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MKSAP Quiz: Colorectal cancer screening in a high-risk patient
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the best time to screen for colorectal cancer in a 38-year-old man with a family history of colon cancer diagnosed in his father at age 52 years.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/22/4.htm
22 Jan 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Management of walled-off necrosis of the pancreas
This month's quiz asks readers to manage a 6-cm fluid collection with solid debris in the body of the pancreas in a 48-year-old man presenting to the ED with left flank pain and dysuria six months after hospitalization for severe acute gallstone pancreatitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/26/4.htm
26 Feb 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Treatment of esophageal stricture
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate treatment for a 30-year-old patient with eosinophilic esophagitis, refractory symptoms of dysphagia despite fluticasone therapy, and the finding of an esophageal stricture on endoscopy.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/03/26/4.htm
26 Mar 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Management of HBV infection
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate next step in management of a 29-year-old woman with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and normal liver enzyme levels.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/23/4.htm
23 Apr 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Dyspnea in a patient with liver disease
A 48-year-old woman with cirrhosis due to primary biliary cholangitis reports shortness of breath of six weeks' duration. Her oxygen saturation is 98% while supine, but it drops to 92% with standing. What is the most appropriate diagnostic test?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/05/28/5.htm
28 May 2021
MKSAP Quiz: An epigastric burning sensation
A 45-year-old man reports a two-month history of a burning sensation starting in his stomach and radiating into his chest, usually occurring several times per week. He reports no dysphagia or unintentional weight loss and takes no medication. What is the most appropriate next step in management?
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/25/5.htm
25 Jun 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Dysphagia to both solids and liquids
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most likely diagnosis for a 75-year-old man with recent weight loss and progressive dysphagia of 8 months' duration, as well as chest pain and heartburn symptoms.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/07/23/4.htm
23 Jul 2021
MKSAP Quiz: VTE prophylaxis during hospitalization for ulcerative colitis
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the appropriate venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in a 30-year-old man hospitalized for an acute flare of ulcerative colitis.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/08/27/4.htm
27 Aug 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation of small-bowel bleeding
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate diagnostic test to perform next in a 55-year-old patient with iron deficiency anemia after an upper endoscopy and a colonoscopy did not find the source of suspected small-bowel bleeding.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/09/24/4.htm
24 Sep 2021
MKSAP Quiz: Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance after HCV treatment
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate biannual surveillance modality for a 62-year-old patient with compensated cirrhosis who was treated for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection six months ago.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2021/10/22/4.htm
22 Oct 2021