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GI Flashcards

1
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Gingival hypertrophy > gingivectomy / biting on own gums indicates what

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Side effect of calcium channel blockers or phenytoin

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Bird beak appearance (and distended oesophagus) indicates what?

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Achalasia, if in lower GI imaging is a sign of bowel obstruction

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Grey turners (lumbar redness) and cullens sign (umbilical redness) positive indicates what?

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Acute pancreatitis

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Causes of acute pancreatitis

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  • idiopathic
  • gallstones
  • ethanol
  • trauma
  • steroids
  • mumps
  • autoimmune
  • scorpion bites / stings
  • hyperlipidaemia / hypothermia / hypercalcaemia
  • ERCP
  • drugs
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5
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Murphys sign positive indicates what?

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Cholecystitis

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Pale stools, jaundice and abdominal pain indicates what?

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Biliary obstruction

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Abdominal distention, caput medusae and shifting dullness indicates what?

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Portal hypertension and ascites

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Pyoderma gangrenosum and erythema nodosum indicates what?

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Crohns / UC

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9
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Tinkling bowel sounds indicates what?

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Bowel obstruction

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Vesicular rash and wright loss indicates what?

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Coeliac disease

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11
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Virchows node (left supra-clavicular) indicates what?

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Gastric cancer

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12
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Urea breath test is used for what?

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H pylori

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13
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13C breath test indicated what?

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Bacterial overgrowth

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Rice-water like stools indicates what?

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Vibrio cholera

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15
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Pulmonary biliary cirrhosis has the presence of what?

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Presence of AMA (anti mitochondrial antibodies)

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Autoimmune hepatitis has the presence of what?

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Presence of ASMA (anti smooth muscle antibodies)

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17
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Alpha feto protein assay indicates what?

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (or teratoma)

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18
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Cobblestone mucosa indicates what?

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Indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa, found in crohns disease

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19
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Name the diuretic used for ascites due to cirrhosis

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Spironolactone

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20
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Corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow indicates what?

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Diffuse oesophageal spasm

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21
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Severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea after raw milk indicates what?

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Campylobacter

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22
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Russells sign indicates what?

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Self induced vomiting

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23
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Urea breath test indicates what?

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H pylori

24
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Mallorys hyaline bodies indicates what?

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Alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis) and chronic active hepatitis

25
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Crypt abscess / cryptitis indicates what?

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Inflammatory bowel ulcerative colitisac

26
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Onion skinning fibrosis, beading of bile ducts indicates what?

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

27
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Signet ring cells seen on biopsy indicates what?

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linitisplastica, diffuse stomach cancer

28
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Thumb-printing on X-ray commonly at splenic flexure indicates what?

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Ischaemic colitis

29
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Charcots triad is what?

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Fever, jaundice and abdominal pain secondary to acute cholangitis

30
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Name causes of abdominal mass

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  • AAA
  • crohns
  • hernia
  • enlarged organ
  • malignancy
  • intussusception
  • cyst or abscess
  • appendicitis
  • lymphadenopathy
31
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Name causes of bowel obstruction

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  • bolus
  • adhesions
  • tumour
  • hernia
  • volvulus
  • intussusception
  • pseudo-obstruction
  • stricture
32
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Pale stools, jaundice, abdominal pain indicates what?

A

Biliary obstruction

33
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Abdominal distention, caput medusae, shifting dullness indicates what?

A

Portal hypertension and ascites

34
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Colicky loin pain radiating to groin indicates what?

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Ureteric colic

35
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What type of mouth disease do people with crohns have?

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Stomatitis gangrenosum

36
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Jaundice and constant right upper quadrant pain indicates what?

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Biliary colic

37
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Vesicular rash and weight loss indicates what?

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Coeliac disease

38
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Severe epigastric pain radiating to back associated with vomiting indicates what?

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Acute pancreatitis

39
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Periumbilical pain radiating to right iliac fossa indicates what?

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Acute appendicitis

40
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Central abdominal pain, expansible pulsatile mass indicates what?

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AAA

41
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Iliac fossa pain, positive pregnancy test indicates what?

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Ectopic pregnancy

42
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Asterixis (liver flap) indicates what?

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Encephalopathy

43
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Leuconychia indicates what?

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Hypoalbuminemia

44
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Koilonchyia indicates what?

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IDA

45
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Angular stomatitis indicates what?

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IDA

46
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Buccal pigmentation indicates what?

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PJ syndrome

47
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Glossitis indicates what?

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B12 deficiency

48
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Aphthous ulceration indicates what?

A

Crohns or coeliac disease

49
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Craggy hepatomegaly indicates what?

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Liver malignancy

50
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Bronze pigmentation with DM indicates what?

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Haemochromatosis

51
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Anti-mitochondrial antibody positive indicates what?

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PBC

52
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Name causes of liver disease

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  • autoimmune
  • hep B
  • hep C
  • drugs
  • ethanol
  • fatty liver disease (NASH in obesity)
  • growth
  • haemodynamic flow
  • infiltration (iron)
  • infective
53
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Treatment of ascites is what?

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Spironolactone

54
Q

When an NSAID is prescribed, what is also prescribed alongside?

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A PPI due to the tendency of NSAIDs to cause adverse effects such as peptic ulcers

55
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A reducible mass is what?

A

A reducible mass

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