PANCE I Flashcards
Barrett’s esophagus treatment
- Indefinite use of PPIs
- EGD surveillance due to predisposition of esophageal adenocarcinoma
First diagnostic test for esophagitis
EGD
Types of esophagitis (5)
- Reflux (MC)
- Infectious
- Eosinophilic
- Pill-induced
- Radiation
EGD finding and tx for reflux esophagitis
- Mucosal breaks
- PPI
MC causes of infectious esophagitis
- Candida; adherent white plaques
- Viral (CMV/HSV); MC in immunocompromised pts
EGD finding for eosinophilic esophagitis
- Pt will have hx of atopy
- Stacked rings
Drugs that MC cause pill-induced esophagitis, and treatment
- Bisphosphonates, iron supplements, NSAIDs
- Tx = PPI
Risk factors for 2 types of esophageal CA
- SCC-smoking, ETOH, HPV
- Adeno-Barrett’s eso, smoking, obesity
Definition of Zenker’s diverticulum and symptoms
- Outpouching of post laryngopharynx
- Regurgitation of undigested food or liquid into pharynx several hours after eating
GI complaint in patient with scleroderma
- Decreased eso sphincter tone and peristalsis
- Predisposes pt to reflux esophagitis
Findings on two diagnostics for achalasia
- Esophagram-dilation of esophagus and bird’s beak
- Esophageal manometry (confirmatory)-aperistalsis, no relaxation of LES
Symptoms of infant with pyloric stenosis
- Post-prandial “projectile” vomiting
- Always hungry baby
- Palpable “olive shaped” mass in RUQ
Image of choice and finding for pyloric stenosis
UGI; “string sign”
MC association with gastroparesis, and treatment
- Patients with diabetic autonomic neuropathy
- Small frequent low-fat meals
- Prokinetic agent (Metoclopramide)
Side effects of Metoclopramide (Reglan)
EPS/tardive dyskinesia
Complications of PUD (3)
- Hemorrhage
- Gastric outlet obstruction
- Perforation
Perforation on KUB shows
Free air under diaphragm
Triple and quad therapy for H pylori
- PPI, Amoxicillin, Clarithromycin
- PPI, Bismuth, Metronidazole, Tetracycline
Signs of metastatic spread in gastric adenocarcinoma
- Virchow’s node-L supraclavicular lymph node
- Sister Mary Joseph node-umbilical nodule
Signs of and diagnostics for celiac disease
- Villous atrophy on endoscopy
- Tissue transglutaminase IgA
- Dermatitis herpetiformis, FTT in children
2 main conditions that cause function constipation (MC)
- Chronic idiopathic constipation
- IBS-C
3 groups of drugs and 2 supplements that cause med induced constipation
- Calcium supp
- Iron supp
- Opioids
- Antipsychotics
- Anticholinergics
4 complications of constipation
- Hemorrhoids
- Anal fissures
- Fluid/electrolyte abnormalities from laxative abuse
- Fecal impaction –> obstruction
Why do you have to be careful with Miralax (polyethylene glycol) and Milk of magnesia and mag citrate?
Mg-containing laxatives in patients with renal insufficiency; can cause hypermagnesemia
Type of diarrhea in Vibrio cholerae
“rice water” diarrhea
Clostridium perfringens exposure
- Home-canned goods
- Enterotoxin
Staphylococcus aureus exposure
- Egg/potato salad
- Creamy foods
- Enterotoxin
Cryptosporidium is a serious disease in what group of patients?
