[MS] Gastroenterology

Question 1

What physical finding is often associated with Vitamin C deficiency?

Answer 1

Corkscrew hair follicles

Question 2

What physical finding is a medical emergency associated with vitamin A deficiency?

Answer 2

Corneal clouding

Question 3

What is the generic name for vitamin E?

Answer 3

Tocopherol

Question 4

What is the best test to make a diagnosis for chronic vomiting?

Answer 4

Endoscopy

Question 5

What is the most common cause of dysphagia or food impaction in children?

Answer 5

Eosinophilic esophagitis

Question 6

What type of diet typically leads to improvement of eosinophilic esophagitis?

Answer 6

Cow’s milk elimination diet

Question 7

What is the cause of pill esophagitis?

Answer 7

Swallowing pills “dry” causing them to be stuck in the mid-esophagus

Question 8

What are the most common pills to cause pill esophagitis?

Answer 8

Tetracycline, doxycycline, NSAIDs, and slow-release potassium

Question 9

What is the cause of Menetrier disease resulting in severe hypoproteinemia?

Answer 9

CMV

Question 10

What is the most reliable test to diagnose lactase deficiency?

Answer 10

Breath hydrogen test

Question 11

What is the cause of Blue Diaper syndrome?

Answer 11

Isolated malabsorption of tryptophan

Question 12

What deficiencies are seen in duodenal short gut syndrome?

Answer 12

Iron, Folate, and Calcium

Question 13

How many intestinal polyps are required to make the diagnosis of juvenile polyposis?

Answer 13

6 or more

Question 14

What are the two distinguishing characteristics of Proteus syndrome?

Answer 14

Hemihypertrophy

Hamartomas

Question 15

What other disorder are omphaloceles associated with?

Answer 15

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

Question 16

What rheumatologic condition is associated with Hepatitis B infection?

Answer 16

Polyarteritis nodosa

Question 17

What cancer is associated with chronic Hepatitis B infection?

Answer 17

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 18

What are the extrahepatic manifestations of Hepatitis C?

Answer 18

Small vessel vasculitis and glomerulonephritis with Porphyria Cutanea Tarda

Question 19

What virus causes severe and fatal hepatitis in pregnant women in their third trimester of pregnancy?

Answer 19

Hepatitis E

Question 20

What is the most severe form of Crigler-Najjar syndrome?

Answer 20

Type I

Question 21

What is the treatment for the most severe form of Crigler-Najjar syndrome?

Answer 21

Phototherapy and Exchange Transfusion to prevent kernicterus

Question 22

What two liver pathologies are associated with oral contraceptives?

Answer 22

Liver adenomas

Budd-Chiari Syndrome

Question 23

What is a key imaging finding associated with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis?

Answer 23

“Beading” of the biliary tree

Question 24

What are the findings associated with Aagenaes syndrome?

Answer 24

Found in Norwegian families
Severe cholestasis in the newborns
Lymphedema of the lower extremities

Question 25

What disease processes are associated with hydrops of the gallbladder?

Answer 25

Kawasaki disease
Streptococcal pharyngitis
Prolonged fasting
HSP

Question 26

What tumor marker is seen in Hepatoblastomas?

Answer 26

Alpha-fetoprotein