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