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Adhesive arachnoiditis
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Caused by bacterial meningitis, leads to obstructive hydrocephalus
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Albumino-Cytologic Dissociation
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-Guillain-Barre (markedly increased protein in CSF with only modest increase in cell count)
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AFP increase
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Neural tube defects, hepatocellular carcinoma, yolk sac and embryonal carcinoma
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AFP decrease
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Down’s
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Amnion nodosum
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Renal agenesis
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Amyloid in thyroid
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Thyroid medullary carcinoma (calcitonin)
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Analgesic abuse
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Papillary necrosis, esp. in diabetics
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Anasarca
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Minimal change disease
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Aneurysmal nodules
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Polyarteritis nodosa
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Angiomyolipoma
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Tuberous sclerosis
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Anosmia
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Kallman’s syndrome
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Anterior vermian atrophy
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alcoholism
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Anti-centromere antibody
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Limited scleroderma (CREST)
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Anti-DNA topoisomerase antibody
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Diffuse scleroderma
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Anti-endomysial antibody
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Celiac sprue
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Anti-jo antibody
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polymositis
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Anti-mitochondrial antibody
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Primary biliary cirrhosis
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Antiplatelet Antibodies
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-idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
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Anti-sacharommyces cervisiae antibody
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Crohn’s
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Anti-Smith antibodies
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Specific for SLE, anti-ribonulceoprotein
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Anti-smooth muscle antibody
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Autoimmune hepatitis type I
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Arachnodactyly
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-Marfan’s
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Aschoff Bodies
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-rheumatic fever
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Ashleaf spots (skin)
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Tuberous sclerosis
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Atypical lymphocytes
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EBV
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Auer Rods
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-acute promyelocytic leukemia (AML type M3)
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Autosplenectomy
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-sickle cell anemia
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Babinski
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-UMN lesion
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Bacterial conjuntivitis
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S. aureus, strep. pneumo, Hemophilus aegyptius
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Basophilic Stippling of RBCs
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-lead poisoning
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Bence Jones Protein
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-multiple myeloma free light chains (either kappa or lambda) -Waldenstrom’s macroglobinemia
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Bilateral breast cancer
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Lobular carcinoma
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Bilateral renal cell carcinoma
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Von Hippel-Lindau
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Birbeck Granules
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-histiocytosis X (eosinophilic granuloma)
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Bladder trabeculation
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BPH
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Bloody nipple discharge
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Intraductal papilloma
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Blueberry muffin baby
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Rubella
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Blue Bloater
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-Chronic Bronchitis
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Blue Sclera
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Osteogenesis imperfecta
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Boot-Shaped Heart
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-Tetralogy of Fallot
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Bouchard’s Nodes
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-osteoarthritis (PIP)
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Boutonniere’s Deformity
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-rheumatoid arthritis
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Bronze Diabetes
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Hemochromatosis
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Brown Tumor
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-hyperparathyroidism
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Brudzinski sign
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meningitis
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Brushfield Spots
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-Down’s, on iris
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Call-Exner Bodies
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-granulosa cell tumor
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Carbon monoxide poisoning
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Hyperemia, edema and necrosis of globus
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Cardiomegaly with Apical Atrophy
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-Chagas’ Disease
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Central Nuclei in Muscle
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Muscular dystrophies
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Chancre
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-1* Syphilis, painless firm ulcers
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Chancroid
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-Haemophilus ducreyi, painful soft ulcers
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Charcot Triad
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-multiple sclerosis (nystagmus, intention tremor, scanning speech)
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Charcot-Leyden Crystals
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-bronchial asthma
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Cherry-red spot on macula
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Tay-Sachs, 50% of Niemann-Pick
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Cheyne-Stokes Breathing
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-cerebral lesion
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Chocolate Cysts
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-endometriosis
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Cholesterol clefts
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atherosclerosis
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Chordae tendinae short and fused
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Rheumatic heart disease
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Chronic staph infections
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Chronic granulomatous disease, a deficiency of NADPH oxidase, can’t kill catalase positive bugs
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Chvostek’s Sign
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-Hypocalcemia facial spasm in tetany
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Clear nuclei
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Thyroid papillary carcinoma (Orphan Annie’s eyes)
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Clue Cells
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-Gardnerella vaginitis
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Codman’s Triangle
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-osteosarcoma
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Coin Lesions in Lung
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Pulmonary Hamartoma
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Cold Agglutinins
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-Mycoplasma pneumonia; -infectious mononucleosis
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Cold thyroid nodules
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Colloid cyst or thyroid adenoma
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Concentric laminar intimal fibrosis of small arteries of lung
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Primary pulmonary hypertension
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Condyloma Lata
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-2* Syphilis -new coffee flavor at Bagel & Bagel
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Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis
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Polycystic Kidney Disease, juvenile autosomal recessive form
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Contraction Band Necrosis
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MI
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Cotton Wool Spots
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-HTN
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Councilman Bodies
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-dying hepatocytes
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Crescents In Bowman’s Capsule
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-rapidly progressive (crescentic glomerulonephritis)
