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04/26/2012

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Term
do cleft lip&palate occur together or independent?
Definition
they usually occur together. Isolated cleft lip/palates are pretty rare
Term
Recurrent aphthous ulcers, genital ulcers, & uveitis
Definition
Behcet syndrome

etiology is immune complex vasculitis of unknown origin (?virus)
Term
Where does HSV1 remain dormant
Definition
dorsal root ganglia (of trigeminal nerve)
Term
can oral candidiasis be scraped off?
Definition
yes.

In contrast, leukoplakia (usually a pre-cancerous legion) cannot
Term
Hairy leukoplakia: location? Etiology?
Definition
- lateral tongue

- EBV induced squamous cell hyperplasia. THIS IS NOT PRE-MALIGNANT
Term
vascularized leukoplakia (red plaque). Pre-malignant or not?
Definition
Erythroplakia

This lesion is highly suggestive of squamous cell dysplasia
Term
Virus causing increased amylase, and aseptic meningitis?
Definition
Mumps

Can affect Parotid glands, Testis (orchitis), Pancreas, & meninges

Both pancreatitis & parotid infection can cause increased amylase. Increased lipase is very specific for pancreatitis
Term
Most common pathogen in sialadenitis?
Definition
S.aureus (caused by sialolithiasis blocking salivary gland)
Term
Most common salivary gland tumor?

Histology?
Prognosis?
Definition
- Pleomorphic adenoma
- has "biphasic" morphology: cartilage & epithelial tissue present
- high rate of recurrence due to incomplete resection

- this tumor rarely progresses to carcinoma, however rapid enlargement & involvement of CN-VII is indicative of transformation
Term
Parotid tumor w/ lymphocytes & germinal centers surrounded by eosinophilic-columnar epithelium. More common in males (only salivary tumor w/ this characteristic). Second most common salivary gland tumor (after pleomorphic adenoma).
Definition
warthin tumor

has lymphoid tissue b.c. parotid is last gland to separate from adjacent stroma during embryogenesis. The parotic COMMONLY has ectopic lymphoid tissue
Term
Most common malignant salivary tumor. Has both mucinous & squamous components.
Definition
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Usually in parotid
Term
most common TE fistula
Definition
esophagus ends in blind pouch & distal esophagus is connected to trachea:
- regurgitation
- polyhydramnios
- aspiration
- abdominal distention
Term
What part(s) of the esophageal wall (mucosa, submucosa, muscularis, serosa) are esophageal webs made out of?
Definition
mucosa only
Term
is a zenker diverticulum true or false?
Definition
false

from spasm of upper esophageal sphincter (crichopharyngeus muscle)

remember the D's: Dysphagia, Dysphonia, Diverticulum (false), bad breath
Term
most common cause of death in cirrhosis pts?
Definition
bleeding esophageal varices (30% mortality rate per bleeding episode)
Term
Cancer risk in achalasia?
Definition
yes, esophageal squamous cell cancer

remember irritants predisponse to squamous cell cancer in the esophagus. Here, the irritant is food. Similarly, esophageal webs predispose to squamous cell cancer by trapping food --> food rots.
Term
bowel sounds in lung fields. lung hypoplasia (if present congenitally).
Definition
Paraesophageal hernia (stomach fundus herneates through esophageal foramen)
Term
gerd w/ "hourglass" appearance of stomach on X-ray w/ contrast?
Definition
sliding hiatal hernia
Term
why do you get a stricture in GERD?
Definition
acid damages basal layer of cells --> healed via fibrosis --> stricture
Term
name lymph nodes that esophageal cancer would spread to given its location:
1) upper 1/3
2) middle 1/3
3) lower 1/3
Definition
1) Cervical nodes
2) Mediastinal or Tracheobronchial nodes
3) Celiac and Gastric Nodes
Term
dysphagia to solids progresses to dysphagis for solids & liquids. weight loss, pain & hematemesis.
Definition
esophageal cancer.

Squamous cell cancer may additionally present w/ hoarseness & cough
Term
Gastroschisis & Omphalocele. Which one is covered?
Definition
Omphalocele is covered (failure of gut to return to abdomen from umbilical cord); NOTE: gut herniates in 6th week & returns in 10th week

Gastroschisis: failure of midline to close. Abdominal contents directly exposed to outside world
Term
Infant begins vomiting. PE shows olive-like mass in abdomen & visible peristalsis of stomach:
Is the vomitus bilious?
How old is the kiddo?
Definition
Not bilious

Starts ~2weeks after birth (pyloric hypertrophy occurs after birth)

treatment is myotomy
Term
Give reason for each cause of Acute gastritis:
1) Severe burn
2) NSAIDs
3) Increased intracranial pressure
Definition
1) Curluing ulcers: due to decreased blood flow --> loss of mucosal defenses

2) decreased PGL production (esp PGE2) --> increased acid, decreased mucus production & bicarb secretion

3) Cushing ulcer: due to increased vagal output --> increased acid production


Other etiologies of acute gastritis = chronic EtOH, Chemo, & shock (all ICU pts are put on PPIs to prevent this)

