Esophageal Ca. Flashcards
Stem; A male patient heavy smoker and alcoholic with dysphagia , history of GERD and severe weight loss in a short time.
Q1: What is the normal esophagus lining ?
Non-Keratinized Stratified Sq. Ep.
Q2: What is the most probable diagnosis ?
Esphogeal Ca.
Q3. What are the etiological factors of cancer esophagus in this patient ?
Alcoholic / Smoker / GERD
Q4. What is the effect of prolonged GERD?
Chronic irritation – > MEtaplesia – > barret’s esophagus – > Adenocracinoma
Q5. Which test you would like to do for this patient ?
Esophageal endocopy / EUS +Take biopsy / FNAC
Q6: What the obtained cells will tell you ?
Stage / Grade / IHC
Q7.What is the stain used in IHC ?
Cytokeratin
Q8: What are the treatment options for esophageal cancer?
If operable
* Esophagectomy + radiotherapy (Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy or Mckeown esophagogastrectomy)
If non-operable
* Debulking
* Self-expanding metallic stent
* Palliative chemo & radiotherapy
* Feeding jejunostomy
Q9. if patient develops pleural effusion, What are the possible causes ?
Spread to pleaura / Mets to lung / Obstruction of Thoracic duct / Nutritional
Q10. What pathological test to do ?
Pleural effusion
Effusion – > cytology / Gram staining / microbiology of culture
Q11: How to treat ? Pleaural effusion
Thoracocentesis / Indw Pl. Cath / Pleaurodesis / Pleuroperitoneal shunt
Q12: The patient developed enlarged supraclavicular lymph node , what will you do ?
FNAC
Q13: Investigations of MI?
Labs; Troponin levels – CKMB Levels
ECG / ECHO
Q14: what Is troponin ?
Complex of 3 regulatory ptns (C,I,T) that’s integral to ms contraction
Q15: where is it found ?
Cardiac and Skeletal Ms