Case 9 - 15 Flashcards
P association with chronic liver disease, particularly cirrhosis.
HCC
acute epigastric pain radiating to the back, elevated lipase, and enlarged pancreas indicate acute.
pancreatitis
The presence of a well-circumscribed liver lesion with a central scar likely represents an incidental finding of
focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH),
central, stellate scar,
FNH
the development of the following symptoms and signs in patients with recent BAT should raise suspicion for undiagnosed pancreatic injury:
• Persistent abdominal discomfort/tenderness
• Persistent nausea/emesis
• Increasing amylase over serial measurements
• Peripancreatic fluid collection (due to pancreatic duct injury)
Presentation of acute mesenteric ischemia
• Rapid onset of periumbilical pain (often severe)
• Pain out of proportion to examination findings
• Hematochezia (late complication)
Intestinal angina”: Dull, crampy, postprandial abdominal pain leading to food aversion and weight loss
Chronic mesenteric ischemia
Abdominal pain out of proportion to tenderness on physical exam . Pain is colicky and di use, typically in mid-abdomen.
AMI
usually occurs in critically ill, hospitalized patients. Patients often have jaundice as well as pain and/or a mass in the upper right quadrant.
Acalculas cholecystitis
laboratory testing of AMI
Leukocytosis
elevated hemoglobin (hemoconcentration)
elevated amylase
and metabolic acidosis (lactate)
Acute, severe abdominal pain is less likely. In :
Alcohol withdrawal
subphrenic abscess.
This patient underwent a laparoscopic appendectomy 10 days ago and now has right upper quadrant pain, fever, leukocytosis, and pulmonary manifestations (shortness of breath, hiccups, right-sided effusion),
This patient underwent a laparoscopic appendectomy 10 days ago and now has right upper quadrant pain, fever, leukocytosis, and pulmonary manifestations (shortness of breath, hiccups, right-sided effusion), suggest
Sub phrenic abscess
are the most common complication of appendectomy
Infections
is significantly greater with laparoscopic appendectomy than laparotomy.
intrabdominal abscess
Diagnosis of intabdominal abscess
Diagnosis usually requires CT scan of the abdomen
can cause fever, right upper quadrant pain, and leukocytosis: however, most patients are jaundiced (not anicteric), and a pleural effusion/hiccups would be atypical.
Choledocholithiasis
is associated v,ith fever, leukocytosis, and pulmonary infiltrate; hovvever, most cases occur <5 days postoperatively. In addition abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and reduced bowel sounds are not typical features
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)
adhesions typically take months to form,
Mechanical bovvel obstructions
is common up to 5 days after abdominal procedures and often presents with hypoxemia and dyspnea.
Fever, significant leukocytosis, abdominal pain, and reduced bowel sounds are not typically associated with this condition.
Mechanical bovvel obstructions
is a common postoperative complication and may cause shortness of breath, pleural effusion, and fever. Abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and decreased bowel sounds are not typical.
Pulmonary embolism
Soft, nontender bulge at umbilicus
Congenital umbilical hernia
Eviscerated bowel with no covering membrane
Gastroschisis
Sac containing multiple organs
Omphalocele