Gastrointestinal Pathology — Flashcards

Serrated colonic polyps may develop into CRC via _____ hypermethylation with microsatellite instability and mutations in BRAF

_____ of the esophagus is the most common type of esophageal carcinoma worldwide (location)

Microscopic colitis encompasses two entities: _____ colitis and lymphocytic colitis

_____ is characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the esophagus, often in atopic patients

The _____ type of gastric carcinoma is associated with blood type A

Ménétrier disease has been associated with _____ infection in children and H. pylori infection in adults

_____ ulcers are diagnosed via endoscopic biopsy, which shows an ulcer with hypertrophy of Brunner glands

Helicobacter pylori increases the risk of developing _____ and MALT lymphoma (malignancies)

_____ sinus is a herniation of gallbladder mucosa into the muscular wall associated with chronic cholecystitis

In Barrett esophagus, _____ is replaced with non-ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet cells (metaplasia)