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GI Buzzwords
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| SBO | High pitched tingling sound on auscultation |
| Gastric Volvulus | Spherical gas bubble in upper abdomen or chest on xray |
| Corkscrew esophagus | diffuse esophageal spasm |
| coffee ground emesis | erosive gastropathy |
| Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome | Gastrinoma Triangle (porta hepatis, pancreatic neck, 3rd part of duodenum) |
| Gastric (esophageal) Malignancy | Virchow Node, Sister Mary Joseph Nodule |
| UC | always involves the rectum |
| UC | Extends in a continuous, circumferential pattern |
| Hallmark- bloody diarrhea | UC |
| Complication of toxic megacolon | UC |
| Hydrogen Breath Test | Lactase deficiency |
| Mcburney's point | appendicitis |
| Ischemic Bowel | sudden, severe abdominal pain out of proportion to exam |
| Barrett Esophagus | GERD complication; metastatic cells replace normal epithelium |
| Birds Beak Sign | Achalasia |
| Mediastinal Crunch (hammen's sign) | Boerhaave syndrome |
| Gastric PUD | increased post prandial epigastric pain |
| Rome IV criteria | IBS |
| specific to proximal small intestine | celiac dz |
| dermatitis herpetiformis | celiac dz |
| thumb printing on imaging | UC |
| Crohn Disease | MC site- terminal ileum, can occur anywhere in the digestive tract from mouth to anus |
| stellate ulcers, skip lesions, cobblestoning | UC |
| Scalloping | Celiac Dz |
| fecal lactoferrin test | acute diarrhea |
| fecal fat | malabsorption syndromes |
| pneumatosis intestinalis on xray | necrotizing entercolitis |
| double bubble sign | intestinal volvulus in children |
| corkscrew duodenum | intestinal volvulus in children |
| currant jelly stool | intusseption |
| palpable sausage-shaped mass | intusseption |
| Target sign on US | Intusseption |
| olive shaped mass RUQ | pyloric stenosis in children |
| rule of 2s | merkel diverticulum |
| Boa's Sign | cholecystitis |
| Charcot's Triad (fever, RUQ pain, jaundice) | Cholangitis |
| Reynolds Pentas (charcot's + hypotension, AMS) | acute suppurative cholangitis |
| Beads on a string MRCP | Primary sclerosing cholangitis |
| extreme pruritus --> excoriation | primary sclerosing cholangitis |
| Grey turner's sign, cullen's sign | acute pancreatitis |
| Ranson's Criteria | severity scoring for acute pancreatitis |
| Kayser-Fleischer rings | Wilson's Disease (excess copper) |
| Hallmark- dyspepsia | PUD |
| Pneumatosis intestinalis hallmark xray | necrotizing enterocolitis |