Heavy metal toxicity and environmental exposure organ pathology morphology, one finding per card.
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- Which RBC finding is classically seen in lead poisoning?
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Basophilic stippling- What are the bluish gum line deposits seen in chronic lead poisoning called?
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Burton lines- What is the classic childhood source of lead exposure?
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Old lead-based paint chips- What renal histologic finding is seen in chronic lead nephropathy?
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Intranuclear inclusion bodies in proximal tubule cells- What neuropsychiatric syndrome of irritability, mood lability, and tremor is caused by mercury toxicity?
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Erethism- What is the classic dietary source of methylmercury exposure?
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Contaminated fish, especially large predatory species- What condition with pink, peeling hands and feet occurs in children exposed to mercury?
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Acrodynia (pink disease)- What breath odor is classic for acute arsenic poisoning?
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Garlic odor- What nail finding is associated with arsenic poisoning?
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Mees lines (transverse white lines)- What environmental source is classically linked to chronic arsenic poisoning?
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Contaminated well water- What chronic skin change occurs with long term arsenic exposure?
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Hyperkeratosis with hyperpigmentation- What disease of bone pain and fractures results from chronic cadmium exposure?
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Itai-itai disease- Which part of the nephron is damaged by cadmium toxicity?
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The proximal tubule- What toxic effect on hair is caused by thallium poisoning?
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Alopecia (hair loss)- What skin color change is classic for carbon monoxide poisoning?
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Cherry red skin discoloration
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