Goljy Musculoskeletal and Soft Tissue. Flashcards

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Monosodium urate crystals (MSU)

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yellow when parallel to slow ray of compensator

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Calcium pyrophosphate crystals (pseudogout)

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blue when parallel to slow ray of compensator

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Osteoarthritis

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degeneration articular cartilage; subchondral cysts; eburnation; osteophytes at margins

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OA Joints

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weight bearing (femoral head); DIP joint (Heberden’s nodes), PIP joints (Bouchard nodes)

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Neuropathic joint

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2° to neurologic disease; Any condition resulting in decreased peripheral sensation, proprioception, and fine motor control: DM, syringomyelia, tabes dorsalis

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

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female dominant; HLA Dr4

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RF

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IgM antibody against Fc portion IgG; causes inflammation of synovial tissue

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Pannus

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inflamed hyperplastic synovial tissue destroys articular cartilage; joint fusion

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RA Joints

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MCP and PIP joints

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S/S RA

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morning stiffness; ulnar deviation of hands; carpal tunnel (entrapped median nerve)

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Rx RA

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methotrexate often used as initial therapy, aspirin

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Sjogren’s syndrome

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destruction lacrimal and minor salivary glands; RA; anti-SS-Ro/SS-La (SSa and SSb)

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S/S Sjogren’s syndrome

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dry eyes and dry mouth

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Caplan syndrome

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pneumoconiosis + rheumatoid nodules in lungs

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Felty’s syndrome

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RA + splenomegaly with hypersplenism

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Gouty arthritis

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underexcretion of uric acid; big toe first affected; tophus in soft tissue sign chronic gout

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Gout associations

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alcohol, Pb poisoning

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Tophus

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MSU crystals produce foreign body giant cell reaction next to joint

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Uricosuric agents

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probenecid and sulfinpyrazone

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Allopurinol

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↓ synthesis uric acid; xanthine oxidase inhibitor

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Pseudogout

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involves knee; linear calcification in articular cartilage

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Ankylosing spondylitis

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HLA-B27 seronegative (RF negative) spondyloarthropathy; male dominant

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S/S ankylosing spondylitis

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sacroiliitis; bamboo spine causing kyphosis; aortitis; uveitis

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Associations aknylosing spondylitis

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C. trachomatis MC, psoriasis, ulcerative colitis, Shigella, Campylobacter, Yersinia

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Reiter’s syndrome

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HLA-B27; Chlamydia urethritis; arthritis; conjunctivitis; Achilles tendon periostitis

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Osteomyelitis children

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hematogenous spread of Staphylococcus aureus to metaphysis

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Osteomyelitis in HbSS

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Salmonella paratyphi

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa osteomyelitis

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puncture of foot when wearing rubber foot wear

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Tuberculous osteomyelitis

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usually involves vertebra (Pott’s disease)

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30
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Disseminated gonococcemia

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female dominant; C6-C9 deficiency

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Disseminated gonococcemia

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septic arthritis (knee); tendinitis/synovitis and skin pustules in feet/wrists

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Lyme disease

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bite Ixodes tick; Borrelia burgdorjeri; reservoirs white footed mouse, white tailed deer

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Early S/S Lyme disease

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erythematous concentric rash (erythema chronicum migrans), Rx doxycycline

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Late S/S Lyme disease

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arthritis, Bell’s palsy (often bilateral), myocarditis, Rx doxycycline

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Babesiosis

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carried by Ixodes tick; Babesia are intraerythrocytic parasites; hemolytic anemia

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Cat bite

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potential for Pasteurella multocida septic arthritis

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Osgood Schlatter’s

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inflammation proximal tibial apophysis at patellar tendon insertion; knobby knee

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Osteogenesis imperfecta

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AD; ↓ synthesis type I collagen; pathologic fractures; blue sclera

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Blue sclera

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reflection choroidal veins

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Achondroplasia

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AD; impaired enchondral calcification and premature closure of epiphyses

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S/S achondroplasia

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normal head/vertebral column, short extremities

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Osteopetrosis

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AD/AR; osteoclast defect; too much bone; pathologic fractures

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Osteoporosis

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↓ bone mass and density; pathologic fractures

