Classic Labs Flashcards
↑AFP in amniotic fluid
Neural tube defect w/ ↑AChE
Anti-centromere Abs
Scleroderma limited = CREST
Anti-AMA Abs
1ary biliary cirrhosis - (female, cholestasis, portal HTN)
3 types of SLE Abs
ANA - sensitive
Anti-Smith, anti-dsDNA = specific
T3 HST
Anti-topoisomerase Abs
Diffuse scleroderma
Anti-platelet Abs
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Anti-TG/gliadin/endomysial Abs
Celiac
Apple core lesion on barium enema XRay
L sided CRC
Azurophilic peroxidase + granular inclusions in granulocytes + myeloblasts
Auer rods - AML
Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs
Howell Jolly bodies - splenectomy
Yellow or bloody tap on lumbar puncture
Subarachnoid hemm
Yellow = xanthochromia
Brown tumor of bone
HyperPT or oseitis fibrosa cystica (deposited hemosiderin from hemm gives brown color)
Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils
Homer Wright rosettes - neuroblastoma or medulloblastoma
Delta wave on EKG w/ supravent tachy
WPW syndrome - bundle of Kent bypasses AV node
Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum
Hexagonal, double pointed, needle like crystals in bronchial secretions
Bronchial asthma
- Crushmann spirals
- Charcot Leyden crystals
Disarrayed granolas cells arranged around collections of eosinophilic fluid
Call Exner bodies - granulosa cell tumor ovaries