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Surgical Recall Flashcards

1
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Elderly woman, SBO, air in biliary tract

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Gallstone ileus

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2
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Elderly woman with pain down inner aspect of thigh

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Obturator hernia (Howship-Romberg sign)

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3
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Abdominal pain, hypotension, abdominal pulsatile mass

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Rupture abdominal aortic aneurysm

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4
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Abdominal pain “out of proportion” to abdominal exam

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Mesenteric Ischemia

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5
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Arm pain and syncope with arm movement

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Sublavian steal syndrome

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6
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Increasing creatinine on ACE inhibitor

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Renal artery stenosis

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7
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Child with MIDLINE neck mass

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Thyrogloassal duct cyst

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8
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Child wtih LATERAL neck mass

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Branchial cleft cyst

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9
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Crush injury and dark urine

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Myoglobinuria

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10
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Emesis, chest pain radiating to back, and mediastinal air

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Boerhaave’s

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11
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Lower GI bleed + technetium pertechnetate scan

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Meckel’s diverticulum

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12
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Flushing, diarrhea, and right-sided heart failure

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Carcinoid

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13
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Pneumaturia and LLQ pain

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colovesicular fistula

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14
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Desoid tumor, osteoma, and colon cancer

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Gardner’s syndrom

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15
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Epigastric pain radiating to back and flank ecchymosis

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hemorrhagic pancreatitis

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16
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Pancreatitis and palpable epigastric mass

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pancreatic pseudocyst

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17
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Liver abscess with “anchovy paste”

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amebic abscess

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18
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RUQ pain, travel, and exposure to sheep

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Hydatid cyst

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19
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Caput medusa

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portal hypertension

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20
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45-year-old woman with RUQ pain for 12 hours, fever, and leukocytosis

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acute cholecystitis

21
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Elderly man with large non-tender palpable gallbladder

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pancreatic cancer (Courvoisier’s sign)

22
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Female taking birth control pills with liver mass

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hepatic adenoma

23
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Liver tumor with “Central scar”

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focal nodular hyperplasia

24
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Pancreatic mass, gallstones, diabetes, and diarrhea

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somatostatinoma

25
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RUQ bruit and CHF in young adult

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liver hemangioma

26
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Excruciating pain with bowel movement

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anal fissure

27
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Abdominal pain, diarrhea, and anal fistula

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Crohn’s disease

28
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EKG with “peaked” T waves

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hyperkalemia

29
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Buccal mucosa with pigmentation

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

30
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LLQ pain, fever, and change in bowel habits

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Diverticulitis

31
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Elevated urine 5-HIAA

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Carcinoid

32
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Institutionalized, abdominal pain, vomiting, and distension with proximal colonic dilation

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sigmoid volvulus

33
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Infant with projectile vomiting

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pyeloric stenosis

34
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Newborn with failure to pass meconium in first 24 hours

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Hirschsprung’s

35
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Infant with bilious vomiting

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malrotation

36
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Newborn with abdominal defect and umbilical cord on sac

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Omphalocele

37
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Teenager with knee pain and “onion skinning” on x-ray

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Ewing’s sarcoma

38
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Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure <18, CXR with bilateral pulmonary infiltrates, and PaO2:FIO2 ratio <300

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ARDS

39
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Increased peak airway pressure, low urine output, and urinary bladder >25 mmHg

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Abdominal compartment syndrome

40
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Newborn with inability to “pass an NGT”

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Esophageal atresia

41
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Traumatic blinding in one eye followed by blindness in the contralateral eye 2 weeks later

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Sympathetic ophthalmia

42
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Mitotic pupil, ptosis, and anhydrosis

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Horner’s syndrome

43
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Traumatic head injury, conscious in ER followed by unconsciousness

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Epidural hematoma

44
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“worst headache of my life”

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subarachnoid hemorrhage

45
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Hematuria, flank plank pain, and abdominal mass

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renal cell carcinoma

46
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60-year-old white man with painless hematuria

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bladder cancer

47
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RUQ pain, jaundice, fever

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cholangitis

48
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Chest pain radiating to back and described as a “tearing” pain

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aortic dissection

49
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40-year-old man with tachycardia/hypertension and confusion on postoperative day 2

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alcohol withdrawal

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