GI and Hepatology Flashcards
Laxative abuse presentation
Very frequent, watery, nocturnal diarrhea. Melanosis coli.
Melanosis coli looks like
Dark brown colon with light patches which are the lymph follicles
Iron deficiency anemia DDx important
Always include colon cancer, colonoscopy is high on list of things to do
Most common cause of iron deficiency anemia in elderly
GI blood loss
Toxic megacolon most common cause
UC
Toxic megacolon tx
IV steroids, nasogastric decompression, and fluid management
BRBPR workup
In patients <50 with no risk factors for colon CA, do anoscopy/proctoscopy
Esophageal cancer vs. achalasia
CA can mimic achalasia very closely. Think of CA in old age, short history, rapid weight loss, and inability to pass endoscope through sphincter
Peptic strictures presentation
Pain with swallowing solids, but NO WEIGHT LOSS
What causes peptic strictures
GERD!!!, radiation, scleroderma, and caustic ingestions
Painless jaundice in old person is
Pancreatic head CA
How to treat ALL anal fissures
High fiber diet, large amount of fluids, stool softeners, local anesthetics
Multiple myeloma presentation
Back pain, anemia, renal dysfunction, elevated ESR, and hyperCa
Metastatic cancers to bone
Lung, breast, renal thyroid, prostate,
Constipation ddx
Always include hyperCa from myeloma or metastases to bone
Diagnosis of UC
Proctosigmoidoscopy with biopsy
Most commonly affected part of colon by ischemia
Splenic flexure
Most common abx cause of c.diff
Clindamycin
How to treat c.diff
Stop Abx and start flagyl
Scleroderma esophageal dismotility
Decreased LES tone
Any tests or signs of IBS
Nope, no lab tests or pathologic hallmark
Tx for asymptomatic diverticulosis
high fiber intake
H pylori diagnosis in patients <45
Noninvasive tests
Anti-endomysial antibodies
Celiac disease
Anti-scl 70 antibodies
Scleroderma
Anti-centromeric antibodies
CREST syndrome
Antimitochondrial antibodies
PBC
Gastrin in ZE syndrome for diagnosis
> 1000 pg/mL is diagnostic, if not this high, do secretin stimulation test
Causes of zinc deficiency
TPN or malnutrition.
Zinc def. signs
ALopecia, skin lesions, abnormal taste, and impaired wound healing
Endoscopy in achalasia?
Always, to rule out cancer
Most common complication of PUD
hemorrhage
Tx for ascites
- Sodium and water restriction 2. Spironolactone 3. Loop diuretic (not >1L/day) 4. Frequent abdominal paracentesis (2-4L/day, as long as renal function okay)
TPN RUQ complication
Gallstones due to sludging and decreased GB peristalsis. can lead to cholecystitis
chronic DIC
FOund in malignancy, can cause migratory thrombophlebitis and atypical venous thromboses
How to test for chronic pancreatitis
Fecal elastase to test for exocrine failure
VIPoma sxs
Pancreatic cholera
Unexplained chornic abd. pain, weight loss, and food aversion
Chronic mesenteric ischemia
Chronic mesenteric ischemia supporting signs
Atherosclerosis, psosible abdominal bruit
Lactose intolerance test
Positive hydrogen breath test, positive stool test for reducing substances, low stool pH, and increased stool osmotic gap. No steatorrhea
Antibiotic associated idarrhea is always
cdiff. use cytotoxin assay
most common causes of painless GI bleeding in >65
Diverticulosis and angiodysplasia
Angiodysplasia associated with
aortic stenosis
D-xylose absorption test
Abnormal in bacterial overgrowth and celiac sprue. With bacterial overgrowth, it normalizes with abx
Iron defieincy anemia and celiacs?
