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
Enlarged cell with intranuclear inclusion bodies
Owl eye CMV
Enlarged thyroid cells with ground glass nuclei with central clearing
Orphan Annie eyes - pap carcinoma thyroid
Eos cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell
Vs eos globule in liver
Mallory body - alc liver disease
Vs hepatocyte undergoing apoptosis -> viral hep, yellow fever
Eos cytoplasmic inclusion in neuron
Vs eos inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal + cerebellar neurons
Lewy body - Park + Lewy body dementia
Vs Negri bodies of rabies
Glomeruloid structure surrounding vessel in germ cells
Schiller Duval bodies - yolk sac tumor
Crew cut skull xray
B thal or sickle cell
Granulomatous heart nodules
Aschoff bodies of RHD
High D dimers - 3 scenarios
DVT
PE
DIC
Hypercoag leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitis
Trousseau syndrome - adenocarcinoma of the pancreas or lung
Intranuc eos droplet like bodies
Cowdry type A bodies - HSV or VZV
Iron containing nodules in alveolar sputum
Asbestosis
Large granules in phagocytes in setting of immunodef
Chediak Higashi
Lead pipe colon on imaging
UC (no haustra)
Lytic punched out bone lesions on XR
Multiple myeloma
Blue domed breast cyst
Fibrocystic change of breast
4 reasons for monoclonal Ab spike
- Multiple myeloma - IgG or A
- MGUS
- Waldernstrom - IgM
- 1ary amyloidosis
Nutmeg liver
Chronic liver cong due to RH fail
Or Budd Chiari
Onion skin periosteal rxn
Ewing sarcoma (small blue cell tumor)
Rectangular, crystal like, cytoplasmic inclusions in Leydig cells
Reinke crystals (Leydig cell tumor)
Recurrent infections
Eczema
TCP
Wiskott Aldrich
AIDs pt with ring enhancing lesion - single vs multiple
Single - CNS lymphoma
Multiple - toxo
Stippled vaginal epi cells
Clue cells - Gardnerella
Thumb sign on lateral neck XR
Epiglottitis H.influ
Thyroid like appearance of kidney
Chronic pyelo
WBC that are smudged
CLL