High Yield 2 Flashcards
diarrhea, vomiting , weight loss and HYPERCALCEMIA
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What is the initial test for a patient with suspected celiac disease?
TgT-IgA test - most sensitive test , the alternative is the anti-endomysial antibody test
Biopsy - the gold standard
Malabsorption, arthritis + lymphadenopathy
+ PAS-positive granules in lamina propria
Whipple Disease
Treat with long term antibiotics
Best initial test for Carcinoid Syndrome
Urine levels of 5- HIAA
while the CT scan and IN-111 octreotide scan is used to localize the tumor
flushing, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, right sided cardiac valvular lesions
Carcinoid Syndrome
tx: Octreotide and Surgical resection
What Vitamin deficiency does patients with carcinoid syndrome develop?
Vitamin B3 deficiency = ie Niacin deficiency
pellagra - Diarrhea, Dermatitis, Dementia
Most common cause of SBO in adults
Adhesions
Which condition is associated with the development of ileus
Diabetes Mellitus
hypokalemia
Most accurate test for mesenteric ischemia
CT angiography - gold standard
CT scan - best initial test
significant distention, tympany and tenderness, fever and signs of shock suggest perforation/peritonitis or ischemia / necrosis
Large Bowel Obstruction
(Colon Cancer)
Most common cause of Lower GI bleed in patients > 40
Diverticulosis - most common in sigmoid colon
risk factors: low fiber and high fat diet, older age and connective tissue disorder
- outpouching of the mucosa and submucosa that herniate the colonic muscle layers
Inv:
Colonoscopy - is for diverticulosis
while CT scan is for Diverticulitis
Pt with aortic valve endocarditis - given with Iv antibiotics - culture positive for S bovis . next step?
Colonoscopy
weight loss, anorexia, blood in stool, obstruction in left sided lesions, bright red in rectal lesions
Colorectal Cancer
Most commonly affected site in the Ischemic Colitis
Left Colon
Most commonly at the splenic flexure by the watershed area
Symptoms of Ischemic Colitis
lower abdominal pain, diarrhea after meals, exertion, fever may suggest bowel necrosis
upper GI bleed is classified as one above the
Jejunum
Transmural inflammation is seen in:
skip lesions
Crohn Disease
Treatment for gallstone ileus
Laparotomy with stone extraction
Elevated ALP and bilirubin is seen in
Cholestasis
Most common causes of Chronic Viral Hepatitis are
HBV, HCV
( busy - chronic viral hepatitis)
p-ANCA and onion skinning sclerosis
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Which medication slows the disease of progression of Primary Biliary cholangitis
Ursodeoxycholic acid
(cholestyramine for pruritus)
Obese, diabetic patient who develops hepatomegaly with increased LFTS and hepatitis/ alcoholism
Insulin Resistance
Most common type of Primary Liver Cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Autosomal recessive disorder that results in defective copper transport and subsequent accumulation and deposition of copper in the liver and the brain (psychosis, delusions)
Wilson Disease
tx: Penicillamine
highly malignant presents with watery diarrhea, dehydration, muscle weakness and flushing
VIPOma
tx: replace fluids and electrolyte losses
surgery to resect the tumor
and consider the octreotide
Sweating, anxiety and headache
Insulinoma
Courvoisier sign, palpable nontender gallbladder
Pancreatic cancer
D-xylose test
Celiac Disease
pain to back, worse after meals, no hepatomegaly
Pancreatitits
pain several hours after a meal
no hepatomegaly
Duodenal ulcer
weight loss, fatigue, anorexia, jaundice
common bile duct dilated
Pancreatic cancer
elevated aminotransferase levels, acute RUQ pain and thrombocytopenia in 3rd trimester
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy
elevated aminotransferase levels, elevated total bilirubin levels, generalized pruritus that is worse on palms and soles
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of pregnancy
Central stellate scar
Focal Nodular hyperplasia
bilateral infarcts and several microaneurysms of abdominal arteries
transmural inflammation of arterial walls, fever, joint pain , tissue ischemia affecting primarily the kidneys
Polyarteritis nodosa
persistent bloody ascites
Hepatocellular carcinoma
presents at age 3-5 weeks with non bilious vomiting after every feed
Pyloric Stenosis
a non-IgE mediated food allergy that presents in infancy with Non-bilious vomiting after ingestion of a trigger food like milk
Food protein induced enterocolitis
chronic episodic bilious vomiting
No blood in the stool
abdominal pain and irritability
Intestinal malrotation (volvulus)
A patient with cirrhosis that develops confusion and asterixis should be treated with
Lactulose
obesity, hepatomegaly, elevated AST and ALT
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Disease
self-induced vomiting _ chest / back pain + Pleural effusion
Boerhaave Syndrome
or Esophageal Perforation with pleural effusion
Proper management for a button battery lodged in the esophagus of a baby
Endoscopy
photophobia, dry skin, Bitot spots
what vit def?
Vitamin A
sore throat, cheilitis, glossitis
What vit deficieny?
Vit B12
What Vit Def if there is ecchymoses, petechiae and bleeding gums?
Vitamin C2
thickened intestinal loops floating free in the amniotic fluid
Gastroschisis
prune belly
Omphalocoele
distant infection (eg endocarditis) + high fever + tender splenomegaly
Splenic abscess
rebound and guarding
Appendicitis
Free air in the abdominal imaging
anorexia, abdominal discomfort and constipation
fever and peritonitis
Diverticular perforation
diagnostic markers most appropriate to diagnose acute hepatitis B infection
HbsAg and IgM anti-HBc
A person undergoes surgery and several days later develops RUQ pain, fever and leukocytosis
Distended gallbladder with no gallstones
Acalculous Cholecystitis
painful, erythema nodules on the shins
IBD
A pregnant woman presents with hematochieza, abdominal pain and tenesmus (fecal urgency followed by straining and an inability to defecate)
Ulcerative Colitis
porcellain gallbladder
gallbladder adenocarcinoma
crushing, substernal chest pain with ST elevations in V1, V2, V3 with shortness of breath, crackles and LE edema
STEMI
Unrestrained passenger in motor vehicle accident presents with unilateral diminished breath sounds and dullness to percussiom
Hemothorax
Young person with unilateral upper extremity swelling, pain erythema following vigorous exercise
Deep Venous thrombosis
An older man with a recent history of abdominal surgery presents with severe abdominal pain, constipation and irreducible mass in the left lower quadrant
Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia
Immediately after completing a marathon, a runner collapses without loss of consciousness and minimally elevated temperature
Exercise Associated Postural Hypotension
young patient with moderate chest pain and worsened with palpation
Costochondritis
Miner presents with ataxia, irritability, gingival inflammation and excess salivation
Mercury poisoning
Sudden onset severe headache in an elderly patient
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Sudden-onset, severe, unilateral periorbital headache with tearing and conjunctival injection
Cluster headache
Elderly patient with extensive smoking history presents with fatigue, malaise, bilateral upper extremity edema, headache worse with supine positioning
SVC Syndrome (Pancoast Tumor)
Fall into an outstretched hand now with arm in adduction and internal rotation, Xray with widening of glenohumeral joint space
Posterior Shoulder dislocation
Repeated bilateral lower extremity pain and swelling after strenuous exercise with spontaneous resolution
Chronic Exertional compartment syndrome
Young patient with no PMH, presents with encephalopathy, anion gap metabolic acidosis, hyperglycemia
Diabetic Ketoacidosis