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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 (systemic inflammation, joint pannus, boutonniere deformity)
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antimitochondiral antibodies AMA
primary biliary cirrhosis (female, cholestasis, portal hypertension)
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antineutrophil antibodies (ANCA)
vasculitis (wegener's, micorscopic polyangitis, glomerulonephritis)
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antinuclear antibodies ANAs; anti-smith and anti-ds-DNA
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 (aml: especially APL)
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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 anemia
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bloody tap on LP
subarachnoid hemorrhage (this is the worst headache of my life)
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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 the sympathetic ganglion and cause horner's syndrome)
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"brown" tumor of bone
- hemorrhage (hemosiderin) causes brown color of osteolytic cysts, due to:
- 1. hyperparathyroididism
- 2. osteitis fibrosa cystica (von recklinghausen's disease of bone)
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cadiomegaly with apical atrophy
chagas' disease (trypanosoma cruzi)
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cellular crescents in bowman's capsule
rapidly progressive crescentic glomerular nephritis
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chocolate cyst of ovary
endometriosis (frequently involves both ovaries) way to ruin chocolate for me right now.
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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 caucasion resulting in fat-soluble vitamin deficiency and mucus plugs
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