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What salivary duct most commonly has stones?

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Submandibular (Wharton duct)

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What is Sialadenitis? and what can it be caused by?

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Inflammation of salivary gland due to obstruction, infection (S. aureus, mumps) or immune related mechanisms (Sjorgen syndrome)

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What are the 3 major salivary glands?

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Submandibular, Sublingual, Parotid

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What gland is most commonly affected by tumours (benign)?

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Parotid gland

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Are sublingual and submandibular gland tumours more likely to be malignant or benign?

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  • Nearly half of submandibular are malignant

- Majority of sublingual are malignant

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What symptoms of salivary gland tumours suggest there is a malignant cause?

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Facial paralysis or pain

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What is the most common salivary gland tumour?

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Pleomorphic adenoma (composed of chondromyxoid stroma and epithelium)

  • May recurr if not excised properly
  • May undergo malignant transformation
  • Most commonly affect parotid
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What is the most common malignant salivary tumour?

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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

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What salivary tumour is associated with smoking?

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Warthin tumour (Papillary Cystadenoma Lymphomatosum)

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What are some of the features of Warthin tumours Warthin tumours? (Papillary Cystadenoma Lymphomatosum)

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WARriors from GERMany loved SMOKING

  • Benign cystic tumour with germinal centres
  • Bilateral in 10%
  • Multifocal in 10%
  • Associated with smoking
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What causes achalasia?

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  • Failure of LES to relax

- Due to degeneration of inhibitory neurons (containing NO and VIP) in myenteric plexus

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What can cause secondary achalasia?

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Chagas disease
- T cruzi infection

Extraesophageal malignancies

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What is eosinophilic esophagitis?

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  • Infiltration of eosinophils in the esophagus often in atopic patients
  • Eitiology is multifactorial
  • Esophageal rings and linear furrows often seen on endoscopy
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What can cause esophagitis?

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  • Reflux andor infection in immunocompromised
  • Caustic ingestion (e.g bleach)
  • Pills (biphsophonates, tetracycline, NSAIDs, iron, KCl)
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What organisms may cause esophagitis?

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  • Candida - white pseudomembrane
  • HSV-1 - punched-out ulcers
  • CMV - linear ulcers
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What are esophageal strictures and what are the causes?

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  • Narrowings of esophagus

- Caustic ingestion, acid reflux, esophagitis

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What are the signs/symptoms of Plummer-Vinson syndrome?

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  • Dysphagia
  • Iron deficiency anemia
  • Esophageal webs
  • Glossitis
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What can pulmmer-Vinson syndrome predispose to?

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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What is Mallory-Weiss syndrome?

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  • Partial thickness, longitudinal lacerations of gastroesophageal junction
  • Confined to mucosa/submucosa due to severe vomitting
  • Presents with haematemesis possible abdo/back pain
  • Found in alcohol use disorder and bulimia nervosa
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What is distal esophageal spasm?

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  • Spontaneous, nonperistaltic (uncoordinated) contractions of the esophagus with normal LES pressure
  • Dysphagia and chest pain
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How can distal esophageal spasm be diagnosed?

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  • Corkscrew esophagus on barium swallow

- Manometry (strength of esophagus test) is diagnostic

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What can treatment of distal esophageal spasm include?

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Nitrates and CCBs

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What is scleoderma esophageal involvement?

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  • Esophageal smooth muscle atrophy which leads to decreased LES pressure and distal esophageal dysmotility -> acid reflux and dysphagia -> stricture, Barrett esophagus and aspiration
  • Part of CREST syndrome
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What is boerhaave syndrome?

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Transmural, usually distal esophageal rupture due to violent retching

