Upper GI Flashcards
1
Q
Most oesophageal and gastric cancers arise from adenomas?
Y/N
A
no most of these cancers arise from the flat pathways
metaplasia> low grade dysplasia/ high grade dysplasia > adenocarcinoma
2
Q
coeliac disease with a high gluten diet would cause what histological change in duodenum?
A
villous atrophy
increased intraepithelial lymphocytes
3
Q
what does not cause chronic gastritis?
autoimmunity
infection
drugs
metabolic causes
A
A: metabolic causes
drugs: NSAIDS
autoimmunity : anti parietal
bacterial: h pylori
chemicals: NSAIDS, bile
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Q
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