MEDgems Flashcards
what is the chemotherapy option for pancreatic cancer?
folfirinox
5-FU based
what enzyme is specific to Liver?
alanine aminotransferase
hepatocyte
ALT
what enzyme is present in liver, muscle and heart cells?
aspartate aminotransferases
ast
what pattern suggests alcoholic hepatitis?
AST:ALT ration>2
just raised GGT
enzyme marker in gilberts?
UDP-glucuronyl transferase
what is the pancreatic cancer marker?
carbohydrate antigen 19-9
what is INR and what is good to measure?
so basically time it takes to clot - prothrombin time is a good measure of this and the inr is an internationalused normalised ratio of that
histochemical stain for wilsons?
rhodanine
first line management for severe haemochromatosis
therapeutic phlebotomy
how can wilson be managed?
trientine - copper chelator
iron chelator used to treat haemochromatosis?
desferrioxamine
MEN - inheritance pattern?
MEN 1 - all P’s
autosomal dominant
autosomal dominant
pituitary adenoma
parathyroid hyperplasia
pancreatic
men 2A
think all C’s
parathyroid hyperplasia
medullary thryoid carcinoma
phaeochromoctyoma
calcitonin (medullary thyroid)
calcium (parathyroid)
catecholamine (phaeo)
MEN2B
think B’s
Big marfanoid
belly problems
medullary thyroid carcinoma
phaeo
marfanoid
mucosal neuroma’s
hepatocellular carcinoma
tumour marker
alpha fetoprotein
zollinger-ellison syndrome - which neuroendocrine syndrome
gastrinoma
biliart tract markers?
Gamma glutamyltransferase
alkaline phosphatase
hepatic adenomas are associated with what common medication?
OCP
hepatic ischaemia biomarker
alanine aminotransferase
wilson’s disease serum findings
low serum copper and low serum ceruloplasmin
low ceruloplasmin implies abnormal copper handling- wilsons
palpable lymph node - left supraclavicular
troisier sign
what is metaplasia
1 cell type > another
what is dysplasia?
abnormal cells within tissue/organ
poorly controlled UC can lead to what subtype of malignancy?
adenocarcinoma
what structure represent weak point in bowel wall?
lead to formation of diverticula
taenia colia
dilated veins commonly found in oesphagus associated with portal hypertension
varices
regenerating mucosa which project into lumen of bowel
visualised in colonoscopy of pt with UC?
pseudopolyp