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