GIT Summary Flashcards
Pathophysiology of Celiac disease, Also genetic Associations
Autoimmune mediated intolerance to gliadin leading to malabsorption
Histological findings of celiac disease
Crypt hyperplasia and blunted villi
Serum diagnosis of Celiac
The presence of Tranglutamase in serum
Crohns disease Cause
Abnormal responce to normal gastro flora
Signs of Crohns disease
Increased bowel wall thickness along with stricture formation and diarrhoea (possibly bloody)
Treatment for Crohns disease
Corticosteroids and resection of bowel
Ulcrative colitis cause
Autoimmune
Symptoms of Ulcerative coloits
Colon inflammation, mucosal and submucosal inflammation and crypt abcesses
IBS symptoms
Pain that improves with bowel movement along with a change in stool appearence
Cause of Adhesions
Common post op, or infalmmation/ infection
Order of common places of Colorectal cancer
Sigmoid> Ascending> Descending
What causes Cirrhosis
Diffse fibrous and nodular regeneration cuasing abnormal architeture
Common places of portosystemic shunts in Cirrhosis
Umbilical and eosophageal
Serum markers in Viral Hep
ALT>AST
Serum Markers in Alcholic Hep
ALT<AST
