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Carcinoid Syndrome - Pathophysiology, Signs and Symptoms
Symptoms: Flushing, diarrhea, palpitations, bronchospasm
Complications: Carcinoid heart, mesenteric fibrosis, pellagra,
Carcinoid Syndrome - Pathophysiology ... Carcinoid heart, mesenteric ... Carcinoid #Syndrome #Pathophysiology
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
by the superior mesenteric ... Superior and Inferior mesenteric ... SmallBowel #Infarction #pathophysiology
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Kaposi sarcoma, Mesenteric ... , Radiation CMC
Autoimmune Gastritis - Pathophysiology

Anti-ParietaI Cell, CD4+ T Cells, Autoantibodies -> x Parietal Cells, x HCL, x
Autoimmune Gastritis - Pathophysiology ... Anti-ParietaI Cell, CD4 ... Autoimmune #Gastritis #Pathophysiology
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Cholestasis • Mesenteric ... Disease (Screen with CBC
Schistosoma Life Cycle - Schistosomiasis
1) Eggs shed from infected human: in feces, in urine
2) Eggs hatch
worms migrate to: Mesenteric ... Schistosomiasis #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Mesenteric adenitis on Abdominal POCUS

Child with RLQ abd pain, low-grade fever.  
Answer: Mesenteric adenitis
Initial study
Mesenteric adenitis ... Answer: Mesenteric ... Appendix was normal ... RJonesSonoEM #Mesenteric
Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
IMV = inferior mesenteric ... deficiency #Ammonia #Pathophysiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Difficile Infection (CDI ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... x 10d • 1st CDI ... for recurrent CDI ... IDSA 2021 CDI
Immune Reactions and Immunosuppressant Drugs

Glucocorticoids - Inhibition of cytokine synthesis, e.g., IL-1, IL-2
Muromonab-CD3 - Monoclonal antibody
Calcineurin
IL-2 Muromonab-CD3 ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology