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Prevalence of IBD and smoking protective in which one

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100/100,000 for each, Crohn’s more common

Smoking protective in UC

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Macroscopic features in UC and crohn’s

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UC - rectum, colon, backwash ileitis, continous, no strictures
Crohns - mouth to anus, skip lesions, strictures

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Microscopic UC features

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Crypt abscesses, non-granulomatous
Shallow ulcers
Pseudopolyps

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Microscopic Crohn’s features

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(Tranny Granny Crohn’s skipping down rosey cobblestone lane)
Transmural
Cobblestone mucosa
Fibrosis, granulomas, fistulae

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Systemic symptoms in IBD

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Fever, malaise, anorexia

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Abdo symptoms in IBD

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Diarrhoea 
Blood + mucous (more in UC)
Abdo pain
Tenesmus, urgency (UC)
Weight loss (crohns)
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Abdo signs

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Fever, tender abdo - UC

Mouth ulcers, RIF mass, perianal abscess/tags, strictures - crohn’s

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Skin and eye features in IBD

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Skin 
-Clubbing 
-Erythema nodosum
-Pyoderma gangrenosum (UC)
Eyes
-Iritis, uveitis 
-Episcleritis (more in crohns)
-Conjunctivitis
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Joint, HPB and other IBD features

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Joint 
-Arthritis - most common extra abdo IBD features
-Sacroilitis, ank spond
HPB 
-PSC + cholangiocarcinoma (UC)
-Gallstones (crohns)
-Fatty liver
Other 
-Amyloidosis
-Renal stones
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Complications in UC

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Toxic megacolon
Bleeding, venous thrombosis
Malignancy

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Complications in Crohns

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Fistula
Strictures/obstructions, abscess
Malabsorpion

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Ix UC:

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Blood, stool, imaging

Ba/gastrograffin enema - lead pipe, thumbprinting

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Ix Crohns and diagnose

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Blood, stool, imaging
Small bowel follow-through/enteroclysis - skip lesions, rose thorn ulcers, string kantor sign (narrow terminal ileum)
Diagnose - ileocolonoscopy + regional biopsy

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Rx acute UC

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NBM, IV hydrocortisone, LMWH
Then oral pred + 5-ASA
No improvement - ciclosporin, infliximab

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Induce remission in UC

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Oral: 5-ASA (1st line), pred (2nd line)
Topical - suppositorie/enemas of 5-ASA + steroids
Steroid sparing agents (azathioprine, mercaptopurine, not methotrexate)

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Maintain remission in UC

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  1. 5-ASA PO
  2. azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine
  3. Infliximab/adalimumab
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Acute Rx of crohns

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IV hydrocrotisone, LMWH
Metronidazole, NBM
Then oral pred
No improvement - methotrexate + infliximab

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Induce remission in crohns

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  1. budesonide (ileocaecal), sulfasalazine (colitis)
  2. pred
  3. methotrexate/azathioprine/mercaptopurine
  4. infliximab
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Maintain remission in crohns

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  1. Azathioprine/mercaptopurine
  2. methotrexate
  3. Infliximab
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Coeliac prevalence and pathohys

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0.5-1%
HLA-DQ2, DQ8
CD8+ mediated response to gliadin in gluten

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Presentation of coeliac

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GLIAD
GI malabsorption
-Abdo distension/colic, steatorrhoea, renal stones, anaemia, vit D/K/B2/B6 deficiency
-Lymphoma + carcinoma (T cell lymphoma, adenocarcinoma of small bowel)
-Immune associations (IgA deficiency, T1DM, PBC)
-Anaemia (hyposplenism - target cells, Howell-Jolly bodies)
-Dermatological (dermatitis herpetiformis, aphthous ulcers)

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Antibodies in coeliac and OGD/biopsy finding

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Anti-endomysial IgA (95% specific)
Anti TTG (transglutiminase) IgA
Anti-gliadin IgG
Biopsy - subtotal villous atrophy, crypt hyperplasia

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Rx coeliac disease

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Gluten free diet

Dapsone - dermatitis herpetiformis

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Whipple’s disease gender and cause and biopsy finding

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M:F 10:1
Tropheryma whippelii
PAS+ve macrophages

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Features in whipple's disease
``` Arthralgia GI - diarrhoea (malabsorption, colic) Systemic - lymphadenopathy, cough, fever, sweats Cardiac - endocarditis CNS - behaviour change, ophthalmoplegia ```
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Rx whipples disease
Ceftriaxone
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Risk factors for pancreatic cancer
``` SINED Smoking Inflammation - chronic pancreatitis Nutrition - fatty diet EtOH DM ```
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Pancreatic cancer presentation
Male >60yrs Head - painless obstructive jaundice Body/tail - epigastric pain Anorexia and weight loss
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Signs of pancreatic cancer
Epigastric mass, splenomegaly, ascites Painless jaundice + palpable gallbladder - Courvoiser's law (not gallstones) Trousseau sign - Thrombophlebitis migrans
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Ix in pancreatic cancer
Bloods - cholestatic LFTs, raised CA-19-9 | EUS - best
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Rx pancreatic cancer
Whipple's pancreatoduodenectomy
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Cause of chronic pancreatitis
``` AGITS - Alcohol Genetic (CF, HH) Immune tryglycerides raised Structural (obstruction by tumour, pancreas divisum) ```
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Presentation of chronic pancreatitis
Epigastric pain radiate to back, better when sitting forward | Steatorrhoea, weight loss, DM
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Ix in chronic pancreatic cancer
raised glucose, low faecal elastase US - psuedocyst AXR/CT - calcification
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Complications of chronic pancreatitis
Pseudocyst, DM, pancreatic cancer, biliary obstruction, splenomegaly
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Hormone and location of carcinoid tumour
5HT (VIP, gastrin, glucagon) | Appendix 45%, ileum
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Carcinoid syndrome features
``` FIVE HT Flushing Intestinal - diarrhoea Valve fibrosis - TR, PS whEEze - bronchoscontriction Hepatic involvement - bypass 1st pass metabolism Tryptophan deficiency - pellagra ```
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Ix in carcinoid
Raised urine 5-HA | Raised plasma chromogranin A
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Rx carcinoid
Symptoms - octreotide/loperamide | Resect
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Vit A deficiency
Xerophthalmia Dry conjunctivae Night blindness-->total blindnesss
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Thiamine/B1 deficiency
Beriberi Wet - Heart failure + oedema Dry - polyneuropathy Wernicke's - COA
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Pellagra/nicotinic acid/B3 deificiency
Diarrhoea + Dermatitis + Dementia | Cause: dietary,isonizid, carcinoid syndrome
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Pyridoxine, B6 deficiency
Peripheral sensory neuropathy
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Vit B12/cyanocobalamin deficiency
Glossitis, peripheral neuropahty | Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord - dorsal columns and corticospinal tract
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Vitamin C deficiency, scurvy
Gingivitis, bleeding (gums, nose, hair follicles) muscle pain/weakness Oedema
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Vit D deficiency - osteomalacia
Bone pain

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