buzzwords Flashcards
what are the causes of ginigival hypertrophy
side effect of calciuim channel blockers
what is a bird beak apprearance and distended oesophagus a sign of
achalasia, if in lower GI imaging a sign of bowel obstruction
what is Grey Tuner’s sign
lumbar redness
what is lumbar redness (Grey Turner’s) and Cullen’s sign (umbilical redness) a sign of
positive for acute pancreatitis
what is the pneumonic for the causes of pancreatitis
GET SMASHED-gallstones, ethanol, trauma, steroids, mumps, autoimmune, scorpion bites/stings, hyperlipidaemia/hyperthermia/hypercalcalcaemia, ERCP, Drugs
what is Murphy’s sign positive indicate
cholecystitis/cholangitis
what is pale stools, jaundice abdo pain a sign of
biliary obstruction
abdo distension, caput medusa, shifting dullness
portal hypertension and ascites
oyoderma gangrenosum, erythema nodosum
crohns/UC
tinkling bowel sounds
bowel obstruction
vesicular rash and weight loss
coeliac disease
Virchow’s node (left supraclavicular)
gastric cancer
urea breath test
H pylori
14C breath test
bacterial overgrowth
rice-water like stools
vibrio cholera
test that indicates PBC
presence of AMA (anti mitochondrial antibodies)
Autoimmune Hepatitis
presence of ASMA (anti smooth muscle antibodies)
apha feto protein assay
hepatocellular carcinoma (or teratoma)
cobblestone mucosa indicating deep fissure ulceration of mucosa
crohns disease
diuretic for ascites
spironolactone
corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow
diffuse oesophageal spasm
severe abdo pain and D+V after raw milk
campylobacter
Russell’s sign
self induced vomiting
Mallory’s hyaline bodies
alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis) and chronic active hepatitis
crypt abscess/cryptitis
UC
onion skinning fibrosis, beading of the bile ducts
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
signet ring cells seen on biopsy
linitis plastic-diffuse stomach cancer
thumb-printing on X-ray commonly at splenic flexure
ischaemic colitis
charoct’s triad
acute cholangitis ie. fever jaundice and abdominal pain secondary to cholelithiasis
causes for abdominal mass
A CHEMICAL- AAA, hernia, enlarged organ, malignancy, intersussception, cyst or abscess, appendicitis, lymphadenopathy
causes for bowel obstruction
BATH VIPS- bolus adhesions, tumour, hernia, volvulus, intersussception, pseudo-obstruction, stricture
