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What type of bacteria usually cause ascending cholangitis?

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Enteric, Gram negative

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What is Porcelain gallbladder? What is the risk of leaving this untreated?

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  • Dystrophic calcification of the gall bladder secondary to chronic cholecystitis
  • Predisposes to gallbladder cancer
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What part of the white pulp of the spleen is enlarged in viral infections?

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Periarterial lymphatic sheath (PALS)

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what is the step before the spinothalamic tract?

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cross ant white commissure

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What is a gallstone ileus? How do these occur?

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-Gallstone that enters and obstructs the small bowel–usually the result of a fistula development between the gallbladder and the duodenum, which allows for a large stone to pass through and obstruct the ileocecal junction

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What is the cause of SSC of the esophagus?

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Irritation of the esophagus

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What are the two viral causes of mononucleosis?

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  • EBV infection predominate

- CMV less common cause

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What is chronic cholecystitis?

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Chronic inflammation of the gallbladder due to longstanding chemical irritation from cholelithiasis

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Why is it that estrogen increases the risk for cholelithisais? (2)

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  1. Increases HMG-CoA reductase and cholesterol synthesis

2. Estrogen also increase cholesterol receptors on liver

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How does biliary atresia present? What type of bilirubin is elevated in this disorder?

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  • Jaundice, progressing to cirrhosis early in life

- Direct (conjugated) bili is elevated

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How does ascending cholangitis present?

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Sepsis, jaundice, and abdominal pain

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What will happen to a gallbladder in acute cholecystitis if left untreated?

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Rupture

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What poses an increased risk of developing ascending cholangitis? How?

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Choledocholithiasis– decreased flow of bile allows bacteria to grow upwards in the bile duct

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—–Where does lymph flow in the upper 1/3 of the esophagus? Middle? Distal?—–

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  • —–Upper = cervical nodes
  • Middle = mediastinal or tracheobronchial nodes
  • Lower = celiac and gastric nodes——
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How does cholestyramine cause an increased risk for cholelithisasis?

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Decreased reuptake of bile acids, which is needed for solubility

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What is the treatment for chronic cholecystitis?

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Cholecystectomy

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—-What is the classical presentation of gallbladder carcinoma?—-

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—-Cholecystitis in an elderly women—-

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What is the classic presentation of acute cholecystitis? (3)

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  • RUQ pain with radiation to the right scapula
  • Fever + leukocytosis
  • N/v
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Where does the EBV virus remain dormant?

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B cells

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How do Achalasia and esophageal webs lead to SCC?

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Irritation via food degradation sitting in the esophagus

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dorsal column: fx

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fine touch, position sense

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What is biliary atresia?

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Failure to form, or early destruction of the extrahepatic biliary tree

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What cancer is associated with cholecystitis?

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Adenocarcinoma from the gland cells of the gallbladder

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What is the major risk factor for the development of gallbladder adenoCA

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Gallstones

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spinothalamic tract: fx
pain, temp, touch
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How does stasis in the bile duct lead to gallstones?
Bacteria deconjugate the heme into bili, leading to bili
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How does cirrhosis increase the risk for gallstones?
Decreased production of bile salts
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What are the three causes of cholelithiasis?
- Supersaturation of cholesterol or bilirubin - Decreased phospholipids / bile acids - Stasis
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What is acute cholecystitis?
Acute inflammation of the gallbladder caused by an impacted stone in cystic duct and bacterial overgrowth
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What are the causes of bilirubin stones? (2) How do they appear grossly?
- extravascular hemolysis - Biliary tract infections -Black or darkly pigmented stones
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What is the IBD that increases the risk for cholelithisasis? Why?
- Crohn's disease | - Ileum is damaged, so there is poor uptake of bile acids and salts, causing precipitation of cholesterol
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What are the three infectious agents that increase the risk for the development of a gallstone (hint: 1 bacteria + 2 parasites)?
- E.coli - Ascaris lumbricoides - Clonorchis sinensis
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What way does the trachea shift with a pneumothorax? Tension pneumothorax?
Toward in normal, away if tension
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What is the classical s/sx of chronic cholecystitis?
Vague RUQ pain after eating
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What are the five key complications that can result from gallstones?
1. Biliary colic 2. Acute and chronic cholecystitis 3. Ascending cholangitis 4. Gallstone ileus 5. Gallbladder CA
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What ethnicity has a higher rate of cholelithiasis?
Native americans
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What is the major complication that can occur with a tension pneumothorax?
Compression of the heart
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Where are B cells found in a lymph node?
Cortex
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Where are the T cells present in the spleen?
Around the blood vessels
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What is the T cell type that predominates in infectious mononucleosis? What does this result in (3)?
CD8 + T cells - Generalized LAD - Splenomegaly - High white count
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What is the definitive test for mono?
EBV viral capsid antigen
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What are the s/sx of SCC of the esophagus? (3)
- Progressive dysphagia - Hematemesis - Hoarse voice/cough
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How does clofibrate increase the risk for gallstones?
It increases the rate of HMG CoA reductase action, leading to increased cholesterol synthesis, and decreases bile acid
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What is the cause of tension pneumothoraces?
Penetrating chest wall injuries cause a hole whereby air can come in, but cannot leak out.
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What is ascending cholangitis?
Bacterial infection of the bile ducts
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What is the most common cause of pneumothorax? In whom is this seen?
Rupture of an emphysematous bleb Tall Young males
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What are the histological characteristics of mononucleosis?
Atypical lymphocytes with a large, odd shaped nucleus
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A negative monospot usually indicates that what virus is usually causing the mono-like symptoms?
CMV
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What is the most common type of gallstones in the west? How do they appear on imaging?
- Cholesterol stones | - Usually radiolucent (don't appear)
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**How long do patients with mono have to avoid contact sports d/t the chance of splenic rupture?**
**1 year**
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What does the monospot test assess for?
-IgM to heterophile antibodies
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What is in the white pulp part of the spleen? Red pulp?
Red pulp = blood | White pulp = cells
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What is the long term complication of chronic cholecystitis?
-Porcelain gallbladder--dystrophic calcification of the gallbladder
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What is biliary colic?
Intermittent RUQ abdominal pain caused by contractions of the gallbladder against a stone.
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Why is alk phos elevated in gallbladder issues?
Alk phos a key component of the endothelial cells of the gallbladder tract
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What are Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses? What disease are these seen in?
gallbladder mucosa that dives down into the wall. Classic for chronic cholecystitis
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A rash can develop if a patient with Mono is given what abx?
PCN
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What is the most common esophageal cancer *worldwide*? Where in the esophagus does this usually arise?
- SCC | - upper or middle third of the esophagus
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Which are of the lymph node will be enlarged in a viral infection?
Paracortex
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What is the most common type of esophageal cancer in the West? What is this usually associated with? Where in the esophagus does this usually occur?
- Adenocarcinoma - Barrett's esophagus - Distal 1/3
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Why is it that esophageal SCC can present with hoarse voice?
Invasion of the SCC beyond the BM may lead to compression of the recurrent laryngeal nerve

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