Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Flashcard 11: _____ is the precipitation of a urinary solute as a stone

Answer: Nephrolithiasis

Flashcard 12: The Whipple's triad helps confirm symptomatic hypoglycemia: - low blood _____ - _____ of hypoglycemia - resolution of symptoms after normalization of _____ levels

Answer: glucose

Extra: Whipple's Triad is used for the diagnosis of insulinoma.

Flashcard 13: Esophagitis with linear ulcerations is characteristic of what viral infection? _____

Answer: CMV

Flashcard 14: Which thyroid imbalance presents with hyperdefecation / diarrhea? _____

Answer: Hyperthyroidism

Flashcard 15: Patients with Lambert-Eaton Syndrome present with _____ symptoms (dry mouth, constipation, impotence)

Answer: autonomic

Flashcard 16: Angio-_____ is an acquired malformation resulting in tortuous dilation of vessels of the GI tract

Answer: dysplasia

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 17: Without active vWF, _____ will rupture much more easily, resulting in GI bleeding and Iron Deficiency Anemia

Answer: intestinal angiodysplasias

Extra: - angiodysplasias are essentially AVMs, and thus have VERY high blood flow (bypass resistance circuits) - thus without vWF to help clot damaged angiodysplasias, the already weak angiodysplasias will bleed much more easily

Flashcard 18: Pellagra is a vitamin deficiency complication associated with _____ in a(n) C3/C4 dermatome distribution

Answer: dermatitis

Flashcard 19: Which immunodeficiency is associated with an infiltrative lymphohistiocytosis? _____

Answer: Chédiak-Higashi

Flashcard 20: Acromegaly may cause growth of visceral _____, leading to dysfunction

Answer: organs