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Gastrointestinal Flashcards

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Dysphagia for solids and liquids

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Achalasia

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Beak-like tapering of lower oesophagus on barium swallow

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Achalasia

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PR bleeding + anal pain + pruritus ani + excoriations in homosexual man

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Anal carcinoma

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Discharge causing perianal skin excoriation and pruritus ani

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Anal fistula

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Perianal condition associated with Crohn’s disease

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Anal fistula

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Constipation + mucus + tenesmus

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Bowel cancer

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Abdominal pain + ascites + hepatomegaly + hypercoagulable state

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Budd-Chiari syndrome

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Lymphocytes + plasma cells + neutrophils (if active) on stomach biopsy

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Chronic gastritis

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Hyperglycaemia/diabetes + calcifications on AXR

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Chronic pancreatitis

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Severe diarrhoea in immunocompromised patient

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Cryptosporidium

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Diarrhoea + dilation of colon on AXR + oocytes in stool

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Cryptosporidium

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Hyperaemic mucosa and partial thickness erosions of stomach on endoscopy

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Erosive gastritis

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13
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Hard faeces in rectum

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Faecal impaction

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Thickened, rigid gastric wall on endoscopy

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Diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma

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15
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Signet ring cells on stomach biopsy

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Diffuse gastric adenocarcinoma

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Subacute/chronic diarrhoea with features of malabsorption

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Giardiasis

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17
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Diarrhoea from substandard drinking water

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Giardiasis

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Unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia associated with acute illness

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Gilbert’s syndrome

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19
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Diabetes/heart failure + skin discolouration

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Haemochromatosis

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20
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Bloody diarrhoea after reconstructive arterial surgery

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Ischaemic colitis

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Ulceration and haemorrhage of distal colon (splenic flexure, rectum) on endoscopy

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Ischaemic colitis

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Heavy infiltrate of atypical lymphocytes on stomach biopsy

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MALT lymphoma

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23
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Thickened folds and ulceration of stomach on endoscopy

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MALT lymphoma

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Rapidly progressive dysphagia (solids, then liquids)

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Oesophageal carcinoma

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Apple core appearance of oesophagus on barium swallow

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Oesophageal carcinoma

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26
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Dyphagia with impact pain at sticking point

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Oesophageal stricture

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27
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Fibrous scar tissue overlaid by granuation tissue, inflammatory exudate and necrotic slough on stomach biopsy

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Peptic ulcer

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28
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Jaundice + pruritus + xanthelasma

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Primary biliary cirrhosis

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29
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Anti-mitochondrial antibodies ± antinuclear antibodies

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Primary biliary cirrhosis

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30
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Significantly elevated ALP and GGT + elevated IgM and cholesterol levels

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Primary biliary cirrhosis

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31
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Jaundice + pruritus + beading on ERCP

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

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32
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Jaundice associated with ulcerative colitis

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

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33
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Epigastric fullness + pain + nausea/vomiting + slightly tender upper abdominal mass

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Pancreatic pseudocyst

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34
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Enterotoxin in stool

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Pseudomembranous colitis

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35
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Projectile vomiting + succession splash

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Pyloric stenosis

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36
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Anal mass + faecal incontinence

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Rectal prolapse

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37
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Anal mass protruding after bowel movement + sneezing + coughing

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Rectal prolapse

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38
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Severe diarrhoea with high fever ± tenesmus

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Shigella

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39
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Low serum ceruloplasmin

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Wilson’s disease

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40
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Multiple peptic ulcers + diarrhoea

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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41
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Elevated gastrin levels

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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42
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Diagnosed with secretin injection + localised with CT or U/S

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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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43
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Villous atrophy + crypt hyperplasia + lymphocyte infiltration

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Coeliac disease

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44
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Anti-SMA

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Autoimmune hepatitis

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45
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AMA

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Primary biliary cirrhosis

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46
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IgA deficiency

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Coeliac disease

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47
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Anti-transglutaminase antibodies

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Coeliac disease

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48
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Slipping sign

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Lipoma

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49
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Apple core sign

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Colorectal cancer

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50
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Early satiety + constitutional symptoms

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Gastric cancer

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51
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Anti-LKM-1

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Autoimmune hepatitis

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52
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Anti-endomysial antibodies

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Coeliac disease

53
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Anti-gliadin antibodies

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Coeliac disease

54
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Lump below inguinal ligament that disappears lying down + distended veins

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Saphena varix

55
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Corkscrew oesophagus

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Diffuse oesophageal spasm

56
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Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses

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Chronic cholecystitis

57
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Pneumouria

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Crohn’s disease

58
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Ringed oesophagus

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Eosinophilic oesophagitis

59
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CEA

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Colorectal cancer

60
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CA 19-9

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Pancreatic cancer

61
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Chronic offensive, watery diarrhoea

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Giardia lamblia

62
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Subacute worsening diarrhoea + jaundice

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Entamoeba histolytica

63
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Diarrhoea + neurological motor symptoms (Guillain-Barré syndrome)

