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Hy - FA Rapid Review - Classic Labs & Findings

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Anticentromere antibodies   Scleroderma (CREST)  
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Antidesmoglein (epithelial) antibodies   Pemphigus vulgaris (blistering)  
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Anti-glomerular Basement Membrane antibodies   Goodpasture’s Syndrome (glomerulonephritis and lung hemorrhage)  
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Antihistone antibodies   Drug-induced SLE  
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Anti-IgG antibodies   Rheumatoid Arthritis  
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Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs)   1° biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestatis, portal hypertension)  
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Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs)   Vasculitis( Wegener’s, microscopic poly angitis, glomerulonephritis)  
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Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs: antiSmith and anti-dsDNA)   SLE (type III hypersensitivity)  
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Antiplatelet antibodies   idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) (bleeding diathesis)  
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Anti-topoisomerase antibodies   diffuse systemic scleroderma  
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Anti-transglutaminase/antigliadin antibodies   celiac disease (diarrhea, distention, weight loss)  
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Azurophilic granular needles in leukemic blasts   Auer rods 9acute myelogenous leukemia: especially the promyelocytic type)  
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“bamboo spine” on x-ray   Ankylosing spondylitis (chronic inflammatory arthritis: HLA-B27)  
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Basophilic nuclear remnants in RBCs   Howell-Jolly bodies (due to splenectomy or nonfunctional spleen)  
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Basophilic stippling of RBCs   lead poisoning or sideroblastic anema  
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Bloody tap on LP   subarachnoid hemorrhage  
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“boot-shaped” heart on X-ray   Tetralogy of Fallot, RVH  
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Branching gram-positive rods with sulfur granules   Actinomyces israelii  
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Bronchogenic apical lung tumor   Pancoast’s tumor (can compress sympathetic ganglion and cause Horner’s syndrome)  
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“Brown” tumor of bone   Hemorrhage (hemosiderin) causes borwn color of osteolytic cysts due to: 1. Hyperparathyroidism, 2. Osteitis fibrosa cystic (von Recklinghausen’s disease of bone)  
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Cardiomegaly with apical atrophy   Chagas’ disease (trypanosome cruzi)  
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Cellular crescents in bowman’s capsule   rapidly progressive crescentic glomerulonephritis  
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Chocolate cyst of ovary   endometriosis (frequently involves both ovaries)  
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Circular grouping of dark tumor cells surrounding pale neurofibrils   Homer Wright rosettes (neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma, retinoblastoma)  
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Colonies of mucoid Pseudomonas in lungs   Cystic fibrosis (CFTR mutation in caucasisans resulting in fat-souble vitamin deficiency and mucous plugs)  
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Degeneration of dorsal column nervs   Tabes dorsalis (Tertiary Syphallis)  
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Depigmentation of neurons in substantia nigra   parkinson's disease (basal ganglia disorder: rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia)  
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desquamated epithelium casts in sputum   Curschmann's spirals (bronchial asthma; can result in whorled mucous plugs)  
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disarrayed granulosa cells in eosinophillic fluid   call-exner bodies (granulosa-theca cell tumor of the ovary)  
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Dysplastic squamous cervical cells with nuclear enlargement and hperchromasia   Koilocytes (HPV: predisposes to cervical cancer)  
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Enlarged cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies   "owl's-eye" appearance of CMV  
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Enlarged thyroid cells with ground-glass nuclei   "orhpan Annie" eye nuclei (papillary carcinoma of the thyroid)  
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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in nerve cell   Lewy Body (parkinson's disease)  
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Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion in liver cell   Mallory bodies (alcoholic liver disease)  
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Eosinophic globule in liver   councilman body (toxic or viral hepatitis, often yellow fever)  
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Eosinphilic inclusion bodies in cytoplasm of hippocampal nerve cells   Rabies virus (Lyssavirus)  
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Extracellular amyloid deposition in gray matter of brain   Senile plaques (Alzheimer's disease  
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Giant B cells with bilobed nuclei with prominent inclusions ("owl's eye")   Reed-Sternberg cells (Hodgkin's lymphoma)  
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Glomerulus-like structure surrounding vessel in germ cells   Schiller-Duval bodies (yolk sac tumor)  
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"hair-on-end" (crew cut) appearance on x-ray   β-thalassemia, sickle cell anemia (extramedullary hematopoiesis)  
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hCG elevated   Choriocarcinoma, hydatidiform mole (occurs with and without embryo)  
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Heart nodules (inflammatory)   Aschoff bodies (rheumatic fever)  
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Heterophile antibodies   infectious mononucleosis (EBV)  
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Hexagonal, double-pointed, needle-like crystals in bronchial secretions   Bronchial asthma (Charcot-Leyden crystals: eosinophilic granules)  
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High level of D-dimers   DVT, pulmonary embolism, DIC  
