Uworld Flashcards
Currant jelly stools with sausage-shaped abdominal mass
Intussusception
Target sign on ultrasound
Intussusception
____________ is thought to cause hypertrophy of Peyer’s patches serving as a nidus for telescoping in Intussusception
Gastroenteritis
Increases risk of Intussusception due to formation of small bowel hematoma from autoimmune vasculitis
HSP
Treatment for pinworm
Albendazole or pyrantel pamoate
Enterobius vermicularis
Pinworm
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas’ disease
Mainly affects heart (cardiomyopathy, RBBB) and GI tract (megacolon, mega esophagus)
Chagas
Treated with benznidazole
Chagas (trypanosoma cruzi)
First line treatment for strongyloides
Ivermectin
Presents with urticaria, abdominal pain, and respiratory probs (dry cough, SOB, and wheezing)
Strongyloides
Onchocerciasis is also known as
River blindness
Causes ocular lesions and dermatitis
River blindness
River blindness is treated with
Ivermectin
Acute dysentery with liver abscess
Amebiasis
Green-yellow, frothy, malodorous discharge
Trichomonas vaginitis
Treat trichomonas vaginitis and amebiasis with
Metronidazole
Antimalarial drug used to treat chloroquine-resistant malaria
Quinine