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What is Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis?

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Autoimmune destruction of the extrahepatic bile ducts

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With what condition is Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis commonly seen with?

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Ulcerative Colitis

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How will Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis present?

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Like ascending cholangitis
= RUQ pain, jaundice, fever, AMS, hypotension

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How do you diagnose Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis? What will be seen?

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MRCP = Beads on a string

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What is Primary Biliary Cholangitis?

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Autoimmune destruction of intra-and extrahepatic bile ducts

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What antibody will be (+) with Primary Biliary Cholangitis?

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Anti-Mitochondrial antibody

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What is the treatment for Primary Biliary Cholangitiis?

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Ursodeoxycholic Acid

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What gene is mutated with Wilson’s Disease?

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ATP7B

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What is the physiology behind Wilson’s Disease?

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Reduced Ceruloplasmin formation and copper excretion

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What 3 places does copper commonly deposit with Wilson’s Disease?

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Eye
Liver
Brain - Basal Ganglia

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Levels of Ceruloplasmin and Urine Copper with Wilson’s Disease?

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LOW Ceruloplasmin
HIGH Urine Copper

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What is the treatment for Wilson’s Disease?

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Copper chelators like Penicillamine

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What is the physiology behind Hereditary Hemochromatosis?

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Increased iron absorption that is unable to be inhibited

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What are some signs of Hereditary Hemochromatosis?

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  • Bronze Diabetes Mellitus
  • Arthropathy – commonly MCP joints
  • Hypogonadism
  • Cardiomegaly
  • Hepatomegaly
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What are some signs of Hereditary Hemochromatosis?

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  • Bronze Diabetes Mellitus
  • Arthropathy – commonly MCP joints
  • Hypogonadism
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Cardiomegaly
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What lab value is extremely HIGH with Hereditary Hemochromatosis?

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Ferritin!

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What is the treatment for Hereditary Hemochromatosis?

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Phlebotomy

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Which Hepatitis viruses are DNA viruses?

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B and D

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Which Hepatitis virus is self-limited and transferred fecal-oral?

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What antibody to Hepatitis B will only be present if you obtained Hepatitis B through exposure?

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The liver normally metabolizes what 2 things that are the mainstay of Cirrhosis symptoms?

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Ammonium
Estrogen

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What are the signs (2) of Hepatic Encephalopathy?

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Treatment for Hepatic Encephalopathy?

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What symptoms are caused by Estrogen Overload with Cirrhosis?

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Gynecomastia
Spider Angiomata
Palmar Erythema

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What 3 symptoms with Cirrhosis are caused by Portal HTN?
Thrombocytopenia Ascites Varices
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If the SAAG score is > ____ Cirrhosis is to blame for the Ascites
> 1.1
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What is the mainstay of treatment for Ascites with Cirrhosis (2)?
Furosemide and Spironolactone
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4 ways to treat bleeding varices?
- EGD with banding - Ceftriaxone - Octreotide - Beta blockers to reduce pressure
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4 ways to treat bleeding varices?
- EGD with banding - Ceftriaxone - Octreotdie - Beta blockers to reduce pressure
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What is a common complication of Ascites?
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
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How can you diagnose Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis?
Paracentesis shows > 250 PMNs in ascitic fluid
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What is the treatment for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis?
Ceftriaxone
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Whipple disease is an infectious disease caused by Tropheryma Whippelii. It has many possible symptoms. What GI organ is affected?
Small Bowel
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What is characteristic of Whipple Disease?
PAS (+) material in lamina propria
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What is Angiodysplasia?
Dilated submucosal veins and AV malformations in the RIGHT colon
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What will be present intermittently with Angiodysplasia?
Intermittent painless GI bleeding -- AV malformations in the RIGHT colon
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How is Angiodysplasia diagnosed and does it need treatment?
Colonoscopy -- Does not usually need to be treated
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What is Autoimmune Atrophic Gastritis?
Attack of the parietal cells and IF
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How will Autoimmune Atrophic Gastritis present?
Postprandial pain and bloating with a Macrocytic anemia -- Attack of parietal cells and IF
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What lab change can be seen with Chronic Pancreatitis?
LOW fecal elastase
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Signs of Chronic Pancreatitis?
- Recurrent epigastric pain - Diabetes Mellitus - Steatorrhea - Vitamin ADEK deficiencies
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What symptom occurs and when with Gilbert Syndrome?
Episodes of mild jaundice provoked by a stress factor
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Gilbert Syndrome has LOW activity of?
UDP Glucuronyltransferase ==> LOW conjugation of bilirubin
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What lab value will be elevated with Gilbert syndrome?
Unconjugated bilirubin
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What should occur if you perform the D-xylose test?
D-xylose should be absorbed in small bowel and excreted in the urine
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If there is LOW D-xylose in the urine, what does that mean?
There is a Small Bowel disease that is preventing its absorption there

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