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Gallbladder and Pancreas Path Flashcards

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What is acute pancreatitis?

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a group of reversible lesions characterized by inflammation of the pancreas ranging in severity from edema and fat necrosis to parenchymal necrosis with severe hemorrhage

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What are the top two etiologies of acute pancreatitis?

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Alcoholism

Hyperlipoproteinemia

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What drugs can lead to acute pancreatitis?

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Thiazide diuretics

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What genetic mutations can lead to acute pancreatitis?

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PRSS1 (trypsinogen) or SPINK1 (trypsin inhibitor

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What are the three major mechanical causes of acute pancreatitis?

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Gallstones
Trauma
iatrogenic injury

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What are the three vascular etiologies of acute pancreatitis?

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Shock
Atheroembolism
vasculitis

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What are the three infectious etiologies of acute pancreatitis?

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Mumps
Coxsackie virus
Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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What is the cell in the pancreas that release trypsin? What does this cause when these cells are damaged?

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Acinar cells

Premature activation of enzymes, causing pancreatitis

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9
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What enzyme in the pancreas produce hemorrhage?

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elastase

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What enzyme causes the fat necrosis of acute pancreatitis?

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Lipase

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What is the intrinsic cause of pancreatitis within acinar cells?

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Defective transport failure to bring out enzymes

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What are the two enzymes that are released with pancreatic acinar cell damage?

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Lipase

Trypsin

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What is the role that Ca plays in pancreatitis?

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Ca activates enzymes–thus the hypocalcemia that can be seen in acute pancreatitis

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What is the significant sequelae of acute pancreatitis?

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Shock

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What is the significant sequelae with the fat necrosis seen in acute pancreatitis?

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Hypocalcemia

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What is the time frame difference between lipase and amylase?

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Amylase peaks first, then lipase

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17
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Increase in amylase that lasts >7 days, suggests what?

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Pancreatic pseudocyst

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What is the cause of renal failure with acute pancreatitis?

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Enzyme activation hurts the tubules

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What is the cause of ARDS with acute pancreatitis?

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Elastase will degrade the lung BM

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What is acute interstitial pancreatitis?

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Inflammation and edema

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What are the three morphologies of acute pancreatitis?

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Interstitial
Necrotizing
Hemorrhagic

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What is the cause of hemorrhagic pancreatitis?

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Elastase degrades arteries

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23
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What are the systemic effects of acute pancreatitis?

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Leukocytosis
DIC
Shock

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What is the color of the Ca that builds up in acute pancreatitis with staining?

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Blue

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25
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What is a pancreatic pseudocyst?

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Collection of blood, enzymes, and debris

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26
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What is the difference between a pancreatic pseudocyst, and an abscess?

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Abscess has an epithelial lining, and is filled with bacteria. Pseudocysts do not.

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27
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What is the definition of chronic pancreatitis?

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Irreversible loss of exocrine pancreas

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28
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What are the main cytokines that are released with chronic pancreatitis? What does this cause?

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TGF-b
PDGF

Fibrosis about the acinar cells

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29
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What is the main histological difference between acute and chronic pancreatitis?

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Fibrosis

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30
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What is the most common cause of chronic pancreatitis?

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What are the two genetic mutations that can result in chronic pancreatitis?

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PRSS1 (trypsinogen)

SPINK1 (Serine protease inhibitor)

32
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What is the cause of chronic pancreatitis in CF?

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Build up of thick pancreatic secretions, leading to fibrosis and causing blockage.

33
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What are the three pathologies of chronic pancreatitis?

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Fibrosis
Duct distortion
Altered pancreatic secretions

34
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What is the MOA of EtOH causing pancreatitis?

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EtOH induces protein secretions in the pancreas. which causes increased viscosity of secretions. These can later calcify

35
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What happens to the acinar cells with chronic pancreatitis?

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Acinar cell drop out

36
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What are the three ssx of chronic pancreatitis, besides abdo pain?

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DM
Steatorrhea
Calcifications

37
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What are the gross characteristics of the pancreas with chronic pancreatitis?

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Rosary beads secondary to areas of stenosis

38
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What are the two types of non-neoplastic pancreatic cysts?

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Congenital

Pseudocysts

39
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What is von Hippel-Lindau disease? How does this relate to the pancreas?

