GI Flashcards
How to diagnose coeliac
Biopsy - scalloping
IgA, anti-TTG Abs
What type of cancer occurs in lower 1/3 oesophagus
Adenocarcinoma
How to diagnose H pylori gastritis
Faecal Ag test
Appearance of peptic ulcer
Clear cut, punched out, no raised edge, gastric folds
Complications of H pylori infection
Gastritis –> adenocarcinoma (signet ring)
Where are Brunner’s glands found?
Duodenum
Where are plicae circulares found?
Jejunum
Meckel’s diverticulum
Incomplete regression of vitello-intestinal duct
2 ft above ileocaecal valve
Antibiotic induced colitis
White speckles, patchy yellow exudate, withered crypts
Lymph drainage from lower 1/2 anal canal
Superficial inguinal –> Internal iliac
Budd-Chiari
Pre-hepatic cause of portal HT
Hep A
RNA virus
Acute infection only
Faecal-oral route
Heb B
DNA virus
Acute or chronic, long incubation
Blood/sex
HCC
Hep C
RNA virus
Acute or chronic, short incubation
Blood/sex
Often asymptomatic. Bridging necrosis. HCC
PBC
Females, damage to bile ducts
AMA