GI Opening Round Flashcards
Case 1
In ischemia, bowel wall may be hyperdense on non-contrast CT
T/F
True
Case 1
What is the best initial study for SBO?
Plain film
Air-fluid levels are typically seen within 48-72 hrs of obstruction
Case 2
What is the best initial study for the diagnosis of appendicitis in children and pregnant women?
Ultrasound
Case 2
Pericolic stranding of the right colon with sparing of the cecal pole is suggestive of what?
Cecal diverticulitis
Case 3
What is the most common type of colonic volvulus?
Sigmoid volvulus (50-75%) is most common
Cecal volvulus is 2nd MC (20-40%)
Case 3
Subtype of cecal volvulus where the cecum flips up and over an adhesion across the ascending colon and presents as an air filled subhepatic structure
Cecal bascule
Case 3
Sign of cecal volvulus on CT
Bird beak sign
Case 3
Purpose of CT in the setting of cecal volvulus
Influence treatment by detecting complications of volvulus
Case 4
What type of diaphragmatic hernia is most associated with GERD?
Sliding-type
Case 4
T/F
1. Bulimia patients are at an increased risk for GERD
- Episodic insomnia is a manifestation of chronic GERD
- True
2. True
Case 4
Four fluoroscopic findings of chronic GERD
Fold Thickening
Granular Appearance
Superficial Ulcerations
Luminal Narrowing
Case 4
Three complications of chronic GERD
Barrett’s Metaplasia
-precursor of AdenoCA
Stricture
Ulceration
Case 5
Which of the following is true regarding colonic diverticulitis?
A. Colonic diverticula are true diverticula
B. Diverticulitis is the MC cause of colovesical fistula
C. Diverticular hemorrhage usu. ensues if diverticulitis is untreated
D. Diverticulitis of the right colon is more likely to progress rapidly to complications
B. Diverticulitis is the MC cause of colovesical fistula
Case 5
What is the role of BE for diverticular disease?
Useful in chronic diverticulosis. Can be helpful for operative planning.
Case 5
What is the finding on BE of acute diverticulitis?
Appearance of an intramural tract
Case 6
What is the MC type of enteric cyst?
Esophageal duplication cyst (25%)
They are most commonly asymptomatic
Case 6
What nucs study can be helpful for the diagnosis of esophageal duplication cysts?
Tc-99m perctechnetate is positive in up to 50% of cases
Case 6
Name three Foregut Congenital Cysts
Neurogenic
Bronchogenic
Enteric duplication
Case 7
What is the MC malignancy of distal small bowel?
Carcinoid
Case 6
Most common symptom of esophageal duplication cyst
- None
Case 7
What is the MC tumor of small bowel?
GIST
Second MC - Lipoma
Case 7 What polyposis syndrome is associated with increased risk of small bowel cancer? A. Lynch syndrome B. Peutz-Jeghers C. Cronkhite-Canada D. Cowden syndrome
B. Peutz-Jeghers
Case 7
What is the MC location for intussusception in adults?
MC etiology?
In Children?
Location - ileoileal
Etiology - polyp / tumor
Location - ileocolonic
Etiology - lymphoid hyperplasia
Case 7
Typical manifestations of small bowel tumors
Bleeding Bowel Obstruction Intussusception (5-15% in adults) - mainly in children 2o to Lymphoid hyperplasia - most are transient SB tumors are typically asymptomatic
Case 8
What is the BE sign at the site of torsion with sigmoid volvulus?
Bird’s beak
Case 8
T/F
1. Volvulus is the 3rd most common cause of colonic obstruction, sigmoid is the most common type of volvulus.
2. Laparotomy and sigmoidopexy are the therapy of choice for sigmoid volvulus
3. A redundant sigmoid colon is a predisposing factor to sigmoid volvulus
4. The development of gangrene is suggested by clinical signs of peritonism or imaging signs of pneumoperitoneum or pneumatosis
- T
- F
- T
- T
Case 9 Which of the following features is most suggestive of a malignant gastric ulcer? A. Gastric antrum location B. Ulcer projects outside gastric lumen C. Clubbed surrounding rugal folds D. Associated duodenal ulcer E. Hampton's line present
C. Clubbed surrounding rugal folds.
B and E are suggestive of benign ulcer
Case 9
Describe clubbing of gastric folds
The termination of a fold swells into a clublike configuration
Case 9 Yes / No Associated with gastric malignancy 1. AIDS 2. Benign gastric ulcer 3. H. Pylori 4. Nitrites and nitrates 5. Partial gastrectomy
- Yes
- No
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
Case 9
Best imaging study for gastric cancer staging
CT
Case 10
DDx for widening of the presacral space
Rectal perforation - abscess
Sacral chordoma - other sacral bony process (metastasis)
Anorectal carcinoma
Pelvic lipomatosis
Case 9
Define Hampton’s line
- Well-defined thin lucency at the base of the ulcer
- Ulcer collar
- Characteristic of benign ulcer
Case 9
What is clubbing?
- Indicative of malignant gastric ulcer
- The termination of a fold swells into a club-like configuration
Case 10
What is the most common retrorectal tumor
Ependymoma
Case 11
Cause of duodenal obstruction in young female with h/o weight loss that is worsened in supine position compared to upright?
SMA syndrome
Case 11
What is the abnormal SMA angle in SMA syndrome?
Aortomesenteric angle of less than 25 degrees
Case 11
Four predisposing conditions to SMA syndrome
Young women with eating disorders
Burn patients
Patients in body casts
Severe illness and sudden weight loss
Case 11
What is the surgical intervention for SMA syndrome?
