50 Gastrointestinal Cases and Associated Imaging

Description

Medical students and junior doctors are an integral part of the healthcare system. On an academic gastroenterology service, they often initially evaluate the patients that are then staffed by the consulting physician. Like all clinical specialties, the acquisition of medical knowledge is required to gain expertise. There are several resources such as textbooks and evidence-based articles that are available for this purpose. Inspired from patient care, this book offers a fresh approach to clinical teaching. This is a different kind of book. It encompasses a gamut of cases for which gastroenterologists are commonly consulted for in the hospital and outpatient setting. Each case is presented from initial history and work-up including imaging (various modalities including endoscopy), followed by a brief discussion on management. Questions are presented to the reader in each case followed by an answer. Since each case is unique, the pertinent teaching points are tested in a question format within the case narrative. Similar to real-life scenarios, this helps the reader to retain the most important information. Why buy this book? Unlike listing facts as most review books do, teaching points are integrated into realistic clinical cases. Medical students to residents/registrars in internal medicine, emergency medicine, GI medicine, radiology and surgery would benefit from this book alike. Secondary audiences will include nurses and general practitioners who want to understand the presentation of common GI cases and associated imaging. Moreover, it could also be potentially used as a training tool a valuable educational resource for senior colleagues who enjoy teaching. Finally, this book would make an excellent prerequisite prior to starting any gastroenterology rotation.

Contents

Cholelithiasis
Gastritis due to Helicobacter pylori
Cecal cancer
Clostridium difficile colitis
Mesenteric adenitis
Hiatal hernia
Pancreatitis (alcohol-induced)
Esophageal perforation
Appendicitis
Shock bowel
Duodenal lipoma
Zenkers diverticulum
Esophageal spasm
Familial Mediterranean fever
Porcelain gallbladder
Acute cholecystitis
Epiploic appendagitis
Crohns colitis
Small-bowel intussusception
Achalasia
Ulcerative colitis
Carcinoid syndrome
Peptic ulcer disease
Bile leak
Mirizzi syndrome
Esophageal varices
Alcoholic hepatitis
Celiac disease
Pyogenic liver abscess
Bilomas and biliary stricturing
Diverticulitis
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Portal vein thrombus
Gastric cancer
Radiation proctitis
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Hepatitis B virus infection
Toxic megacolon
Ischemic colitis
Liver hemangioma
Gastroparesis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Pancreatic head cancer
Hepatic steatosis
Small-bowel obstruction
Esophagitis
Esophageal cancer
Pancreatic pseudocyst.