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First Aid Rapid Review, part 3
Classical lab findings
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Graduate
05/18/2010

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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 lung hemorrhage)
Term
Antihistone antibodies
Definition
Drug-induced lupus
Term
Anti-IgG antibodies
Definition
Rheumatoid arthritis (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity) 
Term
Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs)
Definition
Primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal hypertension)
Term
Antineutrophil cystoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)
Definition
Vasculitis (Wegener's [c-ANCA), microscopic polyangitis/Churg-Strauss [p-ANCA], glomerulonephritis [pauci-immune])
Term
Antiplatelet antibodies
Definition
Idiopathy thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) (bleeding diathesis)
Term
Anti-topoisomerase antibodies
Definition
Diffuse systemic scleroderma
Term
Anti-transglutaminase/antigliadin antibodies
Definition
Celiac disease (diarrhea, distention, weight loss)
Term
Azurophilic granular needles in leukemic blasts
Definition
Auer rods (acute myelogenous leukemia: especially the promyelocytic type)
Term
"Bamboo spine" on x-ray
Definition
Ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis: 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 x-ray
Definition
Tetralogy of Fallot, RVH
Term
Branching gram-positive rods with sulfur granules
Definition
Actinomyces israelii
Term
Bronchogenic apical lung tumor
Definition
Pancoast's tumor (can compress sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner's syndrome)
Term
"Brown" tumor of bone
Definition

Hemorrhage (hemosiderin) causes brown color of osteolytic cysts. Due to:

  1. Hyperparathyroidism
  2. Osteitis fibrosa cystica (von Recklinghausen's disease of bone)

Term
Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy
Definition
Chagas' disease (Trypanosoma cruzi)
Term
Cellular crescents in Bowman's capsule
Definition
Rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis
Term
"Chocolate cyst" of ovary
Definition
Endometriosis (frequently involves both ovaries)
Term
Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils
Definition
Homer Wright rosettes ([adrenal] neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, [Ewing sarcoma])
Term
Colonies of mucoid Psuedomonas in lungs
Definition
Cystic fibrosis (CFTR mutation in Caucasians resulting in fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs)
Term
Degeneration of dorsal column nerves
Definition
Tabes dorsalis (tertiary syphili) [positive Romberg]
Term
Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra
Definition
Parkinson's disease (basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia)
Term
Desquamated epithelium casts in sputum
Definition
Curschmann's spirals (bronchial asthma; can result in whorled mucous plugs)
Term
Disarray granulosa cells in eosinophilic fluid
Definition
Call-Exner bodies (granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovary)
Term
Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with nuclear enlargment and hyperchromasia
Definition

Koilocytes (HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer)

 

[Perinuclear cytoplasmic clearing]

Term
Enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies
Definition
"Owl's eye" appearance of CMV [Cowdry type A]
Term
Enlarged thyroid cells with ground glass nuclei
Definition
"Orphan Annie" eye nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the thyroid)
Term
Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell
Definition
Mallory bodies (alcoholic liver disease)
Term
Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell
Definition
Lewy body (Parkinson's disease)
Term
Eosinophilic globule in liver
Definition
Councilman body (toxic or viral hepatitis, often yellow fever)
Term
Eosinophilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal nerve cells
Definition

Rabies virus (Lyssavirus)

 

[Negri bodies]

Term
Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain
Definition
Senile plaques (Alzheimer's disease)
Term
Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions ("owl's eye")
Definition
Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin's lymphoma)
Term
Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells
Definition
Schiller-Duval bodies (yolk sac tumor)
Term
"Hair-on-end" (crew-cut) appearance on x-ray
Definition
ß-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia (extramedullary hematopoiesis)
Term
hCG elevated
Definition
Choriocarcinoma, hyaditidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo)
Term
Heart nodules (inflammatory)
Definition

Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)

 

[Focal myocardial inflammation with multinuclear giant cells]

Term
Heterophile antibodies
Definition

Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)

 

[Antibodies = IgM]

Term
Hexagonal, double-pointed, needle-like crystals in bronchial secretions
Definition
Bronchial asthma (Charcot-Leyden crystals: eosinophilic granules)
Term
High levels of D-dimers
Definition

DVT, pulmonary embolism, DIC

 

[Budd-Chiari]

Term
"Honeycomb lung" on x-ray
Definition
Interstitial fibrosis
Term
Hypersegmented neutrophils
Definition
Megaloblastic anemia (B12, folate deficiency)
Term
Hypochromic, microcytic anemia
Definition

Iron deficiency anemia, lead poisoning, thalassemia (HbF somtimes present)

 

[Anemia of chronic disease]

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