Gastrointestinal Flashcards
Dysphagia for solids and liquids
Achalasia
Beak-like tapering of lower oesophagus on barium swallow
Achalasia
PR bleeding + anal pain + pruritus ani + excoriations in homosexual man
Anal carcinoma
Discharge causing perianal skin excoriation and pruritus ani
Anal fistula
Perianal condition associated with Crohn’s disease
Anal fistula
Constipation + mucus + tenesmus
Bowel cancer
Abdominal pain + ascites + hepatomegaly + hypercoagulable state
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Lymphocytes + plasma cells + neutrophils (if active) on stomach biopsy
Chronic gastritis
Hyperglycaemia/diabetes + calcifications on AXR
Chronic pancreatitis
Severe diarrhoea in immunocompromised patient
Cryptosporidium
Diarrhoea + dilation of colon on AXR + oocytes in stool
Cryptosporidium
Hyperaemic mucosa and partial thickness erosions of stomach on endoscopy
Erosive gastritis
Hard faeces in rectum
Faecal impaction
Thickened, rigid gastric wall on endoscopy
Diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma
Signet ring cells on stomach biopsy
Diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma
Subacute/chronic diarrhoea with features of malabsorption
Giardiasis
Diarrhoea from substandard drinking water
Giardiasis
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia associated with acute illness
Gilbert’s syndrome
Diabetes/heart failure + skin discolouration
Haemochromatosis
Bloody diarrhoea after reconstructive arterial surgery
Ischaemic colitis
Ulceration and haemorrhage of distal colon (splenic flexure, rectum) on endoscopy
Ischaemic colitis
Heavy infiltrate of atypical lymphocytes on stomach biopsy
MALT lymphoma
Thickened folds and ulceration of stomach on endoscopy
MALT lymphoma
Rapidly progressive dysphagia (solids, then liquids)
Oesophageal carcinoma
Apple core appearance of oesophagus on barium swallow
Oesophageal carcinoma
Dyphagia with impact pain at sticking point
Oesophageal stricture
Fibrous scar tissue overlaid by granuation tissue, inflammatory exudate and necrotic slough on stomach biopsy
Peptic ulcer
Jaundice + pruritus + xanthelasma
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Anti-mitochondrial antibodies ± antinuclear antibodies
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Significantly elevated ALP and GGT + elevated IgM and cholesterol levels
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Jaundice + pruritus + beading on ERCP
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Jaundice associated with ulcerative colitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Epigastric fullness + pain + nausea/vomiting + slightly tender upper abdominal mass
Pancreatic pseudocyst
Enterotoxin in stool
Pseudomembranous colitis
Projectile vomiting + succession splash
Pyloric stenosis
Anal mass + faecal incontinence
Rectal prolapse
Anal mass protruding after bowel movement + sneezing + coughing
Rectal prolapse
Severe diarrhoea with high fever ± tenesmus
Shigella
Low serum ceruloplasmin
Wilson’s disease
Multiple peptic ulcers + diarrhoea
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Elevated gastrin levels
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Diagnosed with secretin injection + localised with CT or U/S
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Villous atrophy + crypt hyperplasia + lymphocyte infiltration
Coeliac disease
Anti-SMA
Autoimmune hepatitis
AMA
Primary biliary cirrhosis
IgA deficiency
Coeliac disease
Anti-transglutaminase antibodies
Coeliac disease
Slipping sign
Lipoma
Apple core sign
Colorectal cancer
Early satiety + constitutional symptoms
Gastric cancer
Anti-LKM-1
Autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-endomysial antibodies
Coeliac disease
Anti-gliadin antibodies
Coeliac disease
Lump below inguinal ligament that disappears lying down + distended veins
Saphena varix
Corkscrew oesophagus
Diffuse oesophageal spasm
Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses
Chronic cholecystitis
Pneumouria
Crohn’s disease
Ringed oesophagus
Eosinophilic oesophagitis