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Postmenopausal osteoporosis

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estrogen deficiency - ↑ osteoclastic activity, ↓ osteoblastic activity

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S/S postmenopausal osteoporosis

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vertebral compression fractures, Colles fracture

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Colles fracture

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fractured distal radius with dinner fork appearance

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Prevention of osteoporosis

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estrogen (under investigation), calcium, vitamin D, stress exercises (walking, weight lifting)

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Aseptic necrosis femoral head

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femoral head fracture, corticosteroids, sickle cell disease; MRI best test

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Scaphoid bone fracture

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aseptic necrosis in wrist bone

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Volkmann’s ischemic contracture

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fracture of distal radius; damage to brachial artery and median nerve

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Legg-Perthe’s disease

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aseptic necrosis of ossification center (femoral head) in children

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Paget’s disease

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elderly males; lytic/blastic bone lesions produce thick, weak bone

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S/S Paget’s disease

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pathologic fractures; ↑ serum AP; ↑ risk for osteogenic sarcoma

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Osteoid osteoma

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radiolucent lesion in cortex proximal femur; nocturnal pain relieved by aspirin

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Osteogenic sarcoma

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adolescent male; RB suppressor gene association; distal femur; ↑ AP

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Radiograph osteogenic sarcoma

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“sunburst” appearance, Codman’s triangle

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Ewing’s sarcoma

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primitive neuroectodermal tumor; round cell tumor

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Radiograph ewing sarcoma

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“onion skinning”

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Osteochondroma

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MC benign bone tumor; exophytic growth off metaphysis of distal femur

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Chondrosarcoma

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MC malignant cartilaginous tumor; pelvic bones, proximal femur

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Giant cell tumor

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epiphysis distal femur/proximal tibia; giant cells + neoplastic mononuclear cells

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Muscle weakness

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primary muscle disease, neurosynapse disease, neurogenic disease

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Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy

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XR; deficiency dystrophin; ↑ serum CK at birth; waddling gait

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Dystrophin

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attaches portions of cell membrane to sarcomere; important in contraction

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Becker’s dystrophy

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XR, defective dystrophin

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Myotonic dystrophy

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AD; trinucleotide repeat disorder; cannot release grip

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Myasthenia gravis

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autoantibody against acetylcholine receptors (type II); thymic hyperplasia B cells

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S/S myasthenia gravis

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diplopia at end of day first sign; dysphagia solids/liquids upper esophagus; thymoma

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Dupuytren’s contracture

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fibromatosis palmar fascia

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Lipoma

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MC soft tissue tumor

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Liposarcoma

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MC adult sarcoma

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Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma

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MC childhood sarcoma

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Autoimmune disease

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loss of self-tolerance

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Serum ANA

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greatest sensitivity for detecting SLE

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SLE

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type III reaction; confirm with anti-dsDNA, anti-Sm

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S/S SLE

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malar rash, photophobia, joint pain, fibrinous pericarditis, nephritic GN

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Drug-induced lupus

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procainamide, hydralazine; anti-histone antibodies

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Antiphospholipid antibodies

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lupus anticoagulant, anti-cardiolipin antibodies; vessel thrombosis

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PSS

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excess collagen; anti-topoisomerase antibodies

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S/S PSS

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dysphagia solids/liquids, Raynaud’s, interstitial lung disease, renal failure

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CREST

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centromere antibody/calcinosis; Raynaud; esophageal dysmotility; sclerodactyly; telangiectasia

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Dermatomyositis/polymyositis

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↑ serum CK; risk of malignancy

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Mixed connective tissue disease

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anti-ribonucleoprotein antibody

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Antibody against acetylcholine receptor

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myasthenia gravis

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Antibody against basement membrane

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Goodpasture’s syndrome

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Antibody against endomysium and gliadin

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celiac disease

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Antibody against insulin and islet cell

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type I diabetes

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Antibody against intrinsic factor and parietal cell

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pernicious anemia

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Antibody against microsome and thyroglobulin

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Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

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Antibody against mitochondria

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primary biliary cirrhosis

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Antibody against proteinase 3 of neutrophil (cANCA)

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Wegener’s granulomatosis

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Antibody against myeloperoxidase of neutrophils (pANCA)

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microscopic polyangiitis

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Antibody against TSH receptor

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Graves disease