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Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Lower Causes of GI ... sarcoma, Mesenteric ischemia ... Inflammatory: Ischemic ... Radiation CMC IM
Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Various factors, including inflammation, hyperinsulinemia or insulin resistance, and altered lipid homeostasis,
Pathophysiology #GI ... #IM #NASH #NAFLD ... NonAlcoholicFattyLiverDisease #NEJM
Hemolysis in Hereditary Spherocytosis. Panel A shows the structure of a normal red cell and a
Pathophysiology #Honc ... #IM #Spherocytosis ... HereditarySpherocytosis #NEJM
Reversible Acute Mesenteric Ischemia - A computed tomographic scan showed jejunal dilatation and thinning of the
Acute Mesenteric Ischemia ... acute mesenteric ischemia ... Clinical #Radiology #GI ... MesentericIschemia #Mesenteric #Ischemia ... #EGD #CT #NEJM
Immunosuppressive Strategies for the Prevention or Treatment of Acute GVHD. Panel A shows several classic immunosuppressive
Pathophysiology #IM ... #Honc #Pharm #GVHD ... Immunosuppression #NEJM
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
hypoxia and organ ischemia ... skin pallor • GI ... symptoms • P/E - GI ... , can consider IM
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Necrosis Etiology: - Ischemia ... melena - Other GI ... Hospital of Baltimore IM
Upper endoscopy revealed a pigmented mass in the duodenal bulb (Panel A) and two additional masses
B) #Clinical #GI ... #Derm #Honc #Melanoma ... EGD #Metastatic #NEJM
Gastrointestinal Complication of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis - CTA was highly suggestive of bowel ischemia with wall
suggestive of bowel ischemia ... side) #Clinical #GI ... #Radiology #CT ... #Polyangiitis #NEJM
Gastric Cancer in Chest Radiograph - A plain radiograph of the chest showed a round, irregular
Clinical #Radiology #GI ... #Honc #CXR #EGD ... GastricCancer #NEJM