Gastroenterology & Hepatology — Flashcards

Flashcard 711: _____ may cause bloody or non-bloody diarrhoea

Answer: Crohn's disease

Flashcard 712: _____ risk factors: - Tobacco use - Alcohol consumption - Diet high in nitrosamines (processed meats) - Achalasia - Plummer-Vinsen syndrome

Answer: Squamous cell carcinoma

Flashcard 713: If diverticulitis presents with guarding, rigidity, & rebound tenderness then it may be complicated diverticulitis with _____

Answer: perforation

Flashcard 714: What type of oesophageal cancer is seen with a history of smoking and drinking? _____

Answer: Squamous cell carcinoma

Flashcard 715: Describe what the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) is... ..._____

Answer: Sent through post → faecal occult blood test that identifies human Hb → quantifies the amount

Flashcard 716: What is the investigation of choice for suspected colorectal carcinoma? _____

Answer: Colonoscopy

Flashcard 717: _____ colorectal cancer is managed with a left hemicolectomy

Answer: Distal transverse, descending colon

Flashcard 718: _____ hemorrhoids are generally painless, whereas external hemorrhoids are painful (especially when thrombosed).

Answer: Internal

Extra: Internal hemorrhoids occur above the dentate line (visceral innervation/painless). External hemorrhoids occur below the dentate line (somatic innervation via inferior rectal nerve/painful).

Flashcard 719: What is the mainstay management of colon carcinoma? _____

Answer: Surgery

Flashcard 720: Colorectal cancers most commonly occur in the _____ decade of life

Answer: 7th