Peptic ulcer disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Zollinger-Ellison syndrome may present with _____ pain, due to peptic ulcer disease and distal ulcers

Answer: abdominal

Flashcard 2: Gastric ulcers are usually due to _____ (~ 70%)

Answer: H. pylori

Flashcard 3: One possible ulcer complication is _____ of the pyloric channel or duodenum

Answer: obstruction

Flashcard 4: Which type of duodenal ulcer (anterior or posterior) is more commonly associated with hemorrhage? _____

Answer: Posterior

Flashcard 5: Patients with systemic mastocytosis are prone to developing _____ ulcers

Answer: gastric

Flashcard 6: _____ ulcers (gastric or duodenal) should be biopsied at the margins to rule out malignancy

Answer: Gastric

Flashcard 7: Duodenal ulcers are almost always due to _____ (~ 90%) and why?

Answer: H. pylori

Flashcard 8: 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 9: vertigo

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

Flashcard 10: hypertriglyceridemia (hyperlipidemia type IV)

Answer:

Extra: defect in production of VLDLpancreatitiselevated VLDL and TGAD