Module 3: GI Flashcards
What is the A ring
muscular ring above the vestibule
What is the B ring
Mucosal ring
Below the vestiuble
If B ring is narrowed its called
Schatzki
schatskBi ring
What is the Z line
squamocolumnar junction
between esophageal and gastric epithelium
in which part of the oesophagus is Zenker Diverticulum found
Hypopharynx
What is the cricopharyngeas
muscle is the border between pharynx and caervical oesophagus
c5
Reflux oesophagitis
what is the oprocess that then leads to cancer
thin folds
thick folds
strictures
Cancer
What is Barretts
precursor to adenocarcinoma
(shown as a high stricture with hiatal hernia)
Reticular mucosal pattern in the oesophagus think
Barretts oesophagus
Ringed oesophagus in a young man with long standing dysphagia
Eosinophilic oesophagitis
Treatment for eosinophilic oesophagitis
steroids
PPI dont work
Nissen fundoplication is what
wrapping the fundus around the GOJ to support it
Nissen
complication
obstructing due to being too tight
peak at 2 weeks
Post nissen
recurrent reflux - cause
slipped nissen
common cause of a slipped nissen
short oesophagus
- fixed 5cm hiatal hernia
after a fundoplication what can you no longer do?
vomit
buzzwords for cancer on brium swallow
irregular contour
abrupt shoulder edges
Esophageal cancer. - CT is used to differentiate what
stae 3 ( adventitia)
from
stage 4 (invasion to nearby structures)
Candidiasis will appear as what?
plaques
ax motility disorders
nodularity/granularity
shagy with irregular luminal surface
Glycogen acanthosis
mimic of candidiasis
asymptomatic elderly patient
Ulcers
Herpes Ulcer has
a halo of oedema
small and multiple
CMV and HIV ulcers appears as
large flat
varices appearance onbarium
linear, serpentine
calloped contour from filling defects
How to differentiate uphill varices from downhill?
Uphill - portal hypertension
- confined to bottom half of oesophagus
Downhill - svc obstruction
- cofined to top half of oesophagus