Yes, one of th emost common presentations
Chronic pancreatitis can lead to
Pancreatic cancer
HIV chronic diarrhea CD4<180
cryptosporidium parvum
Carcinoid syndrome triad
Flushing, wheezing, diarrhea
Alarm signals of GERD
N/V, weight loss, anemia, melena/hematochezia, long duration of symptoms especially when white male>45, failure to respond to PPIs
Rocky mountain or foreign country diarrhea
Giardiasis, causes adhesive disks and malabsorption
Abd. surgery complication leading to malabsorption
Bacterial overgrowth
ZE syndrome can cause malabsorption how
Inactivation of pancreatic enzymes
Best dx and evaluation for diverticulitis
CT
Carcinoid syndrome nutrient deficiency
Niacin from 5HT production
MENI tumors
Primary hyperPTH, pituitary tumors, and enteropancreatic tumors (GASTRINOMA)
When to do esophagoscopy for GERD
When patient fails to respond to PPI tehrapy or the scary signs pop up
Initial test for all dysphagia
Barium swallow
Young person with chronic diarrhea, abd. pain, and weight loss
Crohn’s
Digoxin toxicity can be caused by this
Verapamil
Digoxin toxicity sxs
GI, anorexia, N/V
Tx for zenker’s
Cricopharyngeal myotomy.
BUN>40 in presence of normal Cr
Upper GI bleed. or steroids
Whipple’s disease presentation
Arthralgias, weight loss, fever, diarrhea, and abd. pain. PAS positive stain
Tropical sprue biopsy
blunting of villi with infiltration of chronic inflammatory cells, including lymphocytes, plasma cells, and eosinophils
How to dx zenker’s
Barium swallow
Dx of steatorrhea
quantitative estimatino of stool fat
Corkscrew esophagus on barium swallow
Diffuse esophageal spasm
When to think of diffuse esophageal spasm
Young female with intermittent chest pain and dysphagia
Diffuse esophageal spasm tx
Supportive, nitrates and CCBs?
WHen to tx Hep B
Persistently elevated ALT levels, detectable HBsAg, HBeAg, and HBV DNA should be treated with interferon and lamivudine
Recurrent pancreatitis with no clear cause w/u
ERCP
Most common cause of pancreatitis in men and women
Men: alcoholism, Women: gallstones
Liver metastases most commonly caused by
GI tract tumors, lung, breast
Post-cholecystectomy pain
Common bile duct stone, sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, or functional causes
Chronic hep c vaccinations
Hep A and B
Isoniazid and liver function
Causes idiosyncratic liver injury like viral hepatitis
Hydatid cysts are
Due to infection with echinococcus granulosus
Pancreatic pseudocyst effects
Causes an inflammatory response, but tends to respond spontaneously
aminotransferases in alcoholic liver disease
Always lower than 500 IU/L
Wilsons dz presentation
Low serum ceruloplasmin, increased Cu urine, kaiser fleischer rings
Risk factors for cholangiocarinoma
Smoking and UC
When to do TIPS
Refractory ascites, refractory hydrothorax, and surgical management of acute recurrent variceal bleeding
Risk factors for pancreatic cancer
FH, chornic pancreatitis, smoking, DM, obesity, high fat diet. Alcohlism is not a risk FACTOR!
How to tx symptomatic gallstones
With surgery, if they aren’t good surgical candidates, then just do medical management
Dubin-Johnson liver appearnce
BLACK
Which cholestatic liver disease are fine
Dubin-Johnson, Rotor, Gilbert’s, Crigler-Najjar type 2
Dx of dubin-johnson
Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia with a direct bilirubin fraction of at least 50% and otherwise normal liver function profile must be present
Which cholestatic liver disease is bad
Crigler-Najjar type 1 Can result in kernicterus and death
Causes of acute acalculous cholecystitis
Extensive burns, severe trauma, prolonged TPN, prolonged fasting, mechanical ventilation
What is fulminant hepatic failure
If you get hepatic encephalopathy within 8 weeks and liver failure.
