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Colorectal Cancer Screening and Polyp Surveillance Intervals
Colon Cancer Screening - Modality - Interval:
 • Colonoscopy -
Screening and Polyp ... Surveillance Intervals Colon ... - q5 years • Colon ... • Serrated Polyps ... #Colorectal #colon
Colon Polyp Removal Algorithm - Endoscopy or Surgery Referral
Studies show polyp removal surgeries are performed at
Colon Polyp Removal ... Studies show polyp ... identifies when polyps ... for surgery #Colon ... #Polyp #Algorithm
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
IBD Mimics Infectious ... Salmonella • Colon ... Behcet's disease • Colon ... , Drug induced colitis ... lymphomas, others) #IBD
Ulcerative Colitis - Surgical Options
 • Proctocolectomy - Ileostomy: ileum is attached to an external bag
Ulcerative Colitis ... the anus after colon ... #Ulcerative #Colitis ... gastroenterology #IBD
Ulcerative Colitis vs Crohn's Disease - IBD Comparison Table
Ulcerative Collitis
 - Location
Ulcerative Colitis ... Crohn's Disease - IBD ... Table Ulcerative Collitis ... diseased and normal colon ... Crohns #Disease #IBD
IBD Colonoscopy Surveillance - BSG Guidelines 2019
High Risk - 1 Year
 •  Extensive colitis AND
IBD Colonoscopy ... • Extensive colitis ... • Extensive colitis ... affecting <50% of colon ... @drkeithsiau #IBD
Colitis - Differential Diagnosis by Segment Location

Ascending Colon:
 - Shigella
 - Salmonella
 - Amebic colitis
Hepatic flexure:
Colitis - Differential ... Location Ascending Colon ... Salmonella - Amebic colitis ... neutropenia) Descending Colon ... Radiation #Colitis
Mesalamine (Mesalazine) Therapy Simplified by Location
Orals - Terminal Ileum, Ascending Colon, Transverse Colon
Enemas - Reach the
Ileum, Ascending Colon ... , Transverse Colon ... Reach the sigmoid colon ... Mesalamine #Mesalazine #IBD
Hamartomatous Polyposis Syndromes - Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS), Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome (JPS), Cowden Syndrome (CS), Cronkhite-Canada (CC),
Criteria: >5 Juvenile colon ... polyps outside ... the colon, or FHx ... gene mutation - Colon ... throughout colon
Lower GI Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Structural:
 - Diverticulosis
 - Post-Polypectomy Bleeding
 - Hemorrhoids
 - Polyps
Hemorrhoids - Polyps ... Inflammatory: - Ischemic Colitis ... - IBD - Infectious ... Colitis - Radiation ... Colitis/Proctitis