GI Flashcards
(269 cards)
Squamous cell cancer of esophagus
Smoking, etOH, hot liquids, pickled foods, Nitrates, deficiency of B1, carotene, selenium
Adenocarcinoma of esophagus
Constant GERD, Barrett’s, weight loss, high calorie/fat, hiatal hernia –> GERD
Drugs that cause esophagitis
K, iron, tetracyclines, NSAIDS, alendronate, quinidine
Zenker diverticulum pathogenesis
Motor dysfxn - sphincter contraction/dysmotility –> excision & cricopharyngeal myotomy
Progressive dysphagia, CP, regurg, No LES relaxation
Achalasia - myenteric plexus, T. cruzi
Progressive dysphagia, nighttime cough, regurgitation, weight loss, heart burn
Achalasia –> Barium +/- manometry –> Endoscopy w/ balloon dilation or myomectomy
Crushing pain w/ swallowing, dysphagia for liquids, regurg
Achalasia –> Barium +/- manometry –> Endoscopy w/ balloon dilation or myomectomy
Dysphagia for solids –> softs –> liquids, weight loss, smoking or longstanding GERD
SCC (smoking) or Adenocarcinoma (GERD) –> Barium –> endo + bx –> CT for operability
Dysphagia of both solids and liquids, chronic GERD 1st step
Barium esophogram –> endocsopy
Prolonged forceful vomiting + bright red blood
Mallory-weiss tear –> endocscopy –> laser
Prolonged forceful vomiting –> sternal pain, fever, leukocytosis
Boerhave syndrome –> Gastrografin swallow –> repair
1 cause of esophageal perforation
Instrument –> emphysema in neck –> contrast esophagram
CP, epigastric pain, burning + CXR widened mediastinum, mediastinal air
Esophageal rupture = instrument, KCl, vomiting, Barrett, candida/HIV, caustic ingestion
Food stuck in throat/muscle that initiates swallowing
Cricopharyngeal
Severe odynophagia, CD4 <50, round ulcers in esophagus cause
HSV - CMV (deep linear ulcers)
Drug causes of esophagitis
KCl, tetracyclines, bisphosphonates, NSAIDs
Intermittent CP, dysphagia, simultaneous high amplitude contractions
Dissuse esophageal spasm
Fibrosis, atrophy, no distal esophagus movement, loss of LES tone
Scleroderma
Stuck chicken bone, unable to open mouth fully, limited nexk extension, fever
Retropharyngeal abscess –> CT + Abx to avoid –> mediastinum
Tx for variceal bleeding
2 Ivs or central line –> octreotide or somatostatin
Tx for non-bleeding varicees
BB (propanolol) –> sclerotherapy –> TIPS if refractory to all other tx
1 esophageal atresia
Proximal pouch, distal TE fistula
Overweight, burning pain worse laying down, bending over, tight clothes, antacids help, long standing
GERD –> PPI –> endoscopy + Bx
Nocturnal wheezing, morning hoarsness, inflamed pharynx next step?
GERD –> PPI