Pathognomonic signs Flashcards
1
Q
Blue sclera
A
Osteogenesis imperfecta
2
Q
Koplik spots
A
Prodromic for measles
3
Q
Rice water stool
A
Cholera
4
Q
anchovy paste aspiration of liver abscess
A
entameoba histolytica ameobic liver abscess
5
Q
tophus
A
- a deposit of monosodium urate
- pathognomonic for gout
6
Q
auer rods
A
in the peripheral blood smear, rods seen in the cytoplasm of blasts are pathognomonic of acute myeloid leukemia.