Pediatrics GI Flashcards
Causes of Hydrops of gallbladder
Kawasaki disease.Strep pharyngitis. TPN, HSP, Prolonged fasting
Patient with Ulcerative colitis presents with elevated LFTs?
Diagnosis?
Primary sclerosis cholangitis
Cholangitis
Bacterial infection of gall bladder
When to operate acute cholangitis
When having calculous cholengitis
Most common malignant liver tumors in children
Hepatobladstoma
Common causes of hepatoblastoma
Beckwith weidelmlan and familiar adenomatous pilyposis
What is Kasai procedure
piece of intestine to drain liver, bypassing malformed bile ducts
Best screening test for Wilson disease
Serum Ceruloplasmin
Confirmatory test for Wilson disease
24 Hour urinary copper levels
Screening family members with proven Wilson’s disease with elevated 24 hour urinary copper. Next step?
Liver biopsy
Inheritance of Wilson disease
Autosomal recessive
Most common presentation of Wilson disease
Hemolytic anemia
Disease related with Type 1 DM
Celiac disease, autoimmune thyroiditis, Sjogren syndrome, Ig A nephropathy
Best screening test for Celiac disease
Tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTG IgA) is a sensitive and specific test often used as the 1st line of screening. and Total Ig A level to differentiate form Ig A deficiency.
Guttate psoriasis relates to which infection
Streptococcal pharyngitis