Abdominal Pathology 1 Flashcards
What are the watershed zones in the bowel?
(At the distal end of an arteries supply)
Splenic flecture
Rectum
What possible consequences of ischaemic bowel?
Perforation and peritonitis due to leakage of bacteria into peritoneal cavity
What is the rash that occurs in coeliacs?
Pediform dermatitis
What are some causes of fulminant colitis?
- UC
Infectious - amoebic
- C. diff
Crohn’s
What are the main risk factors for Clostridium difficile colitis?
Broad spectrum antibiotics
Age
Hospital stay
What are risk factors for ischaemic bowel?
Vasculopathy - atherosclerosis
AF, ventricular aneurysms
Coagulopathy
Vasculitis
Age
Previous surgery
Hernias
What are the causes of bowel ischaemia?
Embolism
Adhesions - causes external compression of veins
Global hypoperfusion
Which bacteria can invade and cause systemic symptoms in infective gastroenteritis
Salmonella
Shigella
EHEC
Yersinia
Campylobacter
What are some possible complications of coeliacs?
Malnutrition
Anaemia
Osteoporosis
Lymphoma
Adenocarcinoma
What is the most common vessel involved in ischaemic bowel?
SMA
What is fulminant colitis?
Systemic illness causesd by colitis
The patient is at risk of dying without colon removed
What biomakers are used for coeliacs disease?
IgA anti tissue transglutaminase ab
IgA endomysial ab
