GI Flashcards
(23 cards)
How to diagnose coeliac
Biopsy - scalloping
IgA, anti-TTG Abs
What type of cancer occurs in lower 1/3 oesophagus
Adenocarcinoma
How to diagnose H pylori gastritis
Faecal Ag test
Appearance of peptic ulcer
Clear cut, punched out, no raised edge, gastric folds
Complications of H pylori infection
Gastritis –> adenocarcinoma (signet ring)
Where are Brunner’s glands found?
Duodenum
Where are plicae circulares found?
Jejunum
Meckel’s diverticulum
Incomplete regression of vitello-intestinal duct
2 ft above ileocaecal valve
Antibiotic induced colitis
White speckles, patchy yellow exudate, withered crypts
Lymph drainage from lower 1/2 anal canal
Superficial inguinal –> Internal iliac
Budd-Chiari
Pre-hepatic cause of portal HT
Hep A
RNA virus
Acute infection only
Faecal-oral route
Heb B
DNA virus
Acute or chronic, long incubation
Blood/sex
HCC
Hep C
RNA virus
Acute or chronic, short incubation
Blood/sex
Often asymptomatic. Bridging necrosis. HCC
PBC
Females, damage to bile ducts
AMA
AIH
Females, IgG
PSC
Males, damage to intra and extra hepatic bile ducts
UC, malignancy
Haemochromatosis
excess Fe in liver, deposited in joints and pancreas
Wilson’s
Auto Rec disorder of copper metabolism
Accumulates in liver and brain
Kayser-Fleischer
a1 anti-trypsin deficiency
Auto Rec disorder of enzyme inhibitor
Emphysema and cirrhosis
Function of CCK
Causes bile release from GB
Cholecystitis
Inflammation of GB, gall stones
Cholangiocarcinoma is associated with which diseases
UC, PSC
