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36 - Colorectal Flashcards

1
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Colon secretes _ and absorbs _

A

Secretes - K

Absorbs - water and Na

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Layers of colon

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Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis propria, serosa

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Small interwoven inner muscle layer below mucosa but above basement membrane in colon

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Muscularis mucosa

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Portions of colon that are retroperitoneal

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Ascending, descending and sigmoid

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Peritoneum cover this portion of rectum

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Anterior upper and middle 1/3

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6
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Transverse bands forming haustra

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Plicae semilunaris

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3 bands running longitudinally along the colon

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Taenia coli

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Distance of dentate line from anal verge

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2cm

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9
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SMA supplies which portions of the colon (name branches)

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Ascending - ileocolic, right colic

2/3 Transverse - middle colic

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10
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IMA supplies which portions of the colon/rectum (name branches)

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1/3 Transverse - left colic
Descending - left colic
Sigmoid - sigmoidal branches
Upper rectum - superior rectal

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Collateral flow connecting SMA and IMA

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Marginal artery

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Short direct connection between SMA and IMA

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Arc of Riolan

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13
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Superior, middle and inferior rectal artery branches from

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Superior - IMA
Middle - Internal iliac
Inferior Internal pudendal (branch of internal iliac)

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14
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Watershed areas of colon and there junctions

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Splenic flexure (Griffith's point) - SMA and IMA junction
Rectum (Sudaks point) - superior and middle rectal junction
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15
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Anal sphincter with voluntary control

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External sphincter

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16
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Anal sphincter with involuntary control

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Internal sphincter

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External anal sphincter innervation and muscle (type)

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Inferior rectal nerve (internal pudendal nerve branch)
Levator ani (skeletal)
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18
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Internal anal sphincter innervation and muscle (type)

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Pelvic splanchnic nerves
Muscularis propria (smooth)
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19
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The inner and outer nerve plexus of the colon, respectively

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Inner - Meissner’s plexus

Outer - Auerbach’s plexus

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20
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What forms the anal verge

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0-5cm anal canal, 5-15cm rectum, 15-18cm rectosigmoid junction

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21
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Mucin secreting goblet cells of colon

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Crypts of Lieberkuhn

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22
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Slow transit time of the colon

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colonic inertia

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23
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Main nutrient of colonocytes

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Short chain fatty acids

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24
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Tx for stump/diversion pouchitis of colon

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Short chain fatty acid enema

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25
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Tx for infectious pouchitis

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Metronidazole

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26
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Anterior colorectal fascia (rectovesicular/rectoprostatic - men; rectovaginal - women)

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Denonvilliers fascia

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Posterior colorectal fascia (rectosacral)

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Waldeyer’s fascia

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28
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Most common colon polyp

A

Hyperplastic polyp

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29
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Most common neoplastic intestinal polyp

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Tubular adenoma

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30
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Most likely to produce sxs, more often cancerous (50%0

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Villous adenoma

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31
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Indications for increased cancer risk of intestinal polyps (3)

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> 2cm, sessile, villous

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32
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Screening age for colon cancer, normal risk and family hx

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Normal risk - 50yo
Intermediate risk (fam hx) - 40yo or 10 yrs before youngest fam member
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33
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Screening options for colon cancer

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  1. Colonoscopy q10 yrs
  2. Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) q3yrs AND flex sigmoidoscopy q 5yrs
  3. FOBT annually
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34
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Definition of invasive cancer (T1) lesion in colorectal

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Invasion INTO submucosa (past basement membrane)

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Indications for adequate resection with polypectomy of T1 lesion (3)

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Negative margins (2mm)
Well differentiated
No lymphovascular invasion

36
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Low rectal villous adenoma with atypia tx with T1 vs T2 rectal lesion

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T1 - transanal excision (2mm margins, no lymph/vasc invasion, well diff)
T2 - APR/LAR

37
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2nd leading cause of Ca death

A

Colorectal cancer

38
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Gene mutations for colon cancer (4)

A

APC
p53
DCC
k-ras

39
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Most common site of colon cancer primary

A

Sigmoid

40
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Most important prognostic factor colon cancer

A

Nodal status

41
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Most common sites of colon cancer metastasis (1 & 2)

A

1 - Liver

2 - Lung

42
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Colon cancer metastasizes to liver via _, and lung via _

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Liver via portal vein

Lung via iliac vein

43
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5yr survival rate of colon cancer with liver metastasis and lung metastasis, respectively

A

35% - liver

25% - lung

44
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Rectal cancer can metastasize to spine via

