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[h] Gastrointestinal System Flashcards

[i] Master this session in just 5 minutes.

[q] Iron is absorbed as Fe2 in ……

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[q] Folate is absorbed in …….

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[q] B12 is absorbed in ……

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[q] Fats are typically the most severely affected macronutrient in generalized malabsorption, and testing the stool for fat with …… stain is the most sensitive strategy for screening for malabsorptive disorders (Stool should normally contain no measurable fat).

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

18 years old patient presenting with diarrhea, steatorrhea,

bloating, and abdominal distension with ↓ stool pH and elevated stool osmolality upon consumption of milk products + increased breath hydrogen content > 20 ppm compared with baseline + Light and electron microscopic examination of the bowel mucosa shows normal intestinal mucosa.

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

12 years old patient presenting with chronic diarrhea, steatorrhea, bloating, abdominal distension, and failure to thrive + Serologic testing is positive for lgA anti-endomysial, anti-deamidated gliadin peptide antibodies and anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies + Duodenal biopsy reveals flattening of the mucosa with loss of villi, hyperplasia of crypts, and chronic inflammatory infiltration of the lamina propria with lymphocytes + Small, herpes-like vesicles are symmetrically distributed and extremely pruritic?

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[q] What is the most likely diagnosis?

32 years old patient presenting with diarrhea, steatorrhea, bloating, abdominal distension, polyarthritis, psychiatric and cardiac abnormalities + histologic findings include small intestine mucosa containing enlarged, foamy macrophages packed with both rod-shaped bacilli and PAS-positive, diastase-resistant granules that appears in magenta color?

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V2hpcHBsZSBkaXNlYXNlIGlzIGEgcmFyZSBzeXN0ZW1pYyBpbGxuZXNzIGNhdXNlZCBieSB0aGUgZ3JhbS1wb3NpdGl2ZSBhY3Rpbm9teWNldGUgVHJvcGhlcnltYSB3aGlwcGVsaWkgdGhhdCBpbnZvbHZlcyB0aGUgc21hbGwgaW50ZXN0aW5lLCBqb2ludHMsIGFuZCBjZW50cmFsIG5lcnZvdXMgc3lzdGVtLg==[Qq]

[q] ……. is sometimes used to test for brush border absorptive function independent of pancreatic function in cases where it is necessary to determine if malabsorption is due to pancreatic or intestinal pathology?

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[q] Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is characterized by overproduction of ………., associated with nausea, bloating, abdominal discomfort, and malabsorption.

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