Acing the G.I. boards 3 Flashcards
Asian + recurrent pyogenic cholangitis + intra- and extrahepatic pigment stone disease + diffuse biliary dilations and strictures
Recurrent pyogenic cholangiohepatitis (oriental cholangiohepatitis)
Stepwise fever + abdominal pain + temperature–pulse dissociation + Rose spots
Typhoid fever
120 cm terminal ileum resection. Treatment of diarrhea?
Malabsorption (depleted bile salts).
Medium chain triglyceride
Chronic pancreatitis + non-malignant duodenal stricture + gastric outlet obstruction
Groove pancreatitis
Fear of eating + weight loss + postprandial epigastric pain + epigastric bruit
Mechanism?
Median arcuate ligament syndrome
 Median arcuate ligament compresses celiac artery
Giardia + no plasma cells on biopsy + Nodular mucosa in small bowel
Chronic variable immunodeficiency
Elevated transaminases + PAS positive globules in hepatocytes on liver biopsy
Alpha-1 antitrypsin
Gastric polyps with cystic dilations
Fundic gland polyps
Liver biopsy with iron in hepatocytes
Hemachromatosis
Liver biopsy with iron in Kupffer cells
Caused by? (3)
Hemosiderosis
Chronic viral hepatitis
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Alcoholic liver disease
Focal non-H pylori gastritis with elevated inflammatory markers
Think Gastric Crohn’s disease
Esophagus with ulcers + biopsy with multi nucleated giant cells
Treatment?
HSV esophagitis
Acyclovir
Esophageal biopsy with lengthening of vascular pegs, epithelial hyperplasia, wide intracellular spaces, inflammatory infiltrate with eosinophils
Non-erosive reflux disease
Technically challenging colonoscopy + focal white patches with clear spaces on biopsy
Pseudolipomatosis
Pernicious anemia + gastric nodules with ECL (enterichromaffin-like cells)
Carcinoid
Hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome + mandibular osteoma
Gardner syndrome
Hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome + supernumerary teeth
Gardner syndrome
Hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome + desmoid tumor
Gardner syndrome
Hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome + Congenital hypertrophy of retinal pigment epithelium
Gardner syndrome
Hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome + Epidermoid cyst
Gardner syndrome
Hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome + Ureteral cancer.
Lynch/HNPCC
Hereditary colorectal cancer syndrome + Sebaceous skin tumors
Muir-Torre variant of HNPCC/Lynch
When to do MSI versus MLH1/MLH2 testing?
MSI if affected family member with colon cancer and cancer tissue available
Otherwise MLH1/MLH2
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Facial angiofibromas
Tuberous sclerosis
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Cardiac rhabdomyoma
Tuberous sclerosis
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Mental retardation
Tuberous sclerosis
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Epilepsy
Tuberous sclerosis
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Medulloblastoma
Turcot (FAP)
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Glioblastoma
Turcot’s (FAP)
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + trichilemoma
Cowden
Hamartomas arising from hair follicle
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Sertoli cell testicular tumor
Peutz-Jeghers
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + ovarian sex-cord tumor
Peutz-Jeghers
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Ampullary cancer
FAP
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Biliary tract malignancy
HNPCC/Lynch
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + bone cysts
Tuberous Sclerosis
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + gastric cancer
HNPCC/Lynch
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Hyper pigmentation of lips
Puetz Jeghers
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + lipoma
Gardner syndrome
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Mesenteric fibromatosis
Gardner syndrome
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Osteoma
Gardner syndrome
Hereditary colon cancer syndrome + Renal cyst
Tuberous sclerosis