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3 potential complications of Celiac Disease?

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  • Refractory Sprue
    (persisting symptoms and histological injury despite being on diet for 12 months)
  • Intestinal Adenocarcinoma
  • T cell lymphoma
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Gliadin is deaminated by ___a___ in the __b__ of the small intestine which facilitates gliadin’s ability to interact w/ __b__ & __b__ located on the surface of Antigen Presenting Cells

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a) Tissue Transglutaminase (TTG)

b) HLA-DQ2 & HLA-DQ8

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Celiac Disease: Clinical Presentation?

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  • Diarrhea
  • Weight loss
  • Failure to thrive
  • Short stature
  • Anemia (Iron, Folate, B12 deficiencies)
  • Bone disease (vit. D deficiency)

(many patients remain asymptomatic

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Celiac Disease: Treatment?

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  • Gluten-free diet (70-90% respond)
  • Vitamins & Minerals (iron, folate, Vitamins D, B12)
  • Screen for Bone Injury: densiometry
  • Screen Family for Celiac Disease (DQ2, DQ8)
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Celiac Disease: Diagnosis

Endoscopy findings?

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  • Scalloping of duodenal folds
  • Flattened/absent villi
  • Mosaic appearing surface of mucosa
  • May be normal appearing (always take 4-6 biopsies when suspicious)
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Celiac Disease: Diagnosis Histopathologic findings?

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  • Increased intraepithelial lymphocytes
  • Increased lymphocytes and plasma cells in the lamina propria
  • Absent or blunted villi
  • Elongated Intestinal crypts
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Celiac Disease: Diagnosis

Serology findings?

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  • Anti-endomyoseal IgA antibody *
  • TTG IgA antibody**
  • Anti-gliadin IgA &/or IgG antibody
  • Deaminated gliadin peptide
  • HLA-DQ2, DQ8
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Define the following:
1. Gluten
2. Gliadin
3. Alfa fraction

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  1. Gluten: the protein component of wheat, barley and rye.
  2. Gliadin: the alcohol soluble portion of digested gluten.
  3. Alfa fraction: the portion of gliadin able to pass the mucosal barrier of the intestine.
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Folic acid deficiency results in _____ anemia.

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macrocytic

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A gluten free diet results in the resolution of which of the following?
a. patient’s symptoms b. positive serology
c. abnormal histology

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All of them

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T or F? Iron deficiency may be the only sign of Celiac disease.

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True

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Vitamin A deficiency results in..?

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Night blindness, conjunctival dryness, and keratomalacia

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Vitamin D deficiency results in..?

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Osteomalacia: Clinically manifests as muscle weakness and musculoskeletal pain
- Osteopenia and osteoporosis

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Vitamin E deficiency results in..?

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Hemolytic anemia, gait disturbance, and neuropathy

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Vitamin K deficiency results in..?

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Prolonged prothrombin time, resulting in decreased synthesis of clotting factors II, VII, IX, and X

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Sucrose = ____ & ____

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Glucose & Fructose

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Lactose = ____ & ____

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Glucose & gaLACTOSE

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Absorbed products of lipolysis, once in the enterocytes, are synthesized into __(a)__ and exit as __(b)__ into lymph lacteals.

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a) Triglycerides
b) Chylomicrons

(Chylomicron = Triglyceride + Apolipoproteins)

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Once chyme reaches the cecum, _____ is released & this stops the process of CCK release.
What are some effects of this further inhibition of CCK release?

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Peptide YY

Decreased:

  • Gastric acid secretion & Gastric emptying
  • Pancreatic secretion
  • Colonic motility
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3 functions of intestine in between meals?

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  1. Propulsion- Motilin stimulates migrating motor complexes to move stuff out of SI
  2. Retention- Luminal distention triggers stretch receptors to initiate the anorectal inhibitory reflex to preserve continence
  3. Defecation- Involuntary (internal anal sphincter is relaxed) & Voluntary (external relaxed)
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D-xylose test is most helpful in distinguishing..?

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Maldigestion (pancreatic insufficiency) from Malabsorption (celiac sprue)

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How do you interpret a d-Xylose test?

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d-Xylose Excretion:

  • Normal in Maldigestion
  • Dec’d in Malabsorption

Fecal Fat:
- Inc’d in Maldigestion & Malabsorption

Jejunal Biopsy:

  • Normal in Maldigestion
  • Abnormal/”flat” in Malabsorption
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Schilling Test evaluates..?

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possible B12 deficiency

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Schilling Test, for each step:
What is done?
If B12 corrects @ this step, Dx is..?