What is acute hepatic failure
If you get liver failure within 8 wweeks
Most common cause of acute liver injury and fulminant hepatitis
acetaminophen toxicity
High serum AFP (>500 ng/mL) in an adult with liver disease and no obvious GI malignancy
is strongly suggestive of Hepatocellular cancer
Hyperestrogenism signs
Gynecomastia, testicular atorphy, decreased body hair, spider angiomas, and palmar erythema
Cause of hyperestrogneism in liver disease
Liver cant metabolize the estrogen that is present
Screen people for HCVc and b in what blood transfusions
For B if before 1986, for C if before 1992
In patients with oliguria and abd./pelvic surgeries
Do a foley catherization because they might have post-renal obstructive failure
Patients with first episode of acute pancreatitis should always get this test to rule it out as ac ause
an Abd u/s to rule out gallstones as a cause
Risk factors for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Obesity, DM, HLD, TPN, and using certain meds
ABO mismatch signs
Fever, hemolysis, shock, and DIC
Ursodeoxycholic acid uses
Used in PBC to relieve symptoms and lengthen transplant-free survival time
Risk factors for cirrhosis in Hep C patients
Male, acquiring infection after age 40, longer duration of infection, coinfeciton with HBV or HIV, immunosuppresion, liver comorbidities like alcoholic liver disease, hemochromatosis, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, alcohol intake
postexposure ppx for HBV
HBIG and three shots of HBV vaccine at set intervals
SAAG levels
High SAAG >1.1 is going to transudative like CHF and cirrhosis due to high portal HTN. Low SAAG is going to be exudative like malignancy,
Postoperative cholestasis
Especially in surgeries with hypotension, extensive blood loss into tissues, and massive blood replacement
Hepatic adenoma
Young women with OCPs
Most commonc ause of cirrhosis in the US, then second
Alcohlism, HCV is second
Best testing for Acute HBV infection
HBsAg and anti-HBc
Isoniazid and liver
Mild aminotransferase elevations within first few weeks and will resolve without intervention
When to treat Hep C
If persistently normal liver enzymes, there is minimal histological abnormalities, therefore no tx with interferon or antiviral drugs needed
30% of patients with hemochromatosis die from this dz
HCC
Pseudocyst occurs when
> 5 wks s/p acute pancreatitis
When to drain pseudocyst
If >5 cm or doesnt go away in 6 wks
All pancreatic pathology diagnostic test
CT scan
How does pancreatic pseudocyst present
Early satiety and abd. pain
When does pancreatic abscess occur
2 weeks s/p (pseudocyst is 5 weeks), abd. pain and early satiety
Tx pancreatic abscess
Perc drainage and IV Abx
Chronic pancreatitis presentation
Chronic abd. pain, steatorrhea, DM
Treating Chronic pancreatitis
Insulin, enzyme packets, for acute attacks: IVFs, NPO, pain meds
Most common causes of chronic pancreatitis
Alcoholism in adults, Cystic fibrosis in young
Grey-Turner sign
Flank ecchymoses
Cullen’s sign
Periumbilical ecchymoses
Fox sign
Ecchymosis along inguinal ligament
How to diagnose pancreatic Ca
CT scan
How to treat pancreatic Ca
Head: whipple, Tail/body: distal pancreatectomy, mets or local invasion, palliation
Tumor markers for pancreatic Ca
CA 19-9 and CEA
Causes of Pancreatitis
I GET SMASHED. Idiopathic. Gallstones (#1), Ethanol (#2), Trauma, Steroids, Mumps, autoimmune, scorpion sting, Hypertriglyceridemia (#3), hyperCa, ERCP, drugs
I GET SMASHED
Idiopathic, gallstones, etoh, trauma, steroids, mumps, autoimmune, scorpion sting, hyperTGs, hyperCa, ERCP, Drugs
Trousseau syndrome
Migratory thrombophlebitis, think of Pancreatic cancer. It is a superficial venous thromboembolism
Courvosier’s sign
Palpable GB w/o pain in pancreatic cancer in 30%
Chronic viral Hepatitis LFTs
ALT>AST, moderately elevated
Acurte viral hepatitis LFTs
ALT>AST, in the thousands
Alcohlic hepatitis LFTs
AST>ALT 2
LFTs in the 10,000s
Severe hepatic necrosis
Elevated alk phos w/o elevated GGT
Pregnancy or Paget’s dz
Elevated alk phos with elevated GGT
Obstructive process
Conjugated bilirubin >50%
Dubin-Johnson, Rotor?, cancer, choledocholithiasis
Conjugated bilirubin <20%
Hemolytic jaundice
Conjugated bilirubin 20-50%
Hepatocellular jaundice (viral or alcoholic)
When to do HIDA scan
If RUQ u/s is inconclusive
When to do ERCP
Choledocholithiasis and acute cholangitis
Charcot triad
RUQ pain, jaundice, fever
Reynold’s Pentad
RUQ pain, jaundice, fever, AMS, hypotension
Boas sign
Referred right scapular pain of biliary colic
Cause of SBO in patient with gallbaldder dsiease
Gallstone ileus in distal ileum caused by a cholecystenteric fistula
N/V in normal biliary colic
yes, can happen, not automatically a warning sign
Tx for symptomatic gallstones
Elective! cholecystectomy
Acute cholecystitis treatment
Cholecystectomy w/i 24 hrs
Gallstone pancreatitis tx
If amylase goes down, lap chole. If amylase remains elevated, ERCP to remove stone.