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What do burns in the stomach cause?
Curling ulcer (hypovolemia and mucosal ischaemia)
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What is Cushing ulcer caused by?
Brain injury | - Increased vagal stimulation, ACh and then H+ production
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What cancer can be caused by H pylori infection?
MALT lymphoma
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What is Menetrier disease?
- Hyperplasia of gastric mucosa -> hypertrophied rugae (wavy-like brain gyri) - Causes excess mucus production with resultant protein loss and parietal cell atrophy with decreased acid production Presents with WAVEE - Weight loss, anorexia, Vomiting, Epigastric pain, Edema due to protein loss
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What are leser-Trelat's sign and acanthosis nigricans?
Skin conditions, darkening of skin (acanthosis nigricans affects armpits) - Can be a sign of gastric cancer
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What mutation causes diffuse gastric cancer? | What are the findings usually?
Mostly E-cadherin mutation; signet ring cells (mucin-filled cells with peripheral nuclei) ; stomach wall grossly thickened and leathry (lintis plastica)
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What is Krukenberg tumour?
Metastises from stomach to ovaries (typically bilateral). Abundant mucin-secreting signet ring cells
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What is Sister Mary Joesph nodule?
Subcutaneous periumbilical metastases from stomach
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What is Blumer shelf?
- Rectouterine pouch (of Douglas) metastasis from stomach | - Palpable on DRE
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What is scleroderma esophageal involvement (eitiology and symptoms)?
- Esophageal and smooth muscle atrophy - Decreased LES pressure and distal esophageal dysmobility - Acid reflux and dysphagia - Stricture, Barrett's esophagus, aspiration
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What connective tissue disorder can scleroderma esophageal involvement be a part of?
- CREST syndrome (aka limited cutaneous form of systemic sclerosis) - CREST refers to 5 main features: calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia
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Compare the spread of H. pylori and autoimmune chronic gastritis
- H pylori affects antrum first then spreads to body of stomach - Autoimmune affects the body/fundus of stomach
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Comapre the pain of gastric and duodenal ulcers
- Gastric can increase with meals - weight loss | - Duodenal can decrease with meals - weight gain
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Which peptic ulcer is more likely to be malignant?
Gastric (biopsy margins to rule out malignancy) | - If duodenal is benign appearing ulcers are not biopsied
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What are other causes of peptic ulcers other than H pylori?
- Gastric - NSAIDs | - Duodenal - Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
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Are anterior or posterior peptic ulcer more likely to bleed?
Posterior ulcers more likely to bleed
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Are anterior or posterior ulcers more likely to perforate?
Anterior more likely to perforate - pneumoperitoneum (free air in anterior abdominal cavity)
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Name 5 malabsorption syndromes?
- Celiac disease - Lactose intolerance - Pancreatic insufficiency - Tropical spure - Whipple disease
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How do the villi look in lactose intolerance?
Normal (except when secondary to injury at tips of villi, e.g viral enteritis)
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What findings show lactose intolerance?
- Osmotic diarrhea with decreased stool pH (colonic bacteria ferment lactose) - Lactose hydrogen breath test: post-lactose breath hydrogen value rises > 20 ppm compared with baseline
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What can conditions may cause pancreatic insufficiency?
- Chronic pancreatitis - Cystic fibrosis - Obstructing cancer
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How does pancreatic insufficiency affect the body?
- Malabsorption of fat and fat-soluble vitamins (ADEK) as well as B12 - Decreases duodenal bicarbonate (and pH) and fecal elastase
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What protein are celiac disease patients intolerant to?
Gliadin
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What serotypes are associated with celiac disease?
- HLA-DQ2 - HLA-DQ8 Northern european descent
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What part of the GI tract is affected in celiac disease?
Distal duodenum and/or proximal jejunum
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What antibodies are positive in celiac disease?
- IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase - Anti-endomysial - Anti-deamidated gliadin peptide antibodies
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What blood tests / immunoglobulins / antibodies are positive in celiac disease?
- IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase - Anti-endomysial - Anti-deamidated gliadin peptide antibodies
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What does histology show in celiac disease?
- Villous atrophy - Crypt atrophy - Crypt hyperplasia - Intraepithelial lymphocytosis
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What are the findings in tropical sprue?
- SI villi blunting (like celiac) - Responds to antibiotics - Seen in visitors to tropics - Decreased mucosal absorption affecting duodenum and jejunum sometimes ileum - Associated with megaloblastic anemia due to folate and possible B12 deficieny
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How can Whipple's disease be diagnosed?
- Periodic acid Schiff identifies Tropheryma whipplei - Foamy macrophages in lamina propria - Mesenteric nodes
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What are other features of Whipple's disease?
- Cardiac Symptoms - Arthralgias - Neurological symptoms - Diarrhoea/steatorrhea - Affects older males mostly
