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Colorectal Cancer Screening and Polyp Surveillance Intervals
Colon Cancer Screening - Modality - Interval:
 • Colonoscopy -
and Polyp Surveillance ... - Interval: • Colonoscopy ... Multitarget DNA stool test ... • Adenomatous Polyps ... • Serrated Polyps
Serrated Polyps
Hyperplastic polyps (HPs):
 • Prevalence: 20-30%
 • Size: Usually small or diminutive (s 5mm)
 •
Serrated Polyps ... Hyperplastic polyps ... #Serrated #Polyps ... #comparison #colonoscopy
Strategies to Improve Quality of Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy - AGA Guidelines

1. Adequate bowel preparation.
2. Use
Improve Quality of Screening ... performed to increase polyp ... detection rate is ≥ 7% polyps ... be useful for polyps ... Complex polyps that
Causes of Abnormal Genital Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Gynecologic:
 • Medical (e.g. coagulopathy, liver disease, renal
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Fibroid • Polyp ... Hyperplasia Cervix: • Polyp ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #OBGyn
Causes of Late Bleeding in Pregnancy (2nd & 3rd Trimester) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bleeding from Os
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Cervical polyp ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... Causes #Obstetrics #OBGyn
Causes of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Environmental:
 • Toxin (organic solvents, mercury, lead)
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Congenital anomaly • Polyps ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... Causes #Obstetrics #OBGyn
Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based tests:
 • FIT: 79% sensitivity, 94% specificity for CRC
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... visualization: • Colonoscopy ... specificity for polyps ... Cancer #colon #Screening ... #Tests #comparison
ACA Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines

When to Screen?
When to Stop?
Family History

Performance Characteristics for Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests
Stool/blood-based
Colorectal Cancer Screening ... Colorectal Cancer Screening ... visualization: • Colonoscopy ... specificity for polyps ... #comparison #table
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia ... positive T. whipplei tests ... positive T. whipplei test ... Disease #diagnosis #algorithm
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
cultures, but test ... risk • Routine colonoscopy ... things" → fewer polyps ... Balloon Expulsion Test