Classic Lab/Findings Flashcards
anticentromere antibodies
scleroderma (CREST)
anti-desmoglein (epithelial) antibodies
pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)
anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies
Goodpasture syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)
antihistone antibodies
drug induced SLE (ex hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide)
anti-IgG antibodies
rheumatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)
antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs)
primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal hypertension)
antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)
microscopic polyangiitis and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (churg strauss syndrome) (MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA); granulomatous with polyangiitis (Wegener; PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA)
antinuclear antibodies (ANAs: anti-smith and anti-dsDNA)
SLE (type III hypersensitivity)
antiplatelet antibodies
diffuse systemic scleroderma
anti-transglutaminase/anti-gliadin/anti-endomysial antibodies
celiac disease (diarrhea, weight loss)
“apple core” lesion on barium enema x-ray
colorectal cancer (usually left sided)
atypical lymphocytes
EBV
azurophilic peroxidase + granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts
auer rods (AML, especially the promyelocytic [M3] type)
bacitracin response
sensitive: S. pyogenes (group A); resistant: S. agalactiae (group B)
“bamboo spine” on xray
ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflammation arthritis: HLA-B27)
basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs
Howell-jolly bodies (due to splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen)
basophilic stippling of RBCs
lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia
bloody or yellow tap on lumbar puncture
subarachnoid hemorrhage
“boot shaped” heart on x ray
tetralogy of fallot (due to RVH)
branching gram positive rods with sulfur granules
actinomyces israelii
bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging
pancoast tumor (can compress cervical sympathetic chain and cause horners syndrome)
“brown” tumor of bone
hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (deposited hemosiderin from hemorrhage gives brown color)
cadiomegaly with apical atrophy
chagas disease (trypanosoma cruzi)
cellular crescents in bowman capsule
rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis
“chocolate cyst” of ovary
endometriosis (frequently involves both ovaries)
circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils
homer-wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma)
colonies of mucoid pseudomonas in lungs
cystic fibrosis (autosomal recessive mutation in CFTR gene -> fat soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs)
decrease in AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum
down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormalities
degeneration of dorsal column fibers
tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphilis), subacute combined degeneration (dorsal columns, lateral corticospinal, spinocerebellar tracts affected)
“delta wave” on EKG, short PR interval, supraventricular tachycardia
wolf-parkinson-white syndrome (Bundle of Kent bypasses AV node)
depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
parkinson disease (basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia)
desquamated epithelium casts in sputum
curschmann spirals (bronchial asthma; can result in whorled mucous plugs)
disarrayed granulosa cells arranged around collections of eosinophilic fluid
call-exner bodies (granulosa cell tumor of the ovary)
dysplastic squamous cervical cells with “raisinoid” nuclei and hyperchromasia
koilocytes (HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer)
electrical alternans (alternating amplitude on EKG)
pericardial tamponade
enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies
“owl eye” appearance of CMV
enlarged thyroid cells with ground glass nuclei with central clearing
“orphan annie” eyes nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the thyroid)
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell
mallory body (alcoholic liver disease)
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell
lewy body (parkinson disease)
eosinophilic globule in liver
councilman body (viral hepatitis, yellow fever), represents hepatocyte undergoing apoptosis
eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal and cerebellar neurons
negri bodies of rabies
extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain
senile plauqes (alzheimers disease)
giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions (owl eyes)
reed sternberg cells (hodgkin lymphomas)