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  1. Give parenteral B12 for loading, then radio-labeled B12
    Dx = Dietary deficiency
  2. Radio-labeled B12 given w/ Intrinsic Factor
    Dx = Pernicious Anemia
  3. Repeat w/ enzymes
    Dx = Pancreas problem
  4. Repeat w/ antibiotics
    Dx = Bacterial overgrowth
  5. Ileum problem
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Diarrhea definition by stool weight or stool water is an increase in how much?
Increase in stool weight or water > 150-200 gm/24hr WHO definition: "Diarrhoea is the passage of 3 or more loose or liquid stools per day, or more frequently than is normal for the individual."
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Lower GI bleed- dDx?
- Neoplasm (Polyps, Colorectal adenocarcinoma) - Colitis - Infectious Diarrhea (E.coli, Shigella, Salmonella, C. jejuni) - Diverticular Disease - Hemorrhoids
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Diarrhea: | Classification/Types?
- Secretory - Osmotic - Exudative - Malabsorptive - Abnormal motility
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Water absorption occurs due to the osmotic gradient established by __(a)__ - which itself is dependent on absorption of __(b)__ & __(c)__.
a) Sodium b) Glucose c) Amino Acids (primary mechanism of Na+ absorption is cotransport w/ glucose & AAs)
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Simplified diarrhea classifications involved in: - Watery diarrhea - Bloody diarrhea - Fatty diarrhea
Watery: - Osmotic - Secretory - Motility Disorders - Infectious Bloody: - Exudative/inflammatory - Infectious Fatty: - Malabsorptive - Motility disorders
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Secretory Diarrhea - Features?
- Stool isotonic w/ plasma - Large volume diarrhea (>1L/day) - Diarrhea persists when fasting - Electrolytes account for most of stool osmolality (which is small, <50)
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_______ is the classic secretory diarrhea (etiology)
Vibrio Cholera
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Vibrio Cholera - does organism colonize intestinal cells?
No, it sticks to the surface of small bowel cells, w/out ever penetrating the mucosal surface, & produces its enterotoxin
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How does Vibrio Cholera cause diarrhea?
- Produces an enterotoxin (protein) that enters enterocytes in the SI - Irreversibly activates Adenylate Cyclase - Na/Cl absorption is inhibited & anions are secreted, causing Secretory diarrhea
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Does Vibrio Cholera cause intestinal damage?
No, it does not invade cells -- its toxin does but does not destroy them
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Diagnosis? | Severe "rice water" stool output (>1L/day)
Vibrio Cholera
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Tx for Vibrio Cholera that dramatically improves mortality?
Oral solution w/ glucose (& pinch of sodium) | - enhances sodium absorption via sodium-glucose cotransport
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Hormone producing tumors that cause secretory diarrhea?
1. Carcinoid (5HT, Prostaglandins, Bradykinin) 2. VIPoma (VIP) 3. Gastrinoma (Gastrin) 4. Medullary Carcinoma of Thyroid (Calcitonin, Prostaglandins) 5. Ganglioneuroma (probably VIP)
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Carcinoid Syndrome- what type of diarrhea can this cause & how?
Secretory diarrhea, caused by increased production & metabolism of Tryptophan, leading to increased 5HT - 5HT causes secretory diarrhea via anion secretion & Na/Cl inhibition
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Osmotic diarrhea- pathophysiology?
Poorly absorbed solutes creates osmotic gradient that draws water into intestinal lumen - Failure to transport osmotically active solute
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Osmotic diarrhea- Causes?
- Magnesium (in laxatives) | - Lactose ingestion w/ lactase deficiency
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Osmotic diarrhea- Features?
- Stool volume typically 125 - Acidic stool pH from carbohydrate malabsorption - Unmeasured non-electrolytes account for most of stool osmolality (which is large, >125)
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3 Diagnostic methods of Lactase deficiency?
1. Trial of milk produce ingestion w/ & w/out lactase enzyme supplement 2. Hydrogen breath test: Lactose hydrogen (H2) absorbed into portal circulation & excreted in breath (rise in exhaled hydrogen >20ppm) 3. Lactose Tolerance Test: Ingest 50 mg lactose, blood glucose rises <20 mg/dL
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Examples of Motility disorders causing diarrhea?
- IBS - Scleroderma - Intestinal surgery predisposing to bacterial overgrowth syndrome
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Examples of Edudative diarrhea?
IBD: - Crohn's Disease - Ulcerative Colitis Infectious: - Shigella - Clostridium dificile - Entamoeba Histolytica
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Classic malabsorptive diarrhea symptoms?
Steatorrhea & weight loss - Large volume stools - Malodorous & fat droplets
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Complications of malabsorptive diarrhea?
- Fat soluble vitamin deficiencies | - Edema &/or ascites
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Giardia causes a ______ diarrhea
malabsorptive
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Giardia diarrhea- Features?
Trophozoites - attach via adhesive disk on ventral surface - reside in proximal small bowel - no cellular invasion or necrosis - Inflammatory response causes changes to villous & crypt architecture - Disruption of microvilli & brush border enzymes - No cleare enterotoxin
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Whipple's Disease- etiology?
Chronic systemic infection - Tropheryma whippelii - PAS-positive, bacteria-laden macrophages in lamina propria of small intestine - Macrophage infiltration of mucosa & obstruction of mesenteric lymph nodes leads to malabsorption - SI most commonly affected - -- Joints, CV system, CNS
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3 types of diarrhea-causing E. coli?
Bloody diarrhea: - Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) - -- O157:H7 strain in US, usually affects children - -- Shiga-like toxin, can cause HUS - Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) - -- invades colonic mucosa Watery diarrhea: - Enterotoxigenic E. coli - -- Traveler's diarrhea & Infantile diarrhea - -- Produces ST & LT Toxins - -- Cramps, occasional vomiting, low-grade fever
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Causative Organism? - Bloody diarrhea - Comma or S-shaped organisms, growth @ 42F
Campylobacter
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Causative Organism? | - Bloody diarrhea caused by Protozoan
Entamoeba Histolytica
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``` Causative Organism(s)? - Watery diarrhea caused by Protozoa ```
- Giardia (cysts in stool, Tx = Metronidazole or Nitazoxanide) - Cryptosporidium (immunocompromised -- must order specific exam for Dx; Tx = Nitazoxanide)
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Causative organism? - Bloody diarrhea - Day-care outbreaks, psuedoappendicitis
Yersinia enterocolitica
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It is appropriate to obtain endoscopic biopsies looking for celiac disease in patients w/ what 4 symptoms/conditions?
1. Positive Serologic test 2. Iron deficiency Anemia 3. Chronic diarrhea 4. Weight loss
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Villous atrophy is found in a number of GI diseases. | Name 5 of them.
1. Celiac Disease 2. Whipple's Disease 3. Tropical Sprue 4. Intestinal Lymphoma 5. Crohn's Disease
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