Gastroenterology — Flashcards

Patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome should be screened for what inherited disorder? _____

Iron deficiency anemia in the elderly is assumed to be from _____ until proven otherwise

Acute leukemia may present acutely with nonspecific symptoms (e.g. bone pain) and _____, thrombocytopenia, and/or neutropenia

A transplant patient with bloody diarrhea and multiple, large shallow ulcers on colonoscopy; this is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Most common cause of 1° hyperparathyroidism is _____

Hint: condition

What is bird's beak deformity indicative of on barium swallow? _____

What is the underlying cause of fat malabsorption in patients with Zollinger-Ellison syndrome? _____

Lymphoma = _____ lymphadenopathy

A painful, acute genital lesion presenting with vesicles is most characteristic of _____.

Post-URI, acute-onset, constant vertigo, N/V, (-) hearing loss = _____ Post-URI, acute-onset, constant vertigo, N/V, (+) hearing loss = _____

Hint: labyrinthitis/vestibular neuritis