Buzzwords Flashcards
Bird beak appearance and distended oesophagus
Achalasia
Bowel obstruction if in lower GI
Gingival hypertrophy leading to gingivectomy/biting on own gums
Side effects of
- Calcium channel blockers
- Phenytoin
Grey Turners (lumbar redness) and Cullens sign (umbilical redness) positive
Acute pancreatitis
Mnemonic for causes of acute pancreatitis
G - gallstones
E - Ethanol
T - Trauma
S - Steroids M - Mumps A - Autoimmune S - Scorpion bites/stings H - Hyperlipidaemia/hyperthermia/hypercalcaemia E - ERCP D - Drugs
Murphys sign positive
Cholecystitis
Pale stools, jaundice and abdominal pain
Biliary obstruction
Abdominal distension, capit medusae and shifting dullness
Portal hypertension and ascites
Pyoderma gangrenosum and erythema nodosum
Crohns/UC
Tinkling bowel sounds
Bowel obstruction
Vesicular rash and weight loss
Coeliac disease
Virchows node (left supra-clavicular)
Gastric cancer
Urea breath test
H pylori
Carbon-14 breath test
Bacterial overgrowth
“Rice-water”-like stools
Vibrio cholera
Presence of AMA (Anti-mitochondrial antibodies)
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Presence of ASMA (Anti-smooth muscle antibodies)
Autoimmune hepatitis
Alpha Feto Protein assay
Hepatocellular carcinoma (or teratoma)
Cobblestone mucosa - indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa
Crohn’s disease
Diuretic for ascites (due to cirrhosis)
Spironolactone
Corkscrew Oesophagus on barium swallow
Diffuse oesophageal spasm
Severe abdominal pain and D&V after raw milk
Campylobacter
Russell’s sign
Self induced vomiting resulting in calluses on the knuckles due to contact with incisors
Mallorys hyaline bodies
Alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis)
Chronic active hepatitis
Crypt abscess/cryptitis
Crohns
Onion skinning fibrosis, beading of bile ducts
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Signet ring cells seen on biopsy
Linitis plastica - diffuse stomach cancer
Thumb printing on AXR commonly at splenic flex urge
Ischaemic colitis
Charcots triad
Acute cholangitis (fever, jaundice and abdo pain secondary to cholelithiasis)
Causes for abdominal mass (mnemonic)
A - AAA
C - Crohns H - Hernia E - Enlarged organ M - Malignancy I - Intussusception C - Cyst/Abscess A - Appendicitis L - Lymphadenopathy
Causes for bowel obstruction (mnemonic)
B - Bolus
A - Adhesions
T - Tumour
H - Hernia
V - Volvulus
I - Intussusception
P - Pseudo-obstruction
S - Stricture
