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Intestinal neoplasia Flashcards

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Name the parts of the small intestine

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Duodenum

Jejunum

Ileum

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Duodenum features and function

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  • shortest region
  • retroperitoneal
  • starts at pyloric shincter and is C-shaped tube
  • Duodenum means 12 - named because it is as long as the width of 12 fingers

Function: Digestion

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Jejunum features and function

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  • 1m long extends to ileum
  • jejunum means “empty” which is how it is found at death

Function: Absorption

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Ileum features and function

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  • 2m long joins large intesting at a smooth muscle sphincter called ileocecal spinter
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Primary functions of the small intestine

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  • further digestion of food, aided by pancreatic enzymes (forproteins) and bile (for fat).
  • Lipids, peptides and sugars are all absorbed in the intestine
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How long is the small intestine?

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3m

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Histology of the small intestine

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  • mucosa
    • simple collumnar epithelium
    • contains:
      • absorptive cells - digest and absorb nutrients
      • goblet cells - secrete mucus
    • Deep crevices
      • intestinal glands or crypts of liberkuhn - secrete intestinal juice
  • submucosa (loose connective tissue),
    • contains brunner gland - secrete and alkaline mucus that helps neutralise gastric acid in the chyme
  • muscularis propria (thick muscle to move food),
  • subserosal fat/adventitial fat (depending on location)
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Which features of the small intestine Increase the surface area?

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Circular folds or plica - folds of mucosa and submucosa, permanent ridges, near porximal portion of duodenum that enhance the surface area

Villi- finger like projections of mucosa, increase the surface area

Microvilli- projecions of apical(free membrane) of the absorptive cells on villi

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Which ducts does the smalll intestine receive?

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  • Pancreatic dunct
  • Bile duct

Controlled by the Spincter of oddi

  • muscular valve that controls the flow of digestive juices (bile and pancreatic juice) through the ampulla of Vater into the second part of the duodenum.
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Name the Parts of the large intestine

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Features of the large intestine

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  • 1.5 m long extends from ileum to anus
  • attached to posterior abdominal wall by mesocolon( double layer of periotenum)
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Histology of the large intestine

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  • Mucosa
    • simple collumnar epithelium
      • absorptive
      • goblet cells
  • submucosa
  • Musculars (CILO)
    • Taenia coli - three separate longitudinal ribbons of smooth muscle on the outside of the ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid colons. -ongtiudinal contraction
    • Haustra - small pouches caused by sacculation, which give the colon its segmented appearance- circular contraction
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Main function of the large intestine?

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  • absorption of water and electrolytes,
  • Ileo-caecal valve prevents large intestinal contents passing back into small intestine – significant if obstruction nearby
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Blood supply of the GI tract

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3 main vessels all arising from the abdominal aorta

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Epidemiology of Colorectal cancer

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  • Lifetime risk
    • 1 in 16 for men (6%)
    • 1 in 20 for women (5%)
  • Overall 50% 5-year survival rate
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Risk factors for colon cancer

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  • increasing age
  • smoking (2-3 increased risk)
  • Diseases:
    • previous CRC
    • IBD: Crohns/ UC
  • Diet- low in fibre, high in red meat, processed meat
  • reduced exercise
  • increased alcohol intake
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Pathogenesis of adenoma-carcinoma sequence

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  • Normal colon is exposed to DNA damage e.g. from bile acids / slow transit of stool etc.
  • Accumulate mutations or may have inherited some mutations:
    • APC / DCC – tumour suppressor genes
    • Activation of oncogenes e.g. K-ras
  • Adenomas – dysplastic but BENIGN neoplasms of glandular origin - NOT yet cancer as contained within mucosa
  • Further mutations; basement membrane breached - adenocarcinoma
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What are polyps?

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Benign overgrowths in mucous membranes

  • ricks of malignant change is related to number and size
  • sessile polyps tend to develop into cancer and more often than peduculated polyps
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Clinical features of benign disease

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most andeomatous lesions have to clinical signs and are picked up on screening

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Management of benign disease

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Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) – this is a technique to remove polyps by colonoscopy. Upon discover of one or more polyps, colonoscopy, and subsequent EMR is advisable, whereby all visible lesions should be removed.

The patient should then be given regular and lifelong surveillance (every 3-5 years up to the age of 75) to check for the development of more polyps and / or colorectal cancer.

50% of patients will develop further polyp

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Malignant potentials of adenomas

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  • size
  • number
  • histological type
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Differential of adenomas

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  • Hyperplastic (metaplastic) polyps
  • Hamartomatous polyps – normal tissue, disorganised in structure
  • Inflammatory polyps – resulted from overgrowth as part of a healing response
  • Submucosal lesions- e.g.lipoma, leiomyoma
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Types of colorectal cancer

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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)

Hereditary Non-polyposis Colon cancer (HNPCC)

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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)

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  • Due to autosominal dominant APC gene (tumour suppressor gene) or Autosomal recessive MUTYH gene
  • ‘Carpet’ of polyps – 1000s!
  • Not common
  • Linked to retinoblastoma gene so use opthalmoscopy to confirm diagnosis
  • Mechanism: Via phosphorylation of beta-catenin, the APC protein which controls activation of a variety of transcription factors within cells.. Affects expression of a variety of genes thatchange proliferation and differentiation of cells
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Hereditary Non polyposis Colonic Cancer (HNPCC)

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  • Lynch syndrome
  • The adeno-carcinoma sequence progresses at a v.fast rate in these patients
  • Affected genes: MLH-1, MSH-2, MSH-6 and PMS2 genes
  • Involved in DNA mismatch repair genes and loss of function leads to more rapid development of abnormal genetics
  • Traits:
    • Cancer develops at younger age
    • Mainly right sided
    • More mucinous than average population
    • Other cancers more common endometrial, gastric, etc.
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Presenting complaint