Patients with AIDS
“Classic dysentery”
Shigella
EHEC complication
- Enterohemorrhagic E coli 0157:H7
- NO ABX
- HUS
Complication of Clostridioides difficile
Toxic megacolon
Main point about Yersinia enterocolitica
Mimics appendicitis (RLQ pain)
Entamoeba histolytica can cause
-Intraluminal and disseminated disease (hepatic abscesses)
Medications that can cause chronic diarrhea (7)
- Mg antacids
- Metformin
- Reglan
- Laxatives
- Abx
- PPI
- Colchicine
Difference between osmotic and secretory diarrhea
- Osmotic (like from lactose intolerance) causes diarrhea that decreases with fasting
- Secretory (like from neuroendocrine tumors) causes diarrhea that is unrelieved with fasting
Criteria for IBS
Rome IV criteria
Extra-intestinal manifestations of IBD (3)
- Arthralgias
- Erythema nodosum
- Uveitis
Main diagnostic tool for Crohn’s
EGD, small bowel imaging
Curative treatment for UC
surgery
Crohn’s disease
- Skip lesions
- Transmural
- Mouth to anus
- Granulomas on biopsy
- NSAIDs can worsen sxs
UC
- Colon only
- Mucosal layer only
- NSAIDs can worsen sxs
Complications of Crohn’s disease (5)
- Fistulas (chronic complication of abscess)
- Fissures “passing glass”
- Perianal abscess
- Malabsorption
- Colon CA
Complications of UC (3)
- Toxic megacolon
- Colon CA
- Association with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Most colorectal CA arise from
Adenomas (precancerous polyps)
“Pseudopolyps” (in colon) are associated with
IBD
Most common type of adenoma (colon polyp)
Tubular adenoma
What age to start colonoscopies
- 50y
- Begin screening at 40 or 10y younger than age at diagnosis of youngest relative affected and then every 5 years
- IBD-q 1-2y beginning 8-10 years after diagnosis
MC type of colorectal CA
Adenocarcinomas
CA marker for colorectal CA
CEA
Type of CA pts with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) are risk of
Duodenal/Ampullary CA
-Need routine EGD
Type of CA pts with HNPCC (Lynch Syndrome) are at risk of
Extracolonic malignancies
-Endometrial MC
MC cause of intussusception, and ultrasound shows
Meckel’s diverticulum
-US shows “target sign”
Triad for intussusception
- Colicky abd pain
- Sausage-shaped and mass
- “Currant jelly” stools
Complications (4) of diverticulitis
- Abscess
- Perforation
- Obstruction
- Fistula
Sign of diverticular bleeding
- Painless hematochezia
- Common cause of overt LGIB
- Pts at risk of acute mesenteric ischemia
- Main PE sign
- Diagnostic TOC
- Atherosclerotic disease, valvular heart disease
- Pain out of proportion to PE
- CTA with IV contrast
2 main risk factors of getting toxic megacolon
- Ulcerative colitis
- C diff
Main difference between internal and external hemorrhoids
- Internal = painless
- External = painful
2 risk factors of anal CA, and MC type
- Hx of HPV or HIV
- Squamous cell
Spectrum of alcoholic liver disease
- Alcoholic steatosis (fatty liver)
- Hepatitis (inflammation)
- Cirrhosis
Difference between Non-alcoholic fatty liver dz (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
- NAFLD-secondary to Metabolic Syndrome
- NASH-fatty liver + inflammation
Main etiologies (3) of cirrhosis
- Alcoholic liver disease
- HBV
- HCV
3 signs of cirrhosis
- Jaundice
- Spider telangiectasis
- Palmar erythema
Complication of portal hypertension (from cirrhosis)
- Caput medusae
- Ascites
- Splenomegaly
- Encephalopathy (asterixis)
3 main risk factors of primary hepatocellular CA (HCC)
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Cirrhosis
CA marker for Primary hepatocellular CA
AFP
Hemachromatosis
- Disorder of iron metabolism; excess deposition
- Bronze pigmentation of skin
Wilson’s disease
- Accumulation of copper in liver
- Kayser Fleischer rings in cornea
Ultrasound for pt with gallbladder CA shows
Porcelain gallbladder
Cholangiocarcinoma
- Association with primary sclerosis cholangitis (pts with UC)
- Jaundice, pruritus, Courvoisier sign
Primary Biliary Cholangitis
-Autoimmune destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts
+ antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA)
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
-Increased incidence in pts with UC
+ P ANCA
Gilbert Syndrome
- Inherited
- Deficiency in enzyme UGT that converts unconjugated bilirubin to conjugated in liver
- Unconj hyperbilirubinemia in absence of hemolysis
- Intermittent jaundice
When is pain worse in acute pancreatitis, and two signs
- Worse with lying supine, and relieved by sitting and leaning forward
- Cullen and Grey Turner’s sign
Criteria for acute pancreatitis
Ranson criteria
ERCP shows what for chronic pancreatitis
