The term hepatitis refers to inflammation of the liver. From toxins to infections, the differential diagnosis is quite broad, however, much can be learned from history which can narrow down the differential. Recent travel, medication overdose, history of alcoholism, IV… Read more ›
Day 1 of Surgery Clerkship Rotation: This Daily Doodle highlights the anatomy seen during a laparascopic cholecystectomy and contains a few other knowledge goodies, including Calot’s Triangle and Charcot Triad. I have read a few different variations of Calot’s Triangle,… Read more ›
The two main Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) include Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative colitis. Although they are both grouped as inflammatory bowel diseases, there are significant differences between the two. This daily doodle tries to illustrate these differences. The top half… Read more ›
Pathology of the Upper GI, Malabsorption Syndromes and Introduction to GI Clinical Skills. This daily doodle features Helicobacter pylori, a perforated gastric ulcer (OUCH!) and a little bit of Barrett’s esophagus. I just realized that this composition makes it look… Read more ›
In lecture, we covered the physiology of Gastric Secretion and Peptic Ulcer Disease. Here is the upper gastrointestinal mucosa, which is covered by a layer of mucus (orange). The surface mucous cells (green) releases bicarbonate into the mucus which neutralizes… Read more ›
Embryology of Foregut and review of GI Gross Anatomy. During the embryology lecture, we went over the development of the foregut derivatives, which include: upper respiratory system, lower respiratory system, esophagus, stomach, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and the proximal part of… Read more ›
First day of 2nd year! The GI block started off with an overview of the GI tract histology and then a lecture on neuromuscular control of gut motility. This doodle represents the different layers of the GI tract that we… Read more ›