GI Buzz Words Flashcards
Thyroid pathology: Giant Cells
granulomatous thyroiditis
Thyroid neoplasm: Amyloid Stroma
Medullary carcinoma
Thyroid neoplasm: Small Thyroid follicles
Follicular carcinoma
Thyroid neoplasm: Clear Nuclei
papillary carcinoma
Thyroid neoplasm: Spleomorphic spindle cells
anaplastic carcinoma
Adrenal Pathology: Neisseria meningitidis
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
Thyroid pathology: Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies
Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (Graves possible but less likely)
Thyroid pathology: Thyrotropin receptor antibodies
Grave’s Disease (Hashimoto’s possible but less likely)
Pituitary pathology: Cystic mass with bitemporal hemianopia (Loss of peripheral vision)
Craniopharyngioma
Endocrine pathology: Ectopic ACTH secretion
Small Cell Lung Cancer
Pancreas pathology: Ketoacidosis
Type I diabetes
Thyroid pathology: HLADR5
Hashimotos thyroiditis
Thyroid pathology: HLADR3
Graves Disease
GI Pathology: Trypanosoma cruzi infection (Chagas Disease)
Achalasia
GI Pathology: Ridges, furrows, or rings in the esophagus wall
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Stomach Pathology: Pernicious anemia (B12 deficiency)
Autoimmune Gastritis
Intestine Pathology: Pernicious anemia (B12 deficiency)
Diphyllobothrium latum
Stomach Pathology: Signet ring cell
Diffuse infiltrating gastric carcinoma
GI Pathology: Chromogrannin
Carcinoid Tumor
GI Pathology: Increased epithelial lymphocytes +Flattening of mucosa
Celiacs Disease
GI Pathology: Antibiotic therapy
Pseudomembranous Colitis
Colon Pathology: Granuloma
Crohns Disease
Neoplasm Pathology: Branching msucle strands
Peutz-Jegher Polyp
Liver Pathology: Ground Glass Cells
HBV
Liver Pathology: Mallory Bodies
Alcoholic Hepatitis
Liver Pathology: Cytoplasmic eosinophilic globule (PAS-D positive)
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Defeciency
Liver Pathology: Hyperplasia with intact portal areas
Focal Nodular Hyperplasia
GI Pathology: D-xylose
Test for malabsorption (found in urine if absorption is normal)
Thyroid Pathology: High FTI
Hyperthyroidism