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Most common salivary gland tumor

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Pleomorphic adenoma

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Salivary gland tumor that is surrounded by stromal tissue with lymphoid germinal centers and multiple papillae

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Warthin’s tumor (papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum)

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Most common malignant salivary tumor

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Mucoepidermoid carcinoma

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Affected muscle in Zenker’s diverticulum

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Inferior pharyngeal constrictor (cricopharyngeal part)

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A Schatzki ring can present with dysphagia to which type of food

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Solids

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Triad of Plummer-Vinson syndrome

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  • Glossitis
  • Dysphagia due to esophageal webs
  • Iron deficiency anemia
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Most common type of esophageal cancer in the US

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Adenocarcinoma

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Pathology that presents with diffuse hyperplasia of surface mucus-secreting cells and decrease of parietal cells (in the stomach)

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Ménétrier disease

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Ménétrier disease is associated to which pathologies

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  • Protein-losing gastropathy

* Hypochloridia

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Growth factor that is increased in Ménetrier disease

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TGF-alpha

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Food intake relieves pain caused by which type of ulcers

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Duodenal ulcers

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Name the 2 places of distant metastases seen in gastric carcinoma

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  • Left supraclavicular lymph nodes (Virchow’s sentinel nodes)
  • Ovaries (Krukenberg tumors)
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HLAs associated with celiac sprue

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DQ2 and 8

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Characteristic endoscopic appearance of the duodenum in patients with celiac sprue

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“Cracked-mud” appearance of the mucosa

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Characteristic biopsy finding of the intestine in Whipple disease

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  • Lamina propria infiltrated with macrophages

* Intracellular gram + organisms

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Microbiologic characteristics of Trophyrema whipplei

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  • PAS positive
  • Gram positive
  • Rod-shaped bacillus
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First line treatment of Whipple disease

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Ceftriaxone followed by 1 year of TMP/SMX

*Penicillin or streptomycin in case of sulfa allergy

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Most common site of presentation of ulcerative colitis

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Rectum

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Inflammatory bowel disease that develops pseudopolyps

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Ulcerative colitis

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Complication seen in ulcerative colitis

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Toxic megacolon

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HLA associated with ulcerative colitis

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HLA-B27

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Adverse effects of infliximab

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  • Fever and hypotension

* Increased risk of infection (reactivation of latent TB); do PPD screening before use

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Areas at risk in ischemic bowel disease

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  • Watershed areas

* Splenic flexure of the colon

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Risk factors for intestinal angiodysplasias

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  • Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome

* CREST syndrome

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Etiology of melanosis coli
Laxative abuse
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Typical macroscopic presentation of right-sided adenocarcinoma of the colon
Polypoid mass
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Most accurate test for the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis
Secretin test
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Pancreatic tumor associated with migratory necrolytic dermatitis and diabetes
Glucagonoma
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Pancreatic tumor associated with diarrhea, hypokalemia, and achloridia
VIPoma
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Urobilinogen levels are increased in which jaundice pattern
Hemolytic
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Difference between Dubin-Johnson and Rotor syndromes
Black pigmentation of the liver
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Biopsy findings in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
PAS positive, diastase-resistant eosinophilic globules within hepatocytes
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Theoretical pathophysiology of Reye syndrome
Toxins induce mitochondrial dysfunction, leading to inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation and fatty acid beta oxidation
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Rare, benign hepatic tumor that is associated with oral contraceptive use
Hepatocellular adenoma
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Most common type of tracheoesophageal anomaly
Esophageal atresia with distal tracheoesophageal fistula
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Part of the duodenum that is encircled by an annular pancreas
2nd part
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Signet-ring cells are characteristic of which type of gastric carcinoma
Diffuse adenocarcinoma
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Symptom that suggest a malginant salivary gland tumor
Facial pain or paralysis due to involvement of CN 7
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Histological characteristics of a pleomorphic adenoma
Chondromyxoid stroma and epithelium
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Macroscopic characteristics of HSV-1 and CMV ulcers in the esophagus
* HSV-1 ulcers are punched-out | * CMV ulcers are linear
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Pathophysiology of Curling ulcers
"Stress ulcers", due to hypovolemia that leads to mucosal ischemia (eg, burns)
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Pathophysiology of Cushing ulcers
A brain injury leads to increase in vagal stimulation, leading to increase parasympathetic input and increase HCl production
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H. pylori increases risk of developing which type of gastric cancer
MALT lymphoma
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Type of adenomatous polyp with greater malignant potential
Villous type
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Aminotransferase that is more elevated in alcoholic liver disease
AST
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Mallory bodies are found in which pathology
Alcoholic hepatitis
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Histologic description of Mallory bodies
Intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusions of damaged keratin filaments
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Arsenic and vinyl chloride are associated with which liver tumor
Angiosarcoma
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Treatment for Criggler-Najar syndrome type 2
Phenopbarbital (increases liver enzyme synthesis)
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Layer of the cornea in which copper is deposited in Wilson disease
Descement membrane, leads to Kayser-Fleischer rings
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HLA that is associated with hemochromatosis
HLA-A3
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p-ANCA positive biliary tract disease
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
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Anti-mitochondrial antibodies are associated to which biliary tract disease
Primary biliary cholangitis
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Lymph nodes affected in esophageal carcinoma
* Upper third: cervical nodes * Middle third: mediastinal or tracheobronchial nodes * Lower third: celiac and gastric nodes
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Autoimmune chronic gastritis is an example of which type of hypersensitivity
Type 4
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Chromogranin positive tumor of the small intestine
Carcinoid tumor
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Increase in which enzyme is associated to progression from adenoma to carcinoma
Cyclooxigenase *Therefore, aspirin is protective
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What is a Rokitansky-Aschoff sinus
Herniation of gallbladder mucosa into the muscular wall
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Conditions associated to familial adenomatous polyposis in Gardner syndrom
* Osteomas * Lipomas * Fibromatosis * Epidermal inclusion cysts
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Syndrome that includes familial adenomatous polyposis with central nervous system tumors (gliomas)
Turcot syndrome
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Triad of somatostatinoma
* Diabetes * Steatorrhea * Gallstones
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Plummer-Vinson syndrome predisposes patients to develop which type of esophageal cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Gastrointestinal Kaplan (3 decks)

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