Rapid Review - Classic Labs/Findings (Part 2) Flashcards
Pg. 622-623 in First Aid 2014
Heterophile antibodies
Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)
Hexagonal, double-pointed, needle-like crystals in bronchial secretions
Bronchial asthma (Charcot-Leyden crystals; eosinophilic granules)
High level of D-dimers
DVT, PE, DIC
Hilar lymphadenopathy, peripheral granulomatous lesion on middle or lower lung lobes (can calcify)
Ghon complex (primary TB: Mycobacterium bacilli)
“Honeycomb lung” on x-ray or CT
Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
Hypercoagulability (leading to migrating DVTs and vasculitis)
Trousseau syndrome (adenocarcinoma of pancreas or lung)
Hypersegmented neutrophils
Megaloblastic anemia (B12 deficiency: neurological symptoms; folate deficiency: no neurologic symptoms)
Hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis
Conn syndrome
Hypochromic, microcytic anemia
Iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia (fetal hemoglobin sometimes present)
Increased AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum
Dating error, anencephaly, spina bifida (neural tube defects)
Increased uric acid levels
Gout, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, tumor lysis syndrome, loop and thiazide diuretics
Intranuclear eosinophilic droplet-like bodies
Cowdry type A bodies (HSV or CMV)
Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum
Ferruginous bodies (asbestosis: increased chance of mesothelium)
Keratin pearls on a skin biopsy
Squamous cell carcinoma
Large lysosomal vesicles in phagocytes, immunodeficiency
Chediak-Higashi disease (congenital failure of phagolysosome formation)
“Lead pipe” appearance of colon on barium enema x-ray
Ulcerative colitis (loss of haustra)
Linear appearance of IgG deposition on glomerular basement membrane
Goodpasture syndrome
Low serum ceruloplasmin
Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)
“Lumpy bumpy” appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence
Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (immune complex deposition of IgG and C3b)
Lytic (“hole punched”) bone lesions on x-ray
Multiple myeloma
Mammary gland (“blue domed”) cyst
Fibrocystic change of the breast
Monoclonal antibody spike
(1) Multiple myeloma (usually IgG or IgA) (2) Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS consequence of aging) (3) Waldenstrom (M protein = IgM) macroglobulinemia (4) Primary amyloidosis
Mucin-filled cell with peripheral nucleus
“Signet ring” (gastric carcinoma)
Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium x-ray
“String sign” (Crohn disease)