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Gastrointestinal Flashcards

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Gingival Hypertrophy

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Gingivectomy / biting on own gums = side effect of CCB 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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4
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GET SMASHED

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Gallstones 
Ethanol
Trauma
Steroids  
Mumps 
Autoimmune
Spider bites 
Hyperlipidaemia/ hyperthermia/ hypercalcaemia 
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, abdo pain

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Biliary obstruction

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Abdo distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness

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Portal hypertension + 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 weigh loss

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Coeliac’s disease

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11
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Virchow’s node

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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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13
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C14 breath test

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Bacterial overgrowth

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14
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Rice water like stools

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Vibrio cholera

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15
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

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Presence of AMA anti-mitochondrial antibodies

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16
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Autoimmune hepatitis

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Presence of ASMA (anti smooth muscle antibodies)

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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Indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa = found in crowns

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 abdo pain + D &V after raw milk

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Campylobacter

22
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Russel’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/ cyrptitis

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Crohns

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 Xray commonly at splenic flexure

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Ischaemic colitis

28
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Charcot’s triad

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Acute cholangitits i.e. fever, jaundice and abdominal pain secondary to cholelithiasis

29
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Causes for abdominal mass: A CHEMICAL

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AAA
Crohn's 
Hernia 
Enlarged organ 
Malignancy 
Intersusseption
Cyst or abscess
Appendicitis
Lymphadenopathy
30
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Causes of bowel obstruction: BATH VIPS

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Bolus
Adhesions
Tumour
Hernia
Volvulus
Intersusseption
Pseudo-obstruction
Stricture
31
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Senital loop

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Seen on Xray in acute pancreatitis

32
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Hartmann procedure

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Management of diverticular disease

33
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Seton stitch

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fistular in ano

34
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Feeling of passing glass on defacation

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Anal fissure

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