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FA Rapid Review 5
Classic Labs/Findings and associated Diagnosis/Disease
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05/14/2013

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Term
Anticentromere antibodies
Definition
Scleroderma (CREST)
Term
Antidesmoglein(epithelial) antibodies
Definition
Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)
Term
Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies
Definition
Goodpasture's syndrome (glomerulonephritis and hemoptysis)
Term
Antihistone antibodies
Definition
Drug induced lupus
Term
Anti-IgG antibodies
Definition
Rheumatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)
Term
Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA)
Definition
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Term
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)
Definition
Vasculitis (c-ANCA:Wegener's; p-ANCA microscopic polyangitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome)
Term
Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs: Anti-Smith and Anti-dsDNA)
Definition
SLE (Type III hypersensitivity)
Term
Antiplatelet antibodies
Definition
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
Term
Anti-topoisomerase antibodies
Definition
Diffuse systemic scleroderma
Term
Anti-transglutaminase/anti-gliadin/ anti-endomysial antibodies
Definition
Celiac's disease (diarrhea, distention, weight loss)
Term
"Apple core" leasion on abdominal Xray
Definition
Colorectal cancer (usually left sided)
Term
Azurophilic granular needles in leukemic blasts
Definition
Auer rods (acute myelogenous leukemia, especially the promyelocytic [M3] type)
Term
Bacitracin response
Definition
Sensitive: Strep pyogenes (Group A)
Resistance: Strep agalactae (Group B)
Term
"Bamboo spine" on Xray
Definition
Ankylosing spondylolitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis: HLA-B27)
Term
Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs
Definition
Howell-Jolly bodies (due to splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen)
Term
Basophilic stippling of RBCs
Definition
Lead poisoning or sideroblastic anemia
Term
Bloody tap on LP
Definition
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Term
"Boot-shaped" heart on Xray
Definition
Tetrology of Fallot, RVH
Term
Branching gram positive rods with sulfur granules
Definition
Actinomyces israelii
Term
Bronchogenic apical lung tumor
Definition
Pancoast tumor (can compress sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner's syndrome--> myosis, ptosis, anhydrosis)
Term
"Brown" tumor of bone
Definition
Hemorrhage (hemosiderin) causes brown color of osteolytic cysts. Due to:
1. Hyperparathyroidism
2. Osteitis fibrosa cystica
Term
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Definition
Chaga's disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)
Also causes megaesophagus and megacolon
Term
Cellular crescents in Bowman's capsule
Definition
Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis
Term
"Chocolate cyst" of ovary
Definition
Endometriosis
Term
Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils
Definition
Homer-Wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma)
Term
Colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs
Definition
Cystic Fibrosis (AR mutation to CFTR resulting in fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs)
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