Labs Flashcards
anti-centromere
CREST
anti-desmoglein
pemphigus vulgaris (desmosomes)
anti-glomerular BM
Goodpastures
anti-IgG
RA
anti-mitochondrial (AMA)
primary biliary cirrhosis (female, PHTN, cholestasis)
anti-neutrophil (ANCA)
MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA - microscopic polyangiitis, Churg Strause
PR3-ANCA/c-ANCA - Wegener (granulomatosis with polyangiitis)
anti-platelet
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
ANA
SLE
anti-topoisomerase
diffuse systemic scleroderma
anti-transglutaminase, anti-gliadin, anti-endomysial
Celiac’s
apple core lesion
colorectal cancer (left-sided)
azurophilic peroxidase + granular inclusions on granulocytes and myeloblasts
Auer rods (promyelocytic AML)
bacitracin sensitivity
sensitive Group A Strep
resistant Group B Strep
basophilic nuclear remnants on RBCs
Howell-Jolly bodies (no spleen)
basophilic stippling of RBCs
lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia
bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging
Pancoast tumor (can compress sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner syndrome)
brown tumor of bone
hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (hemosiderin gives pigment)
cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Chagas (Trypanosoma cruzi)
cellular crescents in glomeruli
rapidly progressing crescentic glomerulonephritis
dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils
Homer-Wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma)
pseudomonas colonies in lungs
Cystic fibrosis
depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
parkinsons
desquamated epithelial cells in sputum
Curshmann spirals (asthma, can result in whorled mucous plugs)
disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophilic fluid
Call-Exner bodies (granulosa cell tumor of ovary)
enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies
owl eye cells of CMV
enlarged thyroid cells with ground glass appearance
little orphan annie eyes (papillary carcinoma of thyroid)
eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in hepatocyte
Mallory body (alc liver disease)
eosinophilic inclusion in nerve cell
Lewy body (parkinsons)
eosinophilic globule in liver
councilman body (toxic or viral hepatitis, YF)
eosinophilic inclusion in hippocampal or cerebellar nerve cells
Negri bodies of rabies
giant B cells, bilobed nuclei, prominent inclusions
owl eyes, Reed-Sternberg cells of Hodgkins lymphoma
glomerulus like body surrounding vessel in germ cells
Schiller Duval body (yolk sac tumor)
crew cut on X-ray
B-thalassemia, SCD (marrow expansion)
hCG elevated
pregnancy, hyditiform mole, choriocarcinoma
granulomatous heart nodules
aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)