A

Batson’s plexus

45
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Worst prognosis colorectal cancer

A

Mucoepidermoid

46
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Best test for T and N status; assessing depth of invasion

A

Transrectal ultrasound

47
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Margins for colorectal cancer resection

A

2cm

48
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Best method for picking up intrahepatic metastasis

A

Intraoperative ultrasound

49
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Indication for APR vs LAR

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Need 2cm margin from levator ani muscles for LAR, otherwise need APR

50
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T staging for colorectal cancer

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1 - into submucosa
2 - into muscularis propria
3 - into subserosa or through muscularis propria
4 - through serosa, into adjacent organs/peritoneal space

51
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N staging for colorectal cancer

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0 - nodes negative
1 - 1-3 regional nodes
2 - >/= 4 regional nodes
3 - central nodes

52
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Chemo regimen for colorectal cancer

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FOLFOX (5FU, Leucovorin (folic acid), Oxaliplatin

53
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Colon cancer stage getting postop chemo

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Stage 3-4 (no XRT in colon)

54
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Rectal cancer stage getting neoadjuvant chemo-XRT

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Stage 2-3

55
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Rectal cancer stage getting chemo-XRT, +/- surgery

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Stage 4 (avoid APR with pts with mets)

56
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Most common site of damage from XRT

A

Rectum

57
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Rate of recurrence of rectal cancer within first yr

A

20%

58
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FAP inheritance and gene mutation (+ chromosome)

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Autosomal dominant; APC gene (chromosome 5)

59
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Age for total colectomy (prophylactically)

A

20yo

60
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Surgical procedure for FAP

A

Proctocolectomy, rectal mucosectomy, ileoanal pouch

Alternate is total proctocolectomy with end ileostomy

61
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MCC death in FAP after colectomy

A

Duodenal tumors (periampullary)

62
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Gardner’s syndrome

A

Colon ca + intra-abd desmoid tumors

63
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Turcot’s syndrome

A

Colon ca + brain tumors

64
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Inheritance and gene with Lynch syndrome (HNPCC)

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Autosomal dominant; DNA mismatch repair gene

65
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Lynch 1 vs lynch 2 risks

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1 - just colon cancer risk

2 - also at risk for ovarian, endometrial, bladder, stomach

66
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Amsterdam criteria for Lynch syndrome

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3, 2, 1

  • 3 first degree relatives
  • over 2 generations
  • 1 person w/ cancer before 50yo
67
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Surveillance colonoscopy time-frame for lynch syndrome

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25yo or 10 yrs before primary relative

68
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Tx for sigmoid volvulus

A

Colonoscopic decompression -> bowel prep/rectal tube -> sigmoidectomy same admission

69
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Tx for cecal volvulus

A

Right hemicolectomy

70
Q

Tx for maintenance vs acute UC

A

acute - steroids

maintenance - 5-ASA (mesalazine)/sulfasalazinea and loperamide

71
Q

Most common site of perforation for UC

A

Transverse colon

72
Q

Most common site of perforation for Crohn’s

A

Distal ileum

73
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Cancer risk for UC pts with pancolitis

A

1% per yr starting 10yrs after initial dx with pancolotis

74
Q

Most common extraintestinal manifestation of UC requiring total colectomy

A

Failure to thrive in children

75
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Which conditions (2) do NOT improve with colectomy in UC

A

Primary sclerosing cholangitis, ankylosing spondilitis

76
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Which conditions (3-4) improve with colectomy in UC

A

Ocular problems, arthritis and anemia/(50% pyoderma gangranosum)

77
Q

HLA B27 associated with

A

UC, ankylosing spondylitis, sacroiliitis

78
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Tx for pyoderma gangrenosum

A

Steroids

79
Q

Most common location of colon perf 2/2 obstruction

A

cecum

80
Q

MCC of colonic obstruction 1 & 2

A

1 - cancer

2 - diverticulitis

81
Q

Tx for amoebic colitis

A

Flagyl

82
Q

Yellow-white sulfur granule pathology of colonic mass/abscess; tx

A

Actinomyces; tx - penicillin

83
Q

Most common presentation of right sided and left sided diverticula, respectively

A

Right - Bleeding

Left - Diverticulitis

84
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Bleeding amount for arteriography to pick up in GI bleed

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> /= 0.5cc/min

85
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Bleeding amount for tagged RBC scan to pick up in GI bleed

A

> /= 0.1cc/min

86
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Best dx test for colovesicular fistula

A

cystoscopy

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