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Mutation in the VHL factor, causing angiomas and cysts in the pancreas.

40
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What are pseudocysts seen in pancreatitis?

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Localized collections of pancreatic secretions, that lack a true epithelial lining

41
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What do pancreatic pseudocysts look like histologically?

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fibrin and granulation tissue surrounding the cys

42
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What are the three types of cystic tumors of the pancreas?

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  1. Microcystic serous cystadenomas
  2. Mucinous cystic tumors
  3. Solid pseudopapillary tumors
43
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What are the microcystic serous cystadenomas?

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Usually benign collections of serous fluid in the pancrease

44
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What are the mucinous cystic tumors?

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a grouping of cystic neoplasms that arise from the pancreas. They may be benign, malignant or in between.

45
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What are the solid pseudopapillary tumors?

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a type of tumor (neoplasm) that grows within the pancreatic ducts (intraductal) and is characterized by the production of thick fluid by the tumor cells (mucinous).

46
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What are the histological characteristics of Pancreatic serous cystadenomas? Pancreatic mucinous cystadenomas?

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cuboid epithelial lined cyst-like structures, without cellular atypia

Columnar epithelium with fibrous tissue

47
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What are the intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms?

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Benign, or borderline malignant neoplasms in the ductal apparatus

48
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In whom does pancreatic cancer occur?

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Elderly, black, diabetic men

49
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Where does pancreatic cancer arise from in the pancreas?

50
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What causes the ssx of pancreatic cancer?

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Painless jaundice caused by obstruction of the common bile duct

51
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What are the antigens that are elevated in pancreatic cancer?

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CEA and CA19-9

52
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What is the most significant risk factor for pancreatic cancer? What does this cause?

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Smoking causes KRAS mutations

53
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What is the most common genetic mutation found in pancreatic cancers?

54
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What is the genetic cause of Peutz-Jegher syndrome? What are the ssx?

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STK11

macules around the mouth, with associated increase in polyposis and chance of pancreatitis

55
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What are the histological characteristics of pancreatic cancer?

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Papillary epithelium with moderate architectural and cytological atypia

56
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What is the sequence of genetic mutations that occur in pancreatic cancer?

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KRAS2
p16/CDKN2A
p53

57
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Where in the pancreas do most cancers occur? What type of cancer is this?

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Head of the pancreas

Adenocarcinoma

58
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What is Courvoisier’s Gallbladder?

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An enlarged, often palpable gall bladder associated with carcinoma of the head of the pancreas.

59
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What are the three common sites of mets from pancreatic cancer?

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Lung
Liver
Peritoneum

60
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Most gallstones are comprised of what?

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Cholesterol

61
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What are the three types of gallstones?

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  1. Cholesterol
  2. Pigmented (from bili)
  3. Mixed
62
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What is the drug used to treat cholesterol gallstones? How does this work?

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Cholestyramine–sequesters bile and cholesterol in the duodenum

63
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What are the four contributing factors for cholelithiasis?

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  • Supersaturation
  • Gallbladder hypomotility
  • Crystal nucleation
  • Accretion within the gallbladder mucous layer
64
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What causes pigmented gallstones?

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Ca precipitations of bili

65
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What are the ssx of cholelithiasis?

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Spasmodic, colicky, RUQ pain after eating fatty meals

66
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What is the cause of strawberry gallbladder?

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Foam cells within the gallbladder

67
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What is acute cholecystitis?

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Calculi cause inflammation and PMN infiltration of the gallbladder

68
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What is the cause of chronic cholecystitis?

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Chronic, longstanding inflammation of the gallbladder, probably caused by accumulation of damage in acute attacks.

69
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What are the gross characteristics of cholecystitis?

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GB is thickened and fibrotic

70
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What are the microscopic appearance of chronic cholecystitis?

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Collagen in wall
Lymphocytic infiltration
Plasma cells
Macrophages

71
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What are Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses?

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outpouchings of gallbladder mucosa into the gallbladder muscle layer and subserosal tissue as a result of hyperplasia and herniation of epithelial cells through the fibromuscular layer of the gallbladder wall.

72
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What type of cancer is gallbladder cancer? Ssx?

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Adenocarcinoma

Ssx indistinguishable from cholelithiasis

73
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What are the two morphological characteristics of adenocarcinomas of the gallbladder?

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Infiltrating

Exophytic

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