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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| blood vessels calcification pattern | conduit wall |
| vas deferns calcification pattern | conduit wall |
| track-like parrallel lines | conduit wall |
| curvilinear calcification | cyst wall |
| egg shell like calcification | cyst wall |
| saccular aneurysm | cyst wall |
| bladder and kidnet calcification | cyst wall |
| well-defined border with lucent center calcification | concretion |
| gallstones and kidney stones | concretion |
| phleboliths | concretion |
| extensive internal calcification | solid or mass-like |
| granulomas and leimyomas | solid or mass-like |
| teratomas | solid or mass-like |
| lymph nodes | solid or mass-like |
| location of liver | RUQ |
| m/c 1* metastasis of liver | hepatocellular carcinoma |
| Dx of hepatomegaly | palpation |
| location of spleen | LUQ |
| splenomegally will displace the magenblause in which direction | medially |
| serpiginous conduit wall | splenic artery calcification |
| fat, female, forty, flatulent | gall bladder disease |
| location of gall bladder | RUQ |
| radiographicaly what percent of gall stones are lucent | 85 |
| internal gas sign of cholelithiasis | MBZ sign |
| pre-malignant gall bladder calcification | porclelain gall bladder |
| cause of porcelain gall bladder | chronic cholecystitis |
| are apendicoliths gall stones? | no |
| location of pancreas | UQ's corsses the midline |
| cause of pancreatic calculi | chronic pancreatitis |
| chronic pancreatitis is caused by | alcoholism, cystic fibrosis |
| location of kidneys | RUQ/LUQ |
| which kidney sits higher | left |
| kidney stoned are usually made of | calcium oxacalate |
| AKA for staghorn calculus | struvite |
| radiographic appearance of nephrolithiasis | concretions - 85 % are radiopaque |
| nephrocalcinosis | mass-like calcification |
| clcification pattern for ureters | conduit wall pattern |
| location of ureters | RLQ/LLQ |
| causes of ureter wall calcification | schistomiasis, TB, radiation therapy |
| location of adrenal glands | RUQ/LUQ |
| cause of adrenal gland calcification | prior hemorrhage or infection |
| pattern of calcification of adrenals | mass-like |
| what % can kidneys and ureters calcify | 90 |
| retroperotoneal organs | kidneys and adrenals |
| location of stomach | RUQ/LUQ |
| location of magenblase | 1 cm from left hemidiaphragm |
| stacked coin appearance | small bowel |
| pattern for large bowel gas | haustral |
| extensive small bowel gas in considered | abnormal |
| distention of large bowel | width of lucency should not more than 10 cm |
| distention of small bowel | width should be no more than 5 cm |
| can retain barium from prior exam | diverticuli |
| air found under diaphragm due to bowel perforation | pneumoperotineum |
| loops of large bowel between liver and right hemidiaphragm | chiliditi syndrome |
| a type of fecalith - concretion | appendicolith |
| Ddx of appenicolith in child | possible appendicitis |
| calcification of psoas muuscle | TB |
| location of aorta | mid abdomen slightly to left of spine |
| aorta should not exceed | 3 cm in width |
| aortic aneurysm that requires surgery | 5 cm or more |
| pattern of calcification of atherosclerosis | conduit wall |
| anneurymal calcification pattern- saccular | cyst wall |
| fusiform aneurysmal pattern | conduit wall |
| where do most aneurysms occur | between renal and iliac arteries |
| what percentage of aneurysms calcify | 50 |
| location of urinary bladder | pelvis |
| renal stones that travel to bladder due to stasis | bladder calculi |
| appearnce of bladder calculi | jack-stone calculus |
| location of prostate | pelvis just above the pubic symphysis |
| concretions due to chronic prostatitis | prostatic calculi |
| cause of vas deferns calcification | diabetes melitis |
| calcification with a mulberry appearance | uterine fibroid |
| reynold's wrap sign | uterine fibroid |
| cause of fallopian tube calcification | conduit wall - due to infection |
| pelvic vein stones | phleboliths |
| upper GI exam | barium swallow |
| what is added in double contrast study | CO2 |
| water soluble agent used in upper GI exam | gastrograffin |
| what does the barium outline | esophagus, stomach, and small bowel |
| contrast study specific for small bowel | small bowel enteroclysis |
| what is used to test lower GI | barium enema |
| what exam requires fatty meal | oral cholecystogram |
| why is a fatty meal given | so bladder can contract |
| m/c kidney exam | intravenous pyelography |
| what exam has no radiation | ultrasound |