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Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody Testing ... and Cytoplasmic Patterns ... Nuclear Patterns ... • Homogeneous pattern ... #differential #
Evaluation abnormal liver tests in pregnancy
- Cholestatic Pattern
- Hepatocellular Pattern

#LFTs #transaminits #pregnancy #obgyn #obstetrics #hepatology #diagnosis
Evaluation abnormal ... - Cholestatic Pattern ... Hepatocellular Pattern ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm
ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
ANA Patterns and ... Sjogren's Syndrome (SS ... • Nucleolar: Diffuse ... Antibodies #ANA #patterns ... diagnosis #differential
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
- Nuclear Patterns ... Homogeneous pattern ... ) Speckled pattern ... Ku Centromere pattern ... #differential #
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
serial dilution, a pattern ... significant • Pattern ... : The ANA patterns ... not specific ANA Patterns ... Antibodies #ANA #patterns
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
and Focal) Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... planopilaris Pattern ... #Differential # ... #causes
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Algorithm INDICATIONS ... during medical evaluation ... for secondary causes ... #Differential # ... diagnosis #hematology
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Focal Hair Loss Pattern ... Hair Loss Pattern ... Alopecia: - Pattern ... alopecia in men (male pattern ... loss), Female pattern
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Diagnosis Algorithm ... lymphadenopathy more diffuse ... involvement, irregular pattern ... pathophysiology #Hematology ... #algorithm
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... LIP/FB, LCDD, SS ... Cyst pattern not ... DCLD #pulmonary #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #differential