GIT Flashcards
Most frequent cause of esophagitits
Reflux esophagitis
Complication of GRRD that confers increased risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma
Barrett esophagus
Characterized by squamocolumnar metaplasia with goblet cells in the esophagus
Barrett esophagus
Usual site of occurrence of esophageal adenocarcinoma
Esophageal adenocarcinoma
Usual site of occurrence of squamous cell ca, esophagus
Middle third
Ulcers in individuals with shock, sepsis, or trauma
Stress ulcer
Proximal duodenal ulcers associated with burns
Curling ulcers
Gastric, duodenal, & esophageal ulcers arise in persons with intracranial disease.
Cushing ulcer (high incidence of perforation)
Most common cause if chronic gastritis
H. Pylori infection
Most common OPD GI Dx
Reflux esophagitis
Common sites of PUD
Gastric antrum
First portion of duodenum/duodenal bulb
Most common malignancy of the stomach
Gastric adenocarcinoma
The most powerful prognostic indicators for gastric cancer
Depth of invasion
Extent of nodal/distant metastasis
Most common site of extranodal lymphoma
Stomach (MALT)
Islands, trabecular, strands, glands, or sheets of uniform cells. Salt and pepper chromatin.
Carcinoid tumor