Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1472 page)

anti-single-stranded DNA (anti-ssDNA)

anti-Smith (Sm)

anti-SSA/Ro

anti-U1 ribonucleoprotein (anti-RNP) antibodies

CRP

ESR

with polymyositis

RF

with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

with systemic sclerosis

Mixed ductal/lobular carcinoma

MM.
See
Multiple myeloma (MM)

MMA.
See
Methylmalonic acid (MMA)

MNG.
See
Multinodular goiter (MNG)

Mold culture

Mold species

Molecular assay, hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA

Molecular genetics

acute myeloid leukemia

prenatal screening

Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis

Monoclonal gammopathies

heavy chain deposition disease

light chain deposition disease

MGUS

plasma cell leukemia

plasma cell myeloma

plasmacytoma

Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)

amyloidosis

Bence Jones protein

IgM-MGUS

ILCA

light chain MGUS

LPL/WM

non-IgM MGUS

Rouleaux formation

Monocytosis

breast carcinomas

brucellosis

sarcoidosis

sprue

tetrachloroethane poisoning

typhus

Mononeuropathy

Mononucleosis

AIHAs

splenomegaly

Monosomy X, cell-free DNA testing

Montreal platelet syndrome, inherited thrombocytopathies

Moraxella catarrhalis

pneumonia

respiratory culture, rule out bacterial pathogens

Morphine, pain management

Morquio syndrome

Motility disturbances, diarrhea

Movement disorders

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

cerebral palsy

dystonia

essential tremor

Huntington disease

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

Parkinson disease

progressive supranuclear palsy

Restless leg syndrome

Sydenham chorea

Tourette syndrome

MPGN.
See
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN)

MPN.
See
Myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN)

MPO.
See
Myeloperoxidase (MPO)

MPS1-H.
See
Mucopolysaccharidosis 1H (MPS1-H)

MPV.
See
Mean platelet volume (MPV)

MRCP.
See
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)

MRD.
See
Minimal residual disease (MRD)

MS.
See
Multiple sclerosis (MS)

MSUD.
See
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)

Mtb.
SeeMycobacterium tuberculosis
(Mtb)

MTHFR molecular assay.
See
5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) molecular assay

MUC1 gene

Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

Mucolipidosis II.
See
I-cell disease

Mucolipidosis III alpha/beta

Mucopolysaccharidosis 1H (MPS1-H).
See
Hurler syndrome

Mucopolysaccharidosis II.
See
Hunter syndrome

Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIA.
See
Sanfilippo type A syndrome

Mucopolysaccharidosis IV Galns deficiency.
See
Morquio syndrome

Mucopolysaccharidosis VI.
See
Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome; Morquio syndrome

Mucormycosis

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, gastric

H. pylori

antibody test

serology screen

pancreatic cancer, serology screen

Müllerian-inhibiting substance (MIS)

ovarian sex cord-stromal neoplasms

Multigene carrier panels

Multilineage diseases

chronic MPNs

CML

essential thrombocythemia

MDS

PMF

polycythemia vera

splenomegaly

Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)

hyperparathyroidism

type 2

Multiple gestation pregnancy

AFP

estradiol

FSH

hCG

luteinizing hormone

obstetric disorders

Multiple myeloma (MM).
See also
Plasma cell myeloma

cryoglobulins

LPL/WM

renal tubular acidosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS)

albumin index

autoimmune

clinical presentation

CSF analysis test

CSF gamma globulin

CSF total protein

IgG index

IgG index test

oligoclonal band test

myelin basic protein

natalizumab (Tysabri)

oligoclonal IgG bands

paraneoplastic neurologic syndromes

spinal cord infarction

Mumps

ESR

IgG and IgM

serology screen

Muscle relaxants, pain management

Muscular dystrophy, creatine kinase

MuSK antibodies, myasthenia gravis

Myasthenia gravis

AChR antibodies

autoimmune

muSK antibodies

thyrotoxicosis

Mycobacteria (AFB, TB) culture

mycobacterial blood culture

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

NAP (
p
-nitro-acetylamino-hydroxypropiophenone) test

rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM)

Mycobacterial blood culture

AIDS

Mycobacterium avium

mycobacterium fortuitum

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycobacterial diseases, AFB smear

Mycobacterium

M. abscessus

M. avium

M. avium complex (MAC)

M. chelonae

M. fortuitum

mycobacterial blood culture

M. kansasii

M. marinum

M. tuberculosis
(Mtb)

hepatitis viruses

interferon-gamma release assays, TB

mycobacterial blood culture

Mycoplasma

cold agglutinins

ESR

sputum culture (routine)

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

acute bronchitis

encephalitis

Guillain-Barré syndrome

pneumonia

Mycosis fungoides (MF)

Myelin basic protein

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

AML

aplastic anemia

bleeding time (BT)

CMML

cytopenias

disease induced thrombocytopathies

Fanconi anemia

Hb electrophoresis

laboratory findings

bone marrow examination

CBC

cytogenetic studies

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

Hb electrophoresis

molecular genetic studies

serology for HIV infection

serum B
¹²
and folate

serum immunoglobulins

macrocytic anemia

neutropenia

peripheral blood smears

pernicious anemia

prognosis

vitamin B
¹²

WHO classification

Myelofibrosis

chronic neutrophilic leukaemia

inherited thrombocytopathies

LAP

MPNs

polycythemia vera

Myeloma cast nephropathy.
See
Myeloma kidney

Myeloma kidney

amyloidosis

chronic kidney disease

Immunofixation

light chain deposition disease

plasma cell myeloma

protein electrophoresis

Myeloperoxidase (MPO)

AML

plasma

Myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN)

AML

HbF

hemoglobin

LAP

myelofibrosis

platelet aggregation

platelet count