Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Diseases Flashcards
What is a syndrome?
Collection of disease
any harmful deviation from the normal structural or functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and symptoms
Disease
autoimmune disease of the salivary, lacrimal glands, and synovial membrane
Sjogren syndrome
Sjogren triad
Xerostomia
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Rheumatoid arthritis
Other name of sjogren syndrome
Sicca syndrome
Cell responsible for an autoimmune disease
T-cell
Main cause of an autoimmune disease
Stress
Organs affected in sicca syndrome
Salivary gland
Eyes
Joint
What are the signs and symptoms of Reiter’s syndrome?
Arthritis
Conjunctivitis
Urethritis
What are the signs and symptoms of Mikulicz syndrome?
Conjunctivitis
Xerostomia
Difference between Reiter’s and Sicca syndrome?
Sicca affects: Eyes, Joints, Salivary gland while
Reiter’s affects: Eyes, Joints and Urethra
True or false: Sjogren’s syndrome is also associated with mikulicz syndrome.
True
Syndromes associated with sicca syndrome
Reiter’s syndrome
Mikulicz syndrome
A benign tumor of the PAROTID GLAND
Warthin’s tumor
Other name of warthin’s tumor
Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum
Major salivary gland common to diseases
Parotid gland
Most common salivary gland tumor
Mixed tumor
Other name of mixed tumor
Pleomorphic adenoma
most common malignancy of major salivary glands
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
most common malignancy of minor salivary gland
Adenoid cystic carcinoma
Histologic feature of adenoid cystic carcinoma
Cheese-like
Characterized by lacerations of the esophagus
Mallory-weiss syndrome
Manifestation of mallory-weiss syndrome
Melena
Black stool in the blood is due to?
Degradation of blood by acid