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Campylobacter jejuni

64
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Diarrhoea + HIV

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Shigella or Cryptosporidium

65
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Bloody diarrhoea after chicken consumption

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Salmonella

66
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Bloody diarrhoea in nursing home

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E. coli

67
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Distended abdomen + absent bowel sounds + tender LIF

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Sigmoid volvulus

68
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Trophozoites

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Amoebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)

69
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Elevated AFP

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Hepatocellular carcinoma

70
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Difficult-to-flush diarrhoea after returning from South America

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Giardia lamblia

71
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RUQ pain + normal bilirubin/GGT

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Cholelithiasis

72
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RUQ pain + elevated bilirubin/GGT

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Choledocholithiasis

73
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Mesenteric lymph node with disorganised glands found in subcapsular sinus

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Sigmoid adenocarcinoma

74
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Elevated WCC in ascitic fluid

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Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

75
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Post-prandial abdominal pain + vasculopathic Hx

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Chronic mesenteric ischaemia

76
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Ulceration at anal verge with everted irregular edge

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Anal carcinoma

77
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Preprandial abdominal pain + dyspepsia

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Duodenal ulcer

78
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Postprandial dyspepsia + belching

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Chronic cholecystitis

79
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Relapsing/remitting watery diarrhoea

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Giardia lamblia

80
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Anal discharge + pain + tenesmus in immunocompromised patient

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Anal warts

81
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IBD with granulomas

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Crohn’s disease

82
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IBD with crypt abscesses

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Ulcerative colitis

83
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String sign on barium enema

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Crohn’s disease

84
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Lead-pipe colon

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Ulcerative colitis

85
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Cytoplasmic granules in hepatocytes on PAS stain

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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

86
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Rigler’s sign

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Pneumoperitoneum

87
Q

Diarrhoea that does not resolve after 2 days + fever

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Salmonella

88
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Jaundice + rash + arthralgia in younger woman

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Autoimmune hepatitis

89
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24-hour urine 5-HIAA

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Carcinoid tumour

90
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Skin flushing + diarrhoea + restrictive cardiomyopathy + abdominal pain

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Carcinoid syndrome

91
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Perianal condition treated with headache-causing ointment

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Anal fissure

92
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PR bleeding with clots + Hx of constipation

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Diverticular disease

93
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Fatigue + iron deficiency anaemia + osteopenia + skin rash

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Coeliac disease

94
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Transilluminant scrotal swelling

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Hydrocoele

95
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Impossible to get above inguinoscrotal swelling

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Indirect inguinal hernia

96
Q

Diarrhoea + abdominal pain + RIF mass

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Crohn’s disease

97
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Arterially enhancing liver mass on CT in OCP-using woman

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Hepatocellular adenoma

98
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Worm-like scrotal standing

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Varicocoele

99
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Psoas sign

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Appendicitis

100
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Obturator sign

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Appendicitis

101
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Acute RNA hepatitis

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Hepatitis A

102
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DNA hepatitis

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Hepatitis B

103
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Chronic RNA hepatitis

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Hepatitis C

104
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Dirty necrosis

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Colorectal cancer

105
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Gastroenteritis mimicking appendicitis

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Yersinia enterocolitica

106
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Rose spot macules + hepatosplenomegaly

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Salmonella typhi (typhoid fever)

107
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Bloody diarrhoea + TTP/HUS

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Enteroinvasive E. coli

108
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IBD associated with eye inflammation

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Ulcerative colitis

109
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IBD associated with gallstones

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Crohn’s disease

110
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Severe abdominal pain + no bowel sounds + hypotension

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Acute mesenteric ischaemia

111
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Colicky postprandial abdominal pain + weight loss

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Chronic mesenteric ischaemia

112
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IBD associated with colon cancer

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Ulcerative colitis

113
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IBD associated with fistulas

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Crohn’s disease

114
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IBD associated with strictures

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Crohn’s disease

115
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IBD associated with abscesses

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Crohn’s disease

116
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Jaundice after eating contaminated seafood

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Hepatitis A

117
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Mallory bodies

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Alcoholic liver disease

also Wilson’s disease, PBC, NASH and hepatocellular carcinoma

118
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C282Y mutation

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Haemochromatosis

119
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GI bleeding + aortic stenosis

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Angiodysplasia (Heyde’s syndrome)

120
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Dysphagia + iron deficiency anaemia + oesophageal webs

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Plummer-Vinson syndrome

121
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Post-sclerotherapy dysphagia

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Benign oesophageal stricture

122
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Erythema nodosum + exudative pharyngitis

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Yersinia enterocolitica

123
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Throbbing perianal pain

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Anorectal abscess

124
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Parotidomegaly + hyperreflexia

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Chronic liver disease

125
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Motile, curved Gram-negative rods

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Campylobacter jejuni

126
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RIF pain after viral illness

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Mesenteric adenitis

127
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Dysphagia in patient with South American background/travel

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Chagas’ disease

128
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Hamartomatous polpys + hyperpigmented macules on lips/oral mucosa

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Peutz-Jehgers syndrome

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