6/5 UWorld Flashcards
What is a Curling ulcer?
Gastric ulcer due to burns
Burns = fluid loss = hypovolemia = ischemia of gastric mucosa
What is a Cushing ulcer
Gastric ulcer due to brain injury
Brain injury = increased vagal stimulation = increased ACh = increased H+ production
What is Menetrier disease
- Gastric hyperplasia of mucosa cells of the stomach
- Leads to hypertrophied rugae which look like brain gyri
- Atrophy of parietal cells = decreased gastric acid production
- Increased risk of gastric carcinoma
What is Sister Mary Joseph nodule
Metastasis of gastric carcinoma to subcutaneous periumbilical area
What presents with a “double bubble” sign in the abd region on X-ray
Duodenal atresia
- Failure of the duodenum to recanalize, so it is basically a blind pouch à dilation of stomach and proximal duodenum
- Presents as bilious vomiting and abdominal distension
- X-ray will should “double bubble”
- Buildup of air distal to the pyloric sphincter (within the blind pouch)
- Buildup of air proximal to the pyloric sphincter within the stomach
Where is secretin produced and what is its function?
Produced by S cells of the duodenum
Increase pancreatic HCO3- secretion in order to neutralize gastric acid
Decreases gastric acid secretion
Where is CCK produced and what is its function?
Produced by I cells of the duodenum
Stimulated in response to fatty acids
Increases pancreatic secretions
Increased gallbladder contractility
Relaxes the Sphincter of Oddi
Decreases gastric emptying
Where is somatostatin produced and what is its function
- Produce by D cells of pancreas and GI mucosa
- Shuts down everything:
- Gastrin, CCK, Secretin, GIP, VIP, Insulin, Glucagon
Where is VIP produced and what is its function
- Relaxes smooth muscle and sphincters throughout the GI tract
- Causes copious diarrhea
What are the retroperitoneal structures
o SAD PUCKER
§ S à Suprarenal (adrenal gland)
§ A à Aorta and IVC
§ D à Duodenum (2nd through 4th parts)
§ P à Pancreas (except tail)
§ U à Ureters
§ C à Colon (descending and ascending)
§ K à Kidneys
§ E à Esophagus (thoracic portion)
§ R à Rectum (partially)
Presentation of tropical sprue
- Unknown cause – probably infectious
- Looks like celiac but:
- Affects the entire small bowel
- Vs. Celiac which mainly affects distal duodenum and proximal jejunum
- Responds to antibiotics
- Affects the entire small bowel
What disease is associated with anti-transglutaminase
Celiac disease
Also associated with anti-gliadin
What disease is assocaited with weight loss, lymphadenopathy, hyperpigmentation, cardiac symptoms, arthralgias, neurologic symptoms
Whipple disease
Describe Whipple disease (cause, symptoms, histology)
Infection with Tropheryma whipplei
Symptoms:
Weight loss, lymphadenopathy, hyperpigmentation, cardiac symptoms, arthralgias, neurologic symptoms
Histology:
PAS (+) foamy macrophages in intestinal lamina propria
What is the characteristic histology of abetalipoproteinemia
- Will see abnormal star-shaped RBCs called acanthocytes (spur cells) - irregular spikes (vs. Echinocytes/burr cells)
- Lack of apoprotein B
- B48 needed for chylomicron secretion from the intestinal cells
- Enterocytes fill with chylomicrons that cannot pass into circulation
- Fat malabsorption, steatorrhea, failure to thrive
- B100 needed for LDL reuptake in the liver
- B48 needed for chylomicron secretion from the intestinal cells