Acid damage from acute gastritis results in erosions or ulcers
Term
2 main causes of chronic gastritis?
Definition
1) Chronic autoimmune (Type IV, i.e. T-cell, destruction of parietal cells in body & fundus)

2) H.pylori infection in antrum (by far more common, >90% of chronic gastritis)
Term
most common cause of B12 deficiency?
Definition
autoimmune gastritis (pernicious anemia)
Term
Cancer risk in:
1) Chronic autoimmune gastritis?
2) H.pylori gastritis
Definition
1) Adenocarcinoma (intestinal type): makes since since there is intestinal metaplasia (foveolar cells -> goblet cell transition)

2) Adenocarcinoma (intestinal type); MALToma
Term
2 locations of ulcers
Definition
1) proximal duodenum (90%, anterior is more common)

2) Distal stomach (lesser curvature of antrum)

Pain of Duodenal ulcers improves w/ meals; reverse for stomach
Term
2 causes of duodenal ulcers?
Definition
H.pylori (>95%)

ZE syndrome
Term
duodenal ulcer ruptures & there is massive bleeding. Where was the ulcer? what artery did it hit?
Definition
Posterior duodenal ulcer (anterior ulcers are more common)

gastroduodenal artery

ASIDE: another possible complication of a perforated posterior ulcer is acute pancreatitis
Term
This type of ulcer is caused by H.pylori (75%), NSAIDS, bile reflux, etc
Definition
Gastric ulcer (usually in lesser curvature of antrum)
Term
1) 2 types of gastric carcinoma?
2) which one is associated w/ all the risk factors? (& which blood group is associated w/ it?)
3) Name 2 paraneoplastic syndromes
4) which one goes to ovaries (Krukenburg)? Sister Mary Joseph nodule (periumbilical)?
Definition
1) Intestinal type & Diffuse
2) Intestinal type: chronic gastritis (H.pylori, autoimmune), nitrosamines (Japan), blood type A

3) Lesser Trelat sign (multiple, recently erupted seborrheic keratoses); Acanthosis nigricans

4) Diffuse type (signet ring cells/linitus plastica); Intestinal type

ASIDE: early satiety is more common in diffuse type (easy to see why)
Term
polyhydramnios, bilious vomiting, & double bubble.

What is it? What genetic condition is it associated with?
Definition
Duodenal atresia

Downs syndrome
Term
Embryonic origin of Meckel Diverticulum
Definition
Vitelline duct
Term
most common site for volvulus in elderly? Young adults?
Definition
Sigmoid colon

Cecum
Term
Child has a rotavirus infection. Develops massive abdominal pain & bloody "current-jelly" stools. imaging shows pathology in the terminal ileum
Definition
Intussusception

most common cause in kids is lymphoid hyperplasia (e.g. rotavirus). Occurs in termnial ileum b.c. that's where the peyers patches are located.

In adults, the most common cause is malignancy

Of course, don't forget about juvenile polyps, etc
Term
Vasculitis classically associated w/ small bowel ischemia
Definition
Polyarteritis nodosa

other things: thrombus from AFib, thrombosis of mesenteric vein (e.g. lupus anticoagulant, PCV)
Term
what deaminates gliadin?
Definition
tissue transglutaminase

deaminated gliadin is presented by APCs via MHC-II --> activated Th cells --> Th-mediated tissue damage
Term
Where does IgA deposit in dermatitis herpetiformis?
Definition
at the tips of the dermal papillae --> create a blister @ top of papillae --> looks like dermatitis herpetiformis

This will resolve with a gluten-free diet
Term
Antibodies in celiac disease?
Definition
IgA against:
Endomysial (who knows why)
tTG
Gliadin

May have to look for IgG in IgA-deficient people (which is associated w/ celiac disease)
Term
What part of small bowel is most affected by celiac disease? Tropical sprue?
Definition
Celiac: Duodenum >> jejunum or ileum; associated w/ Fe-def anemia (explains why hemochromatosis is linked to celiac)

Tropical sprue: J&I > D --> B12/folate deficiencies more common
Term
Lymphoma associated w/ celiac disease?
Definition
Enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL)

NOTE: this is a T-cell lymphoma, which makes sense since the damage in celiac disease is Th-cell mediated
Term
treatment for tropical sprue?
Definition
antibiotics. It is caused by some yet-to-be-determined pathogen
Term
PAS-positive macrophages in synovial joints (arthritis), mesenteric lymph nodes, cardiac valves, & brain.

diarrhea, weight loss, & malabsorption is the classic triad
Definition
Whipple's disease (caused by the bacterial Tropheryma whippelii)

Macrophages actually accumulate in the lamina propria and end up compressing the lacteals
Term
bronchospasm, diarrhea, flushing. 5HIAA found in urine.

