Small Intestine Flashcards
DIARRHEA, CONSTIPATION, ABDOMINAL BLOATING & DISCOMFORT, DEFICIENCIES in IRON, VIT B12, FOLATE, VITAMIN D, ZINC, HLA DQ2 or DQ8 association?
CELIAC DISEASE (wheat, barley, rye)
When a patient has POSITIVE SEROLOGIC markers for CELIAC DISEASE (TTG and/or EMA) but NORMAL BIOPSIES, what does this mean?
LATENT CELIAC DISEASE - may or may not manifest disease
ANEMIA, OSTEOPOROSIS, PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY, REDUCED FERTILITY, SKIN RASHES, elevated LFTs, DENTAL ENAMEL lesions and MOOD CHANGES are all extra-intestinal manifestations of what condition?
CELIAC DISEASE (associated with DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS, DM, DOWN SYNDROME, IgA defficiency, SJOGREN syndrome, PBC, autoimmune thyroid disease, IBD and microscopic colitis)
After what PERIOD of TIME will SEROLOGIC tests (anti gliadin IgA or IgG antibodies, anti-endomysial, anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody and anti-deamidted gliadin antibody) become negative once a patient with CELIAC DISEASE follow a strict GLUTEN-FREE diet?
WEEKS to MONTHS
Which SEROLOGIC TEST is the ONLY RECOMMENDED test for CELIAC DISEASE?
Anti-ENDOMYSIAL ANTIBODY (IgA) - HIGHEST DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY (tissue transglutaminase Ab - IgA also)
In which patients with CELIAC DISEASE will anti-ENDOMYSIAL Ab and tTG-Ab be negative?
In those with IgA DEFICIENCY - USE IgG DGP (anti-DEAMIDATED giadin)
What TESTS can be used to TRACK CELIAC DISEASE ACTIVITY as a patient is follwing a GLUTEN-FREE DIET?
anti-ENDOMYSIAL Ab and tTG-Ab
What TESTING is helpful in EXLUDING CELIAC DISEASE in patients BEFORE performing a GLUTEN CHALLENGE or those NOT tested before starting a gluten free diet or in those with villous atrophy but negative tTG-Ab?
HLA DQ2 and DQ8 testing (small bowel BIOPSY is the GOLD STANDARD)
On EGD you find a REDUCED number of DUODENAL FOLDS, SCALLOPING, MUCOSAL NODULARITY and a MOSAIC pattern, where can this be found?
CELIAC DISEASE
DEEP HYPERPLASTIC CRYPTS on BIOPSY of SMALL BOWEL, CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM infiltrated with LYMPHOCYTES and PLASMA CELLS with preservation of villous architecture?
CELIAC DISEASE
What can be used to TREAT REFRACTORY CELIAC DISEASE (no villous healing with gluten-free diet)?
Enteric-coated BUDESONIDE or 6MP - but can still be unresponsive (T-cell expansion CD4 and CD8) which can develop into LYMPHOMA with high-fatality rate
What is DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS associated with?
CELIAC DISEASE (so is DOWN SYNDROME)
Average AGE for diagnosis of CELIAC DISEASE in the US is?
45
In a patient with diagnosed CELIAC DISEASE who is NON-RESPONSIVE to a GLUTEN-FREE diet for over 1 YEAR, what MUST BE DONE?
RECONFIRM the DIAGNOSIS (HLA DQ2 and DQ8)
A STRONGLY POSITIVE IgA tTG or anti-Endomysial Ab WITH confirmatory HISTOLOGY is considered what?
HIGHLY-INDICATIVE of CELIAC DISEASE
What should be done if the DIAGNOSIS of CELIAC DISEASE is in QUESTION BEFORE considering INVASIVE REPEAT BIOPSY?
HLA (DQ2 and DQ8) TYPING and EXPERT PATHOLOGIST REVIEW of original biopsies obtained
How MANY people are POSITIVE for HLA DQ2 and DQ8 who do NOT HAVE CELIAC DISEASE?
40% (however, IF HLA testing is NEGATIVE, they DO NOT have CELIAC - high PPV)
In a patient WITHOUT CELIAC DISEASE (non-specific histology and negative serology) but who RESPONDS to GLUTEN-FREE DIET, what is the diagnosis?
NON-CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY
In a patient with CONFIRMED CELIAC DISEASE with confirmed and appropriate changes on RE-BIOPSY and on SEROLOGY but with PERSISTENT DIARRHEA, what should be done next?
COLONOSCOPY with BIOPSIES for possible MICROSCOPIC COLITIS
Where in the WORLD is the HIGHEST PREVALENCE of CELIAC DISEASE?
FINLAND
Is SYMPTOM response to GLUTEN-FREE DIET reliable for DIAGNOSIS of CELIAC DISEASE?
NO
CELIAC DISEASE is associated with a 6-FOLD increased RISK of what CANCER?
LYMPHOMA
ABERRANT INTRA-EPITHELIAL LYMPHOCYTES on histology of the SMALL BOWEL are adsociated with what?
