Small and Large Intestine Flashcards
What disease process is pictured below?
Meckel’s Diverticulum
What part of the colon is most susceptible to transmural infarction?
Splenic flexure
What layers of the bowel are involved in the following infarctions?
- Mucosal
- Mural
- Transmural
What disease process is pictured below?
Ischemic Bowel Disease
What anatomic complications can result from ischemic bowel disease?
- Fibrosis
- Strictures
What life-threatening complication can arise in transmural bowel infarction?
Shock and vascular collapse
Happens rapidly (hours)
What is the most common acquired GI emergency of premature or low birth weight neonates?
Necrotizing enterocolitis
What disease process is pictured below?
Angiodysplasia
What is the most common presentation for malabsorption syndromes?
Chronic diarrhea
What are the most common causes of malabsorption syndromes in the US?
- Celiac
- Pancreatic insufficiency
- including cystic fibrosis
- Crohn disease
What is characterized by low volume, painful, bloody diarrhea?
Dysentery
What is characterized by voluminous, frothy diarrhea that is greasy and yellow in color? In which disease type is this most commonly found?
Steatorrhea
***Hallmark of malabsorption disease***
What type of diarrhea is isotonic and persists during fasting? What are its causes?
Secretory diarrhea
- Causes:
- enterocolitis (bacterial, viral)
- Cholera
- Excessive laxative use
What type of diarrhea is characterized by high osmolality and abates with fasting? What are its causes?
Osmotic diarrhea
- Causes:
- Malabsorption
- Lactase deficiency
- Antacids
- Malabsorption
What type of diarrhea is characterized by purulent, bloody stool and persists with fasting? What are its causes?
Exudative diarrhea
- Causes:
- Infectious!!
- Shigella
- Salmonella
- Campylobacter
- Entamoeba histolytica
What peptide is unable to be digested in Celiac sprue?
the amino acid alpha-gliadin
Which HLA genes are associated with Celiac Sprue?
DQ2
DQ8
How do adults present with Celiac Disease? What long-term complications may arise?
- Adult Presentation
- Anemia (malabsorption)
- Chronic diarrhea
- Bloating
- Dermatitis herpetiformis (blistering rash)
- Complications
- Lymphocytic gastritis
- Lymphocytic colitis
How do Peds patients present with Celiac Sprue? At what age does it normally present?
- Presentation
- Anorexia
- Abdominal distention
- Chronic diarrea
- Muscle wasting
- Failure to thrive
- Age:
- 6-24 months
- age at which gluten is added to diet
What are the nonclassic symptoms of Celiac Sprue? When does this normally present?
- Nonclassic symptoms:
- Abdominal pain
- Vomiting
- Bloating
- Constipation
- Extraintestinal: arthritis, seizure, anemia, puberty delay
Celiac Sprue is most associated with which types of cancer?
- Enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma
- Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma
What parts of the GIT are most exposed to gluten?
Duodenum
Proximal jejunum
What histology is associated with Celiac sprue?
- Increased cells:
- CD8+
- CD4+
- Plasma cells
- Loss of brush border
- Loss of villi
- Crypt hyperplasia
What is the histology of Tropical sprue?
Villus atrophy (but normally not complete)
What is the typical history of a patient with tropical sprue? By what is it typically preceded?
- History
- Visited / lived in tropical area
- Preceded by infectious diarrhea
What part of the GIT is most commonly affected by Tropical Sprue?
Distal small bowel
(Jejunum, Ileum)
What disease process is pictured below?
Celiac Sprue
What disease process is pictured below?
Tropical Sprue
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Definition
- Characteristics
- Long term effects
- Diagnosis
- Diagnosis:
- Abdominal pain at least 3 days/month over 3 months
- Change in stool (frequency or form)
- Characteristics
- May have diarrhea, constipation, or both
- Long term effects
- None
- Diagnosis:
- must rule out other causes!
What histological changes are present in patients with IBS?
None