GI

Question 1

gallstone symptoms

Answer 1

RUQ abdominal pain

Question 2

XR findings of cholesterol stones

Answer 2

radiolucent

Question 3

XR findings of pigment stones

Answer 3

radiopaque

Question 4

causes of pigmented stones

Answer 4

infection, hemolytic anemia

Question 5

risk factors for gallstones

Answer 5

forty, female, fat, fertile

Question 6

carcinoid syndrome sxs

Answer 6

wheezing, flushing, intermittent diarrhear

Question 7

dx of carcinoid syndrome

Answer 7

5-HAA in urine

Question 8

complication of carcinoid syndrome

Answer 8

typically as a result of metastasis; causes right valvular disease (5-HT is metabolized by lungs and liver)

Question 9

first line treatement for ulcerative colitis

Answer 9

5-ASA

then glucocorticoids are second line

Question 10

what disease is acute hepatitis B associated with

Answer 10

polyarteritis nodosa

Question 11

crohns disease findings on colonoscopy

Answer 11

can involve any part of the GI tract, with skip lesions (usually involves the ileum), fissures, creeping fat

Question 12

crohns disease findings on histology

Answer 12

transmural inflammation, noncaseating granulomas