16: GIGU Vocab

Question 1

Acholic stool

Answer 1

White, clay colored stool due to absence of secretion of bile into GI tract

Question 2

Cachexia

Answer 2

Profound state of general ill health and malnutrition

Question 3

Cholestasis

Answer 3

Stoppage of bile flow

Question 4

Colic

Answer 4

Acute paroxysmal abdominal pain

Question 5

Cullen sign

Answer 5

Ecchymosis around umbilicus secondary to hemorrhage

Question 6

Dyspepsia

Answer 6

Post-pyramidal epigastric discomfort

Question 7

Dysphagia

Answer 7

Difficulty swallowing

Question 8

ERCP

Answer 8

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Question 9

Hematemesis

Answer 9

Vomiting blood

Question 10

Hematochezia

Answer 10

Bright red or maroon stools

Question 11

KUB X-ray

Answer 11

Xray of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder

Question 12

Melena

Answer 12

Dark colored stool, sometimes tarry

Question 13

Mittelschmerz

Answer 13

Lower abd pain around ovulation

Question 14

What does Murphy sign test for?

Answer 14

Cholecystitis or cholelithiasis

Question 15

Odynophagia

Answer 15

Painful swallowing

Question 16

Pneumobilia

Answer 16

Air in the biliary system/bile ducts

Question 17

Pneumomediastinum

Answer 17

Air in the mediastinum, may interfere with circulation and respiration, can lead to a pneumothorax

Question 18

Pneumoperitoneum

Answer 18

Air in the peritoneal cavity

Question 19

Pyrosis

Answer 19

Heartburn

Question 20

Uretolithiasis

Answer 20

Seton from kidney making its way through ureter to bladder

Question 21

Virchow’s node

Answer 21

Palpable mass/LN in the left supraclavicular fossa