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WVSOM FA -- 8
WVSOM -- First Aid Classic Labs/Findings Page 2
Question | Answer |
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Degeneration of dorsal column nervs | Tabes dorsalis (Tertiary Syphallis) |
Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra | parkinson's disease (basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia) |
desquamated epithelium casts in sputum | Curschmann's spirals (bronchial asthma; can result in whorled mucous plugs) |
disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophillic fluid | call-exner bodies (granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovary) |
Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with nuclear enlargement and hperchromasia | Koilocytes (HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer) |
Enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies | "owl's-eye" appearance of CMV |
Enlarged thyroid cells with ground-glass nuclei | "orhpan Annie" eye nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the thyroid) |
Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell | Lewy Body (parkinson's disease) |
Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell | Mallory bodies (alcoholic liver disease) |
Eosinophic globule in liver | councilman body (toxic or viral hepatitis, often yellow fever) |
Eosinphilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal nerve cells | Rabies virus (Lyssavirus) |
Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain | Senile plaques (Alzheimer's disease |
Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions ("owl's eye") | Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin's lymphoma) |
Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells | Schiller-Duval bodies (yolk sac tumor) |
"hair-on-end" (crew cut) appearance on x-ray | β-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia (extramedullary hematopoiesis) |
hCG elevated | Choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo) |
Heart nodules (inflammatory) | Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever) |
Heterophile antibodies | infectious mononucleosis (EBV) |
Hexagonal, double-pointed, needle-like crystals in bronchial secretions | Bronchial asthma (Charcot-Leyden crystals: eosinophilic granules) |
High level of D-dimers | DVT, pulmonary embolism, DIC |
"honeycomb lung" on x-ray | interstitial fibrosis |
Hypersegmented neutrophils | Megaloblastic anemia (B12, folate deficiency) |
Hypochromic, microcytic anemia | Iron deficiency anemia, lead poinsoning, thalassemia (HbF sometimes present) |