Lower GI tract pathology Flashcards
Where types of abnormalities occur in the GI tract?
What are the general effects of pathology in large bowel?
What are the congenital disorders?
What is this?
Congenital defect: atresia
Define Hirschprung’s disease. Who gets it? How does it present? What is it associated with? What oncogenes and genomic markers related to it?
What modality is this? What is it showing?
Barium scan, Hirschprung’s disease
How do you diagnose Hirschprung’s disease?
What are the mechanical disorders?
Define volvulus. What does it cause? Where does it commonly occur?
Where does diverticular disease occur? What happens?
Can be a difficult disease to treat.
What is this? What scan is this?
Diverticular disease - barium enema
What is this
Ballooning out of the wall - diverticular disease
What are the complications of diverticular disease?
What are the inflammatory disorders of the large bowel?
What causes infectious colitis?
What are the effects of infections?
Define pseudomembranous colitis. What is it caused by?
Describe the picture.
Very erythematous. Wet cornflakes - pseudomembrane
How do you diagnose and treat pseudomembranous colitis?
What is this?
Pseudomembranous colitis
Describe ischaemic colitis/infarction?
Describe the aetiology of ischaemic colitis?
What is this?
Ischaemic bowel
What is this?
Ischaemic bowel
What are the idiopathic IBDs?
Crohns and UC - Diagnosis of exclusion
Describe the aetiology of IBD?
Unsure.