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Gingival Hypertrophy

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Gingivectomy/Biting on own gums → Side effect of Calcium Channel Blockers 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 (lumbar redness) and Cullen’s sign (umbilical redness) positive

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acute Pancreatitis

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Mnemonic for causes of acute pancreatitis

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I GET SMASHED: Idiopathic, Gallstones, Ethanol, Trauma, Steroids, Mumps, Autoimmune, Scorpion bites/stings, Hyperlipidaemia/hypothermia/hypercalcaemia, ERCP, Drugs

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Murphy’s sign positive

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Cholecystitis

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Pale stools, jaundice, abdo pain

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biliary obstruction

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Abdo distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness

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portal hypertension + ascites

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Pyoderma gangrenosum, 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 supra-clavicular)

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gastric cancer

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Urea breath test

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H pylori

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13C breath test

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bacterial overgrowth

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“Rice-water”-like stools

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vibrio cholera

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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

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Presence of AMA (Anti mitochondrial antibodies)

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Autoimmune hepatitis

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Presence of ASMA (anti smooth muscle antibodies)

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Alpha Feto Protein assay

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hepatocellular carcinoma (or teratoma)

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‘Cobblestone mucosa’; indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa

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found in Crohn’s Disease

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Diuretic for ascites (due to cirrhosis

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spironolactone

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Corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow

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diffuse oesophageal spasm

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Severe abdo pain + D after raw milk

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Campylobacter

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Russell’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 ULCERATIVE COLITISAC

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Onion skinning fibrosis, beading of bile
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
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“Signet RIng” cells seen on biopsy
Linitisplastica - diffuse stomach cancer
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Thumb-printing on X-ray commonly at splenic flexure
Ischaemic colitis
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Charcot’s triad
fever, jaundice and abdominal pain secondary to acute cholangitis
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Causes for abdominal mass
A CHEMICAL: AAA, crohn’s, hernia, enlarged organ, malignancy, intussusception, cyst or abcess, appendicitis, lymphadenopathyR
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Causes for bowel obstruction:
BATH VIPS: bolus, adhesions, tumour, hernia, volvulus, intussusception, pseudo-obstruction, stricture.tr
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Virchow’s node
lymph node in left supra-clavicular fossa suggestive of gastric malignancy
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Colicky loin pain radiating to groin
Ureteric colic
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what type of mouth disease do people with Crohn’s have
stomatitis gangrenosum
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Jaundice and constant right upper quadrant pain
Biliary colic
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Severe epigastric pain radiating to back associated with vomiting
Acute pancreatitis
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Periumbilical pain radiating to right iliac fossa
Acute appendicitis
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Central abdominal pain, expansile pulsatile mass
AAA
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Iliac fossa pain, positive pregnancy test
Ectopic pregnancy
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Asterixis (liver flap)
encephalopathy
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Leuconychia
Hypoalbuminaemia
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Koilonychia and Angular stomatitis
IDA
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Buccal pigmentation
PJ Syndrome
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Glossitis
B12 deficiency
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Aphthous ulceration
Chrons or coeliac disease
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Craggy hepatomegaly
liver malignancy
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Bronze pigmentation with DM
haemochromatosis
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Anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA) positive
PBC
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• Usually middle-aged man, presents with: Pruritus, jaundice, abdominal pain ↑ ALP (alkaline phosphatase), AMA negative Associated with inflammatory bowel disease (especially ulcerative colitis)
PSC
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Causes of liver disease
ABCDEFGHI – Autoimmune, HepB, HepC, Drugs, Ethanol, Fatty liver disease (NASH in obesity), Growth, Haemodynamic flow, Infiltration (iron) or Infective
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Treatment of Ascites
Spironolactone
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direct hernia
A reducible mass
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red currant jelly sputum, cavitating lesions in upper zone CXR
Klebsiella Pneumoniae
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Bloody diarrhoea, fragmented RBCs, undercooked hamburgers, metallic green stool cultures
E. Coli 0157
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Red macules on body on examination
Salmonella Typhi
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Playing with turtles, undercooked chicken/ stale chicken
HSalmonellaEnterididis
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bloody diarrhoea, haemmoragic mucosa with ulcerations on distal colon
Shigelladysenteria
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India, severe dehydration, watery diarrhoea
Vibrio Cholerae
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Unpasturised/raw milk, Guillain Bare Syndrome
Campylobacter jejuni

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