Definition
Area of potential weakness situated behind the
esophagus at the level of the cricopharyngeus muscle
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swirl sign Ranson criteria
, spleen follicles Killian triangle
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Definition
the region of the spleen composed of blood-filled
venous sinuses and thin plates of splenic tissue (cords),
which consist of red blood cells and various white
blood cells; provides mechanical filtration of old or
broken RBCs
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red pulp GET SMASHED
phi angle step up approach to pancreatitis
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Definition
Causes of Acute Pancreatitis
Gallstones
,Ethanol
Trauma
Steroids
Mumps
Autoimmune
Scorpion sting
Hypercalcemia/Hypertriglyceridemia
ERCP
Drugs (e.g. Sulfa)
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Ranson criteria GET SMASHED
parts of the spleen red pulp
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Definition
plain x-ray (measure phi angle) or swallow study, deflate the band
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position for splenectomy what does the left vagus become?
, first step in splenectomy if spleen is treatment for slipped gastric
too big band
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Definition
Iron inclusions in red blood cells that appear as pale
blue granules with Wright's stain; Iron fragments, seen
post splenectomy and in sideroblastic anemia; siderotic
granules
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parts of the spleen antibiotics in pancreatitis
Pappenheimer bodies pancreatitis management
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