Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Flashcard 141: Behçet syndrome can be precipitated by _____ or parvovirus

Answer: HSV

Flashcard 142: Tinea corporis affects the _____

Answer: body

Flashcard 143: Adenovirus vaccine is commonly reserved for _____

Answer: military recruits

Flashcard 144: WHO Stage _____ HIV is characterized by recurrent bacterial infections. CD4+ count drops to < 350

Answer: 3

Flashcard 145: Patients with _____ have clonal mast cell proliferation in the bone marrow, skin, and other organs

Answer: systemic mastocytosis

Flashcard 146: What is the **most common cause** of esophageal perforation? _____

Answer: Iatrogenic (e.g., endoscopy)

Extra: Iatrogenic causes (e.g., endoscopy, esophageal surgery) account for the majority of esophageal perforations. **Boerhaave syndrome** is a specific type of spontaneous perforation caused by a sudden increase in intraesophageal pressure (e.g., violent vomiting/retching).

Flashcard 147: What pathology presents as vague epigastric pain (dyspepsia) along with nausea/vomiting, and anorexia? _____

Answer: Acute gastritis

Flashcard 148: _____ is the medical term for nose bleed

Answer: Epistaxis

Flashcard 149: Dermatitis herpetiformis may be treated with _____ and a gluten-free diet

Answer: dapsone

Extra: Atlas: dapsone (acute relief) and a gluten-free diet (long-term relief dap on some dapsone for derm (it's actually oral dapsone though)

Flashcard 150: What type of acidosis will a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis experience? _____

Answer: high anion gap metabolic acidosis

Extra: * due to accumulation of ketones (organic acids) also usually have urine and serum ketones