Stomach Pathology Flashcards
What is the most common congenital disorder of the stomach?
Congenital pyloric stenosis
A 5 month old male infant presents to the hospital with his mother. His mother reports that the baby is throwing up any milk roughly 30 minutes after consumption. Upon palpation the child presents with a palpable mass in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen. What is the likely diagnosis?
Congenital pyloric stenosis
What is gastritis?
Inflammation of the gastric mucosa
What are possible etiologies of gastritis?
Trauma, severe burns, increased intracranial pressure or sepsis, ingestion of alcohol or NSAIDs
What are ulcers in burn victims known as?
Curling ulcers
What is the most common etiology of both acute and chronic gastritis?
Helicobacter pylori
What is the pathogenesis of chronic autoimmune gastritis?
Autoimmune destruction of gastric parietal cells by T cells (Type IV HSN RXN) leading to decreased intrinsic factor and HCL causing high levels of gastrin
What type of hypersensitivity reaction is chronic autoimmune gastritis most closely related to?
Type IV T-Cell mediated
What form of anemia results from chronic autoimmune gastritis?
Megaloblastic (pernicious) anemia
Chronic autoimmune gastritis can predispose a person to what type of gastric adenocarcinoma?
Intestinal
What are the clinical features of chronic autoimmune gastritis?
- atrophy of mucosa w/ intestinal metaplasia
- coffee ground stools
- achlorhydria w/ ^gastrin & antral G-cell hyperplasia
- megaloblastic (pernicious) anemia (lack of intrinsic factor)
What is the most common form of gastritis?
Chronic H Pylori gastritis
What is the pathogenesis of chronic H Pylori gastritis?
Helicobacter pylori ureases and proteases along with inflammation weaken mucosal defenses
What part of the stomach is most commonly affected by chronic H pylori gastritis?
Antrum
What are the clinical features of chronic H pylori gastritis?
- left hypochondrial / epigastric abdominal pain
- food avoidance —> wt loss
- coffee ground stools
- ^risk of peptic ulcer disease, gastric adenocarcinoma, and MALT lymphoma
33 year old female patient presents to your office complaining of fatigue and indigestion. The patient has waited almost 6 months to report this problem out of embarrassment. The main thing that brought her in today was fatigue, indigestion, and the presence of coffee grounds in her stool for the last few months of her indigestion. A CBC is performed and shows elevated levels of cytotoxic CD8+ T cells. An endoscopy of the stomach shows inflammation and atrophy of the stomach mucosa. The patient is also anemic. What is the likely diagnosis?
Chronic autoimmune gastritis
What form of bleeding is present in the mucosal layer of a patient with gastritis?
Splinter (petechial) hemorrhages
32 year old female patient presents to your office complaint of stomach pain of 5 months duration that has recently gotten worse. She points to her pain which is primary located above the belly button and slightly to the left. Endoscopy shows inflammation along the mucosa of the stomach. A culture of the tissue shows heightened levels of H. Pylori in the antrum of the stomach. A small ulcer is also noted at the antrum of the stomach. What is the likely diagnosis and what is this patient at a higher risk of?
Chronic H pylori gastritis with increased risk of gastric adenocarcinoma
23 year old female patient presents to your office with stomach pain. She reports throwing up her last meal and stating that it looked like coffee. She also reports recently seeing some black stuff in her stool. An endoscopy shows splinter-like hemorrhages in the mucosa of the stomach. What is the likely diagnosis?
Acute gastritis
What is melena?
Black tar stool indicative of an upper GI bleed
Where is a peptic ulcer most common?
Proximal duodenum
What is the most common cause of a peptic ulcer?
Helicobacter pylori
What can cause a duodenal peptic ulcer?
H. Pylori, excess caffeine, excess NSAID use
A patient with a duodenal peptic ulcer will have (Increased/Decreased) pain after a meal?
Decreased