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What antibodies may Crohn's disease sufferers be positive for?
Anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA)
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What antibodies are positive in UC?
MPO-ANCA/p-ANCA
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How deeply does UC affect the colon?
Mucosa and submucosa only
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What extraintestinal disease is associated with Crohn's?
- Kidney stones (calcium oxalate)
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What extraintestinal disease is associated with UC?
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
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What is the characteristic appearence of UC on imaging?
Lead pipe (loss of haustra)
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What is the treatment of Crohn's disease?
- Corticosteroids - Azathioprine - Antibiotics (ciprofloaxacin, metronidazole) - Biologics (infliximab, adalimumab)
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What is the treatment of UC?
- 5-aminosalicylic acid preparations (eg mesalamine) - 6-mercaptopurine - Infliximab - Colectomy
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What is the difference between a true and false diverticulum?
- True diverticulum is when all gut layers outpouch | - False is when only mucosa and submucosa outpouch
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What are the features of microscopic colitis?
- Older females mostly - Chronic watery diarrhoea (inflammation of colon) - Endoscopy is normal - Histology shows inflammatory infiltrate in lamina propria with thickened subepithelial collagen band or intraepithelial lymphocytes
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What is Zenker diverticulum?
- Pharyngoesophageal false diverticulum - Esophageal dysmobility causes herniation of mucosal tissue at Killian triangle - Symtoms of dysphagia, obstruction, gurgling, aspiration, foul breath, neck mass - Old men mostly
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Where does Zenker diverticulum herniate?
Killian triangle - Triangular area in the wall of the pharynx between the cricopharyngeus and thyropharyngeus which are the two parts of the inferior constrictors
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What is the most common congenital anomaly of the GI tract?
Meckel diverticulum
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What causes Meckel diverticulum?
Persistence of vitelline (omphalomesenteric) duct
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In what type of diseases is there an abnormal d-xylose test?
- Intestinal diseases (eg Celiac) | - Normal in pancreatic diseases
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What mutation causes Hirchsprung disease?
RET
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What syndrome is Hirchsprung disease associated with?
Down syndrome
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What bands are formed in malrotation (anomaly of midgut rotation)?
Fibrous Ladd bands
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How is Meckel diverticulum diagnosed?
99m^2Tc-pertechnetate scan (aka Meckel scan) for uptake by heterotopic gastric mucosa
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What can Meckel diverticulum cause?
- Haemarochezia/melena - RLQ pain - Intussusception - Volvulus - Obstruction near terminal ileum
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What is the rule of 2s relating to Meckel diverticulum?
- 2x more likely in males - 2 inches long - 2 ft from ileocecal valve - 2% of population - Presents in first 2 years of life - 2 types of epithelia (gastric/pancreatic) may be present (May have ectopic acid-secreting gastric mucosa and/or pancreatic tissue)
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What causes intermittent severe abdo pain with currant jelly dark red stool in infants?
- Intassusception
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What may cause intassusception?
- Children - Meckel diverticulum - Adults - intraluminal mass/tumour Associated with IgA vasculitis (HSP), recent viral infection (e.g adenovirus; Peyer patch hypertrophy creates lead point)
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What will a physical exam on a patient with intassusception cause?
- Sausage-shaped mass in right abdomen, patient may draw legs to ease pain
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What does imaging of the abdomen suggest?
US/CT may show "target sign"
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What is "intestinal angina" known as?
Chronic mesenteric ischaemia (atherosclerosis of celiac/IMA/SMA) - Postprandial epigastric pain
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What is angiodysplasia?
Tortous dilation of vessels | - Causes haematochezia (fresh blood from anus)
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Where is andiodysplasia usually found?
Righ sided colon (midgut)
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What is angiodysplasia associated with?
- Elderly patients - End-stage renal disease - Von Willebrand disease - Aortic stenosis
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What is colonic ischemia?
- Crampy abdominal pain followed by hematochezia - Affects watershed areas - Elderly patients - Thumbprint sign on imaging due to mucosal edema/hemorrhage
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What is ileus associated with?
- Abdo surgeries - Opiates - Hypokalemia - Sepsis
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What can be seen on imagin in ileus?
No transition zone
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What is the treatment of ileus?
- Bowel rest - Cholinergic drugs - Electrolyte correction
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What genetic conditon is associated with meconium ileus?
Cystic fibrosis
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What is necrotizing eneterocolitis?
- Necrosis of intestinal mucosa (most common terminal ileum and proximal colon) - May lead to pneumatosis intestinalis, penumoperitoneum, portal venous gas
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What kind of infants is necrotizing eneterocolitis associated with?
Premature, formala-fed infants with immature immune system

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