DPD: Amir Sam Cases Flashcards
What are the causes of hepatomegaly? (3C’s + I)
Cancer (primary or secondary deposits)
Cirrhosis (early on)
Cardiac (congestive HF + constrictive pericarditis)
Infiltration (fatty, haemochromatosis, amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, lymphoproliferative diseases)
What are the 5 broad causes of liver disease?
Alcohol AI Drugs Viral Biliary disease
List 4 broad causes of splenomegaly
HTN (portal hypertension)
Haematological
Infection e.g. TB
Inflammation e.g. sarcoid
What 2 natures of pain occur in the abdomen?
Colicky: Obstruction
Constant: Inflammation
List 5 organs/ conditions causing epigastric pain
Stomach: Peptic ulcer, GORD Pancreas: Acute pancreatitis Heart: MI Aorta: Ruptured AAA Liver/ gall bladder: cholecystitis, hepatitis
What symptom characterises acute pancreatitis? What investigation would you perform? What would you expect to see?
Pain
Bloods- high amylase
List 4 characteristics of chronic pancreatitis. What would you expect to see in the bloods? What investigation is suggestive?
Pain Weight loss Loss of exocrine function Loss of endocrine function Normal amylase in blood Stool sample: Low faecal elastase
List 5 organs/ conditions causing RUQ pain
Gall bladder: cholecystitis, cholangitis, gallstones Liver: hepatitis, abscess Lungs: basal pneumonia Appendix: appendicitis Kidney: Pyelonephritis
List 2 systems and causative conditions causing RIF pain
GI: Appendicitis, mesenteric adenitis, IBD, malignancy
O+G: Ovarian cyst rupture, twist, bleed. Ectopic pregnancy
List 2 organs/ conditions causing suprapubic pain
Cystitis
Urinary retention
List 2 systems and causative conditions causing LIF pain
GI: Diverticulitis, IBD, malignancy
O+G: Ovarian cyst rupture, twist, bleed. Ectopic pregnancy
List 4 causes of diffuse abdominal pain
Obstruction
Infection: Peritonitis, gastroenteritis
Inflammation: IBD
Ischaemia: mesenteric ischaemia
List 5 medical causes of diffuse abdominal pain
DKA Addisons Hypercalcaemia Porphyria Lead poisoning
What symptoms/ signs/ figures are consistent with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis?
Generalised abdominal pain
Ascites
WCC > 250 cell/mm3
What are the 5 causes of abdominal distension?
Fat Flatus Faeces Fetus Fluid
How do you assess for the presence of fluid in abdominal distension? Features of what else may be present?
Percuss for shifting dullness
Liver disease
What causes flatus? What is a risk factor for this? What symptoms may accompany flatus? How may you detect it?
Obstruction Previous surgery (risk of adhesions) Nausea Vomiting Not opened bowel Tinkling, high pitched BS on auscultation
What are the 2 types of fluid found in ascites? What causes the presence of each?
Transudate: Less protein. (Failures- liver, heart, kidney)
Exudate: More protein (Malignancy, infection, Budd-Chiari syndrome)