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giii Flashcards

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  • Nerve that supplies the rectum
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inferior rectal nerve

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2
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treatment for achalasia

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hellers cardiomyotomy or balloon dilatation

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  • Treatment of oesophageal varices and acute presentation!
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o Treatment – resuscitation (correct clotting abnormalities), IV terlipressin, banding, sengstaken blakermore tube

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give features of crohn’s disease

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cobblestone mucosa, recurrent oral stomatitis, deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa, anywhere from mouth to anus, weight loss, strictures, cobble stone, rose thorn ulcers, granulomas, mouth ulcers

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what cell changes can you see in barretts oesophagus

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replacement of normal stratified squamous epithelium by simple columnar epithelium with goblet cells

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  • Treatment of ascites
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spironolactone – can cause gynaecomastia and hyperkalaemia (risk of arrhythmias)

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  • Thumb printing at splenic flexure
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ischaemic colitis

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8
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excess copper, kayser-fleischer rings

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  • Wilsons disease
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9
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  • Alphafeto protein
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hepatocellular carcinoma

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  • Abdominal pain and diarrhoea after sour milk or shellfish
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campylobacter

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  • Charcots triad – fever, jaundice, abdominal pain
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ascending/acute cholangitis

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  • Short bowel syndrome
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<2m due to surgery ect

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gastrin secreting tumour – overproduction of gastric acid – recurrent peptic ulcers

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  • Zollinger Ellison syndrome
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14
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  • Treatment for haemochromatosis
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phlemotomy, blood letting

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15
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– hypoalbuminaemia – white nails

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  • Leukonychia
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16
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nail spooning – iron deficiency anaemia

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  • Koilonychias
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17
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give prehepatic causes of jaundice

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gilberts, haemolytic anaemia, newborn, trauma

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give intra hepatic causes of jaundice

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viral hepatitis, alcoholic hep, autoimmune hep, decompensated cirrhosis

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give post hepatic causes of jaundice

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gall stone, head of pancreas cancer, gallbladder cancer, psc, pbc

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20
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  • Mallory hyaline bodies
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alcoholic liver disease

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21
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  • Pelvic floor muscle that is important in urination and defecation
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levator ani muscle – it must relax

22
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  • Onion skinning fibrosis, beading of bile ducts
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primary sclerosing cholangitis

23
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Anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA)

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Primary biliary cirrhosis

24
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Anti-smooth muscle antibody (ASMA)

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Autoimmune hepatitis

25
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Signet ring cells seen on biopsy

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Diffuse stomach cancer

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Anti-transglutaminase antibody, anti endomysial antibody

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Coeliac disease

27
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perinuclear-ANCA (pANCA)

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Ulcerative colitis, PSC

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Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) (cANCA)

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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

29
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Raised amylase, lipase, vomiting, pain

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Pancreatitis

30
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CA-125

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Ovarian cancer

31
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colicky loin pain radiating to groin

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ureteric colic

32
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give features of UC

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diarrhoea with blood and mucus, toxic megacolon, loss of haustrations, tenesmus, no inflammation beyond submucosa, pseudopolyps, crypt abscesses

33
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what is the most common cause of vitamin B12 deficiency

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pernicous anaemia

34
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The coffee-bean sign is visible on abdominal x-ray

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sigmoid volvulus

35
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Degenerative loss of ganglia from Auerbach’s plexus

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achalasia

36
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Hepatic stellate cells found in the space of Disse are activated and transformed into myofibroblasts under the influence of cytokines. These activated cells synthesise collagen leading to fibrosis

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mechanism of cirrhosis

37
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ursodeoxycholic acid

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treatment for PBC

38
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McBurney’s point

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1/3 between the umbilicus and ASIS

39
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lymphoid hyperplasia or a faecolith → obstruction of appendiceal lumen → gut organisms invading the appendix wall → oedema, ischaemia +/- perforation

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acute appendicitis

40
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serum-ascites albumin gradient

SAAG > 11g/L

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(indicates portal hypertension)

cirrhosis/alcoholic liver disease
acute liver failure
liver metastases

41
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Serology
tissue transglutaminase (TTG) antibodies (IgA) are first-choice according to NICE
endomyseal antibody (IgA)
needed to look for selective IgA deficiency, which would give a false negative coeliac result

Endoscopic intestinal biopsy
the ‘gold standard’ for diagnosis - this should be performed in all patients with suspected coeliac disease to confirm or exclude the diagnosis

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coeliac investigations

42
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______ are the commonest reason for fresh blood on toilet paper when wiping.

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Haemorrhoids

43
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HBsAg -
anti HBsAg -
anti HBcAg -

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susceptible

44
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HBsAg -
anti HBsAg +
anti HBcAg -

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immune Vaccine

45
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HBsAg -
anti HBsAg +
anti HBcAg +

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immune (previous infection)

46
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HBsAg +
anti HBsAg -
anti HBcAg +
IgM +

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acute infection

47
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HBsAg +
anti HBsAg -
anti HBcAg +
IgM -

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chronic infection

48
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Features
cholestasis
jaundice, pruritus
raised bilirubin + ALP
right upper quadrant pain
fatigue
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PSC

49
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antacids + exercise

Omeprazole + amoxicillin + metronidazole

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H.pylori

50
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cCEA

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colorectal cancer

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