Gastroenterology & Hepatology — Flashcards

Flashcard 731: _____ haemorrhoids are painful

Answer: External

Flashcard 732: _____ haemorrhoids are painless

Answer: Internal

Flashcard 733: Colorectal cancers most commonly occur in the _____ decade of life

Answer: 7th

Flashcard 734: Haemorrhoids are also referred to as "_____"

Answer: piles

Flashcard 735: _____ are swollen, inflamed vascular cushions in the anal canal

Answer: Haemorrhoids

Flashcard 736: _____ is the most common form of inherited colon cancer

Answer: Lynch syndrome

Flashcard 737: If the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) is abnormal (↑ raised) then offer _____

Answer: a colonoscopy (2 week wait)

Flashcard 738: Colorectal cancer MAJOR risk factors are _____ & age

Answer: family history

Flashcard 739: _____ 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 740: What investigation is done for staging oesophageal cancer? _____

Answer: CT scan chest, abdomen, pelvis