Classic Labs/Findings Flashcards
anticentromere antibodies (antibodies = Ab)
scleroderma (CREST)
antidesmoglein (epithelial) Ab
Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)
Anti-glomerular basement membrane Ab
Goodpasture’s syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)
Antihistone Ab
Drug-induced SLE
hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide
Anti-IgG Ab
RA
systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity
Antimitochondrial Ab (AMA)
primary biliary cirrhosis
(female, cholestasis, portal hypertension
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic Ab (ANCA)
vasculitis
(C-ANCA; granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Wegener’s)
(P-ANCA; microscopic polyangiitis - Churg-Stauss)
Antinuclear Ab
ANAs - anti-smith, anti-dsDNA
SLE
type III HS
Antiplatelet Ab
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Anti-topoisomerase Ab
Diffuse systemic scleroderma
Anti-transglutaminease/anti-gliadin/anti-endomysial Ab
Celiac disease
diarrhea, distension, weight loss
“apple core” lesion on ab xray
colorectal cancer (usually left-sided)
azurophilic peroxidase-positive granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts
Auer rods (AML; especially promyelocytic (M3) type)
Bacitracin response
sensitive: S. pyogenes (Group A)
resistant: S. agalactiae (group B)
“Bamboo spine” on x-ray
ankylosing spondylitis
Chronic inflam arthritis: HLA-B27
Basophilic nuclear remnants of RBCs
Howell-Jolly bodies
Howell-jolly bodies are due to…
splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen
basophilic stippling of RBCs
lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia
Bloody tap on LP
subarchnoid hemorrhage
“boot shaped’ heart on xray
tetralogy of fallot, RVH
branching gram positive rods with sulfur granules
actinomyces israeli
bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging
pancost tumor
what can pancoast tumor cause
compression of sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner’s syn
“Brown” tumor of bone
hyperparathyroidism or
osteitis fibrosa cystica
what is the reason for the “brown” in “brown” tumor of bone
deposited hemosiderin from hemorrhage gives brown color
cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
chagas’ disease
T. cruzi
cellular crescents in Bowman’s 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
where do you see homer-wright rosettes
neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma
colonies of mucoid pseudomonas in lungs
cystic fibrosis
what is cystic fibrosis
autosomal recessive
mutation in CFTR –> fat-soluble vit deficiency and mucous plug
decreased alpha-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum
down syndrome or other chromosomal abnormality
degeneration of dorsal column nerves
tabes dorsalis, subacute combined degeneration
what is affected in subacute combined dengenration
dorsal columns and lateral corticospinal tracts affected
depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
parkinson’s disease
basal ganglia disorders: rigidity, resting tremors, bradykinesia
desquamated epithelium casts in sputum
Curschmann’s spirals
where do you find Curschmann’s syndrome
bronchial asthma- can result in whorled mucous plugs
disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophilic fluid
call-exner bodies
granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovary
dyplastic squamous cervical cells with nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia
koilocytes
HPV- predisposes to cervical cancer
enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies
“owl’s eye” of CMV
enlarged thyroid cells with ground-glass nuclei
“Orphan Annie’s eye” nuclei
papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell
mallory bodies (alcohol liver disease)
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell
lewy body (parkinson’s disease)
eosinophilic globule in liver
Councilman body (toxic or viral hepatitis, often yellow fever)
eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal nerve cell
negri bodies of rabies (Lyssavirus)