PP Clues - GI Flashcards
Corkscrew XR
Esophageal spasm
Apple core XR
Cancer
Stacked coin XR
Intussusception
Abrupt cutoff in XR
Volvulus
Bird’s beak XR
Achalasia
String sign on XR
Pyloric Stenosis
Causes of Solid Dysphagia
Schatzki’s Rings
Strictures
Cancer
Schatzki’s Rings
LEW
Causes of Liquid Dysphagia
Scleroderma
Achalasia
Esophageal spasm
Barrett’s Esophagus
Metaplasia
Increased risk of adenocarcinoma
Esophageal Varicies
d/t Portal HTN
Vomit blood when they rupture
Mallory-Weiss
Chronic vomiters
Tear at LES mucosa
Boorhave’s Esophagus
Transmural rupture of the esophagus
Achalasia
Increased LES pressure
Decreased peristalsis
Loss of LES Auerbach’s plexus
Bird’s beak on XR
Hirschsprung’s
Congenital lack of Auerbach’s in the rectum
Newborn won’t pass meconium
Zenker’s Diverticulum
Above UES
Cough undigested food
Halitosis
Traction Diverticulum
Below UES
Plummer-Vinson Syndrome
UEW
Spoon nails
d/t Iron deficiency anemia
TE Fistula (H-type)
Choke with each feeding
Esophageal Atresia with TE Fistula (C-type)
Vomit with 1st feeding
Huge gastric bubble
Duodenal Atresia
Bilious vomiting with 1st feeding
Double bubble
Down’s Syndrome
Pyloric Stenosis
Projectile (non-bilious) vomiting
RUQ olive sign
Choanal Atresia
Turns blue with feeding
Sclerodema
Decreased LES pressure
Esophageal Spasms
Increased peristalsis
RUQ Olive mass
Pyloric Stenosis
RLQ Sausage mass
Intussusception
Bezoar
Mass of undigestable material
Antrum obstruction
Type A Gastritis
AI
Anti-parietal cell Ab
Atrophic/Achlorhydria
Adenocarcinoma risk
Type B Gastritis
H. pylori
Spicy food
Duodenal Ulcer
Loss of barrier
Pain after meal and during night
Relieved by eating (weight gain)
Associated with H. pylori and Type O blood
Gastric Ulcer
Loss of barrier
Pain during meals
Associated with NSAIDs and Type A blood
Sliding Hiatal Hernia
Fundus slides through esophageal hiatus into thorax
Rolling Hiatal Hernia
Bowel protrudes through defect in diaphragm
Strangulates bowel
Menetrier’s Disease
Lose protein through thick rugal folds (generalized edema)
Constipation
Diarrhea
> 200g per day
Osmotic diarrhea
Watery
Cause of secretory diarrhea
Laxative use
Inflammatory
Blood and pus
Celiac Sprue
Jejunum
Wheat allergy
Villous atrophy
Anti-gluten/gliaden Ab
Tropical Sprue
Distal ileum
Mesenteric Ischemia
Pain out of proportion to exam
Bugs that cause bloody diarrhea
CASES Campylobacter Ameoba (E. histolytica) Shigella E. coli Salmonella
Cholangitis
Inflammation of Bile Duct
Charcot’s Triad
Jaundice
Fever
RUQ Pain
Reynold’s Pentad
Jaundice Fever RUQ Pain (+) Hypotension (+) Change in mental status
Ascending Cholangitis
Common bile duct infection d/t stone
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
p-ANCA
Bile duct inflammation
Beading
Associated with UC
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Anti-mitochondrial Ab
Bile ductules destroyed
Xanthelasma