PP GI Flashcards
What disease has a corkscrew x-ray?
Esophageal spasm
What disease has an apple core x- ray?
Cancer
What disease has a stacked coin x- ray?
Intussusception
What disease has a thumbprint x-ray?
Toxic megacolon
What disease has an abrupt cutoff x- ray?
Volvulus
What disease has a barium clumping x- ray?
Celiac sprue
What disease has a bird’s beak x-ray?
Achalasia
What disease has a string sign x-ray?
Pyloric stenosis
What diseases have solid dysphagia?
Schatzki’s rings, stricture, cancer
What diseases have solid and liquid dysphagia?
Esophageal spasm, scleroderma, achalasia
What is Barrett’s Esophagus?
Metaplasia, ↑AdenoCA risk
What are Esophageal Varices?
Vomit blood everywhere, portal HTN
What is Mallory-Weiss?
Tear LES (bld) mucosa with chronic vomiters
predispose: alcohol, Bolimia nervosa
What is Boerhaave’s?
Tear all layers of esophagus, left- sided pneumo/pain/effusion
What is Achalasia?
Lost LES Auerbach’s, bird’s beak, Chaga’s, choke on solids
What is Hirschprung’s?
Lost rectum Auerbach’s, no meconium passage
What is a Zenker’s diverticulum?
Cough undigested food from above UES, halitosis
What is a Traction diverticulum?
Eat big bolus => gets stuck above LES
What is Plummer-Vinson syndrome?
Esophageal webs, spoon nails, Fe- deficiency anemia
What are Schatzki rings?
Esophageal webs in lower esophagus
What is a TE fistula?
Choke w/ each feeding; cough w/ each feeding
What is an Esophageal atresia w/ TE fistula?
Vomit w/ 1st feeding, huge gastric bubble
What is Duodenal atresia?
Bilious vomiting w/1 feed, double bubble,
Down’s
What is Pyloric stenosis?
Projectile vomiting (3-4 wk old), RUQ olive mass
How does Choanale atresia present?
Conginital narrowing back of the nasal cavity
Turns blue with feeding
How is the Tetrology of Fallot presentation different?
Turns blue with crying
raise pulmonary vascular resistance: decre RV preload—R to L shunt
What makes Scleroderma unique?
↓LES pressure
What makes Esophageal spasms unique?
↑Peristalsis
What makes Achalasia unique?
↓Peristalsis and ↑LES pressure
What disease has a RUQ olive mass?
Pyloric stenosis
What disease has a RLQ sausage mass?
Intussusception
What is a Bezoar?
Mass of hair or vegetables =>
antrum obstruction
What is Gastritis type A?
Upper GI bleed, anti-parietal cell Ab
B12 def
What is Gastritis type B?
Upper GI bleed, spicy foods, H. pylori
Gastric ulcer
lesser curvature may cause bleeding from the
left gastric artery.
Duodenal ulcer
posterior wall may cause bleeding from the
gastroduodenal artery
What is a Duodenal ulcer?
complication
Too much acid: pain after meal/ at night, type O blood, H. pylori, pain relieved by eating
GI Bleed and perforation
What is a Gastric ulcer?
Broken mucus layer: pain during
meal, NSAIDs, type A blood
What is a Sliding hiatal hernia?
Fundus slides from esophageal hiatus to thorax => sucks acid into thorax
What is a Rolling hiatal hernia?
Fundus sticks through hole in diaphragm, strangulates bowel “rolls
What is Menetrier’s disease?
Protein-losing, thick stomach rugal folds
What defines Constipation?
< 3 BM per week
What defines Diarrhea?
> 200g per day
What is Osmotic diarrhea?
Watery
stops with intravenous nutrition