GI 2

Question 1

Liver cancer associated hepatitis B and C infection and raised Alpha-fetoprotein. May be associated with fungal (aspergillus) aflatoxins.

Answer 1

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 2

Hepatocellular carcinoma aka

Answer 2

Malignant hepatoma

Question 3

Inflammation of the gallbladder called?

Answer 3

cholecystitis

Question 4

Who is at risk for cholecystitis?

Answer 4

Fair, fat, females over forty (RUQ pain)

Question 5

90% of cholecystitis is cause by?

Answer 5

gallstones

Question 6

Gallstones aka

Answer 6

cholelithiasis

Question 7

Which percentage of people with gallstones are asymptomatic?

Answer 7

70-80%

Question 8

Inflammation of the pancreas.

Answer 8

pancreatitis

Question 9

What things can cause pancreatitis?

Answer 9

Alcohol, gallstones, trauma, steroids, mumps, hypercalcemia

Question 10

Pancreatitis causes leakage of what?

Answer 10

Pancreatic enzymes

Question 11

What presents with abdominal pain, bluish discoloration around umbilicus, or in the flanks

Answer 11

pancreatitis

Question 12

What is the bluish discoloration around the umbilicus called?

Answer 12

Cullen’s sign

Question 13

Bluish discoloration around the flanks in pancreatitis is called?

Answer 13

Grey Turner’s sign

Question 14

Pancreatic cancer is a malignancy (_______________) that arises from?

Answer 14

Adenocarcinoma

Pancreatic ducts

Question 15

Patient has this if there is painless jaundice, clay-colored stool, weight loss, severe itching.

Answer 15

Pancreatic cancer (Adenocarcinoma - type)