Buzz words

Question 1

gingival hypertrophy

Answer 1

gingivectomy/biting on own gums–> side effect of calcium channel blockers or phenytoin

Question 2

bird beak appearance and distended oesophagus

Answer 2

achalasia; if in lower GI imagine is a sign of bowel obstruction

Question 3

grey’s turner (lumbar redness) and cullen’s sign (umbilical redness) positive

Answer 3

acute pancreatitis

Question 4

I GET SMASHED

Answer 4

For pancreatitis -
idiopathic, gallstones, ethanol, trauma, steroids, mumps, autoimmune, scorpion bites/stings, hyperlipidaemia/hypothermia/hypercalcaemia, ERCP, drugs

Question 5

murphys sign positive

Answer 5

cholecystitis

Question 6

pale stools, jaundice, abdo pain

Answer 6

biliary obstruction

Question 7

abdo distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness

Answer 7

portal hypertension + ascites

Question 8

pyoderma gangrenosum, erythema nodosum

Answer 8

Chrons/UC

Question 9

“tinkling bowel sounds”

Answer 9

bowel obstruction

Question 10

vesicular rash + weight loss

Answer 10

coeliac disease

Question 11

virchrow’s node (left supra-clavicular)

Answer 11

gastric cancer

Question 12

urea breath test

Answer 12

H.pylori

Question 13

C breath test

Answer 13

bacterial overgrowth

Question 14

“rice water” like stools

Answer 14

vibrio cholera

Question 15

primary biliary cirrhosis

Answer 15

presence of AMA (anti mitochondrial antibodies)

Question 16

autoimmune hepatitis

Answer 16

presence of ASMA (anti smooth muscle antibodies)

Question 17

alpha feto protein assay

Answer 17

heptocellular carcinoma (or teratoma)

Question 18

cobblestone mucosa

Answer 18

indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa found in chrons disease