NEED TO KNOW Flashcards
Autoimmune hepatitis type 1
Anti-actin
Anti-SLA/LP
ANA
SMA
Autoimmune hepatitis type 2
Anti-LKM1
Anti-LC1
PSC
p-ANCA
PBC
AMA
Wilson’s disease
Caeruloplasmin
Hereditary haemochromatosis
Raised ferritin
Raised transferrin saturation
Low TIBC
**Raised transferrin saturation is >55% in men and >50% in women,
Active Hep B infection
HBsAg
Current or previous Hep B infection
HBcAb
IgM = current IgG = previous
Core Hep B antigen
HBcAg
Active replication of Hep B infection
HBeAg
Antibody showing that Hep B has stopped replicating
HBeAb
Vaccination against Hep B
HBsAb
Direct count of Hep B viral load
HBV DNA
Screening tests for Hep B
HBcAb + HBsAg
Tests done if Hep B screening is positive
HBeAg + HBV DNA
Coeliac disease
anti-TTG/ anti-EMA
**MUST check IgA first.
Myasthenia gravis
Anti-ACh
Anti-MUSK
Anti-LPR4
Churg-Strauss syndrome
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
pANCA
Eosinophils >10%
(+ asthma + paranasal sinusitis + pulmonary infiltrates)
Lambert-Eaton myasthenia syndrome
Antibodies to voltage gated calcium channels
Membranous glomerulonephritis
Anti-phospholipase A2 receptor antibodies
Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
Anti-streptolysin O titres
Anti-DNAase B
Decreased serum C3
SLE
Sensitive? ANA.
Specific? anti-dsDNA/ anti-smith
Others: low C3 and C4
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
cANCA
Microscopic polyangiitis
pANCA
Goodpastures disease.
Anti-GBM antibodies.
Grave’s disease.
Anti-TPO antibodies
TSH receptor antibodies
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Anti-TPO antibodies
Anti-thyroglobulin antibodies
Rheumatoid arthritis
RF
Anti-CCP
Multiple sclerosis
Oligoclonal bands in CSF
Coagulation results in haemophilia?
APTT prolonged.
PT, prothrombin time + bleeding time all normal.
Coagulation results in von willebrand disease?
APTT prolonged
Bleeding time prolonged
PT normal
IDA
Low serum iron
Low ferritin
High transferrin
High TIBC
Anaemic of chronic disease
Low/ normal serum iron
Low/ normal ferritin
Low transferrin
Low TIBC
Sideroblastic anaemia
Ringed sideroblasts (iron engorged peri-nuclear mitochondria in developing RBCs)
Pernicious anaemia
Increased IgA antibodies against intrinsic factor/ parietal cells.
Hereditary spherocytosis
Circular cells
Low Hb
Raised reticulocytes
G6PD deficiency
Heinz bodies
Warm AIHA
IgG
Cold AIHA
IgM
AML/ acute pro-myelocytic anaemia
Auer rods
AML blood film
Auer rods
Blast cells
CML
Leukoerythroblasts
Myelofibrosis
Tear drop poikilocytosis
CLL
Smear/ smudge cells
Myeloma
Rouleaux formation
BJPs.
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Reed-Sternberg cells