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IBD 1 - Clinical aspects Flashcards

1
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What is the name of the overlap condition between Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis?

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Indeterminate colitis

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How does Crohn’s disease tend to present? (2)How does ulcerative colitis tend to present? (2)

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Crohn’s:-abdo painperi-anal diseaseUC:-diarrhoea-bleeding

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3
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What are the 3 overlapping factors why people tend to develop IBD?

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Genetic predispositionMucosal immune system problemEnvironmental triggers

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4
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What is the best established risk factor for IBD development?

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Positive family history

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What mutations lead to a higher risk of developing Crohns disease?

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Mutation in NOD2 (on chromosome 16) - also called CARD15 or IBD-1Encodes a protein involved in bacterial recognition

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6
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Amount of bacteria present in Crohn’s?Amount of bacteria present in UC?

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Crohn’s = too muchUC = too little

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What are 4 pieces of evidence regarding the role of gut flora in IBD?

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-gut flora is indispensable to the development of animal models of colitis-antibiotics effective in the treatment of peri-anal Crohn’s disease-diverting faecal stream helps Crohn’s-altered bacterial flora in colons with UC

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8
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What are the 4 theories of IBD pathogenesis?

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Pathogenic bacteriaAbnormal microbial compositionDefective host containment of commensal bacteriaDefective host immunoregulation

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9
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Which IBD does smoking aggregate and which does it protect against?

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Aggravates Crohns and protects against UC

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10
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Which pain relief should you not take when you have IBD?

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NSAIDs

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11
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What is ulcerative colitis?

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Inflammation of the colon of unknown aetiology

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12
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Peak age incidence?

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20 - 30s

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13
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What type of course does UC follow?

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A relapsing corse

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What part of the gut does UC affect?

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Affects rectum extending proximally to the caecum

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What are the names of the 3 different UC extents and what part of the bowel does each affect?

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Proctitis = just rectumLeft sided colitis = to splenic flexurePan-colitis = to ileocaecal valve

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16
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What is the natural history of UC 1 year after diagnosis?

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10% = colectomy52% = active disease38% = remission

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17
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UC symtoms?

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Diarrhoea + bleeding (main)increased bowel frequencyurgencytenesmusincontinencenight risinglower abdominal pain (esp. LIF)(practice can cause constipation due to inflammation in the rectum preventing them from passing stool)

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What is the Truelove and Witt criteria for severe ulcerative colitis?What does meeting this criteria mean in terms of clinical outcomes?

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passing greater than 6 bloody stool in a 24 hour period1 or more of:fever (greater than 37.8)TachycardiaAnaemiaelevated ESR/ CRP30% risk of colectomy

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19
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Further assessment of UC?

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Bloods (CRP and albumin (a negative acute phase reactant which decreases in sepsis or inflammation)Plain AXREndoscopyHistology

20
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What are you looking for on a plain AXR in a UC patient? (3)

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Stool distribution (none in inflamed colon)Mucosal oedema = thumbpriningToxic megacolon

21
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What is toxic megacolon? Widths?

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an acute toxic colitis with dilatation of the colonTransverse greater than 5.5cmCaecum greater than 9cm

22
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What would be seen in endoscopy of a patient with UC? (5)

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Confluent inflammation/ ulceration extending proximally from anal margin to “transition zone”Loss of vessel patternLoss of hausfrauGranular mucosaContact bleedingPseudopolyps sometimes(endoscopy used to define extent)

23
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Histology:what layers of the colon does ulcerative colitis affect?What cells are absent in histology of UC?What happens to the crypts in UC?

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Mucosal layer onlyGoblet cells are absentCrypts can become distorted and enlarged and accesses can form

24
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Long term complication of UC?

A

Increased risk of colorectal cancer

25
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What is the risk of developing colorectal cancer from UC determined by?

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Severity of inflammationDuration of diseaseDisease extent(patients who have extensive colitis (to beyond splenic flexure) for over 10 years should have regular colonoscopy)

26
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Extra-intestinal manifestations of IBD?

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Skin (erythema nodosum)Joints (spondylitis, sarcolitis, peripheral arthritis)Eyes (uveitis)deranged LFTS (steatosis of liver, gallstones, sclerosing cholangitis)Renal stones

27
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis?Symptoms?

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Progressive cholestasis with bile duct inflammation and fibrosing stricture formation80% of patients with this have associated IBD (UC more common cause than Crohns)Most asymptomatic or itch and rigoursMedian time to death or liver transplant is 10 years15% get cholangiocarcinoma

28
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Mean age of diagnosis of Crohns disease?

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27 (90% onset before age of 40)

29
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Where along the gut does IBD affect?

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Can affect any region pf the GI tract from the most to naus

30
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Does Crohns occur as skip lesions or does it affect the GI tract continually?

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Skip lesions

31
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How deep into the GI tract does crohns affect histologically?

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Transmural inflammation

32
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How does peri-anal Crohns disease present? (4)

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Recurrent abscess formationpainCan lead to fistula with persistent leakageDamaged sphincters

33
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What % of crohns patient require surgery within 8-10 years?

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75%

34
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Why do we try to minimise resection in Crohns disease?

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It is non-curative (having short bowel causes major malabsorption problems)

35
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What are the 3 disease phenotypes of Crohns disease?

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Stenosis (50%) - need to establish whether this is fibrotic or inflammatoryInflammation (30%)Fistula (20%)

36
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What determine the Crohns disease symptoms?

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Site of disease

37
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Symptoms of Crohns disease of the small intestine?

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Abdominal cramps (peri-umbilical)Diarrhoea, weight loss

38
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Symptoms of Crohn’s disease of the colon?

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Abdominal cramps (lower abdomen)Diarrhoea with bloodWt loss

39
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Symptoms of Crohn’s disease of the mouth?

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Painful ulcersSwollen lipsangular chielitis

40
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Symptoms of Crohn’s disease of the anus?

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Peri-anal painAbscess

41
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Further assessment of Crohns disease?

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Clinical exam (evidence of wt loss, RIF mass, peri-anal signs)Bloods (CRP, albumin, platelets, B12 (if affecting t. ileum), ferritin)Stage disease extent using endoscopy

42
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Where is vitamin B12 absorbed?

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Ileum

43
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What may you seen on endoscopy of a patient with Crohn’s disease?

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CobblestonningFissuresUlceration

44
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What creates the “cobble-stoning” seen in crohns disease?

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Longitudinal and circumferential fissures and ulcers separate islands of mucosa, giving it an appearance reminiscent of cobblestones.

45
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What would histology of crohns disease look like?

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PatchyGranuloma (30-50%)

46
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What can be used to assess the small bowel for Crohns disease? (3)

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Barium follow-throughSmall bowel MRITechnetium-labelled white cell scan?

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