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Gastrointestinal Flashcards

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gingival hypertrophy

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gingivectomy/biting on own gums

side effect of calcium channel blockers or phenytoin

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bird beak appearance (and distended oesophagus)

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achalasia; if in lower GI imaging is a sign of bowel obstruction

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Grey Turner’s (lumbar redness) and Cullen’s sign (umbilical redness) positive

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acute pancreatitis

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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, hypercalaemia
ERCP
Drugs
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5
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Murphy’s sign positive

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cholecystitis

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pale stools, jaundice, abdominal pain

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biliary obstruction

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abdominal distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness

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portal hypertension and ascites

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pyoderma gangrenosum, erythema nodosum

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Crohn’s/UC

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9
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tinkling bowel sounds

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bowel obstruction

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10
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vesicular rash and weight loss

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Coeliac disease

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virchow’s node (left supra-clavicular)

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gastric cancer

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12
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urea breath test

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H pylori

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C breath test

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bacterial overgrowth

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14
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‘rice water’ stools

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vibrio cholera

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15
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presence of AMA (anti mitochondrial antibodies)

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primary biliary cirrhosis

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16
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presence of ASMA (anti smooth muscle antibodies)

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autoimmune hepatitis

17
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alpha feto protein assay

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hepatocellular carcinoma (or teratoma)

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cobblestone mucosa

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deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa found in Crohn’s disease

19
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diuretic for ascites (due to cirrhosis)

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spironolactone

20
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corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow

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diffuse oesophageal spasm

21
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severe abdominal pain + diarrhoea and vomiting after raw milk

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campylobacter

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Russell’s sign

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self induced vomiting

23
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mallory’s hyaline bodies

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alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis) and chronic active hepatitis

24
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crypt abscess/cryptitis

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inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn’s

25
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onion skinning fibrosis, beading of bile ducts

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primary sclerosing cholangitis

26
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‘signet ring’ cells seen on biopsy

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linitis plastica - diffuse stomach cancer

27
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thumb-printing on x-ray commonly at splenic flexure

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ischaemic colitis

28
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Charcot’s triad

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acute cholangitis i.e. fever, jaundice and abdominal pain secondary to cholelithiasis

29
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causes of abdominal masses

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A CHEMICAL:
AAA
Crohn's
Hernia
Enlarged organ
Malignancy
Intersusception
Cyst/abscess
Appendicitis
Lymphadenopathy
30
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causes of bowel obstruction

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

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