GI Flashcards
what are the causes for dupeytrens contracture?
chronic liver dis diabetes heavy labour phenytoin trauma familial
what are the causes for palmar erythema?
chronic liver dis
pregnancy
hyperthyroidism
RA
GI causes for clubbing?
inflammatory bowel disease
cirrhosis
lymphoma
celiac disease
what is leuconychia? what does it indicate?
white spots in nails
hypoalbuminemia
spider naevi causes?
hyperestrogenism
hyperestrogenism signs?
spider nevi
gynaecomastia
where do you hear renal bruits?
2cm superior, 2cm lateral to umbilicus
all abdo scars
kochers - open cholecystectomy
rooftop incision
right paramedian - pancreatic transplant
midline laparatomy - general
nephrectomy scar
gridiron/mcBurneys - 2/3 from the umbilicus on a line drawn btwn umbilicus and ASIS - appendicectomy
lanz - appendicectomy
laparascopic - infraumbilical, sub-xyphoid, 2 subcostal
left paramedian - ant. resection of rectum
Pfannenstiel - TAH, C-section
ascites general etiology
portal hypertension
hypoalbuminemia
salt & water retention secodnary to RAAS activation
what are the causes of transudative ascites?
Chronic liver disease (75%) RHF vol overload hypoalbuminemia constrictive pericarditis
what are the causes of exudative ascites?
infection - SBP; TB
inflammation - pancreatitis
malignancy - luminal (stomach/colon); pancreas; liver (primary/metastatic); ovarian; lymphoma
what are the causes of hepatomegaly?
2I 2B 2C
Infection - viral hepatitis; EBV; malaria
Infiltration - sarcoidosis; amyloidosis; fatty liver; hemochromatosis
Blood-related - lymphoma; leukemia; myeloproliferative disorders; meolytic anemia
Biliary - PBC; PSC
Cancer - Primary HCC; mets
Congestion - RHF; tricuspid regurg; Budd-Chiari
IBD extra-intestinal manifestations
clubbing aphtous ulcers eyes - epscleritis, conjunctivitis skin - erythema nodosum; pyoderma gangrenosum joints - seroneg spondyloarthropathy PSC (UC) amyloidosis (Chrons)
what are the causes of massive splenomegaly, past umbilicus?
3M
Malaria
Myelofibrosis
CML
and:
IE
RA (if low WCC, then is Felty syndrome)
felty syndrome - RA, low WCC, splenomegaly ± hypersplenism causing anemia & platelets
- Rx: DMARDS ± rituximab if refractory
Does portal hypertension cause hepatomegaly?
NO - only causes splenomegaly, caput medusae, esophageal varices, gastropathy & ascites
presents in hepatomegaly ONLY when associated w/ early hepatic diseases (chronic active hepatitis)
If assoc w/ relatively late hepatic disease eg cirrhosis, that causes a shrunken liver + isolated splenomegaly