Fried Egg Appearance

StepTaker · #1 08-06-2009

When you see Fried Egg appearance in USMLE exam think of the following:

Mycoplasma Pneumoniae grew fried egg colonies in Eaton agar
Oligodendroglioma giving rise to chickenwire pattern and fried egg appearance of cells because of perinuclear hallo
Hairy cell leukemia with its hair like projections may give rise to fried egg appearance in bone marrow biopsy
Seminoma with it's clear cytoplasm and round nuclei may also give rise to fried egg appearance under the microscope

mary · #2 09-24-2009

Parietal cells of the stomach are also sometimes described as fried egg appearance as they are acidophilic with large central nuclei.

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