Intestinal Obstruction
The most frequent cause of intestinal obstruction worldwide
What are hernias?
A descriptive term for the bowel that typically denotes ischemic bowel disease.
What is dusky?
Can involve ANY area of the GI tract.
What is Crohns?
Thought to result from decreased epithelial cell turnover and delayed shedding of surface epithelial cells.
What are hyperplastic polyps?
The most important characteristic of colonic adenomas that correlates with risk of malignancy.
What is size?
The most common cause of intestinal obstruction in the United States
What are adhesions?
An important section to represent whether the bowel has any viability.
Skip lesions
What is crohns?
Polyps that form from repeated injury and healing.
What are inflammatory polyps?
Colorectal adenocarcinoma develops in 100% of untreated patients with this syndrome.
What is familial adenomatous polyposis?
The most common location for a volvulus to occur.
What is the sigmoid colon?
The most common acquired GI emergency of neonates.
What is necrotizing enterocolitis?
Backwash ileitis.
What is ulcerative colitis?
These polyps can be sporadic or as part of a genetic syndrome.
What are hamartomatous polyps?
The most common tumor of the appendix.
What is a carcinoid?
Intussusception occurs when a segment of intestine _______ into the immediately distal segment.
What is telescopes?
What are the celiac, superior mesenteric artery and inferior mesenteric artery?
Inflammation of the bowel wall in an ostomy site.
What is diversion colitis?
A rare autosomal dominant syndrome that demonstrates multiple GI hamartomatous polyps and mucocutaneous hyperpigmentation.
What is Peutz-Jeghers syndrome?
A variant of FAP characterized by colonic adenomas, osteomas, epidermal cysts, dermoid tumors and more.
What is Gardner syndrome?
In adults, intussusception is usually caused by this.
What is a tumor?
The most important risk factor for thrombosis leading to ischemic bowel disease.
What is severe atherosclerosis?
Heavily associated with primary sclerosis cholangitis.
What is ulcerative colitis?
The most common neoplastic polyps.
What are colonic adenomas?
Lynch syndrome results in mutation in genes responsible for DNA repair termed this.
What are micro satellite instabilities? MSH2 or MLH1