Colorectal cancer screening — Flashcards

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What procedure should be performed with S. bovis infection?_____

Screening for colorectal carcinoma in low-risk patients begins at _____ years of age (e.g. colonoscopy, fecal occult blood (stool guiaic test))

Lynch syndrome was previously known as _____

Patients with acromegaly have an increased risk of _____ formation and cancer.

Is the CEA tumor marker useful for screening for colorectal carcinoma? _____

benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

vertigo

hypertriglyceridemia (hyperlipidemia type IV)

Which parasitic infection can present with cysts in the brain? _____

#10

_____ is a cancer caused by HPV in HIV patients that often presents at the anus (in MSMs) or the cervix

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Colorectal cancer screening Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards

Flashcard 1: What procedure should be performed with S. bovis infection?_____

Answer: Colonoscopy (suspect colon cancer)

Flashcard 2: Screening for colorectal carcinoma in low-risk patients begins at _____ years of age (e.g. colonoscopy, fecal occult blood (stool guiaic test))

Answer: 50

Flashcard 3: Lynch syndrome was previously known as _____

Answer: hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC)

Flashcard 4: Patients with acromegaly have an increased risk of _____ formation and cancer.

Answer: colorectal polyp

Flashcard 5: Is the CEA tumor marker useful for screening for colorectal carcinoma? _____

Answer: No

Flashcard 6: benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

Answer:

Extra: nodular enlargement of the periurethral (lateral and middle) lobes of the prostate, compressing the urethraurinary frequency, nocturia, difficulty starting/stopping flos, dysuriaincreased: free prostate-specific antigen (PSA)α1-antagonists (terazosin, tamsulosin); finasteridemen >50 y/ohyperplasia, NOT hypertrophyif untreated may lead to distention and hypertrophy of bladder, hydronephrosis, UTIs

Flashcard 7: vertigo

Answer: sensation of spinning while stationary; subtype of "dizziness" but distinct from "lightheadedness"

Flashcard 8: hypertriglyceridemia (hyperlipidemia type IV)

Answer:

Extra: defect in production of VLDLpancreatitiselevated VLDL and TGAD

Flashcard 9: Which parasitic infection can present with cysts in the brain? _____

Answer: Neurocysticercosis (Taenia solium)

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Flashcard 10: _____ is a cancer caused by HPV in HIV patients that often presents at the anus (in MSMs) or the cervix

Answer: Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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