Abdomen Flashcards
Causes of end stage renal disease
Polycystic kidney disease
Diabetes mellitus
Hypertension
Glomerulonephritis
Barrier to kidney transplantation
Severe obesity
Active or recent malignancy
Ongoing deep seated infection
Active vasculitis
Long term effect of immunosuppresion
Infection
Malignancy, skin malignancy
Steroids : thinning of skin, easy bruising, Cushingnoid apperancmd
Cyclosporine : gingival hyperplasia and renal impairment
Tacrolimus : tremor, new onset diabetes
Crohn’s Disease
Transmural disease
Non casseating granuloma
Fistula and fissuring
Non - bloody diarrhea
Weight loss
Abdominal pain
Peri anal disease - ulcer, skin tag
Extra - intestinal manifestation
Complications : small bowel cancer, colorectal ca, osteoporosis
Extra intestinal manifestation of crohn’s disease
A - Arthritis
C - Clubbing
E - Episcleritis, erythema nodosum,
P - Pyoderma gangrenosum, primary sclerosing cholangitis
O - Osteoporosis, oral ulcer
Investigation of crohn’s disease
Fbc
Raised Crp
Raised Esr
Low B12 and vitamin d
Faecal calprotectin
X Ray : rose thorn apperance
Colonoscopy : cobblestone appearance, deep ulcer, skip lesion, fistula