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Hematology/oncology fellows, attending faculty, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Learning Objectives
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Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
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2. Chronic pancreatitis is an incurable, chronic inflammatory condition
that is multifactorial in its etiology, highly variable in its
presentation, and a challenge to treat successfully
Chronic pancreatitis remains an enigmatic process of uncertain
pathogenesis, unpredictable clinical course, and unclear treatment
Inflammatory disease characterized by the progressive conversion of
pancreatic parenchyma to fibrous tissue
The peak of presentation occurs in patients between 35 to 55 years
of age.
3. The process of fibrosis with consecutive loss of pancreatic parenchyma leads
to exocrine insufficiency and maldigestion and, in advanced stages of the
disease, to diabetes mellitus.
The heterogeneity of patient population, the subjective nature of pain, and a
poor understanding of its pathophysiology all are obstacles to studies directed
at effectiveness of pain management
4. Differences in
Diagnostic criteria
Regional nutrition
Alcohol consumption
Medical access
Account for variations in the frequency of the diagnosis
The overall incidence of the disease has risen progressively over the past
50 years
In 1878, Friedreich proposed that "a general chronic interstitial
pancreatitis may result from excessive alcoholism (drunkard's pancreas)
Even abstinence from excessive alcohol consumption, which seems to be
the causative agent in most cases, cannot interrupt the process of
continuing organ destruction
7. Pathogenesis
“Burning out” of the organ- conservative approaches
Oxidative stress hypothesis
Toxic-metabolic theory
Stone and duct obstruction theory
The necrosis-fibrosis theory
Sentinal acute pancreatitis event (SAPE) hypothesis
8. Induration, nodular scarring, and lobular regions of fibrosis,infiltration of
mononuclear inflammatory cells throughout the interstitium of the pancreas
9. Extensive sheets of fibrosis and loss of acinar tissue, with preservation of islet
tissue in scattered areas.
10. FIBROSIS
Perilobular fibrosis that forms surrounding individual acini, then propagates to
surround small lobules, and eventually coalesces to replace larger areas of
acinar tissue
Activation of PSCs that are found adjacent to acini and small arteries
Proliferative factors such as transforming growth factor beta, platelet-derived
growth factor, and proinflammatory cytokines and synthesize and secrete
type I and III collagen and fibronectin
11. STONE FORMATION
Calcium carbonate crystals trapped in a matrix of fibrillar and other material
Initial noncalcified protein precipitate, which serves as a focus for layered
calcium carbonate precipitation
PSP-lithostathine- reg protein
Increased pancreatic juice protein levels in alcoholic men are reversible by
abstinence from alcohol.
Nevertheless, calcific stone formation represents an advanced stage of
disease, which can further promote injury or symptoms due to mechanical
damage to duct epithelium or obstruction of the ductular network.
12. Duct Distortion
Although calculus disease and duct enlargement appear together as late
stages of chronic pancreatitis, controversy persists over whether they are
associated, are independent events, or are causally related
Calcific stone disease is normally a marker for an advanced stage of disease,
parenchymal and ductular calcifications do not always correlate with
symptoms
13. PAIN
inflammation
duct
obstruction
high
pancreatic
tissue pressure
neuropathy
fibrotic
encasement of
sensory nerves
14. Type A pain - short relapsing episodes lasting days to weeks, separated by
pain-free intervals.
Type B pain -prolonged, severe, unrelenting pain.
Recent study suggests that type B pain is associated with worse quality of life,
greater healthcare need and disability.
Pain exacerbations are not always associated with elevations of serum
amylase and lipase levels
15. Malabsorption
When pancreatic exocrine capacity falls below 10% of normal, diarrhea and
steatorrhea develop
As exocrine deficiency increases, symptoms of steatorrhea are often
accompanied by weight loss
Lipase deficiency tends to manifest itself before trypsin deficiency
Secretion of bicarbonate into the duodenum is reduced, which causes
duodenal acidification and further impairs nutrient absorption.
16. Apancreatic Diabetes
Islets are typically smaller than normal and may be isolated from their
surrounding vascular network by the fibrosis
Global deficiency of all three glucoregulatory islet cell hormones:
insulin, glucagon, and PP
Paradoxical combination of enhanced peripheral sensitivity to insulin
and decreased hepatic sensitivity to insulin.
Patients are hyperglycemic when insulin replacement is insufficient
(due to unsuppressed hepatic glucose production) or hypoglycemic
when insulin replacement is barely excessive (due to enhanced
peripheral insulin sensitivity and a deficiency of pancreatic glucagon
secretion to counteract the hypoglycemia
Brittle diabetes- requires special attention.
