GI System (Power Point II) Flashcards
What are the two types of Peptic Ulcers?
- Duodenal Ulcer
2. Gastric Ulcer
What is a Duodenal Ulcer?
- Thickening of folds & deformity of duodenal bulb
- In Chronic cases: cloverleaf deformity (symmetric narrowing of bulb)
What is a Gastric Ulcer?
- Clear projection of ulcer outside normal barium-filled stomach
- The lucency@ base of ulcer reflecting edema
- Ulcer collar: (collection of barium surrounded by halo of edema
Incidence of stomach cancer in the U.S is ____, but very high in Japan (5x).
Low
What part of the stomach does stomach cancer affect?
Distal stomach (pylorus & antrum)
What is Mallory Weiss syndrome?
Inner lining of esophagus tears at the GE junction
What procedure would be performed to demonstrate a laceration of the Esophagus in Mallory Weiss syndrome?
An Endoscopy
What does stomach cancer look like in radiographs?
- Tumor, wall infiltration- Linitis plastic pattern
- Large, irregular polypoid mass
What is Pyloric Stenosis?
- Congenital anomaly
- Pyloric canal is greatly narrowed due to hypertrophy of pyloric sphincter
- Occurs mostly in males (4x)
Mass of undigested material becomes trapped in stomach & causes an obstruction
Bezoars
Mostly found after gastroectomy; remaining stomach does not break down food to prepare for digestion; food remains & forms a mass
Phytobezoar
Mass made of hair and fingernails; patients with mental or anxiety disorders
Trichobezoar
Congenital diverticulum of the distal ileum?
Meckel Diverticulum
T/F
There are few to no symptoms in Meckel Diverticulum?
True
- LLQ pain
- May become inflamed or cause bowel obstruction
What is Crohn’s Disease also know as?
Regional Enteritis
