GIT Flashcards

1
Q

Gingivectomy/Biting on own gums

A

Side effect of Calcium Channel Blockers or phenytoin

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2
Q

Bird beak appearance (and distended oesophagus)

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Achalasia; if in lower GI imaging is a sign of bowel obstruction

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3
Q

Grey Turner’s and Cullen’s sign positive

A

acute Pancreatitis

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4
Q

Mnemonic for causes of acute pancreatitis

A

GET SMASHED: Gallstones, Ethanol,

Trauma, Steroids, Mumps, Autoimmune, Scorpion bites/stings, Hyperlipidaemia/ hyperthermia/hypercalcaemia, ERCP, Drugs

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5
Q

Murphy’s sign positive

A

Cholecystitis/Cholangitis

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6
Q

Pale stools, jaundice, abdo pain

A

biliary obstruction

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7
Q

Abdo distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness

A

portal hypertension + ascites

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8
Q

Pyoderma gangrenosum

A

Crohn’s/UC

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9
Q

“Tinkling bowel sounds”

A

bowel obstruction

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10
Q

Vesicular rash + weight loss

A

Coeliac Disease

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11
Q
  1. Virchow’s node (left supra-clavicular)
A

gastric cancer

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12
Q

Urea breath test

A

H pylori

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13
Q

14C breath test

A

bacterial overgrowth

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14
Q

“Rice-water”-like stools

A

vibrio cholera

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15
Q

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

A

Presence of AMA (Anti mitochondrial antibodies)

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16
Q

Autoimmune hepatitis

A

Presence of ASMA (anti smooth muscle antibodies)

17
Q

AFP

A

hepatocellular carcinoma (or teratoma)

18
Q
  1. ‘Cobblestone mucosa’; indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa
A

found in Crohn’s Disease

19
Q

Diuretic for ascites (due to cirrhosis)

A

spironolactone

20
Q

Corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow

A

diffuse oesophageal spasm

21
Q

Severe abdo pain + D&V after raw milk

A

Campylobacter

22
Q

Russell’s sign

A

self induced vomiting

23
Q

Mallory’s hyaline bodies

A

alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis) and chronic active hepatitis

24
Q

Crypt abscess / cryptitis

A

Inflammatory Bowel UC

25
Q
  1. Onion skinning fibrosis, beading of bile ducts
A

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

26
Q

“Signet RIng” cells seen on biopsy

A

Linitis plastica - diffuse stomach cancer

27
Q

Thumb-printing on X-ray commonly at splenic flexure

A

Ischaemic colitis

28
Q

Charcot’s triad

A

Acute cholangitis i.e. fever, jaundice and abdominal pain secondary to cholelithiasis.

29
Q

Current jelly stool in <1 yo

A

Intussusception

30
Q

Painless bloody stools

A

Meckel’s Diverticulum