Clinical Correlates Flashcards
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Peritonitis
Bacterial infection from laparotomy or traumatic penetration -> inflammation of peritoneum
Peritoneal adhesions
Damaged peritoneum -> inflamed and sticky fibrin
Ascites
Fluid accumulation in peritoneal cavity -> dissension and swelling
1. Can affect respiratory fxn
Abscess formation
Collection of purulent exudate in subphrenic recess
Internal hernia thru omental foramen
Loop in small bowel thru omental bursa
- Can be strangulated by foramen
- Rare
Temporary control of hemorrhage from cystic a.
Artery ligated and clamped -> severed during cholecystectomy
Diaphragm rupture
Inc intra-abdominal pressure -> rupture
1. Traumatic or congenital
Abdominal hernia
Structures thru wall in areas of weakness
Abdominal aortic aneurism
Localized enlargement of abdominal aorta
1. Inc mortality rate if ruptures
Gastro-esophageal reflux disorder (GERD)
Recurrent heartburn from acid regurgitation
1. Esophageal sphincter failure
Hiatal hernia
- Para-esophageal: cardia normal, fundus herniates-> no reflux
- Sliding: esophagus, cardia, and fundus herniate -> reflux
Pylorospasm
Spasms of pylorus at 2-12 weeks old, smooth muscle doesn’t relax properly -> food stuck -> discomfort and vomiting
Pyloric stenosis
Hardening and narrowing -> chyme can’t pass -> non-bilous vomiting, dehydration, and “olive” sized mass at pylorus
1. Single-bubble sign
Duodenal atresia
Congenital absence/closure at duodenojejunal flexure -> stomach distension, bilious vomiting
- Double-bubble sign
- Common w/ Down’s syndrome and pregnancies w/ xs amniotic fluid
Paraduodenal hernia
2-3 inconstant folds and fossae around duodenojejunal flexure
1. Bowel strangulation if intestinal loop stuck
Peptic ulcers
Duodenum/stomach
- H. Pylori
- Lethal hemorrhage if erode a.
Pancreatic cancer
Can obstruct IVC, bile duct, hepatopancreatic ampulla -> bile retention, inc gallbladder, and jaundice
1. Drain into lymph system -> metastasis
Cholelithiasis
Stones in gallbladder, cystic duct, or bile duct
- Usually asymptomatic
- Large -> obstruction -> ulceration -> cholecysto-enteric fistula
- Lodged ileocecal valve -> intestinal constriction -> bowel obstruction = gallstone ileus
Porcelain gallbladder
Inflammatory scarring and calcification of walls
1. Chronic gallstones (overweight females)
Subphrenic abscess
Pus in subphrenic recess
1. Usually drains to hepatomegaly recess
Cirrhosis of liver
Fatty/fibrous scar tissue accumulate -> dec circulation -> inc BP in partial system -> varices
1. Hobnail appearance
Hirschsprung’s disease (congenital megacolon)
Abnormal development of autonomic n. And enteric system in distal colon
A. Non-function -> accumulation prox to immobile section
Diverticulosis
Outpockets in colon wall between teniae coli
1. Infection = diverticulitis
Appendicitis
Blockage -> inflammation
- Nausea, vomiting, fever, dec appetite
- Pain vague peri-umbilicular and lumbar regions -> severe right lower quadrant
- Pressure at McBurney’s point -> tenderness and guarding