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| Decreased a-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum |
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Definition
| Down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormality |
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| Degeneration of dorsal column nerves |
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Definition
| Tabes Dorsalis (tertiary syphilis) |
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| Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra |
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Definition
| Parkinson's disease (basal ganglia disorder: "cogwheel" rigidity, "pill-rolling" resting tremor, bradykinesia |
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| Desquamation of epithelium casts in sputum |
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Definition
| Curschmann's spirals (bronchial asthma, can result in whorled mucous plugs) |
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| Disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophilic fluid |
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Definition
| Call-Exner bodies (granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovaries) |
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| Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia |
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Definition
| Koilocytes (HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer) |
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Term
| Enlarged cells iwth intracellular inclusion bodies |
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Definition
| "Owl's eyes" appearance of CMV |
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| Enlarged thyroid cells with ground-glass nuclei |
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Definition
| "Orphan Annie" eye nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the thyroid |
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| Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell |
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Definition
| Mollory bodies (alcoholic liver disease) |
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| Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell |
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Definition
| Lewy bodies (Parkinson's disease) |
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Term
| Eosinophilic globule in liver |
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Definition
| Councilman body (viral hepatitis, often yellow fever) |
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Term
| Eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal nerve cells (negri bodies) |
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Definition
| Negri bodies of Rabies (Lyssavirus) |
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Term
| Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain |
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Definition
| Senile plaques (Alzheimer's diseae) |
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Term
| Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions ("owl's eyes") |
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Definition
| Reed-Sternburg cells of Hodgkin's lymphoma |
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Term
| Glomerulus like structure surrounding vessels in germ cells |
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Definition
| Schiller-Duval bodies (yolk sac tumor) |
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Term
| "Hair-on-end" (crew cut) appearance on head Xray |
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Definition
| B-thalassemia, sicke cell anemia (marrow expansion) |
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Term
| hCG inappropriately elevated |
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Definition
| Choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without an embryo) |
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Term
| Heart nodules (granulomatous) |
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Definition
| Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever) |
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Definition
| Infectious mononucleosis (EBV) |
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Term
| Hexagonal, double-pointed needle-like crystals in bronchial secretions |
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Definition
| Bronchial asthma (Charcot-Leyden crystals:eosinophilic granules) |
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Term
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Definition
| DVT, pulmonary embolism, DIC (abnormal thrombosis) |
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Term
| Hypersegmented neutrophils |
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Definition
| megaloblastic anemia (B12 deficiency: neurologic sxx) |
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Term
| Hilar lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesion in middle or lower lung lobes (can calcify) |
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Definition
| Ghon complex (Primary TB) |
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