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Crushed ping pong balls
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Pneumocystis carinii
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Crypt abscesses
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Ulcerative colitis
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Currant-Jelly Sputum
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-Klebsiella
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Curschmann’s Spirals
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-bronchial asthma
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Cystathioine synthase deficieny
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homocystinuria
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D-dimers
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DIC
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Depigmentation Of Substantia Nigra
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-Parkinson’s
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Dew drop on rose petal
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Chicken pox
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Diaphragmatic pleural plaques
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Asbestosis
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Donovan Bodies
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-granuloma inguinale (STD)
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Double bubble sign on ultrasound
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Down’s syndorme – duodenal atresia
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Duret Hemorrhages
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Uncal herniation
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Eburnation
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-osteoarthritis (polished, ivory-like appearance of bone)
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Eccentric intimal fibrosis with medial hypertrophy
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Chronic transplant rejection
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Ectopia Lentis
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-Marfan’s
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Embolizing endocarditis
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Infectious, marantic (fibrin deposits in hypercoagulable states)
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Erythema Chronicum Migrans
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-Lyme Disease
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Excavation of Optic Cup
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Glaucoma
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Exopthalmos
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hyperthyroid
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FAT RN
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TTP (fever, anemia, thrombocytopenia, renal failure, neuro problems)
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Fatty Liver
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-Alcoholism
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Fecalith
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Acute appendicitis
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False positive VDRL
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SLE, Treponema pertenue (non-STD tropical infection)
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Ferruginous Bodies
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-asbestosis
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Fish-mouthed mitral valve
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Rheumatic heart disease
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Flea-bitten Kidney
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Malignant Hypertension
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Frontal bossing
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Sickle cell anemia
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Fungus ball in lung
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Apergillus
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galactosemia
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Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase deficiency or galactokinase deficiency
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Garlic odor on breath
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Arsenic (or lasagna)
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Ghon Complex
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-Tuberculosis, primary
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Gold Pneumonia
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Lipid pneumonia, exogenous (aspiration) or endogenous (obstruction
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Gower’s Maneuver
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-Duchenne’s MD use of arms to stand
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Gray discoloration of skin
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Argyria (silver poisoning)
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Hat size increase
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Paget’s disease of bone
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Heart Failure Cells
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CHF; hemosiderin-laden macrophages in lungs
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Heberden’s Nodes
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-Osteoarthritis (DIP)
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Heinz Bodies
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-G6PDH Deficiency
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Hemarthrosis
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Coagulation factor deficiency
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Hemorrhagic Temporal Lobe Lesion
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HSV
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Hemorrhagic Urticaria
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-Henoch-Schonlein
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Heterophil Antibodies
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-infectious mononucleosis (EBV)
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Hirano Bodies
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-Alzheimer’s
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HLA B27
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Ankylosing spondylitis
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ochronosis (dark pigment of fibrous tissue)
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Alkaptonuria –homogentisic acid oxidase deficiency
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Honeycomb lung
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Pulmonary fibrosis
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Howell Jolley Bodies
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Splenectomy, remnant of nuclear DNA
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H shaped vertebrae
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Sickle cell anemia
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Human placental lactogen increase
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Placental site trophoblastic tumor
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Hyaline thrombi
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TTP
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Hydrosalpinx
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Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease
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Hypersegmented PMNs
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-Megaloblastic anemia
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Hypochromic Microcytic RBCs
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-iron-deficiency anemia
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IgM against IgG
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Rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatoid factor)
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Immunoglobulins
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X-linked Brutons agammaglobulinemia, and common variable immunodeficiency
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Index finger overlapping 3rd and 4th
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Edward’s (Trisomy 18)
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Jarisch-Herxheimer Reaction
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-Syphilis over-aggressive treatment of an asymptomatic pt. that causes symptoms 2 to rapid lysis
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Joint Mice
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-osteoarthritis (fractured osteophytes)
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Kaussmaul Breathing
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-acidosis
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Keratin Pearls
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-SCCA
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Kernig’s sign
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meningitis
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Keyser-Fleischer Ring
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-Wilson’s
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Kimmelstiel-Wilson Nodules
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-diabetic nephropathy
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Koilocytes
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-HPV
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Koplik Spots
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-measles
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Lacunar cells
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Variant of Reed-Sternberg cell seen in nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s Disease
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Lacunar infarct
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Chronic hypertension
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Lamellar bodies
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Contain surfactant in Type II pneumocytes
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Langhans giant cells
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Tuberculosis, other including coccidioides
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Lemon yellow skin color
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Pernicious anemia
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Lemon sign
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Ultrasonographic finding in Neural Tube Defects
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Leukocoria
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Retinoblastoma
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Lewy Bodies
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-Parkinson’s (eosinophilic inclusions in damaged substantia nigra cells)
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Leukocyte alk. Phos. Positive
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Leukemoid rxn.
