GI buzz words Flashcards
gingivectomy/biting on own gums
side effect of CCB or phenytoin
bird beak appearance (and distended oesophagus)
achalasia; if in lower GI imaging is a sign of bowel obstruction
Grey’s turner and cullen’s sign positive
acute pancreatitis
murphy’s sign positive
cholecystitis/cholangitis
pale stools, adbo pain, jaundice
biliary obstruction
abdo distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness
portal hypertension + ascites
pyoderma gangrenosum
Crohn’s/UC
tinkling bowel sounds
bowel obstruction
vesicular rash and weight loss
coeliac disease
virchow’s node (left supraclavicular)
gastric cancer
urea breath test
H pylori
C breath test
bacterial overgrowth
rice water like stools
vibrio cholera
primary biliary cirrhosis
presence of AMA
autoimmune hepatitis
presence of ASMA
AFP
hepatocellular carcinoma
cobblestone mucosa indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa
found in crohns disease
diuretic for ascites due to cirrhosis
spironolactone
corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow
diffuse oesophageal spasm
severe abdo pain and D&V after raw milk
campylobacter
russell’s sign
self induced vomiting
mallory’s hyaline bodies
alcoholic liver disease and chronic active hepatitis
crypt abscess/cryptitis
inflammatory bowel UC
onion skinning fibrosis, beading of bile ducts
primary sclerosing cholangitis
signet ring cells seen on biopsy
linitis plastica - diffuse stomach cancer
thumb-printing on X-ray commonly at splenic flexure
ischaemic colitis
charcot’s triad
acute cholangitis
