GIT Flashcards
Gingivectomy/Biting on own gums
Side effect of Calcium Channel Blockers or phenytoin
Bird beak appearance (and distended oesophagus)
Achalasia; if in lower GI imaging is a sign of bowel obstruction
Grey Turner’s and Cullen’s sign positive
acute Pancreatitis
Mnemonic for causes of acute pancreatitis
GET SMASHED: Gallstones, Ethanol,
Trauma, Steroids, Mumps, Autoimmune, Scorpion bites/stings, Hyperlipidaemia/ hyperthermia/hypercalcaemia, ERCP, Drugs
Murphy’s sign positive
Cholecystitis/Cholangitis
Pale stools, jaundice, abdo pain
biliary obstruction
Abdo distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness
portal hypertension + ascites
Pyoderma gangrenosum
Crohn’s/UC
“Tinkling bowel sounds”
bowel obstruction
Vesicular rash + weight loss
Coeliac Disease
- Virchow’s node (left supra-clavicular)
gastric cancer
Urea breath test
H pylori
14C breath test
bacterial overgrowth
“Rice-water”-like stools
vibrio cholera
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Presence of AMA (Anti mitochondrial antibodies)