Gastrojejunostomy
Case 12
What is the MC type of solid organ injury in blunt trauma?
Splenic injury (25%)
Case 12
What is a potential latent complication in patients who have undergone splenectomy
Encapsulated bacterial sepsis
Case 12
What is a grade 1 splenic injury?
What is a grade 5 splenic injury?
Grade 1: Subcapsular hematoma less than 10% of surface area and /or capsular tear of less than 1 cm, non-expanding and not actively bleeding
Grade 5: Shattered spleen with involvement of vascular pedicle
Case 13
What is the Borchardt triad and what is it diagnostic of?
Pain
Nonproductive retching
Inability to pass NGT
Diagnostic of gastric volvulus
Present 70% of the time
Case 13
What subtype of gastric volvulus results in the antrum being displaced toward the fundus?
Mesenteroaxial volvulus
Case 14
What is the MC histologic subtype of colonic adenomatous polyp
Tubular adenoma (80%) - Very little risk for malignant degeneration
Case 13
What type of gastric volvulus is most common?
Which type is most serious?
What is the typical anatomic defect?
Most common: organoaxial
Most serious: mesenteroaxial (due to increased risk of strangulation)
Abnormal laxity of the gastric ligaments
Case 14
What type of colonic polyp is associated with malignancy?
Villous adenoma
Case 14
What is the malignant potential of a colonic villous adenoma based on size?
1-2 cm
>2 cm
- 10% risk
- 30-40% risk
Case 15 Which of the following is an iatrogenic cause of pneumatosis intestinalis? A. O2 therapy B. Hyperbaric oxygen C. Chemotherapy D. Dialysis
C. Chemotherapy
Also, ischemia, C diff colitis, NEC, steroids, obstruction, trauma, endoscopy, malignancy, Crohn’s dz
Case 15
What is pneumatosis intestinalis cystica?
Benign condition with subserosal blebs in the distal bowel.
Caused by migration of air along bronchovascular pathways to mesentery (Macklin’s pathway)
Case 16
What is the minimal volume for free air to be visible on upright film?
1-2 cc
Case 16
How long does it take for free air to reabsorb following surgery?
Usually 3-10 days.
Case 16
What can affect the reabsorption of pneumoperitoneum?
Body habitus - thin patients taking longer
Postoperative ileus or peritonitis - can prolong
Case 17
What can occur in the duodenum as a result of hyperacidity?
Brunner gland hypertrophy
Case 17
DDx for multiple small filling defects in the duodenal bulb?
Heterotopic Gastric Mucosa
Benign Lymphoid Hyperplasia
Brunners Gland Hyperplasia
Pancreatic Rests
Case 17
Name 4 polyposis syndromes
Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome
Filiform Polyposis
Case 17
Which polyposis syndrome does not involve the duodenum?
Filiform polyposis
Case 17
Name 4 benign tumors of the duodenum?
What is the MC benign tumor of the duodenum?
Adenoma
Neurofibroma
Leiomyoma (GIST)
Mesenchymal tumors
Mesenchymal tumors
Case 18
Which of these viscera are not related to the descending duodenum?
Aorta, Gallbladder, Common bile duct, Right Kidney, Pancreas
Aorta
Case 18
What adjacent organs bear a close relationship with the duodenum and may result in thickened duodenal folds?
Pancreas
Right Kidney
- Duodenal folds may also be thickened due to spasm from pancreatitis
Case 18
MC cause of duodenal inflammation?
Hyperacidity and peptic ulcer dz
Case 18
Other causes of thickened duodenal folds?
Zollinger-Ellison synd
Eosinophilic Enteritis
Crohn’s disease
Whipple’s disease
Amyloid
Malignancies
Hypoproteinemia
Intramural bleeding
Case 18
What is the MC malignancy of the duodenum?
Adenocarcinoma (64%)
Followed by carcinoid (21%), lymphoma (10%), sarcoma (4%)
Case 19
What is the MC cause of acute pancreatitis in Western society?
Other causes?
Alcohol
- mainly younger patients
- oder patients -> billiary
Trauma Drugs Iatrogenic - ERCP Idiopathic
Case 19
Cullen sign?
Grey Turner sign?
Bluish discoloration around umbilicus
Discoloration along the flanks
Case 19
Nearly all cases of pancreatitis result in some change in which lung base?
Left
- atelectasis
- effusion
- airspace disease
Case 20
What is the MC primary lymphoma of the stomach?
MALT
Mucosa-associated Lymphoid Tissue
Case 20
Name 4 known risk factors for gastrointestinal lymphoma
AIDS
H. Pylori
Celiac Dz
Epstein Bar Virus
Case 20
What is the most common area of the GI tract affected by lymphoma?
Stomach
- half primary and half generalized dz
Lymphoma accounts for only 5% of gastric malignancies
Most are Non-Hodgkins
Primarily affects men and older age groups
Case 21
T or F: Arterial obstruction is the MC cause of ischemic colitis
False
Most commonly caused by low-flow states
- Hypotension
- Heart failure
Case 21
Prognosis of ischemic colitis?
Most patients improve and fully recover
Case 22
What are the MC type of splenic cyst?
Post-traumatic cysts
Congenital epidermoid cysts
Case 22
What is the MC benign neoplasm of the spleen?
Hemangioma
Case 22
What is the MC splenic malignancy?
Lymphoma
Case 23
What are the normal extrinsic impressions of the esophagus on barium swallow?
- Aortic arch
- Left mainstem bronchus
- Left atrium
- Diaphragmatic Hiatus