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Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
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1. What are the ABCDEF of esophageal cancer






2. How do villi appear in disaccharidease def






3. What are the treatment options for uclerative colitis






4. Painless bleedgin of submucosal veins in lower 1/3 of esophagus






5. Who is at risk for pancreatic adenocarcinoma






6. What is the most common indication of emergent abdominal surgery in children






7. What test and result confirms H pylori infxn






8. What kind of pancreatitis is associated with EtOH and smoking






9. signet ring cells - acanthosis nigracans - dz - character/association - spread






10. What arteries exit just below the SMA






11. crigler - najjar type II responds to which therapy and How does it work






12. misfolded gene product protein accumulates in hepatocellular ER - dec in elastic tissu in lungs leading panacinar emphysema






13. what kind of muscle is in the upper 1/3 of esophagus






14. What are the histological findings of the colon






15. What do mucins do?






16. What kind of muscle is in the middle 1/3 of esophagus






17. In PUD - with gastric ulcers - does pain inc or dec with meals?






18. What is the most common cause of gallstones






19. What are the structures of the femoral triangle and how are they organized






20. When and why is stomach cancer termed linitis plastica






21. why infxn is implicated in duodenal PUD






22. Autoantibodies to gluten (gliadin) in wheat and other grains






23. What structure is Not contained in the femoral sheath






24. Diaphragmatic hernias occur in infants because of defective development of which membrane






25. How do secondary biliary cirrhosis - primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis present






26. What are esophageal strictures associated with






27. Which kind of hemorrhoids are painful and why






28. What drug inhibits the H/K ATPase






29. What serum enzyme is elevated in obstructive liver disease - bone disease and bile duct disease






30. What is the presentation of pancreatic adenocarcinoma






31. How do you DX and TX gallstones






32. What is Trousseau's sign






33. What is contained with in the hepatoduodenal ligament - What two spaces does it connect - and when would you need to compress it






34. If trypsin activates more trypsinogen - what kind of feedback loop is established






35. What does autoimmune destruction of parietal cells lead to...






36. How is bilirubin carried in the blood






37. Mucosal lacerations at the gastroesophageal junction due to severe vomiting - presentation - and risk groups






38. HCC is associated with what other conditions






39. What is pancreatic adenocarcinoma associated with






40. What kind of muscle is in the lower 1/3 of the esophagus






41. What is the cause of Barrett's and the assocaited complications






42. milk intolerance






43. In viral hepatitis - which liver enzyme is higher






44. What serum enzyme is decreased in wilsons disease






45. final and irreversible alcoholic liver disease with micronodular irregularly shrunken liver with hobnail appearance






46. What type of insults result in micronodular cirrhosis






47. What does K- ras mutation cause






48. What is the action of NO as a GI hormone






49. Where is there sclerosis in alcoholic cirrohosis






50. Where is the deep inguinal ring relative to the inferior epigastric vessels