REFRACTORY CELIAC DISEASE TYPE-II - POOR PROGNOSIS, 50% 5 year survival - LYMPHOMA
REFRACTORY CELIAC DISEASE TYPE-II (POOR PROGNOSIS, 50% 5-YEAR survival - LYMPHOMA) - responds best to what therapy?
NONE (no meds, no steroids, no gluten-free diet)
What other AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE is CELIAC DISEASE COMMONLY associated with?
DM-I
AUTOIMMUNE condition that results in SEVERE WEIGHT LOSS, SEVERE MALAPSORPTION, DEHYDRATION and ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES?
AUTOIMMUNE ENTEROPATHY
What is the FIRST thing that must be checked for when treatment of CELIAC DISEASE is NON-RESPONSIVE?
If the DIAGNOSIS of CELIAC DISEASE is CORRECT in the first place
What MEDICATION can MIMIC CELIAC DISEASE DIARRHEA and thus MEDICATIONS must be evaluated in a patient who presents with CELIAC-DISEASE type diarrhea?
OLMESARTAN (antihypertensive) - olmesartan-induced enteropathy (with villous drop-out)
Does CELIAC DISEASE present with SEVERE DIARRHEA and MALABSORPTION?
NO
EQUIVOCAL HISTOLOGY (EGD biopsy with villous atrophy) and SEROLOGY (tTG NEGATIVE), what do youmdo NEXT to diagnose CELIAC DISEASE?
HLA DQ2 & DQ8 (99% NPV)
OLMESARTAN, CROHN’s, GIARDIASIS, BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH, COW’s MILK ALLERGY, AUTOIMMUNE ENTEROPATHY, POST-VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS, LYMPHOMA are all conditions that can result in the SAME HISTOLOGY AS?
CELIAC DISEASE (villous atrophy)
WHITE man 40-70 yo, BIOPSY of SMALL BOWEL (macrophages in lamina propria), PAS-ACID POSITIVE, ATROPHY, FEVER, LYMPHADENOPATHY, CNS disease (prolonged therapy to prevent relapse, CARDIOVASCULAR disease?
TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII (WHIPPLE’s Disease)
Vacuolated, lipid-laden enterocytes, acantocytosis with STEATORRHEA (infant); NYSTAGMUS, ATAXIA, MUSCLE WEAKNESS (childhood); CARDIOMYOPATHY, RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (adult)?
ABETALIPOPROTEINEMIA
>50% of the Small Bowel removed (ischemia: SMA/SMV thrombosis, CHF) with SEVERE DIARRHEA and MALABSORPTION as well as after weight-loss surgery with JEJUNO-ILEAL BYPASS?
SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME
When REMOVING up to 40% of the SMALL BOWEL, the DUODENUM, DISTAL ILEUM and ILEOCECAL VALVE are IMPORTANT to preseve to avoid what condtion?
SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME
**After WHAT PERCENTAGE of SMALL BOWEL RESECTION is the SEVERE, INTRACTABLE DIARRHEA and MALABSORPTION LIFE THREATENING?
>75%
What is ESSENTIAL to PRESERVE in a patient with SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME?
COLON (absorb water and carbohydrate and slow small bowel motility)
What is the result of RESECTION of the ILEUM?
Vit B-12 and BILE SALT MALABSORPTION
What SURGICAL procedure can cause SMALL BOWEL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH?
Removal of the ILEOCECAL VALVE
How is SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME treated?
FLUID & ELECTROLYTE SUPPLEMENTATION, TPN and ANTI-DIARRHEALS (opioids), then oral-intake to stimulate INTESTINAL ADAPTATION (low lactose, low fat with MEDIUM-CHAIN TRYGLICERIDES) - vitamins (B12) and mineral supplementation
Lethargy, Confusion, Ataxia after SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME treated with ANTIBIOTICS and REDUCED CARBOHYDRATE diet is caused by what?
D-lactic ACIDOSIS (changed bacterial flora)
BILE SALT DIARRHEA and FATTY ACID DIARRHEA can occur if this segment of the SMALL BOWEL is RESECTED?
TERMINAL ILEUM ( of the TI) - treat with CHOLESTYRAMINE
If >100 cm, treat with LOW-FAT DIET, Ca-SUPPLEMENTS, anti-DIARRHEALS and VITAMINS (kidney stones and gallstones)
BILLROTH II anastomosis (afferent limb stasis), multiple JEJUNAL DIVERTICULA, ENTEROENTERIC FISTULA, INTESTINAL STRICTURE or ANASTOMOSIS can all result in this condition that causes bloating, diarrhea and abdominal discomfort?
SIBO (or blind loops syndrome) - also SCLERODERMA, DM (abnormal motor activity of MMC)
What are the TWO MAJOR manifestations of SIBO?
MACROCYTIC ANEMIA (bacteria taking up B12 elevating serum folate) and DIARRHEA-STEATORRHEA (bacterial breakdown of bile salts used to digest fats)
Patient presents with DIARRHEA, MALABSORPTION, MALNUTRITION, elevated SERUM FOLATE, Vit B12 DEFICIENCY (macrocytic anemia and peripheral neuropahty) and bloating with gas?
SIBO
HOW is SIBO diagnosed?
JEJUNAL ASPIRATE (aerobes and anaerobes) or BREATH TESTS (glucose is BEST)