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Small & Large Intestine Flashcards

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SMAD4 mutation syndrome

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Juvenile polyposis

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STK11 mutation syndrome

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

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Syndrome: mesenteric desmoid tumors, osteomas of mandible or skull, sebaceous cysts

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Gardner syndrome

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Syndrome: malignant central nervous system tumors (medulloblastoma, etc), gastrointestinal polyps, colon cancer

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Turcot syndrome

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Coloplasty

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Longitudinal colotomy that is closed transversely to create more reservoir capacity for reconstruction after rectal cancer resection

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Management of desmoid tumor

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Sulindac and tamoxifen
Surveillance with MRI in 3-6mo intervals
(Avoid surgery if possible because tissue manipulation can cause formation of additional desmoid tumors)

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Features of fistulas that are likely to close spontaneously

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low output (<200/day), distal fistula, longer tract (>2cm)

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Impediments to spontaneous closure of fistulas

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FRIEND
Foreign body, radiation, inflammation/infection, epithelialization, neoplasia, distal obstruction

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Kulichitsky cells

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Interstitial cells of cajal (origin cells for GI stromal tumors)

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Best test to diagnose colovesical fistula

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CT with oral/rectal contrast

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Causes of primary pneumatosis intestinalis

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Asthma, COPD, IBD, or immunosuppressive agents - creates cystic pattern in intestinal wall, benign

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Management of Stage 1 rectal cancer

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Tis, T1, or T2 with no nodal involvement -> surgery

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When to give neoadjuvant chemo for rectal cancer?

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T3 or higher, with/without nodes

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When can you do a transanal local excision for rectal cancer

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T1 rectal cancer
<8cm from anal verge
<3cm in size
Well-differentiated
<30% of circumference involved
Mobile

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Which layer maintains the tensile strength of bowel

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Submucosa

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Indications for radical resection (APR or LAR) of NET in hindgut

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> 2cm in size
Invasion into muscularis propria (T2 or higher)
Lymphovascular invasion
Elevated mitotic rate/Ki67

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Mutations associated with Lynch syndrome

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MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, EPCAM

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Manifestations of Lynch syndrome

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Keratoacanthomas, sebaceous adenoma/adenocarcinoma
Endometrial, stomach, small bowel, and ureter cancers

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MUTYH-associated polyposis: inheritence

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Autosomal recessive

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MUTYH-associated polyposis manifestations

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Adenomatous polyps
Colon, duodenal, bladder, ovarian, skin, and endometrial cancers

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FAP manifestations

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Desmoid tumors, osteomas, epidermoid cysts
Gastric and small intestine polyps
Hepatoblastoma
Papillary thyroid cancer variant

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Gene associated with Peutz-Jegher

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Mutation associated with Cowden syndrome

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Cowden syndrome manifestations

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Gastric and small intestinal polyps, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasias

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Juvenile polyposis syndrome mutations

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SMAD4, BMPR1A

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Juvenile polyposis syndrome manifestations

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Mucocutaneous lesions, breast cancer, thyroid abnormalities, GU cancers (endometrial, RCC), neurologic tumors/disorders

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Most common extracolonic cancer in Lynch syndrome

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Endometrial cancer

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Most common location for carcinoid tumor

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Rectum (but if colonoscopy is negative, most likely location is ileum)

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Which part of the bowel regains motility the fastest

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Small bowel (within 24h)
[Stomach and colon take 3-4 days]

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Management of incidentally found Meckel’s in an adult

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Nothing - leave in place

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Most common type of intussusception

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Treatment for duodenal obstruction from Crohn’s strictures

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Gastrojejunostomy (stricturoplasty is too difficult in duodenum)

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Cancer screening for FAP

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Colonoscopy q1-2yrs starting age 10-15
EGD starting 20-25 or whenever colonic polyps appear
Thyroid US q2-5yrs starting in teenage years

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Bent inner tube on abdominal xray

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Colonic volvulus

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Margins for colon cancer resection

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T1 colon cancer

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Invades submucosa

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T2 colon cancer

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Invades muscularis propria

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T3 colon cancer

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Goes through muscularis propria and invades pericolonic tissue

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T4 colon cancer

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Invades serosa (T4a)
Invades and is adherent to surrounding structures (T4b)

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N1 colon cancer

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N2a colon cancer

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N2b colon cancer

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Stage I colon cancer

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T1 or T2, no nodes

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Stage II

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T3 or T4, no nodes

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Stage III colon cancer

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Any T stage, N1 or N2

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Indications for adjuvant therapy for colon cancer

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Stage III and above (any N+ or M+)
Plus certain specific situations with lower stage disease

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Indications for neoadjuvant chemoradiation in rectal cancer

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T3 or greater, any nodal disease

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