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Pathologic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Morphologies and Associated Diseases

Acanthocyte (spur cell),  
Basophilic stippling, 
Bite cell,
) Morphologies and ... Associated Diseases ... Morphologies #Key #Atlas #Microscopy ... #Pathology #Hematology ... #Diagnosis #Dyspmorphic
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
their Disease Associations ... ANA - Non-specific ... Microscopic polyangiitis ... #diagnosis #table ... #rheumatology #
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
granulomatosis - microscopic ... drugs, malignomas, and ... Vasculitis #Vessels #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology # ... Diagnosis
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Using fluorescence microscopy ... Disease! ... Rheumatic Diseases ... #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Diffuse and Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Reactive (Inflammatory / Infectious)
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Causes of Diffuse and ... - Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology ... #Oncology
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
connective tissue disease ... Vasculitis: • Microscopic ... Antineutrophil #antibodies #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... diseases
Multiple Myeloma and Monoclonal Gammopathies
C - HyperCalcemia- calcium > 11 mg/dL / >1 mg/dL the ULN
R
ULN R - Renal disease ... chain deposition disease ... autoimmune diseases ... Gammopathies #MGUS #diagnosis ... #hematology #oncology
ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
Associated Rheumatic Diseases ... connective tissue disease ... Antinuclear #Antibodies #ANA ... #patterns #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #differential
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
Biostatistics and ... true positives / disease ... true negatives / disease ... Sensitivity = SNOUT ... #calculations #diagnosis
ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
A group of necrotizing, small-vessel vasculitis without immune complex deposition. Complement levels are normal due
polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic ... involvement - PR3>MPO Microscopic ... PR3 Anti-GBM disease ... PANCA #MPO #PR3 #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology