Gastrointestinal Radiology
colonic CMV
"Cowdry type A intranuclear bodies" = _______
Non-functional tumor - usually large and metastatic at time of diagnosis
"Large with calcification" pancreatic tumor
Cricopharyngeus
"True upper esophageal sphincter" = _________
Colonic adenocarcinoma - 2nd cause of cancer death
"apple core" lesion of the colon
- Squamous cell - Mid esophagus
"black guy who drinks and smokes" gets esophageal cancer: - subtype? - location?
Candida
"bull's eye" in liver infection
carolis
"central dot sign" in liver
sigmoid volvulus
"coffee bean sign" or "inverted 3 sign"
oriental cholangitis - aka recurrent pyogenic cholangitis
"dilated bile ducts full of pigmented stones"
pyogenic abscess
"double target" sign in liver
Amoebic Abscess
"extra hepatic extension" liver infection
enteromoeba histolytica
"flask shaped uclers" on endoscopy
UC
"lead pipe" appearance due to loss of haustral folds = _________
Chronic aspirin therapy
"multiple gastric ulcers"
Cholangiocarcinoma - pancreatic head mass can also cause this
"painless jaundice" in an elderly man, think _____ (2)
hemangioma
"peripheral nodular discontinuous enhancement" in liver lesion
Duct of Luschka (accessory cystic duct)
"persistent bile leak after cholecystectomy," think ______
Graft vs Host Disease (GVHD) - bowel is featureless, atrophic, and fold thickening
"ribbon bowel"
intrapancreatic accessory spleen -typical scenario: post-traumatic splenosis ("history of trauma") - Heat Treated RBC scan or Sulfur Colloid scan to prove
"ringed stripped pancreatic mass on the arterial phase" = _______ -- typical scenario -- what tests can be used to prove the diagnosis
whipples - diffuse micronodules in jejunum
"sand like nodules" refers to?
Mesenteric Lymphoma - usually non-hodgkin type
"sandwich sign" = ________ - lobulated confluent soft tissue mass encasing the mesenteric vessels
autoimmune pancreatitis - associated with IgG4
"sausage shaped pancreas," capsule like delayed rim enhancement around glad (like a scar)= ______
pseudomyxoma peritonei
"scalloped appearance of the liver" =
chronic rejection
"shrinking pancreatic transplant" means what
Carcinoid
"starburst" appearance of mesenteric mass with desmoplastic stranding = _______
oriental cholangitis
"straight rigid intrahepatic ducts"
schistomiasis
"tortoise shell" appearance of liver
hydatid disease
"water lilly", "sand storm" appearance of mass in liver
- Adenocarcinoma - Distal esophagus
"white guy who is stressed and has chronic reflux" gets esophageal cancer: - subtype? - location?
diverticulosis
(Diverticulosis/diverticulitis) bleeds more
direct
(Indirect/direct) inguinal hernia defect in hesselback triangle
indirect
(Indirect/direct) inguinal hernia lateral to inferior epigastric artery
direct
(Indirect/direct) inguinal hernia medial to inferior epigastric artery
indirect
(Indirect/direct) inguinal hernia: covered by internal spermatic fascia
indirect
(Indirect/direct) inguinal hernia: failure of processus vaginalis to close
PSC
(PBC/PSC) associated with inflammatory bowel disease (UC and crohns)
primary hemochromatosis - Pancreas = Primary
(Primary vs secondary) hemochromatosis: -- liver + pancreas involved
venous thrombosis is more common
(arterial/venous) thrombosis is much more common in the pancreas transplant
- sigmoid: RUQ - cecal: LUQ
(sigmoid/cecal) volvulus points to (RUQ/LUQ)
Serous Cystic Mucinous Cystic IPMN - side branch - main branch Solid Pseudopapillary
***** Summary of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions *****
chart from CTC
****** High yield esophagus *******
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**Mesenteric involvement may be especially apprent after treatment where the misty mesentery is limited to the portion of the mesentery that contained the treated lymph nodes
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**Read imaging patterns of acute UC
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**Used to be thoght that mucoceles of appendix were main cause of pseudomyxoma periotonei but now that has been corrected
- Treat with Whipple - better prognosis than pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- treatment of periampullary tumor? - prognosis compared to pancreatic adenocarcinoma?
- red and white pulp - tiger striped appearance during arterial phase imaging - lymphoma and primary angiosarcoma in spleen are not benign
- types of pulp in the spleen (2) - appearance on arterial phase - most things in the spleen are benign except? (2)
Vascular Complications: - pseudoaneurysm of splenic artery and GDA - splenic vein/portal vein thrombosis Non-vascular complications: - abscess/infection
- what are some vascular complications after pancreatitis? (2) - non-vascular complications? (1)
Side Branch IPMN Main Branch IPMN - Main branch has higher percentage of malignancy compared to side branch
- what are the types of IPMN? - which one is the bad one?
- the only thing that matters is integrity of the pancreatic duct - if the duct is injured, go to OR
- what is the only thing that matters with regard to pancreatic duct trauma? - when does someone have to go to OR w/ pancreatic trauma
- Early symptoms in 2 weeks - get obstruction from post-op edema or the wrap is too tight (will get dilated esophagus)
- when do you see early symptoms of fundoplication surgery? - what is the main problem?
Crohn's disease. Scleroderma.
2 conditions that can cause eccentric sacculations of the small bowel?
Double aortic arch. Aberrant left subclavian artery.
2 most common vascular rings to effect to the esophagus?
Sliding hiatal hernia (GE j moves). Paraesophageal hernia (GE j stable, cardia moves).
2 types of hiatal hernias?
- Ductal Adenocarcinoma: hypovascular - Neuroendocrine/Islet Cell: hypervascular
2 types of pancreatic cancer
shwachman-diamond syndrome - 1st is CF
2nd most common cause of pancreatic insufficiency in kids
- gastrojejunal - choeldochojejunal/ hepaticojejunal - pancreaticojujunal
3 anastomoses after whipple procedure
Diverticulitis. Crohn's disease. Malignancy.
3 causes of intramural tracking?
- delayed gastric emptying (most common) - pancreatic fistula - amylase thru surgical drain (second most common) - wound infection
3 complications after whipple procedure - which ones are the most common
Transmesenteric. Paroduodenal. Foramen of Winslow
3 internal hernias causing SBO?
Nasopharynx- Base of skull to soft palate. Oropharynx- Behind moth from uvula to hyoid bone. Hypopharynx- Hyoid to cricopharngeus muscle (Lower end of cricoid).
3 parts of pharynx?
CBD always drains to major papilla where it meets the duct of Wirsung. Main pancreatic duct always drains pancreatic tail. Duct of Santorini always drains to minor papillae.
3 points of anatomy that are always constant regarding pancreatic duct.
- "coned cecum" involves the TI - Fleischner sign - Stierlin sign
3 signs of colonic TB
Adenocarcinoma. Squamous cell carcinoma. Cloacogenic carcinoma (women, worse prognosis).
3 types of anal canal malignant neoplasms?
4 presentations. Miliary masses. Multiple small to moderate sized masses. One large mass. Splenomegaly without discreate mass.
4 Presentations of secondary splenic lymphoma? (Much more common)
McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome
80 yo lady w/ diarrhea, hyponatremia, hypokalemia. Dx?
Landzert.
A left paraduodenal hernia extends through the fossa of?
Waldeyer.
A right paraduodenal hernia etends through the fossa of?
muscular ring Above the vestibule
A-ring
Muscular/contractile ring at the tubulovestibular junction.
A-ring?
- looks like PSC - "papillary stenosis" - ducts are >2cm - Cryptosporidium
AIDS cholangiopathy
AIDS-related non-hodgkin lymphoma - mass like wall thickening and aneurysmal dilatation of small bowel - may see oral contrast within the affected bowel - mesenteric lymph node involvement common
AIDS, Dx?
CMV esophagitis - giant superficial ulcer
AIDS, Dx?
kaposi sarcoma - thoracoabdominal lymphadenopathy with hypervascular (hyperattenuating) appearance
AIDS, Dx?
prior MAI infection - often affects liver and spleen - hypodense acute phase, hyperdense (hyperechoic) calcified granulomas after recovery - if large hypodense foci, consider AIDS-related NHL
AIDS, Dx?
hepatic fibrosis
AR form of polycystic kidney disease will have hepatic (cysts/fibrosis)
Posterior to esophogus. Smooth indentation.
Aberrant R subclavian?
Accessory (supernumerary) splenic tissue at hilum not post-traumatic (splenosis).
Accessory spleen versus splenosis?
- use sulfur colloid scan - heat damaged RBC scan
Accessory spleen: - how to detect or differentiate from pathologic lymph node
Severe colonic wall thickening with undulation of enhancing inner mucosa, signifies colonic edema....suggestive but not specific for c diff
Accordian sign?
Variant of pancreatic adenoCa, rare, aggressive, seen in elderly males, increased lipase Lipase hypersecretion syndrome - subcutaneous fat necrosis, bone infarcts (pain), eosinophilia
Acinar cell carcinoma
Large amount of lipase. Triad of lipase hypersecretion syndrome- Subcutaneous fat necrosis. Bone infarcts causing polyarthralgias. Eosinophilia.
Acinar cell carcinoma cells produce what?
Rare aggressive variant of pancreatic adenocarcinoma seen in elderly males.
Acinar cell carcinoma?
Triad of hepatomegaly. Ascites. Abdominal pain.
Acute Budd Chiari presents how?
