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Gastroenterology Buzzwords Flashcards

1
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Autoimmune hepatitis

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Anti-smooth muscle antibody presence

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2
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Rice Water like stools

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Vibrio cholera

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2
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Crypt abscess/cryptitis

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IBS - Chron’s

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Onion skinning fibrosis and beading of bile ducts

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Primary schlerosing cholangitis

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4
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Bird-beak appearance in lower GI tract is a sign of…

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Bowel obstruction

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5
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Vesicular rash + weightloss

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Coeliac disease

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Cobblestone mucosa

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Deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa found in Chron’s disease

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5
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mallory’s hyaline bodies

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Alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis) Chronic active hepatitis

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6
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“Signet ring” on biopsy

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Linitis plastica - diffuse stomach cancer

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7
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pale stool, abdo pain, jaundice

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biliary obstruction

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7
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severe abdo pain and diarrhoea after drinking raw milk

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Campylobacter infection

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8
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Abdo distension, caput medusae and shifting dullness

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portal hypertension and ascites.

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10
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Grey Turners and Cullen’s signs positive

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Acute pancreatitis

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11
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Carbon-13 breath test is for…

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bacterial overgrowth

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12
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Corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow

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Diffuse oesophageal spasm

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13
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Causes of acute pancreatitis

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GET SMASHED

Gallstones

Ethanol

Trauma

Steroids

Mumps

Autoimmune

Scorpion bites/stings

Hyperlipidaemia/hyperthermia/hypercalcaemia

ERCP

Drugs

13
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Causes for abdo mass

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A CHEMICAL mneumonic AAA Chron’s Hernia Enlarged Organs Malignancy Intersusception Cyst/abscess Appendicitis Lymphadenopathy

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Bird-beak appearance (and distended oesophagus)

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Achalasia

16
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Pyoderma gangerenosum (pustules forming ulcers in the legs) and erythema nodosum

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Chrohn’s/UC

17
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left supraclavicular (Virchow’s) node enlargement

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Gastric cancer

18
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Tinkling bowel sounds

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Bowel obstruction

19
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Thumb-printing sign on AXR, commonly at the splenic flexure

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Ischaemic colitis

20
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Grey Turner’s sign is…

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Lumbar redness

22
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urea breath test is for…

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H. Pylori

24
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primary biliary cirrhosis

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Anti-mitochondrial antibodies

26
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Cullen’s sign is…

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Umbillical redness

27
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Charcots triad is…

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Fever, jaundice and abdominal pain, seconday to cholelithiasis (gallstones)

28
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Russel’s Sign (Calluses on the back of the hands or knuckles)

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self induced vomiting

29
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Murphy’s sign positive

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Cholecystitis

30
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Alpha feto protein assay

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Hepatocellular carcinoma or teratoma

31
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Diuretic for ascites due to cirrhosis

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Spironolactone

32
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Gingival hypertrophy/biting own gums

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Side effect of CCBs or phenytoin

33
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Causes of bowel obstruction

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BATH VIPS Bolus Adhesions Tumour Hernia Volvulus Intersussception Pseudo-obstruction Stricture

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