17. Frank diabetes is seen initially in about 20% of patients
with chronic pancreatitis, and impaired glucose
metabolism can be detected in up to 70% of patients
More than half of the diabetic patients required insulin
treatment
Ketoacidosis and diabetic nephropathy are relatively
uncommon, but retinopathy and neuropathy are seen to
occur with a similar frequency as in idiopathic diabetes
18. Parameter Type I IDDM Juvenile
Onset
Type II NIDDM Adult
Onset
Type III Apancreatic
Postoperative Onset
Ketoacidosis Common Rare Rare
Hyperglycemia Severe Usually mild Mild
Hypoglycemia Common Rare Common
Peripheral insulin
sensitivity
Normal or increased Decreased Increased
Hepatic insulin sensitivity Normal Normal or decreased Decreased
Insulin levels Low High Low
Glucagon levels Normal or high Normal or high Low
Pancreatic polypeptide
High High Low
levels
Typical age of onset Childhood or adolescence Adulthood Any
19. Investigations
Measurement of pancreatic products in blood
Enzymes
Pancreatic polypeptide II
Measurement of pancreatic exocrine secretion
Direct measurements
1. Enzymes
2. Bicarbonate
Indirect measurement
1. Bentiromide test
2. Schilling test
3. Fecal fat, chymotrypsin, or elastase concentration
4. [14C]-olein absorption
20. Imaging techniques
Plain film radiography of abdomen
Ultrasonography
Computed tomography
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
Endoscopic ultrasonography
21. Test Sensitivity Invasiveness, Risk Cost Comments
USG + 0 + Reasonable screen
Almost 100% specificity
CT ++ 0 ++ Detects advanced
disease
MRI/MRCP +++ 0 +++ Assesses ducts and
parenchyma
Operator dependence
Secretin enhancement
may improve sensitivity
EUS +++ ++ +++ Assesses ducts and
parenchyma
Limited availability
ERCP ++++ +++ +++ Detects early ductal
changes
Hormone-stimulated
PFT
++++ ++ ++ Traditional methods not
widely available
Endoscopic methods in
development
22.
23. Intrapancreatic complications
Pseudocysts
Duodenal or gastric obstruction
Thrombosis of splenic vein
Abscess
Perforation
Erosion into visceral artery
Inflammatory mass in head of pancreas
Bile duct stenosis
Portal vein thrombosis
Duodenal obstruction
Duct strictures and/or stones
Ductal hypertension and dilatation
Pancreatic carcinoma
Extrapancreatic complications
Pancreatic duct leak with ascites or fistula
Pseudocyst extension beyond lesser sac into mediastinum, retroperitoneum, lateral pericolic
spaces, pelvis, or adjacent viscera
26. Name Dose Lipase/Protease (USP
Units)
Conventional (non-enteric-coated) compounds
Viokase 8 tablets each time 8000/30,000
Ku-Zyme HP 8 tablets each time 8000/30,000
Enteric-coated compounds
Creon 10 2–3 capsules each time 10,000/37,500
Creon 20 2–3 capsules each time 20,000/75,000
Pancrease MT 10 2–3 capsules each time 10,000/30,000
Pancrease MT 16 2–3 capsules each time 16,000/48,000
27. The dosing schedule is before meals; can also take a dose at night if patient
experiences pain.
Conventional enzymes are the treatment of choice for pain reliefIf no
improvement occurs with conventional enzymes alone, add H2-blockers or
proton pump inhibitors to decrease peptic acid inhibition of the enzymes.
Enteric-coated preparations are treatment of choice for steatorrhea. Acid-suppressive
therapy should not be given with enteric-coated preparations
28. Antisecretory Therapy
Octreotide therapy and TPN
Neurolysis
EUS-guided celiac plexus blockade
Endoscopic management
Pancreatic duct stenting
Proximal pancreatic duct stenosis,
Decompression of a pancreatic duct leak,
Drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts that can be catheterized through the main
pancreatic duct
Pancreatic duct sphincterotomy
Endoscopic stone removal
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
29.
30. SURGERY
Intractable pain
Complications related to adjacent organs
Endoscopically not permanently controlled pancreatic pseudocysts in
conjunction with ductal pathology
Neither conservatively nor interventionally tractable internal pancreatic
fistula
Inability to exclude pancreatic cancer despite broad diagnostic work-up
44. Signs and Symptoms Treatment
Pseudocysts
Increased pain
Vomiting
Mild elevations in amylase and lipase levels
Drainage for large or symptomatic pseudocysts
Endoscopic drainage (transmural or transpapillary)
Surgical drainage (cyst gastrostomy or cyst jejunostomy)
Biliary Obstruction
Jaundice Drainage of obstructing pseudocyst
Endoscopic decompression
Surgical decompression
Gastric Outlet Obstruction
Abdominal pain
Early satiety
Nausea and vomiting
Drainage of pseudocyst
Surgical gastrojejunostomy
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Increased pain
Weight loss
Consider surgical resection
Palliation
Pancreatic Ascites
Increased abdominal girth
High-amylase ascites
Endoscopic stent placement
Total parenteral nutrition
Pleural effusion
Shortness of breath
High-amylase pleural fluid
Therapeutic thoracentesis
Endoscopic stent placement
Total parenteral nutrition
Splenic vein thrombosis
Bleeding from gastric varices Splenectomy
45. Conclusion
The nidus of inflammation in chronic pancreatitis due to any cause is the head
of the gland. Therefore, treatment approaches that address the disease in the
head have the best long-term results
Pancreatic surgery is technically demanding and bears many pitfalls and
potential complications.
It should be left to experts in high-volume hospitals to minimize mortality
and morbidity.
Multimodality approach
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