Test 3 Flashcards
Peptic Ulcers
- What is the cause
- Location
- Erosion of mucosa by acid or bacteria
2. most common in duodenum
Hiatial Hernia
- What is it?
- Symptoms?
- proximal portion of stomach protrudes into the thorax
2. acid reflux type symptoms
Splenomegaly
- What causes it?
- What is it?
- caused by blood diseases, portal hypertension
2. enlargement of the spleen
Cirrhosis of Liver
- What causes it?
- What is it?
- alcoholism, hepatitis, fatty liver disease
2. replacement by fibrous tissue
Portal hypertension
- What is it?
- Symptoms
- blockage of blood flow into liver increases the pressure upstream and forces blood into portal system anastamoses.
- Caput medesae
Esophageal Varices
1. What is it?
- Back up in portal side causes a back up in the gastric veins, which eventually will reach the esophageal veins in the submucosa
Ascites
- What causes it?
- what is it’s clinical presentation
- caused by portal tension
2. edema in visceral tissues (often abdomen)
Gallstones
1. What is it?
crystallization of cholesterol or bile salts
Ischemic Bowel
- What is it?
- What is it’s clinical presentation?
- Loss of blood supply
2. pain, vomitting, necrosis, sepsis
Diverticulum
- what is it’s cause?
- location
- high internal pressure that produces bulges in the large intestinal wall
- most common in sigmoid colon
Nutcracker Syndrome
- What is it?
- Clinical presentation
- congenital compression of left renal vein between SMA and aorta
- swelling/pain in gonads, portal hypertension
Positive Psoas Sign
- What is it?
- What does it indicate?
- pain upon contraction of psoas major muscles
2. inflamed appendix
Kidney Stones
1. What are they?
- Urine over concentration
Hydronephrosis
1. What is it?
Kidney stones stop urine from leaving the body, so build up of urine
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
1. what is it?
- swelling of abdominal aorta
Episiotomy?
1. What is it?
- incision made in perineum to enlarge distal end of vaginal wall
Ruptures of intermediate urethra?
- What causes it?
- What is it?
- fracture of pelvic girdle
- extravasation of urine and blood into deep perineal pouch and may pass through UG hiatus and pool around prostate and bladder
Rupture of Spongy Urethra
- Location
- what causes it?
- What is it?
- usually in the bulb of the penis
- forceful blow to the perineum or incorrect passage of catheter
- urine escapes into superficial perineal pouch and can pass up into abdominal wall
Bartholonitis
- What is it?
- What is it associated with?
- What causes it?
- inflammation of one or both of the greater vestibular glands
- development of an abscess in the affected area
- bacterial infection
Hysterosalpingography
1. What is it?
- procedure to determine placement of uterine tubes
Ectopic Pregnancy
- Location
- What is it?
- most common in ampulla of uterine tubes
2. pregnancy outside of the uterus
Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
- Cause
- What is it?
- Clinical presentation?
- CRX?
- hypertrophy and hyperplasia of circular and longitudinal muscles
- pyloric channel becomes thickened and stomach dilated due to obstruction
- immediate postprandial, non-bilious projectile vomiting, and palpable epigastric mass (olive)
- pyloric muscle thickness