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Two types of presentation

  • Elective – the patient may have experienced the symptoms for some time. The symptoms tend to be chronic rather than acute
  • Emergency – the patient experiences a sudden-onset of acute symptoms e.g. pain due to a perforation in the bowel
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Long standing symptoms

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  • Change in bowel habit – typically persistent diarrhoea with episodes of constipation
  • Anaemia – associated lethargy
  • Rectal bleeding – CRC is NOT top differential!!!
  • Tenesmus
  • Patient may feel a lump (R side e.g. caecal tumour)
  • Rarely get pain unless due to abdo distension (only pressure receptors in bowel)
  • Weight loss and anorexia
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Emergency presentaiton

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Signs of bowel obstruction:

  • Abdominal distension
  • Absolute constipation
  • Nausea / Vomiting

Signs of bowel perforation:

  • Acute onset constant pain

Remember Apple core- appearance complete constriction

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Staging of Colorectal cancer -TMN staging

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TMN staging depends on how far through the bowel wall the tumour has invaded

T (tumour)

    • within submucosa
    • within muscle layer
    • through muscle layer
    • outwith bowel wall

N (nodes)

0 -no nodes involved

  1. less than 4 nodes +ve
  2. more than or equal to 4 nodes +ve

M (metastasis)

    • no mets
    • distant mets
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Duke’s criteria

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Distant metasasis

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Liver most common

Lungs

Bone (more common in rectal cancer) -leucoerthyroblastic anaemia

Brain

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Investigations in colorectal cancer

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  • Bloods - FBC, (U&Es), LFTs, CEA
  • Colonoscopy (or flexible sigmoidoscopy if low risk) + Biopsy (diagnostic differentiation graded 1-3)
  • CT colonography- 3D reconstruction which helps to look at corners (stillrequires bowel prep)
  • Emergency CT scan (eg in case of perforation cannot empty bowel using bowel prep as this would pump faeces into peritoneum)
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What investigation would you do to identify invasion?

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CT scan- chest abdo pelvis

MRI scan of rectum if rectal tumour

Liver USS- first site of mets usually

Can do CT PET to look for other mets

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Symptoms of malignant disease

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Sign of spread

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Sister mary joesph nodule: lymph node at the ubillicus that is a sign of spread

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Where do the cancers occur?

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34% in rectum

24% in sigmoid colon

4% in descending colon

6% in transverse

= most occur in left side

28% right side

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Screening test for bowel cancer?

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50-74 years olds are offered a feacal occult blood test (FObt); not very specific every 2 years

Faecal immunochemistry test (FIT)

  • antibody for the globin part of haemoglobin
  • more sensitive; used for spoiled kits or equivocal cases
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Treatment for malignant disease

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Right hemicolectomy:
The right side of the colon, just past the hepatic flexure, is removed and the ends rejoined - anastomosis
Left hemicolectomy : The left side of the colon (from just before the splenic flexure up to the sigmoid colon) is removed and the ends are anastomised
Sigmoid colectomy: The sigmoid colon is removed and the remained is anastomised

Total colectomy:
•The colon is removed but the anus and rectal stump are left in situ and an end ileostomy is formed
•Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s and FAP
•More likely to be done in an emergency than a pan proctocolectomy
•Ileo-rectal anastomosis, proctectomy (removal of rectum + anus) or formation of an ileo-anal pouch may be carried out later for selected patients

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Surgical management involving the ileum, colon, rectum and anus

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Pan proctocolectomy:
•Colon, rectum and anus are removed
•End ileostomy is formed
Crohn’s, ulcerative

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Rectum surgical management

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Lower anterior resection of rectum:
•The lower portion of the rectum and lower part of the sigmoid colon are excised and the ends anastomised
•A temporary loop colostomy or loop ileostomy is formed in the transverse colon to protect the anastomosis (reversed later on)
Higher anterior resection or rectosigmoid resection:
•The portion of the colon at the rectosigmoid junction is excised and anastomosis formed
•Sometimes a covering loop colostomy or loop ileostomy is required
Abdominoperineal resection of rectum
•The sigmoid colon, rectum and anus are removed
•Have an abdominal and perineal wound
•End colostomy formed
•Performed for rectal cancer

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Types of stoma

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ileostomy- is an opening of the small intestine(ileum), usually on the right side of the abdomen and it should protrude from the body

two main types:

  1. End ileostomy- the colon may have been removed; the some acts several times a day and the output is loguid
  2. Loop ileostomy- may be formed to direct faeces away from a problem area of bowel

Colostomy- is an opening from the large bowel (colon) and may be temprorary or permanent

Two main types:

  1. End colostomy - formed when part of the colon and/or rectum is removed and the large bowel is not rejoined. Usually on the left side of the abdomen and flush with skin
  2. loop colostomy- normally to diver faeces awau from a problem area in the bowel
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Screening criteria

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Minimally invasive, simple, safe and precise test
FOBt - of no harm to patient, not invasive at all
Not very precise hence follow up with colonoscopy

Catches disease at an early stage
Yes – FOBt often picks up CRC when it is still asymptomatic

Early diagnosis is of benefit to prognosis
Yes – may mean spread locally / metastases is avoided

Has a target population
Over 50 years old

Is an important health concern
3rd most common cancer in UK (after breast and lung cancer)
50% mortality at 5 years

Is economically viable – YES!

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Deciding which treatment according to duke stage

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