Gastroenterology and Liver Disease

Part 1 Gastroenterology: the mouth; general examination; oesophageal webs and rings; pharyngeal pouch (Zenker's diverticulum); hiatus hernia - Barrett's oesophagus; oesophageal reflux; oesophageal motility disorders; oesophageal cancer; other oesophageal diseases; peptic ulcer diseases - Zollinger-Ellison syndrome; gastric cancer; gastric polyps; gastritis - duodenitis; gastrointestinal haemorrhage; coeliac disease (gluten enteropathy); malabsorption; giardiasis; uncommon small bowel disease - blind loop syndrome, Whipple's disease, lymphangiectasia, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, protein-losing enteropathy, short bowel syndrome, lymphoma, vascular diseases, systemtic sclerosis, disaccharide intolerance, ulcerative jejunitis, jejunal diverticulosis; carcinoid syndrome; amyloidosis; inflammatory bowel disease - complications, ulcerative colitis; Crohn's disease of the small bowel, Crohn's colitis, treatment; infectious diarrhoea; irritable bowel syndrome; diverticular disease; colonic and rectal carcinoma - colonic polyps; hereditary polyposis syndrome - familial polyposis, Gardner's syndrome, Peutz-Jegher's syndrome, Cronkite-Canada syndrome; pseudomembranous colitis; ischaemic colitis - radiation colitis; angiodysplasia; rare colonic diseases - Hirschsprung's disease, megacolon; melanosis coli, laxative abuse, endometriosis, tuberculosis, solitary ulcer syndrome, colitis cystica profunda, pneumotosis cystoides intestinalis; anal-rectal disease - haemorrhoids, fissure-in-ano, pruritus ani; intestinal parasites; miscellaneous conditions - appendicitis, Meckel's diverticulum, intestinal angina; acute pancreatitis; chronic pancreatitis; carcinoma of the pancreas. Part 2 The liver: jaundice - hepatitis; acute hepatitis - hepatitis A, B, non-A, non-B; chronic hepatitis; cirrhosis - classification, clinical features; haemochromatosis; Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degeneration); primary biliary cirrhosis; chronic active hepatitis (lupoid hepatitis) of unknown aetiology; rare causes of cirrhosis; alcoholic liver disease; portal hypertension; Budd-Chiari syndrome; liver abscess; liver failure; hepatoma; sclerosing cholangitis; gallstones.