Why don't you ever get left-sided valvular problems?
Definition
Carcinoid syndrome. Cancer must met to liver (dumps serotonin directly into hepatic vein)

Lung has monoamine oxidase --> metabolizes 5HT in pulmonary circuit
Term
most common location for carcinoid tumors?

what stain indicates its neuroendocrine origin?
Definition
small bowel (also may arise in appendix, which is the most common tumor of appendix)

Chromogranin
Term
etiology of appendicitis in Kid? Adults?
Definition
lymphoid hyperplasia
fecaliths

both result in obstruction of lumen
Term
McBurney point?
Definition
1/3 from anterior-superior iliac spine to umbilicus (i.e. closer to ASIS)
Term
UC or Crohn's?
1) bloody diarrhea
2) granulomas
3) lead pipe sign
4) string sign
5) Carcinoma
6) primary sclerosing cholangitis
7) p-ANCA
8) Ca-oxalate nephrolithiasis
9) Ankylosing spondylitis, sacroiliitis, migratory polyarthritis, erythema nodosum, uveitis
10) Increased risk w/ smoking
Definition
1) UC
2) Crohns
3) UC (loss of haustra)
4) Crohns
5) Both: UC(>10yrs); Crohns(only if colon is involved)
6) UC
7) UC (aside: this is also the marker for microscopic polyangiitis & churg-strauss)
8) Crohn's (from fat malabsorption)
9) Crohn's
10) Crohn's (Smoking decreases risk for UC)
Term
Down syndrome is associated w/ these 2 GI disorders that are due to inability to pass injested material past certain points
Definition
1) duodenal atresia (remember bilious vomiting)

2) Hirschprung disease
Term
Myenteric plexus eponym?
Submucosal plexus eponym?

What is absent in Hirschprungs?
Definition
Auerbach & Meissner

Both are absent in Hirschprung
Term
where does the outpouching occur in colonic diverticula?

what gets herniated?
Definition
Usually sigmoid colon. Herniation of mucosa & submucosa through area where vasa recta traverse the muscularis propria (weak point) --> risk for bleeding
Term
Air/fecal material in urine of old person on a low fiber diet with diverticulosis.
Definition
Colovesicular fistula: inflammed diverticula ruptures & attaches to adjacent bladder (other types of fistulas possible)
Term
common etiology of both diverticula & angiodysplasia
Definition
High pressure

both cause hematochezia in older adults. Angiodysplasia is in right colon, diverticulosis is in left colon
Term
Atherosclerotic process causing fear of eating?
Definition
Ischemic colitis. Causes postprandial pain (b.c. stomach shunts blood from intestines) & weight loss.

Watershed area (splenic flexure) is most likely to become infarcted
Term
Does IBS:
1) improve w/ defecation?
2) have a distinctive pathological change
3) improved by dietary modifications
Definition
1) yes
2) no distinctive histology (there is a problem w/ the physiology of motility)
3) increased dietary fiber may improve disease
Term
inheretence of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Definition
AD
Term
histologic appearance of hyperplastic polyp
Definition
serrated. usually in left colon. no malignant potential
Term
Describe mutations in the colon adenoma-carcinoma sequence
Definition
APC --> kRAS --> p53&increased COX activity
Term
What chromosome is APC on?
Definition
5
Term
which is more associated w/ malignant potential for colon adenomas:
1) pedunculated or sessile growth
2) <2cm or >2cm in size
3) villous, tubular, or serrated
Definition
1) sessile
2) >2cm
3) villous (serrated=hyperplastic, no malignant potential at all)
Term
Gardner syndrome

Turcot syndrome
Definition
Gardner: FAP + retroperitoneal destructive fibromas & osteomas of skull (& epidermoid cysts)

Turcot: FAP + CNS tumors (medulloblastoma/glial cell tumors)
Term
Are juvenile polyps hamartomas?
Definition
yes. Usually solitary & present w/ rectal prolapse

if multiple --> increased cancer risk
Term
Hamartomatous polyps w/ smooth muscle in stalk found throughout GI tract, hyperpigmentation of skin/mucosa.

1) Diagnosis?
2) Mode of inheritance?
3) Carcinomas that person is at increased risk for?
Definition
1) Peutz Jeghers syndrome
2) AD
3) Colorectal, Breast, Gynecologic (e.g. endometrial)
Term
2 main ways that colon cancer develops.
Definition
1) Adenoma-Carcinoma sequence (APC->kRAS->p53/COX)

2) microsatellite instability (indicates defective DNA copy mechanisms, e.g. mismatch repair in HPNCC)
Term
When do you start colon cancer screening?
Definition
50 years old
Term
Defective gene in HNPCC?
Definition
DNA mismatch repair. Colon cancer arises through microsatellite instability mechanisms.

increased risk for colorectal, ovarian, and endometrial cancers (very similar to peutz jegher, except breast not involved)
Term
Left or Right colon cancer:
1) decreased stool caliber & blood in stool
2) iron deficiency anemia. vague pain. occult blood.
Definition
1) left. LLQ pain common

2) right. Older adult w/ Fe-def anemia has colon cancer until proven otherwise
Term
Endocarditis is caused by this bug in people with colon cancer
Definition
Strep bovis
Term
Tumor marker for colon cancer (can be used to assess successful treatment response & detecting recurrance)
Definition
CEA
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