Buzzwords Flashcards

1
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Gingival hypertrophy and gingivectomy/ biting on own gums

A

side effect of calcium channel blockers or pheytoin

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2
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Bird beak appearance and distended oesophagus

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achalasia (or in lower GI is it bowel obstruction)

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3
Q

Grey Turner’s (lumbar redness) and Cullen’s sign (umbilical redness)

A

acute pancreatitis

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4
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mnemonic for acute pancreatitis causes

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Idiopathic

Gallstones
Ethanol
Trauma

Steroids
Mumps
Atuoimmune
Scorpion bites
Hyperlipidaemia/hypothermia/hypercalcaemia
ERCP
Drugs

I GET SMASHED

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5
Q

Murphy’s sign positive

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cholecystitis (inspiratory arrest when palpating the RUQ on inspiration)

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6
Q

pale stools, jaundice, abdominal pain

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biliary obstruction

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7
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abdominal distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness

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ascites and portal hypertension

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8
Q

pyoderma gangrenosum, erythema nodosum

A

Crohn’s or UC

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9
Q

tinkling bowel sounds

A

bowel obstruction

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10
Q

sheep farming

A

hyatid disease

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11
Q

vesicular rash and weight loss

A

coeliac disease

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12
Q

rose spots that blanch on pressure

A

typhoid

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13
Q

virchow’s node (left supra-clavicular)

A

gastric cancer

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14
Q

urea breath test

A

H.pylori

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15
Q

cryptosporidium

A

HIV, drug users, TB PMHx

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16
Q

13C breath test

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bacterial overgrowth

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17
Q

rice-water like stools

A

vibrio cholera

18
Q

presence of AMA

A

primary biliary cirrhosis

19
Q

presence of ASMA

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autoimmune hepatitis

20
Q

alpha feto protein assay

A

hepatocellular carcinoma or teratoma

21
Q

cobblestone mucosa

A

indicating deep fissuring ulceration fo the mucosa in Crohn’s disease

22
Q

diuretic for ascites

A

spironolactone

23
Q

corkscrew oesophagus on Ba swallow

A

diffuse oesophageal spasm

24
Q

severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea after raw milk

A

campylobacter

25
Q

scalloping on endoscopy

A

HIV

26
Q

Russell’s sign

A

bullimia

27
Q

south east Asia, thickening in small bowel folds and flocculation in Ba enema

A

tropical sprue

28
Q

mallory’s hyaline bodies

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alcoholic liver disease and chronic active hepatitis

29
Q

crypt abscess and cryptitis

A

inflammatory bowel UC

30
Q

onion skinning fibrosis and beading of bile ducts

A

PSC

31
Q

signet ring cells sent on biopsy

A

linitis plastica

diffuse stomach cancer1

32
Q

thumb-printing on X-ray at splenic flexure

A

ischaemic colitis

33
Q

charcot’s triad

A

fever
jaundice
abdominal pain
secondary to acute cholangitis

34
Q

causes of abdominal mass

A

AAA

Crohn's
Hernia
Enlarged organ
Malignancy
Intussusception
Cyst or abscess
Appendicitis
Lymphandenopathy
35
Q

causes of bowel obstruction

A

Bolus
Adhesions
Tumour
Hernia

Volvulus
Intussusception
Pseudo-obstruction
Stricture

36
Q

red jelly sputum

caveatting lesions in upper zone CXR

A

klebsiella pneumoniae

37
Q

bloody diarrhoea
fragmented RBCs
undercooked burger
metallic green stool cultures

A

E coli 0157

38
Q

red macule on body on examination

A

salmonella typhi

39
Q

playing with turtles, undercooked or stale chicken

A

salmonella enterididis

40
Q

bloody diarrhoea, haemorrhagic mucosa with ulcerations on distal colon

A

shigella dysenteria

41
Q

india, severe dehydration, watery diarrhoea

A

vibrio cholerae

42
Q

unpasteurised or raw milk, Guillain Barre syndrome

A

campylobacter jejuni