“Chain of lakes”
MC spot for pancreatic CA
Ductal adenocarcinoma involving head of the pancreas
-Courvoisier sign
Risk factors for pancreatic CA
Tobacco
Obesity
ETOH
CA marker for pancreatic CA
CA 19-9
MC hernia
indirect inguinal hernia
Lab value for Paget Disease, and treatment
- Elevated serum Alk Phos
- Tx = Bisphosphonates and Calcitonin
PKU
- Inability to convert phenyl aline to tyrosine
- Irreversible intellectual disability, seizures
Deficiency in Rickets
Ca, Vit D, and PO4
-Delayed closure of fontanelles, bow legs
Thiamine deficiency sign (2)
(B1)
- Beriberi-motor/peripheral neuropathy
- Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome-neurologic
Riboflavin and Pyridoxine deficiency signs (3)
B2, B6
- Cheilitis
- Angular stomatitis
- Glossitis
Niacin deficiency
B3
- Pellagra (3 D’s)-dermatitis, dementia, diarrhea
- Cheilitis
- Angular stomatitis
- Glossitis
2 risk factors for getting Cobalamin deficiency
B12
- Post gastrectomy
- Pernicious anemia
Vitamin A deficiency (4)
- Night blindness
- Bitot spots (on conjunctiva)
- Poor wound healing
- Dry skin
Vitamin D deficiency (2)
- Rickets
- Osteomalacia
Main clinical presentation of vesicoureteral reflex, and diagnostic test
- Recurrent UTIs
- VCUG is gold standard
Bladder CA
- MC type
- Risk factors
- Clinical presentation
- Transitional cell carcinoma
- Smoking, Cyclophosphamide
- Painless hematuria, irritative voiding sxs
Main diagnostic TOC and tx for bladder CA
- Cystoscopy with bladder biopsy
- TURBT, cystectomy
Main treatment for urge urinary incontinence
Oxybutynin (antichol/antimuscarinics)
Main treatment for overflow incontinence
-osins (5 alpha reductase inhibitors)
Main causes of nephrolithiasis and diagnostic TOC
- Calcium and uric acid
- CT A/P without contrast
3 main risk factors for renal cell carcinoma
- Smoking
- Obesity
- Polycystic kidney disease
Prehn’s sign
- Epididymitis/orchitis
- Alleviation of pain with scrotal elevation
Testicular CA
- Painless, palpable mass
- Serum protein markers (beta HG, AFP, LDH)
- Radical orchiectomy
Hydrocele
- Painless enlargement of one side of the scrotum
- Transillumination
Varicocele
- “Bag of worms”
- Pain/heaviness
Prostatitis physical exam
- Perineal pain
- Dysuria, urgency, hematuria
- Boggy, tender prostate
Strongest risk factors (2) for developing active TB
- HIV
- Immunosuppressive therapy
Main symptoms of active TB infection
- Fever, chills, night sweats
- Bad cough >3 weeks (looks like bad PNA)
- Weight loss
PE and CXR findings of active Tb
- Post-tussive rales
- Primary active infection-hilar adenopathy, middle lobe infiltrates, pleural effusions
- Reactivation-upper lobe infiltrates and cavitation
Biopsy for active TB shows
Necrotizing (caveating) granulomas
TB skin testing
-BCG vaccine can give false positive
>5mm in HIV +, immunosuppressed pts, contacts with active TB
>10mm in everyone else (like hospital workers)
>15mm in people with no risk factors for TB
Drug treatment for active TB
- 4 drug regimen for 2 months, then RIFxINH for 4-7 months
- Rifampin
- Isoniazid
- Pyrazinamide
- Ethambutol
TB drug side effects (5)
- RIF-red orange excretions
- INH-hepatic toxicity, peripheral neuropathy (co administer with Vitamin B6/Pyridoxine)
- PZA-hepatic toxicity, hyperuricemia
- EMB-optic neuritis
- Strep-otoxicity, nephrotoxicity
Latent TB treatment
- Treat only after active TB is ruled out (with hx and normal CXR)
- INH and Rifapentine (RPT) once weekly for 12 weeks
What cells does HIV target?
T cells (particularly CD4 T cells/helper T cells); lymphocytes that enhance immune response
Early HIV infection
- 2-6 weeks after exposure
- Mono like or flu like illness
- HIGHLY INFECTIOUS
- Routine HIV Ab test will be negative
Signs/symptoms of early HIV infection
- Rash (upper trunk, neck, face)
- Mucocutaneous ulcers
- Mono/flu like illness
Definition of AIDS
-CD4 T cell count <200
OR
-HIV + and 1 of 27 AIDS defining diseases
CXR and treatment for Pneumocystis jiroveci PNA (PCP)
- MC opportunistic infection in pts with AIDS
- Severe hypoxemia
- CXR-perihilar infiltrates (“ground glass” appearance)
- Bactrim
CT and treatment for toxoplasmosis in AIDS patients
- Causes encephalitis
- CT shows multiple contrast enhancing lesions
- Sulfadiazine and Pyrimethamine
Main class of drugs for HIV treatment
Antiretroviral therapy (ART)
Organism for gonorrhea
(“OO”)
-Gram negative diplococci
Treatment for conjunctivitis of the newborn (ophthalmia neonatorum)
-Topical erythromycin applied ASAP after delivery for gonococcal prophylaxis
Organism for syphilis
Treponema pallidum
Primary syphilis sign
