Pancreatitis — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma often presents with _____ abdominal pain that radiates to the back

Answer: epigastric

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 22: _____ presents with mild hypercalcemia and hypocalciuria with normal or increased PTH levels

Answer: Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia

Extra: - Higher than normal [Ca] needed to suppress PTH - Hypocalciuria = want to suck out more [Ca] to suppress the PTH

Flashcard 23: Pancreatic insufficiency causes malabsorption of fat, fat-soluble vitamins, and vitamin _____

Answer: B12

Flashcard 24: The major risk factors for pancreatic adenocarcinoma are - smoking - _____

Answer: chronic pancreatitis (especially > 20 years)

Extra: * Old man smoking * Chronic Pancreatitis sponge next to cancer crabs on beach

Flashcard 25: Which parathyroid disorder is characterized by "stones, bones, groans, and psychiatric undertones"? _____

Answer: Primary hyperparathyroidism

Extra: - Stones from hypercalciuria - Bones from increased bone resorption - Groans from constipation - Psychiatric undertones from depression

Flashcard 26: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma may cause _____

Answer: Cushing syndrome

Extra: * due to ectopic secretion of ACTH

Flashcard 27: Primary hyperparathyroidism is most commonly caused by a(n) _____

Answer: parathyroid adenoma (which secretes excess PTH)

Flashcard 28: Treatment of pancreatic adenocarcinoma includes the _____ procedure, chemotherapy, and radiation

Answer: Whipple

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 29: What pathology is commonly associated with glucosuria? _____

Answer: Diabetes mellitus

Flashcard 30: _____ is characterized by hypercalcemia, hypophosphatemia, and increased circulating levels of PTH

Answer: Primary hyperparathyroidism

Extra: * NOTE: Raised Calci-yum ice cream held by professor (sketchy wrong)