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What condition can lead to fibrosis of the exocrine pancreas?
Common disease that causes atrophy of the pancreatic acini and malabsorption: |
Hemochromatosis
CF |
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most likely cause of febrile, non-bloody diarrhea:
febrile, bloody diarrhea: afebrile, non-bloody diarrhea: |
infection
infectious enteritis, amebiasis - travel, IBD viral GE, food intolerance, overfeeding, Abx use |
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Why do pancreatitis patients have:
fever/shock? obstructive jaundice? hypocalcemia? |
fever/shock - bad products of auto-digestion in blood
obstructive - destruction near common bile duct hypocalcemia - fat necrosis calcifying |
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normal growth, high intake of concentrated carbohydrates (fruit juices), may be related to minor viral syndromes:
Can lead to short term _________ or __________ deficiency. |
Toddler's diarrhea
lactase fructase |
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The large majority of pancreatic cancers are ______________ arising from the ________.
60% of pancreatic cancers arise in the ______. Pancreatic cancer pts often also have _________, due to _______ resistance. |
adenocarcinoma, from the ducts.
head diabetes, insulin resistance |
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What is the typical pathology finding in appendicitis?
What is a mucocele? |
hyperemia, pus surrounded by fibrin --> gangrene, possible rupture
appendix transformed into a tense-walled bag of mucus |
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The continuous, painful urge to defecate is called _________.
bloody-mucoid stools, usually not voluminous, usually painful |
tenesmus
dysentery |
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___________ is a bacterial ulcer of the cecum.
_______________ results from depriving mucosal cells of the fatty-acids they need. |
acute typhilitis
diversion colitis |
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failure of Auerbach's and Meissner's plexi to develop over a portion of bowel is called:
What syndrome has an increased incidence? |
Hirschprung's
Down's |
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Mucosa pooching out 120 deg. through the muscularis propria:
Cramping, constipation, diarrhea without a good anatomic correlation: |
diverticulitis
functional bowel syndrome (spastic colon) |
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inflammatory disease, starts in rectum, continuous pathology, inflammation, hemorrhage, tissue loss, damage is usually in the mucosa:
Accumulations of neutrophils in the dilated bases of surviving colonic crypts: |
idiopathic ulcerative colitis
crypt abscesses |
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Differences between IUC and amebiasis?
Between UIC and shigellosis/salmenellosis? |
Amebiasis - usually more distal (rectal, etc)
shigellosis/salmenellosis - superficial crypt abscesses, UIC - deep crypt abscesses |
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What causes pseudomembranous colitis?
What causes hemorrhagic colitis? |
C. diff
K. oxytoca |
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Anal cancer is usually what type?
Usually caused by what? |
squamous cell
HPV infection |
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from salads, cool foods, person-person, often at daycare, small # for infection:
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Shigella
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Most common cause of acute renal failure, recurrent diarrhea, *little or no fever*, generalized tenderness:
recurrent diarrhea, not bloody, initially watery, foul smelling, now bloating, cramps, weight loss, fever, other kids at school/daycare sick: |
EHEC O157:H7
Giardia |
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7 mo. infant, intermittent diarrhea, recent bloody stools, 102 fever, multiple small stools, family been sick:
Which bacteria responsible for Guillain-Barre syndrome? can get by eating eggs, poultry, H2O, exotic pets (like turtles) |
Campylobacter
C. jejuni Salmonella |
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8 y/o, frequent loose stools, pungent yellow-green stools:
#1 tx for diarrhea? How to prevent rotavirus? S/S of rotavirus? |
Rotavirus
fluid replacement HANDWASHING! emesis, smelly watery diarrhea, elevated AST, possible intestinal cell damage |
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6 y/o pt, fever, diarrhea, decreased appetite, vomiting this am, 102 temp, sits w/ R leg flexed, R side rebound tenderness, CBC elevated w/ left shift:
Rovsing's sign? Obturator sign? Iliopsoas sign? |
appendicitis
RLQ pain w/ L side palpation hips flexed, internally rotated causes pain pain on extension of R hip |
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common causes of GI bleeds in children <2 y/o?
common causes of GI bleeds, > 2 y/o? |
intussussception, Meckel's bacterial enteritis
NSAID's, baceterial enteritis, Meckel's Mallory-Weiss |
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11 mo. infant, irritability/vomiting, non bilious emesis; dry oral mucosa, poor turgor, cap refill > 3 sec., oval-shaped mass, RUQ, currant-jelly stools, occult blood +:
classic sign on BE? |
intussusception
coiled spring |
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Chronic obstructive pancreatitis results from ___________.
Differences between chronic and chronic obstructive pancreatitis? |
obstruction of the pancreatic duct
Chronic: lobules unevenly scarred, protein plugs, perineural inflammation Chronic obstructive: lobules evenly affected, no protein plugs, nerves OK |
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Chronic diarrhea:
delayed meconium plug, abd distension, constipation: delayed meconium plug, abd pain, poor weight gain, recurrent respiratory problems: Thrush, poor growth, recurrent serious infections: |
Hirschprung's
CF HIV |
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Idiopathic hereditary pancreatitis often results from a mutant __________ gene.
How is a dx of pancreatitis normally made? Most common cause of pancreatitis? |
trypsinogen
damage to the acinar cells, elevated amylase/lipase Alcoholism |
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4 causes of infectious "outbreaks"?
#1 cause of non-bloody diarrhea in pediatric pts: Most worrisome type of diarrhea in pediatrics? Why? |
person-person, Abx use, traveling, immunosuppressed
Rotavirus Bloody, afebrile diarrhea possibly severe causes |