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104 Theme 1 - The Alimentary System > Pathology of the gut > Flashcards

Pathology of the gut Flashcards

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What is Barretts oesophagus?

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Distal oesophagus is lined by columnar cells due to metaplasia; the oesophagus is lined by gastric mucosa, which can develop goblet cells in another process termed intestinal metaplasia.

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What type of epithelium lines the oesophagus?

  1. What is metaplasia?
  2. What causes the metaplasia?
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What type of epithelium lines the oesophagus?

Non keratinising stratified squamous epithelium

  1. What is metaplasia?

Is the differentiation of one mature epithelium to another mature epithelium

  1. What causes the metaplasia?

Reflux of gastric contents leading to reflux oesophagitis

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What does this show?

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The OGJ or Z Line

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What is the type of epithelium in the oesophageal muscosa?

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Oesophageal Mucosa – non keratinising stratified squamous epithelium

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What are the risk factors for Barretts Oesophagus

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  • High BMI
  • Alcohol drinking
  • Tobacco smoking
  • Drugs which relaxes the lower oesophageal sphincter e.g. Nitroglycerins,
  • Familial/genetic predisposition
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What is th Pathogenesis of BO?

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  • Reflux of acidic contents from the stomach into the oesophagus leads to reflux oesophagitis
  • Squamous epithelium changes to columnar epithelium in a process of metaplasia
  • The metaplastic process is an adaption to injury caused by the gastric contents
  • Columnar epithelium increases the risk of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus through a precancerous stage called dysplasia
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What does this show?

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BO at endoscopy

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What does this show?

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  • BO with Cancer – the ‘polyp’ (P) protruding into the open lumen
  • A = oesophagus lined by white squamous epithelium
  • Longitudinal black line is BO i.e. columnar cell lined oesophagus
  • Arrow = OGJ
  • B= Stomach with the same colour ( pink) as BO
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What is the Pathogenesis of Barrett’s Associated Carcinoma?

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Squamous epithelium

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Reflux oesophagitis

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Gastric epithelium

↓

Intestinal metaplasia

↓

Low grade dysplasia

↓

High grade dysplasia

↓

Adenocarcinoma

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•How does a patient with oesophageal cancer present?

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•Dysphagia initially for solids then for liquids

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What does this show?

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T-CELL LYMHOMA SMALL BOWEL

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What does this show?

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CANCER OF THE LARGE BOWEL

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  • The histology showed small bowel T-cell lymphoma as a complication of coeliac disease
  • And stage T2 N0 cancer of the ascending colon
  • Which cancer has worse prognosis?
A

T-cell lymphoma

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What is the diagnosis?

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Coeliac disease

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A. Name Four microscopic features of coeliac disease

B. Other complications of coeliac disease

C. Other conditions associated with coeliac disease

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A. Four microscopic features of coeliac disease

  1. Villous atrophy
  2. Crypt hyperplasia
  3. Increase in intra-epithelial lymphocytes
  4. Chronic inflammation

B. Other complications of coeliac disease

  • Refractory to treatment
  • Cancers of small bowel, large bowl and pancreas
  • Osteoporosis, infertility

C. Other conditions associated with coeliac disease

Dermatitis herpetiformis; Primary biliary cirrhosis,

Autoimmune hepatitis, Type 1 Diabetes mellitus;

Autoimmune thyroiditis

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  • 47-year-old man decided he wanted to lead a healthy lifestyle
  • Started to eat well, going to the gym three times a week and presented to his GP with diarrhoea a few months later
  • What questions would you ask him?
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  • Does he smoke? This patient stopped smoking which triggered latent ulcerative colitis
  • Diarrhoea how many times/day?
  • Is there blood/mucus in the stool?
  • Is stool smelly?
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  • What is the predominant cell of chronic inflammation?
  • What is the predominant cell of acute inflammation?
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•What is the predominant cell of chronic inflammation?

Lymphocyte

•What is the predominant cell of acute inflammation?

Neutrophil or polymorph

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What does this show?

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Case 2: Gross pathology UC-diffusely haemorrhagic and ulcerated mucosa

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What are the microscopic features of normal large bowel muscosa?

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  1. The crypts are arranged in a row reminiscent of test tubes
  2. The goblet cells are full of mucin
  3. The crypts are separated by the lamina propria with vessels and connective tissue
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Is this normal small or large bowel mucosa?

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Large bowel

21
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What does this show?

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Ulcerative Colitis: inflammation confined to the mucosa + crypt architecture distortion

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Case 2: What are the indications for colectomy in UC?

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  1. Refractory to treatment
  2. Toxic megacolon
  3. Severe bleeding
  4. High grade dysplasia
  5. Cancer
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What are the Risk Factors for Dysplasia in UC?

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  • UC at an early age
  • Total UC - involving the whole large bowel
  • Repeated bouts of acute inflammation with short periods of remission
  • Long duration with UC; patients with total UC for 8years require annual surveillance colonoscopy to look for dysplasia
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What is the feature illustrated in this specimen?

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CD

Fat wrapping

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What is the abnormality in the mucosa of the large bowel?

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Ulceration with cobble stone pattern

CD

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At the age of 24 she underwent right hemicolectomy; What are the abnormalities illustrated?

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CD

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What is the histology of CD?

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Transmural inflammation = involves full thickness of bowel wall

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What does this show?

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•What are the symptoms of strictures in the small or large bowel

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Abdominal pain due to intestinal obstruction

30
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  • This patient had total colectomy before the age 30. She had strictures.
  • List other complications of Crohn’s disease?
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a. Intra-abdominal abscess
b. Sinus tract formation
c. Fistulas e.g. colo-vesical; patient will present with pneumaturia /air or gas in the urine
d. Cancer

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•What is change in bowel habit?

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Constipation alternating with diarrhoea;

What is normal varies for each patient.

32
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•76-year-old man presented with change in bowel habit

He had endoscopy and biopsies which were reported as cancer. What is the histology of the cancer?

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Adenocarcinoma

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What does this show?

A
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Can you explain the mechanism of the spurious diarrhoea in this patient?

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• The cancer caused an obstruction and stool accumulated in the proximal bowel which is dilated. The stool liquefied due to bacterial decomposition and passed through the obstruction and the patient experienced an episode of spurious diarrhoea (spurious = false).

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What is the TNM

Stage of the cancer?

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On the cut surface

the cancer infiltrates

the full thickness of

the bowel wall with

lymph node

metastasis(red

arrow).

What is the TNM

Stage of the cancer?

T3 N1

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What is diverticular disease?

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•Outpouchings as a result of herniation of the mucosa and submucosa through the bowel wall at sites of weakness

37
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What increases risk of diverticular disease?

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•Common in the populations on low fibre diet

38
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Where does diverticular disease affect?

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•95% affect the sigmoid colon

39
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How do diverticular disease patients present?

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  • Can present with intestinal obstruction
  • Can mimic cancer
  • Colo-vesical fistula and patient presents with pneumaturia
40
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What are the complications of diverticular disease?

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•Can be complicated with diverticulitis & perforation → peritonitis

41
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What does this show?

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Diverticular Disease Barium Enema

42
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What does this show?

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Diverticular disease as seen from the mucosal surface

43
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What does this show?

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Cross section of diverticular disease

44
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What does this show?

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Histology of Diverticular Disease

45
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What does Faecal impaction + inflammation lead to in diverticular disease?

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→perforation and peritonitis

46
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What does this show?

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→perforation and peritonitis as a result of diverticular disease

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