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classic labs/findings 1 Flashcards

1
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anti-centromere Abs

A

Scleroderma (CREST)

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Anti-desmoglein (epithelial) Abs

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Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)

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Anti-glomerular basement membrane Abs

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Goodpasture’s syndrome

glomerulonphritis and hemoptysis

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Anti-histone Abs

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Drug-induced SLE

hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide

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5
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Anti-IgG Abs

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Rheumatoid arthritis
(systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)
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Anti-mitochondrial Abs (AMAs)

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primary biliary cirrhosis

female, cholestasis, portal HTN

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c-ANCAs

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granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis

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p-ANCAs

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microscopic polyangiitis, Churg Strauss syndrome, primary sclerosing cholangitiis

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ANAs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA

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SLE (type III HSR)

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anti-platelet Abs

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idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

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anti-topoisomerase Abs

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diffuse systemic scleroderma

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anti-transglutaminase;
anti-gliadin;
anti-endomysial Abs

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Celiac disease

diarrhea, distention, weight loss

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Apple core lesion on abdominal X ray

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colorectal cancer (usually Left sided)

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Azurophilic peroxidase-positive granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts

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Auer rods (AML, especially promyelocytic M3 type)

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Bacitracin response

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Sensitive: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A)
Resistant: Streptococcus agalactiae (group B)

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16
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Bamboo spine on x ray

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ankylosing spondylitis

chronic inflammatory arthritis: HLA-B27

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Basophilic nuclear remnants RBCs

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Howell-Jolly bodies

due to splenectomy or nonfxnal spleen

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Basophilic stippling of RBCs

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Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia

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Bloody tap on LP

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

20
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Boot shaped heart on CXR

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tetralogy of Fallot;

RVH

21
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branching gram pos rods w/ sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

22
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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging

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Pancoast tumor

can compress sympathetic ganglion & cause Horner’s syndrome

23
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“Brown” tumor of bone

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Hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica

deposited hemosiderin from hemorrhage gives brown color

24
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Cardiomegaly w/ apical atrophy

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Chagas’ disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)

25
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Cellular crescents in Bowman’s capsule

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Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis

26
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“chocolate cyst” of ovary

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Endometriosis (frequently involves both ovaries)

27
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Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils

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Homer-Wright rosettes

neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma

28
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colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs

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Cystic fibrosis (AR mutation in CFTR resulting in fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs)

29
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Decreased alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

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down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormality

30
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degeneration of dorsal column nerves

A 
Tabes dorsalis (3' syphilis), subacute combined degeneration
(dorsal columns & lateral corticospinal tracts affected)
31
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depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra

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Parkinson’s disease

basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia

32
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desquamated epithelium casts in sputum

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Curschmann’s spirals (bronchial asthma; can result in whorled mucous plugs)

33
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disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophilic fluid

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Call-Exner bodies

granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovary

34
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dysplastic squamous cervical cells w/ nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia

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Koilocytes

HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer

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enlarged cells w/ intranuclear inclusion bodies

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“Owl’s eye” appearance on CMV

36
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enlarged thyroid cells w/ ground glass nuclei

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“orphan annie’s eyes” nuclei

papillary carcinoma of thyroid

37
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eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell

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Mallory bodies (alcoholic hepatitis: reversible)

38
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eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell

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Lewy body (Parkinson’s disease)

39
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eosinophilic globule in liver

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Councilman body

toxic or viral hepatitis, often yellow fever

40
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eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal nerve cells

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Negri bodies of rabies (Lyssavirus)

41
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extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain

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Senile plaques (Alzheimer’s disease)

42
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Giant B cells w/ bilobed nuclei w/ prominent inclusions (owl’s eye)

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Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin’s lymphoma)

43
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Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells

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Schiller-Duval bodies (yolk sac tumor)

44
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“hair on end” (crew-cut) appearance on x ray

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Beta-thalassemia,

sickle cell anemia (marrow expansion)

45
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hCG elevated

A 
choriocarcinoma, 
hydatidiform mole (occurs w/ and w/o embryo)

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