Classic Findings Flashcards
increased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum
dating error
anencephaly
spina bifida (NTDs)
anticentromere Abs
scleroderma (CREST)
anti-desmoglein (anti-desmosome) Abs
pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)
Anti-glomerular BM Abs
Goodpasture synd (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)
antihistone Abs
drug induced SLE (hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide, sulfasalazine)
Anti-IgG Abs
RA (systemic inflam, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)
antimitochondrial Abs (AMAs)
primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal HTN)
antineutrophil cytoplasmic Abs (ANCAs)
microscopic polyangiitis and eosinophilic granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss): MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA
granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Wegener): PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA
antinuclear Abs (ANAs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA)
SLE (type III h/s)
antiplatelet Abs
immune thrombocytopenic purpura
anti-topoisomerase Abs
diffuse systemic scleroderma
anti-transglutaminase/anti-gliadin/anti-endomysial Abs
celiac dz
apple core lesion on barium enema x-ray
colorectal cancer (usually L sided)
atypical lymphocytes
EBV
azurophilic peroxidase +
granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts
Auer rods (AML, esp M3 type)
bacitracin response
sensitive: S. pyogenes (group A)
resistant: S. agalactiae (B)
bamboo spine on xray
ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflam arthritis, HLA-B27)
basophilic stippling of RBCs
lead poisoning
sideroblastic anemia
basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs
Howell-Jolly bodies (due to splenectomy or non-functional spleen)
bloody or yellow tap on lumbar puncture
subarachnoid hemorrhage
boot shaped heart on xray
tetralogy of fallot (from RVH)
branching gram + rods w/ sulfur granules
actinomyces israeli
bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging
pancoast tumor
brown tumor of bone
hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (hemosiderin)