ANA Boards Fodder
Connective tissue diseases are a boards favorite, and lab interpretation, including identifying ANA patterns from photos, are fair game. I’ve put together the following table of ANA patterns as well as their associated disease states and autoantibodies for easy memorization (and easy points!).
Image sources:
Centromere: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Centromere-staining_fig9_452 …
Connective tissue diseases are a boards favorite, and lab interpretation, including identifying ANA patterns from photos, are fair game. I’ve put together the following table of ANA patterns as well as their associated disease states and autoantibodies for easy memorization (and easy points!).
Image sources:
Centromere: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Centromere-staining_fig9_452 … 
Histology of these lesions in a patient with sarcoidosis would most likely show:
A) Granulomatous inflammation
B) Lobular panniculitis
C) Necrotizing vasculitis
D) Septal panniculitis
E) Thrombophlebitis
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Question provided by Dr. Adam Friedman
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Which of the following is not true of this condition?
A) Associated with twin gestation
B) Associated with primigravidas
C) Associated with premature labor
D) Associated with maternal obesity
E) Associated with third trimester of pregnancy
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What is the most closely associated internal malignancy?
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Follicular Thyroid Cancer
Pheochromocytoma
Medulloblastoma
Papillary adenocarcinoma of the thyroid
Question courtesy of Adam Friedman, MD
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