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2 First Aid Rapid Review > Classic Labs/Findings > Flashcards

Classic Labs/Findings Flashcards

1
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Anti-Centromere Antibodies

A

Scleroderma

Part of CREST

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Anti-Desmoglein (epithelial) Antibodies

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Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)

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Anti-Glomerular basement membrane antibodies

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Goodpasture syndrome

  • Glomerulo-nephritis
  • Hemoptysis
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Anti-Histone Antibodies

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Drug-induced SLE

  • Hydralazine
  • Isonizid
  • Phenytoin
  • Procainamide
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Anti-IgG antibodies

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Rheumatoid arthritis

  • systemic inflammation
  • joint pannus
  • boutonniere deformity
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6
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Anti-Mitochondrial antibodies (AMA)

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1’ Biliary Cirrhosis

  • Female
  • Cholestasis
  • Portal hypertension
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Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies

ANCAs

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Microscopic Polyangitis

  • Eosinophilic granulomatosis
  • with Polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss Syndrome)
  • MPO-ANCA/ p-ANCA)

Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

  • Wegener
  • PR3-ANCA/ c-ANCA
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Anti-Nuclear antibodies

ANAs: Anti-Smith and Anti-dsDNA

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SLE

- Type III Hypersensitivity

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9
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Anti-platelet Antibodies

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Idiopathic thrombo-cytopenic purpura

  • ITP
  • Missing platelets
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10
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Anti-topoisomerase antibodies

A

Diffuse systemic scleroderma

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Anti-transglutaminase/
Anti-gliadin/
Anti-endomysial
Antibodies

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Celiac disease

Diarrhea
Weight loss

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12
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Apple core lesion on barium x-ray

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Colorectal cancer

- usually left sided

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Atypical lymphocytes

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EBV

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Azurophilic peroxidase (+)
granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts
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Auer rods

AML esp the pro-myelocytic M3 type

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15
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Bacitracin response

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Sensitive: S. pyogenes (group A)

Resistant: S. agalactiae (group B)

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16
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Bamboo spine on x-ray

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Ankylosing spondylitis

  • chronic inflammatory arthritis: HLA-B27
17
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Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs

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Howell-Jolly bodies

  • d/t spenectomy or non-functional spleen
18
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Basophilic stippling of RBCs

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Lead poisoning
-or-
Sideroblastic anemia

19
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Bloody or yellow tap on lumbar puncture

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

20
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Boot-shaped heart on x-ray

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Tetralogy of Fallot (d/t RVH)

21
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Branching gram-positive rods with sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israelii

22
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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging

A

Pancoast tumor

- can compress cervical sympathetic chain –> Horner syndrome

23
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“Brown” tumor of bone

A

Hyper-Parathyroidism
-or-
Osteitis fibrosa cystica (deposited hemosiderin from hemorrhage give brown color)

24
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Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy

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Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)

25
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Cellular crescents in Bowman capsule

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Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis

26
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“Chocolate cyst” of ovary

A

Endometriosis

- frequently involves both ovaries

27
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Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils

A

Homer-Wright rosettes

  • Neuroblastoma
  • or-
  • Medullobastoma
28
Q

Colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs

A

Cystic fibrosis

  • Auto recessive mutation of CFTR gene
  • results in Fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and mucus plugs
29
Q

DEC AFP in amniotic fluid/maternal serum

A

Down syndrome
-or-
other chromosomal abnormality

30
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Degeneration of dorsal column fibers

A
  • Tabes dorsalis (3’ syphilis)
  • or-
  • Sub acute combined degeneration (dorsal columns, lateral corticospinal, spino-cerebellar tracts affected)
31
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Delta wave on EKG
Short PR interval
Supraventricular tachycardia

A

Wolf Parkinson White

  • Bundle of Kent bypasses AV node
32
Q

Depigmentation of neurons in substatial nigra

A

Parkinson disease

  • Basal ganglia disorder
  • rigidity
  • resting tremor
  • brady-kinesia
33
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Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum

A

Curschmann spirals

  • Bronchial asthma
  • can result in whorled mucous plugs
34
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Disarrayed granulosa cells arranged around collections of eosinophilic fluid

A

Call-exner bodies

- granulosa cell tumor of the ovary

35
Q

Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with “raisinoid” nuclei and hyperchromasia

A

Koilocytes

HPV: Predisposes to cervical cancer

36
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Periodic acid schiff

  • Breast
  • Macrophages
  • Bone
  • Glycogen storage disease
  • Epidermial lymphocytes
A

Periodic acid schiff

  • Breast - Paget
  • Macrophages - Whipple
  • Bone - Ewing
  • Glycogen storage disease - Pompe II
  • Epidermal lymphocytes - Mycoses fungoides & Seazery syndrome
37
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Electrical alterans

alternating amplitude on EKG

A

Pericardial tamponade

38
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Enlarged cells with intra-nuclear inclusion bodies

A

Owl Eye

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