Buzzwords

Question 1

Bird beak appearance and distended oesophagus?

Answer 1

Achalasia

If in lower GI imaging is a sign of bowl obstruction

Question 2

Grey turners (lumbar redness) & Cullen signs (umbilical redness) positive

Answer 2

Acute pancreatitis

Question 3

Murphy’s sign positive

Answer 3

Cholecystitis

Question 4

Pale stools, jaundice, abdominal pain

Answer 4

Cholecystitis

Question 5

Abdo distension, caput medusae, shifting dullness

Answer 5

Portal hypertension + Ascites

Question 6

Pyoderma gangrenosum + erythema nodosum

Answer 6

Crohn’s/UC

Question 7

‘Tinkling bowel sounds’

Answer 7

Bowel obstruction

Question 8

Vesicular rash + weight loss

Answer 8

Coeliac disease

Question 9

Virchow’s node (supraclavicular)

Answer 9

Gastric cancer

Question 10

Urea breath test is used for?

Answer 10

H. pylori

Question 11

13C breath test is used for?

Answer 11

Bacterial overgrowth

Question 12

‘Rice-water’-like stools

Answer 12

Vibrio cholera

Question 13

Presence of AMA (anti mitochondrial antibodies)

Answer 13

PBC

Question 14

Presence of ASMA (anti-smooth muscle antibodies)

Answer 14

Autoimmune hepatitis

Question 15

Alpha-Feto Protein assay

Answer 15

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 16

Cobblestone mucosa

Answer 16

Crohn’s disease

Indicating deep fissuring ulceration of mucosa

Question 17

Diuretic used for ascites

Answer 17

Spironolactone

Question 18

Corkscrew oesophagus on barium swallow

Answer 18

Diffuse oesophageal spasm

Question 19

Severe diarrhoea and diarrhoea after raw milk

Answer 19

Campylobacter

Question 20

Russell’s sign

Answer 20

Self induce vomiting

Question 21

Mallory’s hyaline bodies

Answer 21

Alcoholic liver disease (acute hepatitis) and chronic active hepatitis

Question 22

Crypt abscesses/ cryptitis

Answer 22

UC

Question 23

Onion skinning fibrosis, beading of the bile ducts

Answer 23

PSC

Question 24

‘Signet ring’ cells seen on biopsy

Answer 24

Linitis plastica - diffuse stomach cancer

Question 25

Thumb-printing on x-Ray commonly at splenic flexure

Answer 25

Ischaemic colitis

Question 26

Charcots triad

Answer 26

Fever
Jaundice
Abdominal pain
Secondary to acute cholangitis

Question 27

Causes for abdominal mass

Answer 27

A - AAA

C - Crohn's 
H - hernia 
E - enlarged organ 
M - malignancy 
I - intersussception
C - cyst or abscess 
A - appendicitis 
L - lymphadenopathy

Question 28

Causes for bowel obstruction

Answer 28

B - bolus
A - adhesions
T - tumour
H - hernia

V - volvulus
I - intersussception
P - pseudo-obstruction
S - stricture n

Question 29

6 F’s of abdominal distension

Answer 29

Foetus 
Flatus 
Faeces 
Fat 
Fluid 
Fucking massive tumour

Question 30

Causes of clubbing

Answer 30

C - Cyanotic heart disease 
L - lung disease 
U - UC/Crohn's 
B - Billiary cirrhosis 
B - birth defect 
I - infective endocarditis 
N - neoplasm (especially hodgkins) 
G - GI malabsorption

Question 31

What is gingival hypertrophy a side effect of?

Answer 31

Calcium channel blockers