Gastroenterology — Flashcards

_____ results from portosystemic shunting between the paraumbilical veins (portal) and small epigastric veins of the abdominal wall (systemic)

Patients with a first-degree relative with colon cancer should be screened via colonoscopy starting at age _____ or starting 10 years prior to their relative's presentation

_____ Achalasia (Chicago classification) is characterized by pan-esophageal pressurization (esophageal compression).

Acute pancreatitis is most commonly due to _____ or gallstones

_____ syndrome is liver infarction secondary to hepatic vein obstruction

A distinguishing serologic feature of chronic hepatitis _____ is the presence in the circulation of antibodies to liver-kidney microsome (anti-LKM3).

Diverticulitis classically presents with a triad of _____ pain, fever, and leukocytosis

_____ is a bacterial infection of the bile ducts

_____ pigment gallstones (color) are radio-lucent and arise with biliary tract infection

_____ is characterized by disordered esophageal motility due to inability to relax the lower esophageal sphincter