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chronic gastritis |
ongoing inflammation of stomach mucosa |
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chronic gastritis can cause |
dysplasia and carcinoma |
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chronic gastritis is caused by |
alcohol, tobacco, stress and caffeine can be asymptomatic |
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helicobacter pylori |
gram negative bacterium in stomach |
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what is helicobacter pylori linked to? |
development of duodenal ulcers and stomach cancer |
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what commonly causes peptic ulcers? |
helicobacter pylori |
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barrett's oesophagus |
lining is replaced with columnar epithelium with goblet cells |
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what does barrett's oesophagus lead to? |
adrenocarcinoma |
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what brings on barrett's oesophagus? |
after chronic reflux (oesophagitis) |
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where are neuroendocrine tumors found? |
small intestine |
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haemotogenous |
oesophageal carcinoma spreads to liver/lung |
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what causes adrenocarcinoma? |
attophic gastritis helicobacter associated gastritis neoplastic polyps |
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symptoms of adrenocarcinoma |
weight loss anorexia anaemia haemorrhage |
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where else can adernocarcioma spread? |
duodenum pancreas colon liver spleen |
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squamous carcinoma |
90% of oesphageal carcinoma |
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who does squamous carcinoma affect? |
over 45's |
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risk factors of squamous carcinoma |
alcohol tobacco |
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symptoms of squamous carcinoma |
dysphagia weight loss sepsis |
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peritonistis |
complication if peptic ulcer bleeding can lead to anaemia |
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small bowel neoplasia |
rare GI malignacy |
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subtypes of small bowel neoplasia |
lymphoma adrenocarcinoma |
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risk factors of small bowel neoplasia |
crohn's disease coeliac disease radiation exposure |
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coeliac disease |
mucosal disease 'gluten free'
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symptoms of coeliac disease |
pain, discomfort chronic constipatio/diarrhoea anaemia and fatigue |
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lymphatic spread of adrenocarcinoma involves |
local and regional nodes virchow's node |
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krukenberg tumour |
when adrenocarcinoma spreads to the ovaries |
