Systemic Pathology — Flashcards

What finding on blood smear is characteristic of HELLP syndrome?_____

What vasculitis is a granulomatous, necrotizing vasculitis with eosinophilia?_____

Bullous pemphigoid is due to Ig_____ antibodies against hemidesmosome components (BP180)

In myelofibrosis, megakaryocytes produce excess _____, causing marrow fibrosis

In IgG-mediated hemolytic anemia, the membrane of the antibody-coated RBCs is consumed by splenic macrophages, resulting in _____ formation

Which horn of the spinal cord is most affected by poliovirus infection? _____

Glanzmann thrombasthenia is characterized by no _____ clumping on blood smear

Negri bodies of Rabies virus can be found in the cytoplasm of the _____ cells and cerebellar purkinje cells

What immunofluorescence findings are associated with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis? _____

Histology of type 2 diabetes mellitus demonstrates islets with _____