Lab/diagnostic Findings Flashcards
Antidesmoglein (epithelial) Ab
Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)
Anticentromere Ab
Scleroderma CREST
Anti-GBM Ab
Goodpasture’s Syndrome
Glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis
Anti-histone Ab
Drug-induced SLE HIPP Hydralazine Isoniazid Procainamide Phenytoin
Anti-IgG ab
Rheumatoid arthritis
Systemic inflammation
Joint pannus
Boutonniere deformity
Anti-mitochondrial Ab (AMAs)
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Female
Cholestasis
Portal hypertension
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic Ab
ANCAs
Vasculitis C-ANCA : Wegener's P-ANCA : Microscopic polyangiitis Churg-Strauss syndrome
Anti-nuclear Ab
ANAs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA
SLE (Type III hypersensitivity)
Anti-platelet Ab
ITP
Anti-topoisomerase Ab
Diffuse systemic scleroderma
Anti-GLIADIN
Anti-transglutaminase
Anti-endomysial Antibodies
Celiac disease
Diarrhea
Distention
Weight loss
“Apple core” lesion on abdominal xray
Colorectal CA (usually LEFT sided)
Azurophilic granular needles in leukemic blasts
AUER rods
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) especially the promyelocytic (M3) type
“Bamboo spine” on xray
Ankylosing spondylitis
(Chronic inflammatory arthritis
HLA B27)
Basophilic NUCLEAR remnants in RBCs due to splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen
HOWELL-JOLLY BODIES
Basophilic STIPPLING of RBCs
Lead poisoning
Sideroblastic anemia
Bloody tap on LP
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
“Boot-shaped” heart on xray
Tetralogy of Fallot, RVH
Branching, gram-positive RODS with SULFUR granules
Actinomycetes israelii
Bronchogenic APICAL LUNG tumor
Pancoast tumor (can compress sympathetic ganglion and cause HORNER’s SYNDROME (PAM))
“Brown tumor” of bone
Hemorrhage (hemosiderin) causes brown color of OSTEOLYTIC CYSTS
Hyperparathyroidism
Osteitis fibrosa cystica
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Chagas’ disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
Cellular CRESCENTS in Bowman’s capsule
Rapidly progressive crescentic GN
“Chocolate cyst” of ovary
Endometriosis (frequently involves both ovaries)
Circular grouping of DARK TUMOR CELLS surrounding PALE NEUROFIBRILS
Homer Wright Rosettes
Neuroblastoma
Retinoblastoma
Medulloblastoma
Colonies of mucoid PSEUDOMONAS in lungs
Cystic fibrosis
AR mutation to CFTR resulting in fat soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs
Degeneration of DORSAL COLUMN NERVES
Tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphilis)
Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
Parkinson’s disease
Basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, RESTING tremor, bradykinesia
Desquamated epithelium CASTS in sputum
Seen in BA
Can result in whorled mucus plugs
CURSCHMANN’s SPIRALS
Disarrayed GRANULOSA CELLS in eosinophilic fluid
Call-Exner bodies (GCT of ovary)
Dysplastic cervical cells with nuclear enlargement and hyperchromasia
KOILOCYTES
HPV: predisposes to cervical CA
Enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies
OWL’s EYE appearance of CMV
Enlarged thyroid cells with ground-glass nuclei
ORPHAN ANNIE 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 CELLS
Rabies virus (Lyssavirus)
Extracellular AMYLOID deposition in the GRAY matter of brain
Senile Plaques (Alzheimer’s disease)