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Esophageal disorders Flashcards

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GERD- Eti

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  • 20% of adults

- reflux esophagitis develops in 1/3

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GERD- Sx

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  • Heartburn 30-60 min after meals & reclining
  • Relief with antacids
  • Regurgitations- sour or bitter
  • Dysphagia
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GERD- Dx

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  • Treat empirically with PPI 4-8 wks

- If symptoms persist then endoscopy to determine contributing or complicating symptoms

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GERD- Tx

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  • Eliminate acidic foods
  • Antacids
  • PPI
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Infections esophagitis- Eti

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  • Immunosupressed
  • Candida albicans, herpes, CMV
  • Herpes can affect normal host
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Infections esophagitis- Sx

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  • Odynophagia
  • Dysphagia
  • Oral thrush
  • Substernal chest pain
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Infections esophagitis- Dx

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  • Endoscopy with biopsy
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Infections esophagitis- Tx

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  • Empiric- Tx causative organism
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Pill induced esophagitis- Eti

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  • More likely in hospital pts.

- NSAIDs, Abx, most common

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Pill induced esophagitis- Sx

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  • Severe retrosternal chest pain
  • Odynphagia
  • Dysphagia
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Pill induced esophagitis-Dx

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  • Endoscopy- discrete shallow or deep ulcers
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Pill induced esophagitis- Tx

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  • Take pills with H20, remain upright for 30 min

- Don’t give agents to people with dysmotiity

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Caustic esophageal injury- Eti

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  • Accidental or deliberate ingestion to alkali or acid
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Caustic esophageal injury- Sx

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  • Severe burning, chest pain, gagging, dysphagia & drooling

- Aspiration- stridor & wheezing

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Caustic esophageal injury- Dx

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  • Endoscopy

- Assess circulatory status, perforation

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Caustic esophageal injury- Tx

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  • Supportive
  • PPI
  • severe injury must be closely monitored for strictures- surgery
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Barrett esophagus- Eti

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  • Complication of GERD
  • Up to 10% of pts
  • Change from squamous epithelium to columnar
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Barrett esophagus- Sx

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  • Orange, gastic epithelium on endoscopy
  • No specific sx
  • Long term GERD
  • May lead to adenocarcinoma
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Barrett esophagus- Dx

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  • Endoscopy- change from white squamous epithelium to orange columnar epithelium
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Barrett esophagus-Tx

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  • PPI
  • Surveillance to determine endoscopy
  • Ablation
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Esophageal stricture- Eti

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  • 5% of patients with esophagitis
  • Gradual solid food dysphagia over months to years
  • Located at gastroesophageal junction
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Esophageal stricture- Sx

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  • Reduction in heartburn due to barrier

- Solid food dysphagia

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Esophageal stricture- Dx

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Endoscopy with biopsy

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Esophageal stricture- Tx

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  • Dilation with graduated catheters

- PPI

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Schatzki ring- Eti

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  • Thin mucosal strictures at distal esophagus

- Hiatal hernia & reflux symptoms

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Schatzki ring- Sx

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> 20 mm = asymptomatic

- <13 mm= solid food dysphagia

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Schatzki ring- Dx

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Barium esophagram

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Schatzki ring- Tx

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  • Dilation

- acid suppression therapy

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Achalasia- Eti

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  • Increased incidence with advancing age
  • idiopathic motility disorder
  • Loss of peristalsis in esophageal smooth muscle
  • Impaired relaxation in lower sphincter
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Achalasia- Sx

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  • Gradual onset of dysphagia
  • Symptoms for months to years
  • Subseternal chest pain, discomfort, fullness
  • Regurg undigested food- nocturnal
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Achalasia- Dx

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  • Esophageal manometery

- Endoscopy to exclude distal stricture

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Achalasia- Tx

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  • CCB
  • Botox injection
  • Surgical myotomy
  • Pneumatic dilation
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Zenker diverticula- Eti

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  • Protrusion of pharyngeal mucosa at Pharyngoesophageal junction
  • Loss of elasticity in esophageal sphincter
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Zenker diverticula- Sx

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  • Insidious dysphagia & regurg
  • Coughing & throat discomfort
  • Halitosis, spontaneous regurgitation
  • Nocturnal choking
  • Neck protrusion
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Zenker diverticula- Dx

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Barium esophagram

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Zenker diverticula- Tx

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  • Observation for small
  • Myomety
  • Diverticulectomy
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Mallory-Weiss syndrome- Eti

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  • Alcoholics
  • Events raising transabdominal pressure- lifting, retching or vomiting
  • 5% of upper GI bleed
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Mallory-Weiss syndrome- Sx

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  • Hx of vomiting, hematemesis or melena
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Mallory-Weiss syndrome- Dx

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Endoscopy- linear mucosal tear at gastroesophageal junction or gastric mucosa

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Mallory-Weiss syndrome- Tx

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  • Endoscopic hemostatic therapy
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Esophageal varices- Eti

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  • Secondary to portal HTN
  • Dialted submucosal veins- may lead to upper GI bleed
  • 50% pts with cirrhosis
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Esophageal varices- Sx

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  • Acute, severe GI hemorrhage leading to hypovolemia

- Red wale markings on varix

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Esophageal varices- Dx

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  • Endoscopy

- Assess hemodynamic status

44
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Esophageal varices- Tx

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  • Abx- fluroquinalones

- Vasoactive agents to encourage

45
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Esophageal malignancy- Eti

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Squamous cell: most common
- Smoking, blacks> white
Adenocarcinoma
- Reflux + smoking, obesity
- Whites> blacks
- 50-70
- M>W
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Esophageal malignancy- Sx

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  • Dysphagia
  • Wt loss
  • Chest or back pain
  • Hoarseness
  • Lymphadenopathy
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Esophageal malignancy- Dx

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  • Barium endoscopy + biopsy

- Distal 3rd most common

48
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Esophageal malignancy- Tx

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  • I: Surgery

II-IV: chemo +/- surgery

49
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Esophageal spasm- Eto

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  • Unknown

- Usually triggered- temp or reflux

50
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Esophageal spasm- Sx

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Chest pain

  • Dysphagia
  • May be precipitated by reflux, foods, stress
51
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Esophageal spasm- Dx

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Manometry- high amplitude, repetitive contraction

- Nutcracker esophagus

52
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Esophageal spasm- Tx

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