Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Flashcard 1041: Does eosinophilic esophagitis respond to GERD therapy (e.g. PPIs)?

Answer: Yes

Extra: Current guidelines (ACG/AGA) recognize PPIs as a **first-line treatment option** for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), alongside topical steroids (budesonide/fluticasone) and dietary elimination. Previously, a response to PPIs was used to distinguish "PPI-responsive esophageal eosinophilia" from "true" EoE, but these are now considered part of the same EoE disease spectrum.

Flashcard 1042: What is the the treatment for a glucagonoma?_____

Answer: Octreotide (somatostatin analog) or surgery

Flashcard 1043: Which cause of genital ulceration presents with painless red genital ulcer that bleeds on contact?_____

Answer: Granuloma inguinale/donovanosis (Klebsiella granulomatis)

Flashcard 1044: How does cystic fibrosis affect K+ levels? _____

Answer: Decreased (hypokalemia)

Flashcard 1045: _____ presents with chronic, widespread musculoskeletal pain associated with "tender points"

Answer: Fibromyalgia

Flashcard 1046: Sjogren syndrome is associated with increased risk for _____, which presents as unilateral enlargement of the parotid gland late in the disease course

Answer: MALT lymphoma

Flashcard 1047: Sjogren syndrome may present with recurrent _____

Answer: dental caries

Flashcard 1048: _____ gout is caused by an unknown etiology (most common)

Answer: Primary

Flashcard 1049: _____ incontinence is due to an overactive bladder (detrusor muscle overstimulation)

Answer: Urgency

Flashcard 1050: Good Syndrome refers to the presence of _____ that appears near simultaneously as a thymoma

Answer: hypogammaglobulinemia