Painless chancre
3 MC clinical presentations of secondary syphilis
- Non pruritic rash on palms and soles of feet (not contagious)
- Condyloma lata (warts that are highly contagious)
- Mucous patches
Diagnostic tests for syphilis
- Bacteria from chancre visible under dark field microscopy
- RPR or VDRL
- Confirm RPR with treponema antibody test (FTA-ABS)
Tertiary syphilis
Can damage heart, vessels, brain, nervous system
Tzanck smear for herpes infection
(HSV, VZV, CMV)
-Multinucleated giant cells
Condyloma acuminata
HPV (genital warts)
Most important prognostic factor in diagnosing melanoma
Depth
Acral melanoma
- MC in African Americans
- Worse prognosis
Lentigo maligna
- Broad and thin melanoma on sun damaged skin
- Not much color variation
- Very slow growing
- Mohs is tx
MC skin cancer in humans
-Basal cell carcinoma
Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Rodent ulcer (ulcerated papule with rolled border0
- Friable
Actinic Keratosis
- Pre skin cancer
- Can transition to SCC
- “Rough, dry skin”; sandpaper
- Cryotherapy
Squamous cell carcinoma
- Keratotic (scaly) plaques or nodules
- Biopsy and treat with Mohs/excision
Pityriasis rosea
- Herald patch
- Christmas tree pattern
- Human herpes virus 6/7
Molluscum contagiosum virus
Pox virus
Sebaceous hyperplasia
- Central del surrounding grape-like bumps
- Adults with oily skin
- Big sebaceous glands
Verrucae AKA
-HPV (warts)
Erythema migrans is associated with
Lyme disease from Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease symptoms
- Headache
- Joint pain
- Fatigue
- Erythema migrans
Erythema nodosum
- Swollen, tender nodules on shins
- Usually young women
- Associated with OCPs, sarcoidosis, cocci, UC, strep
Erythema Multiforme
- Type IV hyperactivity response to trigger on palms and soles
- HSV/viral or drug etiology
- Target lesions on palms
Drugs that usually cause SJS/TEN
- Sulfa
- Anti convulsants (Carbamazepine, Phenytoin)
- PCNs
Lids and eyes typical
Bullous pemphigoid
- Autoimmune blistering disease
- Intact bullae
- Itchy
- Tx with oral steroids
Dyshidrotic eczema
- Itchy
- Tapioca like vesicles along fingers
Seborrheic keratosis
- Waxy, stuck on appearance
- Benign
- Scaly plaques on scalp, torso, ankles
- Tx with liquid nitrogen
3 main causes of acanthuses nigricans
- Obesity
- DM
- Paraneoplastic
Lichen Planus
4 P’s
- Pruritic
- Purple
- Polygonal
- Papules
-Wickham striae-white lines in mouth
What don’t you want to give to a patient with psoriasis?
Corticosteroids
Vitiligo
- Autoimmune destruction of melanocytes
- Depigmented macules/patches
- Woods lamp to diagnose
Tinea versicolor
- Malassezia furfur
- Hypopigmented macule
- KOH shows spores and pseudohyphae
- Tx with selenium sulfide shampoo
Beefy red erosions, KOH shows spaghetti and meatballs
Candidiasis
Erythrasma
- Corynebacterium
- Dry, brown patches in axilla and web spaces
- Woods lamp shows coral red fluorescence
- Tx-topical Erythromycin/Clindamycin
Two main organisms for impetigo
- Staph
- GAS (Strep pyogenes)
Erysipelas
- Group A strep infection
- Similar to cellulitis
- Not itchy, but painful
- Patient will feel ill and feverish
- Tx-PCN
Rosacea
- Complaints of acne and flushing in an adult patient
- Foods, heat, alcohol can be triggers
Hidradenitis suppurativa
- Severe follicular dysfunction
- Smelly, cystic, scarring acne in intertriginous zones
MC cause of primary amenorrhea
Turner Syndrome
2 MC cause of secondary amenorrhea
- Pregnancy
- Asherman’s syndrome (from previous instrumentation of the uterus)
PMS occurs during which part of the menstrual cycle
Second half (luteal)
PALM-COEiN (AUB)
- Polyp
- Adenomyosis
- Leiomyoma
- Malignancy
- Coagulopathy
- Ovulatory dysfunction
- Endometrial
- Iatrogenic
- Not yet classified
MC gyn CA
Endometrial CA
Risk factors for endometrial CA
- Obesity
- Hx breast or ovarian CA
- Lynch Syndrome
- Early menarche
- Late menopause
- Nulliparity
Definitive diagnosis for endometriosis
- Laparoscopy
- Chocolate cysts (endometriomas) on ovaries
Medical treatment for uterine fibroids
- GnRH analogs (Depo)
- Hormonal contraceptives
- Fibroids will usually shrink once menopause hits
Benign adnexal mass (5)
-Thin walled
<3cm pre and <1cm postmenopausal (simple cysts)
-Hyperechoic nodule (teratoma)
-Network of linear pattern (hemorrhagic cyst)
-Homogenous echos (endometrioma)
MC type of ovarian cysts
Follicular, then corpus luteum
-Both regress after 1-2 menstrual cycles
Rotterdam Criteria for PCOS
- Menstrual irregularities (oligo/amenorrhea)
- Polycystic ovaries
- Hyperandrogenism (hirsutisme, acne)
Causes infertility