Abdomen general questions

A thyroid is miss that measures greater than ______ is indicative of thyroid enlargement.

10 mm

The diameter of the gallbladder should not exceed

5 cm

The 'sandwich' sign represents:

Abdominal lymphadenopathy

The Klatskin tumor is located where

At the junction of the right and left hepatic duct

The most common location of a hydrocele is

Between the two layers of Tunica vaginalis

_____ _______ cannot be discovered sonographically within the chest.

Bronchial infections

Hey 64-year-old man presents this sonography department for upper right quadrant sonogram. He's complaining of abdominal pain, weight loss, pruritus. Sonographically you visualize an area of dilated ducts that abruptly end what is the most likely diagnosis?

Cholangiocarcinoma

Which of the following is not associated with the development of pneumobilia?

Cholangiopneumonia

A 32-year-old female patient presents to the sonography department with the history of fever, leukocytosis, and right upper quadrant pain. Sonographicly, you visualize dilated bile ducts that have thickened walls and contains sludge. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Cholangitis

Malignant thyroid neoplasms are associated with hot or cold nuclear medicine scan

Cold

The direct blood supply to the gallbladder is the

Cystic artery

The gallbladder is connected to the biliary tree by the

Cystic duct

The spiral valves of Heister are found within the

Cystic duct

All of the following are functions of the spleen except: Storage of iron, defense against disease, blood reservoir, destruction of Phagocytic cells

Destruction of phagocytic cells

All of the following are clinical findings consistent With cholangiocarcinoma except

Dilation of the intrahepatic ducts

A collection of abdominal fluid with in the peritoneal cavity often associated with cancer is termed

Exudate ascites

Tumefactive sludge can resemble the sonographic appearance of

Gallbladder carcinoma

Which hepatic mass is closely associated with oral contraceptive use

Hepatic adenoma

Which of the following would have a pulsatile triphasic blood flow pattern? Renal veins, hepatic veins, gonadal veins, common iliac veins

Hepatic veins

In a patient with suspected lymphoma, the presence of Reed Steinberg cells indicates:

Hodgkin's lymphoma

What vessel travels anterior to the left renal artery?

Left renal vein

The space located behind the liver and stomach, and posterior to the pancreas is the

Lesser sack

The left umbilical vein becomes what after birth?

Ligamentum Teres

Shortly after birth the ductus venosus collapses and becomes the

Ligamentum venosum

Small echogenic foci scattered throughout the spleen most likely represent:

Multiple benign granulomas

The junctional fold is found it which level of the gallbladder

Neck

All of the following can be associated with splenomegaly except: Trauma, hemolytic abnormalities, mononucleosis, pancreatitis

Pancreatitis

All of the following are forms of cholangitis except

Parabolic

The most common location of prostate cancer is the

Peripheral zone

Sonographically You visualize scattered echogenic linear structures within the liver parenchyma that produce ring down artifact. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Pneumobilia

All of the following are potential causes of lung consolidation except

Pulmonary sequestration

The type of tissue within the spleen that is responsible for phagocytic function is the

Red pulp

The hypernephroma may also be referred to as

Renal cell carcinoma

The cystic artery is a branch of the

Right hepatic artery

The right intersegmental Fissure contains the

Right hepatic vein

What systemic disease results in the development of granulomas with in the spleen and throughout the body?

Sarcoidosis

Which muscles are located lateral teach thyroid lobe?

Sternocleidomastoid muscles

A malignant testicle tumor that consists of trophoblastic cells is the

Teratoma

Common location of benign prostatic hypertrophy is the

Transitional zone

Enlarged lymph nodes tend to deviate from their normal sonographic appearance and become more

anechoic or hypoechoic

The most common level for biliary obstruction to occur is the

distal common bile duct

What is the most common sonographic appearance of the seminoma

hypoechoic

Which of the following is the most common sonographic appearance of a retroperitoneal fibrosis?

hypoechoic mass surrounding the aorta

The oncocytoma is a mass noted more commonly in the

kidneys

Which muscles are located posterior to each thyroid lobe?

longus colli muscles

The main lobar fissure contains the

middle hepatic vein

What is the most common location of a retroperitoneal hematoma in hemophiliac patients?

psoas muscle

Lung consolidation typically appears sonographically as

several internal echoes that radiate in a linear pattern because of air within the bronchi