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Lines of Zahn
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-arterial thrombus
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Lisch Nodules
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-neurofibromatosis (von Recklinhausen’s disease)
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Loss of grey-white junction
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Tuberous sclerosis
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Low set ears
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Downs, DiGeorge, Trisomy 18 (Edwards)
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Lumpy-Bumpy IF Glomeruli
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-poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
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Machine-like murmur
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Patent ductus arteriosus
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Macronodular cirrhosis
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Wilson’s, viral hepatitis, alpha-1-antitrypsin
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Malignant pustule
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Anthrax (black skin lesion)
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Mallory Bodies
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Alcoholic liver disease: intermediate filaments of hepatocyte cytoskeleton
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Maple syrup/burnt sugar urine
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Alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase deficiency; valine, leucine and isoleucine build up (branched)
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McBurney’s Sign
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-appendicitis (McBurney’s Point is 2/3 of the way from the umbilicus to anterior superior iliac spine)
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Meconium ileus
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Cystic Fibrosis
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Mees lines
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Arsenic (parallel lines on fingernails)
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Melanosis coli
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Laxative abuse
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Mental probs. with heart defect
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Mitral prolapse
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Michealis-Gutmann Bodies
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-Malakoplakia, an abnormal tissue response to kidney infection
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Microglial nodules
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HIV
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Micrognathia
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DiGeorge
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Micronodular cirrhosis
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Wilsons, alcoholic, hemochromatosis, primary biliary cirrhosis
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Microsatellite instability
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HNPCC (right-sided colon cancer), but also possible in other cancers
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Mid-systolic click
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Mitral prolapse
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Monoclonal Antibody Spike
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-multiple myeloma this is called the M protein (usually IgG or IgA) -MGUS
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Mousy / musty odor
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PKU
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Mucosal bleeding
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Platelet problem (qualitative or quantitative)
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Myxedema
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-hypothyroidism
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Necrolytic migratory erythema dermatitis
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-cell islet tumor
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Negri Bodies and hydrophobia
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-rabies
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Neuritic Plaques
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-Alzheimer’s
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Neurofibrillary Tangles
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-Alzheimer’s
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Night pain relieved by aspirin
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Osteoid osteoma
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Non-embolizing endocarditis
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Rheumatic, Libman-Sacks (with SLE)
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Non-pitting Edema
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-Myxedema; -Anthrax Toxin
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Notching of Ribs
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-Coarctation of Aorta
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Nutmeg Liver
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-CHF, right heart
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Onion skin kidney arterioles
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Malignant nephrosclerosis (malignant hypertension)
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Oligoclonal band
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Multiple sclerosis
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Osteoid production
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osteosarcoma
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Painless Jaundice
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-pancreatic CA (head)
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Palatal Petechaie
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Strep pharyngitis
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Palpable purpura
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Hypersensitivity vasculitis (Henoch-Schonlein, serum sickness)
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Pancarditis
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Rheumatic fever
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Pannus
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-rheumatoid arthritis
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PAS positive macrophages
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Whipple’s disease
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Patent ductus arteriosus
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Maternal rubella and prematurity
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Pautrier’s Microabscesses
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-mycosis fungoides (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma)
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Periductal edema
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Gynecomastia
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Periventricular Calcifications
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Congenital CMV (brain ventricles, that is)
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Phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency
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PKU
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Philadelphia Chromosome
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-CML
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Pick Bodies
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-Pick’s Disease
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Piecemeal Necrosis
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Chronic active hepatitis (periportal hepatocytes)
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Plexiform lesions
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Pulmonary HTN (aneurysmal expansion of vessel wall)
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Pink, foamy lung exudate
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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
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Pink Puffer
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-Emphysema Centroacinar – smoking Panacinar - 1-antitrypsin deficiency
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Podagra
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-gout (MP joint of hallux)
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Porcelain gallbladder
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Chronic cholecystitis (scarring)
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Porcelain gallstones
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Associated with gallbladder adenocarcinoma
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Port-Wine Stain
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-Hemangioma
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Posterior Anterior Drawer Sign
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-tearing of the ACL
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Proliferating bile ducts
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Obstructive jaundice
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Psammoma Bodies
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-Papillary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid; -Serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary; -Meningioma; -Mesothelioma
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Pseudohypertrophy
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-Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Pseudopoyps
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Ulcerative colitis
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Pulmonary atherosclerosis
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Cor pulmonale
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Punched-Out Bone Lesions
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-multiple myeloma
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Punched-out esophageal lesions
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herpes
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Rash on Palms & Soles
