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Anti-centromere ABs
Scleroderma (CREST)
Anti-desmoglein (epithelial) ABs
Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)
Anti-glomerular basement membrane ABs
Goodpasture’s synd. (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)
Anti-histone ABs
Drug-induced SLE (hydralazine, isoniazid, phenytoin, procainamide)
Anti-IgG ABs
Rheumatoid arthritis (syst. infl., joint lannus, boutonniere deformity)
Anti-mitochondrial ABs (AMAs)
Primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal HTN)
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic ABs (ANCAs)
Vasculitis (c-ANCA: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s); p-ANCA: microscopic polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss synd)
Anti-nuclear ABs (ANAs: anti-Smith and anti-dsDNA)
SLE (type III hypersenstivity)
Anti-platelet ABs
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Anti-topoisomerase ABs
Diffuse systemic scleroderma
Anti-transglutaminase/anti-gliadin/anti-endomysial ABs
Celiac DZ (diarrhea, distention, weight-loss)
Apple Core lesion on abdominal x-ray
Colorectal cancer (usually left-sided)
Azurophilic peroxidase-positive granular inclusions in granulocytes and myeloblasts
Auer rods (AML, especially promyelocytic [M3] type)
Bacitracin response
Sensitive: S. pyogenes (A); resistant = S. agalactiae (B)
Bamboo Spine on x-ray
Ankylosing spondylitis (chron. infl. arthritis: HLA-B27)
Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs
Howell-Jolly bodies (splenectomy or non-functional spleen)
Basophilic stippling of RBCs
Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia
Bloody tap on LP
Subarachnoid hem
Boot Shaped heart on x-ray
Tetralogy of Fallot; RVH
Branching G+ rods w/sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
Bronchogenic apical lung tumor on imaging
Pancoast tumor (can compress symp. gang. and cause Horner’s synd)
Brown tumor of bone
Hyperparathyroidism or osteitis fibrosa cystica (deposited hemosiderin from hem. gives brown color)
Cardiomegaly w/apical atrophy
Chagas’ DZ (T. cruzi)
Cellular crescents in Bowman’s capsule
RPCG (crescentic glom)