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GI System Condition: Melena
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Occult blood. For GI system, stools would be black and tarry. This is a sign of bleeding. What is the term for this?
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Steatorrhea
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Excessive fat in the stool as in malabsorption of fat
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Encopresis
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Child has passing of stools in clothing older than 4 yrs, at which age continence would be expected
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Thrombosed hemorrhoid
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Shiny blue skin sac in perianal skin
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fistula
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small round opening in anal area
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prolapse
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A falling or dropping down of an organ or internal part, such as the uterus or rectum.
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Pilonidal Cyst
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Cyst or sinus located in the midline over the coccyx or lower sacrum. Often opens as a dimple with visible tuft of hair and, possibly, an erythematous halo. Or, may appear as a palpable cyst.
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hematest positive
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This test indicates that the stool has occult blood.
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Black tarry stool with distinct malodor indciates what?
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upper gastrointestinal bleeding with blood partially digested (must be more than 50 cc to be considered melena)
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What does occult bleeding usually indicate?
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Cancer of the colon
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Peduculated rectal polyp
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A protruding growth from the rectal mucous membrane (fairly common) that is on a stalk. What is the medical term for this?
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Name the 3 sites where abscesses are located in the rectum
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Submucosal (below the surface, on the wall)
Perianal (superficial around the anal skin) Ischiorectal (deep and tender to palpation) |
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Sessile
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Refers to a mound on the surface, close to the mucosal wall (as in a a type of rectal polyp)
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What conditions would cause a fecal impaction?
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1. Obstruction due to decreased bowel motility caused by excessive reabsorption of water from the stool.
2. Retained barium from GI x-ray exam. What do these 2 conditions cause? |
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Distinguish a benign carcinoma and a malignant carcinoma in the rectum. What are the main characteristics of rectal carcinomas?
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Malignant neoplasms = asymptomatic + require routine rectal exam. Begins as an ulcer with rolled edges to a cauliflower shape, fixed, stone-hard.
Benign = non-tender, movable |
