GI Flashcards
Colicky loin pain radiating to groin
Ureteric colic
Jaundice and constant right upper quadrant pain
Biliary colic
Severe epigastric pain radiating to back associated with vomiting
Acute pancreatitis
Periumbilical pain radiating to right iliac fossa
Acute appendicitis
Central abdominal pain, expansile pulsatile mass
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Iliac fossa pain, positive pregnancy test
Ectopic pregnancy
Asterixis (liver flap)
Hepatic encephalopathy
Leukonychia
Hypoalbuminaemia
Koilonychia
Iron-deficiency aenemia
Angular Stomatitis
Iron-deficiency aenemia
Buccal pigmentation
Peutz-jeghers disease
Addison’s disease
Glossitis
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Aphthous ulceration
IBD
Coeliac Disease
Expansile pulsatile mass
aneurysm
Craggy hepatomegaly
liver malignancy
Signs of chronic liver disease
Clubbing Flapping tremor Dupuytren’s contracture Palmar erythema* Gynaecomastia Spider naevi* Splenomegaly* Testicular atrophy Ascites* Encephalopathy*
*all happen in acute failure too
Early onset emphysema is associated with…
1-Antitrypsin deficiency
Pigmentation and diabetes is associated with…
Haemochromatosis
Dysarthria, dyskinesia, dementia and kayser-fleischer ring is associated with…
Wilson’s disease
Middle-aged woman presents with: Pruritus, jaundice, pigmentation Anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA) positive
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Primary biliary cirrhosis is associated with rheumatoid arthritis and therefore… (list associated conditions)
Sjögren’s syndrome thyroid disease keratoconjunctivitis sicca renal tubular acidosis membranous glomerulonephritis
Usually middle-aged man, presents with: Pruritus, jaundice, abdominal pain
↑ ALP (alkaline phosphatase), AMA negative
Associated with inflammatory bowel disease (especially ulcerative colitis)
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Describe Chron’s Disease
Can affect anywhere between mouth and anus Weight loss, diarrhoea, abdominal pain Strictures, anal fistulae
Barium enema: ‘cobble-stoning’
‘Rose-thorn’ ulcers
Granulomas
Describe ulcerative colitis
Only affects colon
Diarrhoea with blood and mucus
Fever, tachycardia, toxic megacolon in severe acute UC
Barium enema: loss of haustra Sigmoidoscopy: oedematous, friable mucosa