Acute cholangitis tx
Immediate ERCP.
Tx for acalculous cholecystitis
Usually ICU patients, lap chole, or med management if poor surgical candidate
Porcelain GB
GB cancer! take it out 50% chance of adenocarcinoma
PSC natural history
Intra and extrahepatic biliary ducts. liver failure, cirrhosis, portan HTN
PSC dx
ERCP beading of bile ducts
PSC tx
cholestyramine, liver txp
PBC presentation
Antimitochondrial antibody (AMA) leads to destruciton of intrahepatic ducts, gradual juandice and pruritus, liver failure, cirrhosis, portal htn
PBC dx
AMA and liver bx
PBC tx
Ursodeoxycholic acid, liver txp eventaully
Secondary biliary cirrhosis
Cirrhosis due to obstruction from any cause
Cholangiocarcinoma presentaiton
tumor of bile ducts, obstructive jaundice
Cholangiocarcinoma dx and tx
ERCP and Whipple
Cholangiocarcinoma most common cause in USA and China
USA: PSC from UC. China: Liver fluke (chlonorchis sinensis)
Klatskin tumor
tumor of proximal 1/3 of CBD, unresectable
Choledochal cysts
Cystic dilation of biliary tree causing RUQ pain/mass, jaundice, fever. Dx ERCP and Tx Resection
Biliary dyskinesia presntation
Motor dysfxn of sphincter of Oddi, recurrent biliary colic without stones
Biliary dyskinesia dx and tx
HIDA scan and give CCK to determine ejection fraction. Lap chole for tx.
Wilson disease is what degeneration
Hepatolenticular degeneration
Wilson disease inheritance
Autosomal Recessive
Wilson disease presentation
Cirrhosis, kaiser fleisher, movement disorders, Schistocytes
WIlson disease dx and tx
Dx with decreased serum ceruloplasmin, increased ceruloplasmin urine, increased AST/ALT, liver bx. Tx with d-penicillamine (copper chelating agent) + zinc (copper uptake competition)
Hemochromatosis synonym
Bronze Diabeetus
Hemochromatosis presentation
Cirrhosis, restrictive CM, arthritis, bronze suntan, DM from incresaed Iron absorption in GI tract
Hemochromatosis dx and tx
Increased ferritin, decreased TIBC (because transferrin saturation is high!??), liver bx. Tx with repeated phlebotomies
Secondary hemochromatosis
Iron overlaod secondary to multiple transfusions or chornic hemolytic anemia
Hepatic adenoma dx and tx
CT or u/s. stop OCP and resect if it doesnt disappear. can cause shock and distended abdomen. ALso seen in anabolic STEROIDS!
MC benign liver tumor
Cavernous hemangioma, usually asymptomatic
Cavernous hemangioma causes
VAT: vinyl chloride, aflatoxin, thorotrast
HCC dx and tx
Elevated AFP and CT scan. tx with resection
HCC causes
MCC is cirrhosis, A1AT deficiency, hemochromatosis, wilsons, smoking, chemical carcinogens
Polycystic liver due to what
ADPKD simple cyst in liver and kidneys. tx with reassurance
Hydatid cyst cause and tx
Echinococcus granulosus (dog tapeworm) causes multilocular cyst with calcified walls. Tx inject cyst with Hypertonic saline and excise, post-op with Mabendazole
how to tx amebic abscess
In mexicans, use flagyl, NO DRAINAGE
Liver abscess txs
Multiple/small bacterial tx IV Abx. Single/large tx perc drainB
Budd-Chiari syndrome most common cause, tx, and dx
Polycythemia vera (MCC), OCPs (#2), causes portal HTN, ascites, jaundice. tx TIPS in bridge to liver txp