Autoimmune Flashcards
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Anti-IgG antibody
Migratory rash
Bilateral joint pain
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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
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Clinical: hypothyroid
Labs: increased TSH, decreased T3/T4
Histology: firm goiter, lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltrate with germinal cell formation, colloid sparse follicles, horthle cells (acid cytoplasm)
Antimicrosomal antibodies (anti thyroid peroxidase antibodies)