classic labs/findings 1 Flashcards
anti-centromere Abs
Scleroderma (CREST)
Anti-desmoglein (epithelial) Abs
Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)
Anti-glomerular basement membrane Abs
Goodpasture’s syndrome
glomerulonphritis and hemoptysis
Anti-histone Abs
Drug-induced SLE
hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide
Anti-IgG Abs
Rheumatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)
Anti-mitochondrial Abs (AMAs)
primary biliary cirrhosis
female, cholestasis, portal HTN
c-ANCAs
granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis
p-ANCAs
microscopic polyangiitis, Churg Strauss syndrome, primary sclerosing cholangitiis
ANAs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA
SLE (type III HSR)
anti-platelet Abs
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
anti-topoisomerase Abs
diffuse systemic scleroderma
anti-transglutaminase;
anti-gliadin;
anti-endomysial Abs
Celiac disease
diarrhea, distention, weight loss
Apple core lesion on abdominal X ray
colorectal cancer (usually Left sided)
Azurophilic peroxidase-positive granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts
Auer rods (AML, especially promyelocytic M3 type)
Bacitracin response
Sensitive: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A)
Resistant: Streptococcus agalactiae (group B)
Bamboo spine on x ray
ankylosing spondylitis
chronic inflammatory arthritis: HLA-B27
Basophilic nuclear remnants RBCs
Howell-Jolly bodies
due to splenectomy or nonfxnal spleen
Basophilic stippling of RBCs
Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia