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Gastrointestinal Buzzwords Flashcards

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Gingival Hypertrophy –> gingivectomy/biting on own gum

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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 (lumber redness) and Cullen’s sign (umbilical redness) positive

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acute pancreatitis

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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 + ascites

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pyoderma gangernosum, erythema nodosum

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Crohn’s/UC

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“tinkling bowel sounds”

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bowel obstruction

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vesicular rash + weight loss

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coeliac disease

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Virchow’s node (left supraclavicular)

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gastric cancer

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urea breath test

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H.Pylori

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14C breath test

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bacterial overgrowth

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13
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“rice-water” like stools

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vibrio cholera

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presence of AMA

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Primary biliary stenosis

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15
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presence of ASMA

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autoimmune hepatitis

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Alpha feto protein assay

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hepatocellular carcinoma

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cobblestone mucosa - indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa

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Crohn’s disease

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18
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diuretics fro ascites (due to cirrhosis)

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spironolactone

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19
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corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow

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diffuse oesophageal spasm

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Sever abdominal pain _ D&V after raw milk

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campylobacter

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Russel’s sign

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self induced vomiting

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mallory’s hyaline bodies

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alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis) and chronic active hepatitis

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Crypt abscess/cryptitis

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inflammatory bowel Crohn’s

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onion skin fibrosis, bleeding of bile duct

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primary sclerosing cholangitis

25
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signet ring cells seen on biopsy

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linitis plastica - diffuse stomach cancer

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thumb-printing on X-ray commonly at splenic flexures

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ischaemic colitis

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charcot’s triad

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acute cholangitis ie fever, jaundice and abdominal pain secondary to cholelithiasis

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causes for abdominal mass?

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A CHEMICAL

AAA
Crohn's 
Hernia 
Enlarged organ
Malignancy 
Intersusception 
Crypt or Abcess 
Appendicitis 
Lymphadenopathy
29
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Causes for bowel obstruction?

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BATH VIPS 
Bolus 
Adhesions 
Tumour 
Hernia 
Volvulus 
Intersussception 
Pseudo-obstruction 
Stricture
30
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diarrhoea - source of infection?

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undercooked poultry, ill grandchild

31
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side effect of spironolactone?

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gynaecomastia

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dental stuff

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indicator of recent damage, indicator of prolonged history of damage

33
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what type of mouth disease do people with Crohn’s have?

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stomatis gangrenosum

34
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replacement of oesophagus stratified squamous epithelium by simple columnar epithelium with goblet cells

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barrett’s oesophagus/ precancer

35
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duke’s classification

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colorectal cancer
A - confined to bowel wall
B - local spread outwith bowel wall
C - lymph node metastases

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Causes of liver disease:

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ABCDEFGHI 
Autoimmune 
hep B 
hep C 
Drugs eg paracetamol 
Ethanol 
Fatty Liver Disease (NASH - obesity) 
Growth (cancer/metastases) 
Haemodynamic eg congestive heart failure 
Infiltration [iron] (eg haemochromatosis, Wilson's disease) OR Infective
37
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AST raised

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wASTed

Alcoholic liver disease

38
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ALT is more what than AST

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ALT is more specific to the Liver

39
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Causes of pancreatitis

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I GET SMASHED 
Idiopathic 
Gallstones 
Ethanol 
Trauma 
Steroids 
Mumps 
Autoimmune 
Scorpion Stings 
Hyperlipidaemia/hypercalcaemia 
ERCP 
Drugs
40
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megaloblastic anaemia

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Cytotoxic drugs eg methotrexate
B12 deficiency
Folate deficiency

41
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pruritus causes

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ITCH 
Iron deficiency anaemia/internal malignancy 
Thyroid/Type I diabetes 
CRF/Chronic liver disease 
HIV/Hereditary Haemochromatosis
42
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how much water is reabsorbed in the small intestine?

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90%

43
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how much water is reabsorped in the large intestine?

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10%

44
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malnutrition score

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MUST score

45
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treatment of ascites?

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spironolactone

46
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where does a femoral hernia occur

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inferior lateral to pubic tubercle

47
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where does a direct inguinal hernia occur?

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medial to pubic tubercle

48
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where does an indirect inguinal hernia occur?

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lateral to pubic tubercle

49
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diarrhoea in AIDs/HIV

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cryptosporidium

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