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| Most common cause of esophagitis |
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| A condition related to severe reflux esophagitis |
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| Dilated veins in the distal esophagus, caused by portal hypertension |
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| Protrusion of a portion of the stomach into the thoracic cavity, caused by GERD |
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| Is a group of inflammatory processes involving the stomach and duodenum, common in the lesser curvature |
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| Another name for Crohn's Disease |
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| Is an idiopathic, chronic, inflammatory disorder, involves the ilium |
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| The telescoping of one part of the intestinal tract into another because of peristalsis |
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| Is the inflammation of the appendix, caused by obstruction of fluid flow by fecalith or scarring |
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| Is outpouchings that are acquired herniations of mucosa and submucosa through the muscular layers |
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| Is a complication of diverticulosis, and is necrosing inflammation in the diverticula |
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| Results from primary colonic carcinoma |
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| Refers to twisting of the bowel on itself |
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| Gallstones (Cholelithiasis) types |
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| Cholesterol (most common in US) and Pigment |
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| Gallstones (Cholelithiasis) |
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| Develop whenever bile contains insufficient bile salts and lecithin, ultrasound is the modality of choice |
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| The most prevalent inflammatory disease of the liver |
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| Transmitted in the digestive tract from oral or fecal contact |
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| Contracted by exposure to contaminated blood or blood products or through sexual contact, health care workers most susceptible |
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| Is the most common cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, contracted by blood transfusion or sexual contact |
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| Self-limited and is acquired by the ingestion of food or water that has been contaminated with fecal material |
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| Refers to the chronic destruction of liver cells and structure, with nodular regeneration of liver parenchyma and fibrosis |
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| What is the major cause of cirrhosis |
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| Is an inflammatory process in which protein and lipid digesting enzymes become activated within the pancreas and begin to digest the organ itself |
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| Results when frequent injury to the pancreas causes scar tissue |
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