Gastroenterology & Hepatology — Flashcards

Chemotherapy / radiotherapy in gastric cancer can be used in a _____, adjuvant, & palliative setting

Gastric cancer may spread to the _____ region known as a(n) Sister Mary Joseph nodule

Gastric cancer can present in _____ stages with epigastric pain, unintentional weight loss, IDA, dysphagia, N&V, hematemesis, melena

Gastric cancer can rarely present with hyperpigmented, velvety plaques of the neck & axilla known as _____

Offer an urgent upper GI _____ to assess for gastric cancer in patients with dysphagia or ≥ 55 years old with weight loss and upper abdominal pain, reflux, or dyspepsia

Peptic ulcers on the _____ duodenal wall are more likely to perforate

What is the management for most GI perforations? _____

Gastrointestinal malignancies may cause a _____ due to erosion of surrounding tissue

Auscultation of a peritonitic abdomen may reveal _____

Suspected GI perforation with localised _____ pain is suggestive of contained perforated appendicitis

Hint: Location