jolly bodies (due to splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen)
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Basophillic stippling of RBC's
Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia
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Bloody tap on LP
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
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Boot shaped" heart on x-ray"
Tetralogy of Fallot, RVH
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Branching gram-positive rods with sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging
Pancoast tumor (can compress sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner syndrome)
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Brown" tumor of bone"
Hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (deposited hemosiderin from hemorrhage gives brown color)
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Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Chagas disease (Trypanasoma cruzi)
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Cellular crescents in Bowman capsule
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 nurofibrils
Homer-Wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma)
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Colonies of mucoid Psudomonas in lungs
Cystic fibrosis (autosomal recessive mutation in CFTR gene -> fat soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs)
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decreased AFP inamniotic fluid/maternal serum
Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalities
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Degeneration of dorsal column nerves
Tabes dorsalis (3* syphilis), subacute combined degeneration (dorsal columns and lateral corticospinal tracts affected Vit B12, Vit E)
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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 fever)
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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 (Owls eyes")"
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) appearrance on x-ray"
beta-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia (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 bodes (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 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 defects)
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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 (HSC or CMV)
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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum
Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis: increases 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
Chediak-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's syndrome
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Low serum ceruloplasmin
Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)
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Lumpy Bumpy" appearance of glomeuli on immunofluorescence"
Postsreptococcal 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
Multiple myeloma (usually IgG or IgA), Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS consequence of aging), Waldenstrom (M-protein = IgM) macroglobulinema, 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 glomerulonephritis
Granulomatosis with polyangitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA) and Goodpasture's 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
Kimmelsteil-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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Psamomma bodies
Meningiomas, papillary thyroid carcinoma, mesothelioma, papillary serous carcinoma of the endometrium and ovary
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Pseudopalisading tumor cells on brain biopsy
GBM- Glioblastoma multiforme
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RBC casts in urine
Acute glomerulonephritis
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Rectangular, crystal-like, cytoplasmic inclusion in Leydig cells
Reinkey crytals (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 lesions 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 histo)
Burkitt lymphoma (t 8:14) c-myc activation, associated with EBC; 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/tibia on x-ray"
Giant cell tumor of bone (generally benign)
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Spikes" on basement membrane, "dome-like" subepi 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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Stiplled vaginal epithelial cells
Clue cells" (Gardnerella vaginalis)"
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Tennis racket"- shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in Langerhans cells"
Birbeck granules (Langerhans cell hitiocytosis or histiocytosis X: eosinophillic 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 influenza)
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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 (usually B cell)
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Wire loop" glomerular capillary appearance on light microscopy"
Lupus nephropathy
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