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Oesophagus
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Symptoms
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Painful
dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing)
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Causes |
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- Candida
- CMV.
- Primary lymphoma,
- Kaposi's sarcoma,
- squamous cell carcinoma
- drug-induced ulceration.
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Gastric disease |
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Symptoms |
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Nausea,
Vomiting.
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Causes
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- CMV-induced ulceration,
- Lymphoma
- Gastric ulcer
- Mallory-Weiss tears
- variceal bleeding
- Hepatitis B and C
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Small bowel disease |
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Symptoms |
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High volume of diarrhoea,
Colicky Para-umbilical pain
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Usual Causative organisms |
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- Cryptosporidium
- Salmonella species
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Giardia lamblia
- Campylobacter
- CMV
- Microsporidium
- Clostridium difficile
- Strongyloides stercoralis
- MAI
- Kaposi's sarcoma.
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Colorectal disease |
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Symptoms |
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Frequent small volumes of stools,
Tenesmus and painful defecation
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Signs |
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Left lower quadrant and suprapubic colicky pain,
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Causative organisms |
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CMV, Cryptosporidium.
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Hepatobiliary disease
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Symptoms |
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Right upper quadrant pain
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Sign |
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hepatomegaly.
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Common causes |
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hepatitis A, B,
C;
hepatotoxic drugs;
CMV;
MAI infections.
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Investigations |
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LFT,
syphillis serology,
CT/
USG of upper abdomen
liver biopsy. |
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