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-2 Syphilis; -RMSF
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RBC poikilocytosis
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Beta-thalassemia
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Rectangular RBC’s
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Hemoglobin SC
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Red hyalin globules
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Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (in liver)
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Red Morning Urine
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-paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
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Reed-Sternberg Cells
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-Hodgkin’s Disease
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Reid Index Increased
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-chronic bronchitis
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Reinke Crystals
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-Leydig cell tumor
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Rhomboid crystals
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Pseudogout
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Rim pattern
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SLE, staining pattern with anti-double stranded DNA antibodies
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Rockerbottom feet
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Patau (Trisomy 13), Edward’s (Trisomy 18)
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Rose thorns
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Sporotrichosis
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Rouleaux Formation
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-multiple myeloma RBC’s stacked as poker chips
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Rugae loss
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Pernicious anemia (atrophic gastritis)
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S3 Heart Sound
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-LR Shunt (VSD, PDA); -Mitral Regurg; -LV Failure
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S4 Heart Sound
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-Pulmonary Stenosis; -Pulmonary HTN
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Scalloped colloid
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Grave’s disease
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Schwartzman Reaction
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-Neisseria meningitidis impressive rash with bugs
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Shagreen patches
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Tuberous sclerosis
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Simian Crease
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-Down’s
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Smith Antigen
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-SLE (also anti-dsDNA)
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Smudge cells
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CLL (delicate cells easily destroyed on peripheral smear)
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Soap Bubble on X-Ray
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-giant cell tumor of bone
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Soldiers plaque
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Clinically insignificant remnant of healed pericarditis
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Spider telangiectasia
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Hyperestrinism: liver faillure, pregnancy
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Spike & Dome Glomeruli
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-membranous glomerulonephritis
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Splinter hemorrhages
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Infective endocarditis
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Strawberry tongue
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Scarlet fever, Kawasaki’s
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Strawberry cervix
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Trichomonas vaginalis
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Strawberry gallbladder
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cholesterolosis
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String Sign on X-ray
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-Crohn’s bowel wall thickening
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Sugar icing on spleen
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Portal hypertension
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Sulfer granules
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Collection of actinomyces or nocardia organisms in chronic abscessing bronchopneumonia
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Swiss cheese brain
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Clostridia (gas forming)
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Syncitia
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RSV, measles
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Tamm-Horsfall protein
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Hyaline casts (non-specific)
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Target Cells
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-Thalassemia
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Teardrop RBCs
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Myelofibrosis
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Temporal lobe encephalitis
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Herpes
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Tendinous Xanthomas
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-Familial Hypercholesterolemia
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Tethered cord
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Arnold-Chiari malformation (tonsilar herniation)
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Tetrahydrobiopterin cofactor def.
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PKU
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Thymidine dimers
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Xeroderma pigmentosum
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Thymus, parathyroid agenesis
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Digeorge (3rd and 4th pharyngeal pouch)
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Thyroidization of Kidney
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-chronic pyelonephritis
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TIBC increase
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Anemia of chronic disease
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Tingible Bodies
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Macrophage in lymph node germinal centers
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Tophi
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-gout
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Tram-Track Glomeruli
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-membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
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Tree bark aorta
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Syphilis
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Trousseau’s Sign
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-visceral ca, classically pancreatic (migratory thrombophlebitis) -hypocalcemia (carpal spasm) [These are two entirely different disease processes and different signs, but they unfortunately have the same name.]
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TSI > TGI
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Grave’s
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TGI > TSI
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Hashimoto’s
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Tyrosinase deficiency
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Albinism
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Virchow’s Node
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-supraclavicular node enlargement by metastatic carcinoma of the stomach
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VMA and metenephrins in urine
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Pheochromocytoma
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Warthin-Finkeldey Giant Cells
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-Measles
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Waterhammer pulse
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Aortic regurgitation
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WBC Casts
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-pyelonephritis
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White matter petechaie
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Fat emboli
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Winged scapula
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Long thoracic nerve (C5,6,7) damage, common with radical mastectomy
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Wire Loop Glomeruli
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-lupus nephropathy, type IV
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Wrinkled glomerular basement membrane
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ischemia
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AFP in amniotic fluid or mother’s serum
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-Spina Bifida-Anencephaly
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Uric Acid
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-Gout; - Lesch Nyhan; -Myeloproliferative Disorders; Diuretics (Loop & Thiazides)
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FEV1/FVC
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-COPD
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glucose, protein in CSF
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Bacterial meningitis
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dopamine receptors
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Schizophrenia
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dopamine receptors
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Parkinson’s
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