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Infectious & Inflammatory Diseases Flashcards

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Fever, pain, leukocytosis

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Clinical presentation for infection & inflammation

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“-itis”

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Indicates an inflammatory process

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Localized collection of pus

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Abscess

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Inflammation of the liver

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Hepatitis

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Hepatitis routes for A, B, C, D

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A: fecal-oral
B: blood and body fluids
C: transfusions
D: dependent on hep B

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Hepatomegaly, decreased liver echogenicity, prominent portal vein walls, thickened GB

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Acute hepatitis

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Coarse liver parenchyma, increased echogenicity, portal HTN, cirrhosis

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Chronic hepatitis

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Simple to complex cyst in the liver, shaggy walls, internal septations, echogenic foci with posterior reverberation (gas)

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Bacterial infection

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Candidiasis

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Yeast infection

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Uniformly hypoechoic, “bulls eye” or “wheel in wheel” appearance

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Candidiasis

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Opportunistic infection

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Pneumocystis carinii

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Amebiasis

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Parasitic disease

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Hydatid disease

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Parasitic tapeworm. Most common to occur in RT lobe

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Schistosomiasis

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Parasitic infection

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Opportunistic infection that starts in the lungs and may affect many organs

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Tuberculosis

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Peritonitis

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Inflammation of the peritoneum

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Name some infectious and non infectious factors for peritonitis

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Infectious: bacterial, fungal, etc
Non infectious: pancreatitis complications, reaction to foreign bodies

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Most often due to impacted stones

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Acute cholecystitis

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GB wall >3mm, hyperaemia, gallstones, impaction at neck, GB hydrops, + Murphy’s sign

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Sonographic appearance of acute cholecystitis

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Lab values with acute cholecystitis

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Serum bilirubin, ALP, WBC, AST, ALT

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Necrosis of the GB

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Gangrenous cholecystitis

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Typically occurs at fundus of GB, free fluid in peritoneal cavity

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Perforation

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Emphysematous GB

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Caused by gas forming bacteria and is more common in men and diabetics

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Inflamed GB without stones

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Acalculous cholecystitis

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Appears as acute cholecystitis without stones
Acalculous cholecystitis
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Most common form of symptomatic GB disease
Chronic cholecystitis
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Lab values with chronic cholecystitis
AST, ALT, ALP, BILI
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What is chronic cholecystitis associated with?
The development of GB carcinoma
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Impacted stone in the cystic duct, GB neck or Hartmann’s pouch or compression of the CHD
Mirizzi Syndrome
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Dilated ducts above level of obstruction but CBD normal
Sonographic appearance of Mirizzi
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Xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis
Rare form of chronic inflammation of GB
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Appears as a calcified GB wall
Porcelain GB
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Inflammation of the bile ducts
Cholangitis
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Inflammation of the pancreas
Pancreatitis
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Increased amylase and lipase
Pancreatitis
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Inflammation of typically the terminal ileum and colon that affects all layers of the bowel
Crohn’s
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Affects the colon and rectum, inflamed mucosa and submucosa layers
Ulcerative colitis
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Presents as RLQ pain and tenderness, leukocytosis and peritoneal irritation
Acute appendicitis
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Blind ended, non moving, non compressible tube \>6mm in AP diameter
Sonographic appearance of appendicitis
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Distension of appendix with mucous
Mucocele
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Outpouching of bowel wall
Diverticula
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Inflamed diverticula
Diverticulitis
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Obstruction caused by twisting bowel
Volvulus
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Most common splenic sonographic finding in patients with AIDS
Moderate splenomegaly
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Pseudomembranous colitis is linked to what?
Antibiotic therapy
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Underlying cause of acute appendicitis
Obstruction of the lumen
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Sonographic appearance of acute pancreatitis
Hypoechoic and enlarged
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Flank pain, fever, frequent/urgent urination, increased WBC, pyuria, hematuria
S/S of UTI’s
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Inflamed renal tubules caused by E. coli
Acute pyelonephritis
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Sonographic appearance of acute pyelonephritis
Usually normal, loss of CM junction, renal enlargement, compression of sinus, altered echotexture, +/- gas
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Cortical scarring, asymmetrical changes, atrophy, dilated blunted calyces
Sonographic appearance of chronic pyelonephritis
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Complication of pyelonephritis that may decompress into collecting system of perinephric space
Abscesses
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Pus in the collecting system
Pyonephrosis
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Causes a thick bladder wall and decreased bladder capacity
Cystitits
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Loss of voluntary control of voiding
Neurogenic bladder
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Enlargement of the prostate and night time urination (nocturia)
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
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Inflammation of the prostate and seminal vesicle
Prostatitis
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Exudative pleural effusion is seen with…
Infections & neoplasms
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Most frequent cause of LUQ mass
Splenomegaly
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Abscess
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Acute hepatitis
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Fungal disease
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Parasitic infection (schistosomiasis)
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Tuberculosis
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Acute cholecystitis
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Gangrenous cholecystitis
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Perforation
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Acalculous cholecystitis
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Chronic cholecystitis
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Mirizzi Syndrome
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Porcelain GB
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Acute cholangitis
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Biliary ascariasis
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Diffuse acute pancreatitis
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Crohn's Disease
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Ulcerative colitis
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Appendicitis
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Bladder perforation
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Emphysematous cholecystitis
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Chronic pancreatitis

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