Comprehensive review (1) Flashcards
Secretion is accomplished by glands located:
- MUCOSA :
- SUBMUCOSA :
- EXTRAMURAL GLANDS :
glands located:
- MUCOSA (stomach, small + large intestine)
- SUBMUCOSA (only in esophagus, duodenum)
- EXTRAMURAL GLANDS (Outside of the tubular gut
- e.g., liver, pancreas)
Glands in esophagus
• Mostly in submucosa • Primarily mucous secretion • Note: upper and lower esophagus also has MUCOSAL glands (called “cardiac” due to similarity to cardiac glands of the stomach)
Name of glands located in upper and lower esophagus
cardiac glands
Function of: Muscularis externa & Myenteric plexus (Auerbach’s plexus)
Controls contraction of muscularis externa; wave-like
contractions that move contents = peristalsis
heart burn, dysphagia, achalasia, Barrets and esophageal cancer are common place in what region?
the Gastroesophageal junction
Lack of peristalsis in the lower esophagus due to loss of myenteric neurons
(chalasis = relaxation)
achalasia
Change in esophageal mucosa from squamous to “intestinal” (i.e. columnar)
Result of prolonged injury: e.g. chronic reflux, noxious agents (smoking, etc.)
“pre-cancerous:” 10% risk of progression to adenocarcinoma
Barrets esophagus
Esophageal cancer: Squamous cell carcinoma –carcinogenesis of____ cells
basal
–progression of Barrett’s esophagus into cancer or (rarely)
from submucosal glands
Adenocarcinoma
inflammation and ulceration of mucosa
odynophagia
difficulty swallowing) –
obstruction, deranged motor function
dysphagia
Types of congenital anomailes in espohagus
- Ectopic tissue – gastric, pancreatic
- Duplication cysts
- Atresias and fistulas
aspiration, suffocation from food
fluid and electrolyte imbalance
Atresia occurs most commonly at or near the tracheal bifurcation and is usually associated with a_____ connecting the upper or lower esophageal pouches to a bronchus or the trachea
fistula
Esophageal webs are Congenital or acquired
• GERD
• Occur in_____ esophagus
• Produce dysphagia
upper
• Schatzki ring from esophageal rins:
A ring____ the GE junction
B ring ___the GE junction
above
at
result of esophageal rings
- Produces dysphagia
* Similar to a web but thicker and circumferential
fibrious thickening of esophageal wall most often due to
inflammation and scarring that may be caused by chronic gastroesophageal reflux, irradiation, scleroderma, or caustic injury
Esophageal stenosis
Symptoms and features of esophateal stenosis
Symptoms: dysphagia –>total obstruction
Features:
• Inflammatory scarring
• Atrophy and Fibrosis of muscularis propria and secondary epithelial damage
- Incomplete LES relaxation
- Increased LES tone
- Aperistalsis of the esophagus
features of achalasia
Primary cause of achalasia
Idiopathic nerve abnormality
Complications of achalasia
- Squamous cell carcinoma (5%)
- Candida esophagitis
- Diverticula
- Aspiration pneumonia
What cancer can achalasia cause?
squamous cell carcinoma
The following are all responsible for: Nerve damage to 1. Trypanosoma cruzi 2. metastatic tumor 3. amyloidosis 4. sarcoidosis
Pseudoacalasia
MOre common hiatal hernia
symptoms?S
Sliding esophageal, etiology often unknown, often asymptomatic
Complications of hiatal hernia
- Ulceration
- Bleeding
- Perforation
- Strangulation (paraesophagus)
Diverticulum just above the UES
Zenker diverticulum
etiology of Zenker diverticulum
Motor dysfunction
Increased stress on wall
GERD
Symptoms of Zenker diverticulm
Dysphagia
Regurgitation
Mass in neck
Aspiration of contents
Diverticulum that occurs near midpoint of esophagus
Traction; scarring from mediastinal lyphadenitis, see motor dysfunx, increased stress on wall and GERD; IG asymptomatic
Diverticulum Occurs just above LES
Epiphrenic diverticulum