Colitis

Question 1

ischemic colitis KUB findings?

Answer 1

thumbprint sign

Question 2

ischemic colities CT findings?

Answer 2

bowel thickening, pneumatosis intestinalis

Question 3

ischemic colitis risk factors?

Answer 3

DM, vasculitis, tobacco, aorta surgery

Question 4

torsion of the sigmoid tract

Answer 4

sigmoid volvulus

Question 5

sigmoid volvulus xray sign?

Answer 5

bent inner tube sign

Question 6

treating sigmoid volvulus?

Answer 6

decompression with sigmoidoscopy then rectal tube

Question 7

mechanism of crohn disease?

Answer 7

chronic granulomatous disease of colon

Question 8

mechanism of nephrolithiasis in crohn?

Answer 8

inc absorption of calcium

Question 9

oxalate metabolism in crohn?

Answer 9

increased absorprtion of oxalate

decreased reclycing of bile salts and fatty acids leads to excess salts and hyperoxaluria

Question 10

tropheryma whippeli bug?

Answer 10

coccobacillus

Question 11

sx of whipples?

Answer 11

diarrhea, weight loss, arthralgias, cerebellar signs

Question 12

bx diagnosis of whipples?

Answer 12

PAS postiive macrophages in lamina propria

Question 13

treatment of whipples?

Answer 13

abx, it is curable

Question 14

radiation proctitis signs?

Answer 14

diarrhea with radiation in the last few years