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- Polyp
- Benign: Adenoma
- Cancer: Adenocarcinoma
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- Peptic Ulcer
- Caused by chronic infectious gastritis
- Can result in perforation and hemorrhage
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- Barret esophagus
- Caused by smoking, alcohol, GERD
- Gladular metaplasia
- Cancer: Adenocarcinoma
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- Pseudomembanous colitis
- C. diff
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- Jaundice
- Hyperbilirubinemia
- Caused by liver failure
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- Cirrosis of the liver
- Chronic alcoholism
- Hepatitis B or C
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
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- Cannonball metastisis of the liver
- Metastatic liver cancer is the most common type of liver cancer
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- Astrocytes
- Glial cells that support neurons
- Can form tumors called glioblastomas
- Astroglosis: Proliferation of astrocytes in response to injury
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- Cholilithiasis
- Cholesterol stones: cholesterol salt crystals
- Pigmented stones: bilirubin
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- Insulinoma
- Most common type of tumor of the endocrine pancreas
- Causes hypoglycemia due to overproduction of insulin
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- Polycystic kidney disease
- Autosomal dominant congenital disease
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- Berry Aneurism
- Circle of Willis
- Congenital defect
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- Plaquees of demyelination
- Multiple sclerosis
- Autoimmune
- Attacks myelin
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- Papillary necrosis of the kidney
- Ascending UTI (pyelonephritis)
- Seen in the elderly and diabetics
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- Hydronephrosis
- Caused by obstruction of the outflow of urine