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"honeycomb lung" on x-ray   interstitial fibrosis  
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Hypersegmented neutrophils   Megaloblastic anemia (B12, folate deficiency)  
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Hypochromic, microcytic anemia   Iron deficiency anemia, lead poinsoning, thalassemia (HbF sometimes present)  
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Increased α-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid/maternal serum   Anecephaly, spina bifida (neural tube defects)  
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increased uric acid levels   Gout, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, myeloproliferative disorders, loop and thiazide diuretics  
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Intranuclear eosinphilic droplet-like bodies   Cowdry type A bodies (HSV or yellow fever)  
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Iron-containing nodules in alveolar septum   ferruginous bodies (asbestosis: increased chance of mesothelioma)  
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Large lysosomal vesicles in phagocytes, immunocompromised   Chediak-Higashi disease (failure of phagolysosome formation)  
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Low serum ceruloplsamin   Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degneration)  
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"lumpy-bumpy" appearance of glomeruli on immunofluorescence   post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis  
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lytic ("hole-punched") bone lesions on x-ray   Multiple myeloma  
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Mammary gland ("blue-domed") cyst   Fibrocytsic change of the breast  
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monoclonal antibody spike   1. Multiple Myelmoa (M protein) 2. monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) 3. Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (M protein)  
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Monoclonal globulin protein in blood/urine   Bence Jones proteins Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (IgM)  
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Mucin-filled cell with peripheral nucleus   signet ring (gastric carcinoma)  
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Narrowing of bowel lumen on barium radiograph   "string sign" (Crohn's Disease)  
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Needle-shaped, negatively birefringement crystaals   Gout (hyperuricemia)  
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Nodular Hyaline deposits in glomeruli   Kimmelsteil-Wilson nodules (diabetic nephropathy)  
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"nutmeg" appearance of liver   Crhonic passive congestion of liver due to right heart failure  
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"onion-skin" periosteal reaction   Ewing's sarcoma (malignant round-cell tumor)  
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Periosteum raided from bone, creating triangular area   Codman's triangle on x-ray (osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, pyogenic osteomyelitis)  
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podocyte fusion on EM   minimal change disease (child with nephrotic syndrome)  
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Polished, "ivory-like" appearance of bone at cartilage erosion   Eburnation (osteoarthritis resulting in bony sclerosis)  
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protein aggregates in neurons from hyperphosphorylation of protein tau   neurofibrillary tangles (alzheimer's disease and CJD)  
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pseudopalisade tumor cell arrangement   glioblastoma multiforme  
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RBC casts in urine   acute glomerulonephritis  
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rectangular, crystal-like inclusions in leydig cells   Reinke crystals (ledig cell tumor)  
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Renal epithelial casts in urine   acute toxic/viral nephrosis  
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Rhomboid crystals, positively bifringent   pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate dehydrate)  
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Rib notching   coarctation of the aorta  
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Sheets of medium-sized lymphoid cells (“starry sky” appearance on histology)   Burkitt’s lymphoma (t[8  
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Silver-staining spherical aggregation of tau proteins in neurons   Pick bodies (Pick’s disease: progressive dementia, similar to alzheimers)  
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Small granulomatous lesion in lungs (can calcify)   Ghon focus (Primary TB: mycobacterium bacilli)  
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Small, round RBC inclusions   Heinz bodies (G6PD deficiency, α-thalassemia, chronic liver disease)  
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“soap bubble” on x-ray   Giant cell tumor of bone (generally benign)  
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“Spikes” on basement membrane, “dome-like” endothelial deposits   Membranous glomerulonephritis (may progress to nephritic syndrome)  
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Stacks of red blood cells   Rouleaux formation (high ESR: multiple myloma)  
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Stippled vaginal epithelial cells   “clue cells” (gardnerella vaginalis)  
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“tennis-racket”-shaped cytoplasmic organelles (EM) in langerhans cells   Birbeck granules (histiocytosis X: eosinophilic granuloma)  
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Thrombi made of white/red layers   Lines of Zahn (arterial thrombus, layers of platelets/RBCs)  
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“thumb sign” on lateral x-ray   Epiglottitis (H. influenzae)  
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Thyroid-like appearance of kidney   chronic bacterial pyelonephritis  
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“Tram-track” appearance on LM   membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis  
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Triglyceride accumulation in liver cell vacuoles   fatty liver disease (alcoholic or metabolic syndrome)  
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WBCs that look “smudged”   CLL (almost always B cell  
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“Wire loop” glomerular appearance on LM   Lupus nephropathy  
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Yellow CSF   xanthochromia (subarachnoid hemorrhage)  
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