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SB82 Biliary System - Loosely taken from Fiser's ABSITE review

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What substance contracts the sphincter of Oddi? ________   Morphine  
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What substance relaxes the sphincter of Oddi? ________   Glucagon  
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What is the normal diameter of the CBD?   < 4 mm  
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What happens to the total bile acid pools after cholecystectomy?   Decreases  
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This phenomenon is caused by increased gallbladder pressure, and is manifested by invagination of the gallbladder epithelium into the muscle layer _________________   Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses  
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These ducts can leak after cholecystectomy ____________   Ducts of Luschka  
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Which substances increase bile excretion? (5)   CCK, amino acids, HCl, fatty acids, secretin  
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Which substances decrease bile excretion? (2)   VIP, somatostatin  
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Is bile acidic, neutral or alkaline? __________   Alkaline  
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How does increased protein in the diet affect bile?   It increases intraluminal acidity, which helps keep calcium in the bile soluble and less likely to form stones  
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What hormone is involved in tonic gallbladder contraction? ___________   CCK  
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What hormone is involved in the Phase II migrating motor complex that assists gallbladder contraction? ___________   Motilin  
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The gallbladder forms concentrated bile by active absorption of what two substances? ____________   Sodium and water  
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Where does active resorption of conjugated bile acids occur? __________   Terminal ileum  
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Where does passive resorption of unconjugated bile acids occur? _________   Small intestine (45%) and colon (5%)  
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What is the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis? _____________   HMG Co-A reductase  
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E. coli produces the ______________ enzyme, which deconjugates bilirubin, forming calcium bilirubinate and ultimately the formation of brown gallstones.   beta-glucuronidase  
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An impacted gallstone without cholecystitis causes gallbladder distension and formation of white mucus. This condition is called ________________   Hydrops of the gallbladder  
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What substances mediate the inflammation in cholecystitis? (3)   Lysolecithin, PAF, bile salts  
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What is the treatment for cystic duct stump leak?   Percutaneous drainage, followed by ERCP with stent  
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What bacterium is the most common culprit in emphysematous gallbladder disease? _________________   Clostridium perfringens  
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If the damage to the CBD is < ________ % of the diameter, it can be primarily repaired.   Fifty  
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What is the most common site of obstruction in gallstone ileus? _______________   Terminal ileum  
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What is the treatment for gallstone ileus?   Proximal enterotomy with stone removal, then cholecystectomy if tolerated  
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What radiographic finding do you see with gallstone ileus? ___________   Pneumobilia  
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What is the most common cause of late post-op biliary strictures? __________   Ischemia  
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What is the treatment of biliary strictures? If that fails?   ERCP with stent, then PTC if needed  
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Late CBD or hepatic duct strictures need brushings to test for ______________   Cancer  
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Cholecystectomy is sufficient to treat gallbladder cancer stage ____________   One  
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Stage II gallbladder cancer needs wide liver resection with margins of _________ cm   2-3  
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Klatskin tumors are usually _______________ (resectable / unresectable)   Unresectable  
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Bile duct cancers in the middle 1/3 require this operation: ___________   Hepaticojejunostomy  
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Bile duct cancers in the inferior 1/3 require this operation: ___________   Pancreaticoduodenectomy  
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Which type of choledochal cyst is fusiform and is the most common? _________   Type I  
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Which type of choledochal cyst manifests as a CBD diverticulum? _______   Type II  
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Which type of choledochal cyst manifests as a CBD dilation within the duodenum? _________   Type III  
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Which type of choledochal cyst has intrahepatic and extrahepatic components? ___________   Type IV  
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Which type of choledochal cyst is entirely intrahepatic? _____________   Type V (Caroli’s disease)  
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Treatment for choledochal cysts types I and II   Excision and roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy  
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Treatment for choledochal cyst Type III   Transduodenal marsupialization and excision  
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Treatment for choledochal cyst Type IV and V   Segmental liver resection  
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This bile duct disease shows antimitochondrial antibodies and has no uncreased risk of cancer ___________   Primary biliary cirrhosis  
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This biliary pathology is associated with ulcerative colitis and has beading on ERCP __________   Primary sclerosing cholangitis  
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PSC improves after colectomy for ulcerative colitis: True or false   False  
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This is a term for a thickened nodule of mucosa and muscle associated with Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses, and is often due to chronic cholecystitis __________   Adenomyomatosis  
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This benign neuroectodermal tumor of the gallbladder can occur in the biliary tract and show symptoms of cholecystitis _________   Granular cell myoblastoma  
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Speckled deposits of cholesterol on the gallbladder wall ______________   Cholesterolosis  
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Gallbladder polyps > ________ cm in size are concerning for malignancy   One  
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This cephalosporin can cause gallbladder sludging and cholestatic jaundice __________   Ceftriaxone  
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What trimester should a pregnant patient with symptomatic cholelithiasis have a cholecystectomy? ____________   Second  
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This syndrome is caused by compression of the common hepatic duct by a stone in the gallbladder infundibulum ______________   Mirizzi syndrome  
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