CEA
Colorectal cancer
CA 19-9
Pancreatic cancer
Chronic offensive, watery diarrhoea
Giardia lamblia
Subacute worsening diarrhoea + jaundice
Entamoeba histolytica
Diarrhoea + neurological motor symptoms (Guillain-Barré syndrome)
Campylobacter jejuni
Diarrhoea + HIV
Shigella or Cryptosporidium
Bloody diarrhoea after chicken consumption
Salmonella
Bloody diarrhoea in nursing home
E. coli
Distended abdomen + absent bowel sounds + tender LIF
Sigmoid volvulus
Trophozoites
Amoebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)
Elevated AFP
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Difficult-to-flush diarrhoea after returning from South America
Giardia lamblia
RUQ pain + normal bilirubin/GGT
Cholelithiasis
RUQ pain + elevated bilirubin/GGT
Choledocholithiasis
Mesenteric lymph node with disorganised glands found in subcapsular sinus
Sigmoid adenocarcinoma
Elevated WCC in ascitic fluid
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Post-prandial abdominal pain + vasculopathic Hx
Chronic mesenteric ischaemia
Ulceration at anal verge with everted irregular edge
Anal carcinoma
Preprandial abdominal pain + dyspepsia
Duodenal ulcer
Postprandial dyspepsia + belching
Chronic cholecystitis
Relapsing/remitting watery diarrhoea
Giardia lamblia
Anal discharge + pain + tenesmus in immunocompromised patient
Anal warts
IBD with granulomas
Crohn’s disease
IBD with crypt abscesses
Ulcerative colitis
String sign on barium enema
Crohn’s disease
Lead-pipe colon
Ulcerative colitis
Cytoplasmic granules in hepatocytes on PAS stain
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
Rigler’s sign
Pneumoperitoneum
Diarrhoea that does not resolve after 2 days + fever
Salmonella
Jaundice + rash + arthralgia in younger woman
Autoimmune hepatitis
24-hour urine 5-HIAA
Carcinoid tumour
Skin flushing + diarrhoea + restrictive cardiomyopathy + abdominal pain
Carcinoid syndrome
Perianal condition treated with headache-causing ointment
Anal fissure
PR bleeding with clots + Hx of constipation
Diverticular disease
Fatigue + iron deficiency anaemia + osteopenia + skin rash
Coeliac disease
Transilluminant scrotal swelling
Hydrocoele
Impossible to get above inguinoscrotal swelling
Indirect inguinal hernia
Diarrhoea + abdominal pain + RIF mass
Crohn’s disease
Arterially enhancing liver mass on CT in OCP-using woman
Hepatocellular adenoma
Worm-like scrotal standing
Varicocoele
Psoas sign
Appendicitis
Obturator sign
Appendicitis
Acute RNA hepatitis
Hepatitis A
DNA hepatitis
Hepatitis B
Chronic RNA hepatitis
Hepatitis C
Dirty necrosis
Colorectal cancer
Gastroenteritis mimicking appendicitis
Yersinia enterocolitica
Rose spot macules + hepatosplenomegaly
Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever)
Bloody diarrhoea + TTP/HUS
Enteroinvasive E. coli
IBD associated with eye inflammation
Ulcerative colitis
IBD associated with gallstones
Crohn’s disease
Severe abdominal pain + no bowel sounds + hypotension
Acute mesenteric ischaemia
Colicky postprandial abdominal pain + weight loss
Chronic mesenteric ischaemia
IBD associated with colon cancer
Ulcerative colitis
IBD associated with fistulas
Crohn’s disease
IBD associated with strictures
Crohn’s disease
IBD associated with abscesses
Crohn’s disease
Jaundice after eating contaminated seafood
Hepatitis A
Mallory bodies
Alcoholic liver disease
also Wilson’s disease, PBC, NASH and hepatocellular carcinoma
C282Y mutation
Haemochromatosis
GI bleeding + aortic stenosis
Angiodysplasia (Heyde’s syndrome)
Dysphagia + iron deficiency anaemia + oesophageal webs
Plummer-Vinson syndrome
Post-sclerotherapy dysphagia
Benign oesophageal stricture
Erythema nodosum + exudative pharyngitis
Yersinia enterocolitica
Throbbing perianal pain
Anorectal abscess
Parotidomegaly + hyperreflexia
Chronic liver disease
Motile, curved Gram-negative rods
Campylobacter jejuni
RIF pain after viral illness
Mesenteric adenitis
Dysphagia in patient with South American background/travel
Chagas’ disease
Hamartomatous polpys + hyperpigmented macules on lips/oral mucosa
Peutz-Jehgers syndrome