Gastroenterology Buzzwords Flashcards
Autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-smooth muscle antibody presence
Rice Water like stools
Vibrio cholera
Crypt abscess/cryptitis
IBS - Chron’s
Onion skinning fibrosis and beading of bile ducts
Primary schlerosing cholangitis
Bird-beak appearance in lower GI tract is a sign of…
Bowel obstruction
Vesicular rash + weightloss
Coeliac disease
Cobblestone mucosa
Deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa found in Chron’s disease
mallory’s hyaline bodies
Alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis) Chronic active hepatitis
“Signet ring” on biopsy
Linitis plastica - diffuse stomach cancer
pale stool, abdo pain, jaundice
biliary obstruction
severe abdo pain and diarrhoea after drinking raw milk
Campylobacter infection
Abdo distension, caput medusae and shifting dullness
portal hypertension and ascites.
Grey Turners and Cullen’s signs positive
Acute pancreatitis
Carbon-13 breath test is for…
bacterial overgrowth
Corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow
Diffuse oesophageal spasm
Causes of acute pancreatitis
GET SMASHED
Gallstones
Ethanol
Trauma
Steroids
Mumps
Autoimmune
Scorpion bites/stings
Hyperlipidaemia/hyperthermia/hypercalcaemia
ERCP
Drugs
Causes for abdo mass
A CHEMICAL mneumonic AAA Chron’s Hernia Enlarged Organs Malignancy Intersusception Cyst/abscess Appendicitis Lymphadenopathy
Bird-beak appearance (and distended oesophagus)
Achalasia
Pyoderma gangerenosum (pustules forming ulcers in the legs) and erythema nodosum
Chrohn’s/UC
left supraclavicular (Virchow’s) node enlargement
Gastric cancer
Tinkling bowel sounds
Bowel obstruction
Thumb-printing sign on AXR, commonly at the splenic flexure
Ischaemic colitis
Grey Turner’s sign is…
Lumbar redness
urea breath test is for…
H. Pylori
primary biliary cirrhosis
Anti-mitochondrial antibodies
Cullen’s sign is…
Umbillical redness
Charcots triad is…
Fever, jaundice and abdominal pain, seconday to cholelithiasis (gallstones)
Russel’s Sign (Calluses on the back of the hands or knuckles)
self induced vomiting
Murphy’s sign positive
Cholecystitis
Alpha feto protein assay
Hepatocellular carcinoma or teratoma
Diuretic for ascites due to cirrhosis
Spironolactone
Gingival hypertrophy/biting own gums
Side effect of CCBs or phenytoin
Causes of bowel obstruction
BATH VIPS Bolus Adhesions Tumour Hernia Volvulus Intersussception Pseudo-obstruction Stricture