Gallbl wall thickening on T2 (in determinant) + other signs; wall sloughing, peri. fluid, enhancement Interupted rim sign- lack of enhancement dt necrosis/gangrenous
Acute Chole
Torsion
Acute abdominal pain with wandering spleen?
High mortality rate due to generalized bile peritonitis
Acute gb perf?
hepatosplenomegaly and GB wall thickening may be marked. periportal edema.
Acute hepatitis
Lymphangiomas - rare , usually subcapsular Hamartomas- rare, hypodense, isodense and heterogenous enhancement +/- hemosiderin
Additional benign splenic lesions - lymphangiomas - hamartomas
OCP, steroid use, tend to bleed, rare malig transformation Pseudo/capsule, lack of bile ducts and kupffer Drop out on OOP, early enhancement and washout inn delayed and no enhancement on heppatocyte
Adenoma
Steroid use or glycogen storage dis
Adenoma in males?
Little T2 mural hyperintesity or contrast enhancement. May see T2 bright cystic - string of beads- in wall
Adenomyomatosis
Waterhouse Frederickson syndrome. vasculitis - especially if patient with lupus. May precipitate acute adrenal insufficiency - medical emergency - treated with supplemental adrenal corticosteroids. May be 2/2 infection.
Adrenal hemorrhage - spontaneous
Immunocompromised
Almost all pateints with splenic fungal abscesses are ______?
Decreased attenuation
Amyloid in liver?
Small intestine, with valvulae thickening and mucosal granularity.
Amyloidosis most commonly affects what part of the GI tract?
Extremely aggressive. Enlarged heterogeneous mass which may completely replace spleen. Variable heterogeneous enhancement.
Angiosarcoma of spleen.
Duodenal obstruction. Increased susceptibility to pancreaatitis.
Annular pancreas complications?
CT Severity Index. 0 Points for A. 4 Points for E. Add points for necrosis- 0-0; 2; Less than 30 percent. 4- 30-50%. 6-More than 50%.
Another grading system for pancreatitis?
Oriental cholangiohepatitis.
Another name for recurrent pyogenic cholangitis?
Nonpropulsive contractions leading to a corkscrew esophogus and shish kebab esophogus.
Appearance of diffuse esophageal spasm?
Thickening of distal esophageal folds.
Appearance of reflux esophagitis?
Many (>6) small cysts smaller than 2 cm that may have a solid appearance on CT due to apposition of cyst walls. MRI is good to show cystic nature of the lesion.
Appearance of serous cystadenoma of the pancreas?
Nutmeg liver (can be seen in patients with passive venous congestion of liver and early stages of Budd-Chiari syndrome).
Appearance of the liver with enhancing lobules of hepatocytes and areas of edema that do not enhance?
Controversial whether associated with esophagitis.
Association of feline esophogus?
Other cancers such as endometrial, gastric, small bowel, liver, and biliary malignancies
Associations of HNPCC
It's just called a lower esophageal ring
Assymptomatic narrowing of the B ring?
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangectasia (aka Osler-Weber-Rendu)
Autosomal dominant disorder with multiple AVMs in liver and lungs ---> cirrhosis and massively dilated hepatic artery
mucosal ring Below the vestibule - thin constriction at the EG junction
B ring
Mucosal ring, ridge of tissue at the squamosal-columnar junction of the distal esophagus.
B-ring?
Due to villous atrophy and hypersecretion of intraluminal fluid, there are flocculations of barium because it cant adhere to bowel wall.
Barium in celiac disease?
Esophageal stricture, abnormally high in location compared to a peptic stricture.
Barret esophogus is also associated with what?
Metaplastic replacement of squamous epithelium with columnar above normal Z-line secondary to longstanding reflux.
Barrett esophagus?
Leiomyoma. Fibrovascular polyp. Squamous papilloma.
Benign esophageal neoplasms?
Hyperplastic polyp (sessile, less than 1cm). Adenomatous polyps (>1cm). Leiomyoma.
Benign gastric neoplasms?
GIST. Leiomyoma. Lipoma. Hemangioma. Others.
Benign mesenchymal tumors include what?
Adenomas. Leimyomas. Lipoma. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. Cowden disease. Familial polyposis.
Benign small bowel neoplasms?
Lymphangioma. Hemangioma.
Benign splenic neoplasms (2)?
Hemangioma and lymphangioma (hypodense to splenic tissue, may calcify). Hamartoma (isodense to splenic tissue).
Benign splenic tumors and CT characteristics?
Cross sectional over ERCP
Best imaging for PSC?
Pancreatic parenchymal pahse (late arterial)- 40 seconds after injection. Best to detect small areas of non enhancement suggesting necrosis
Best time to image for acute pancreatitis? Why?
Post con T1 where involved potion of spleen is hypoenhnacing.
Best visualization of splenic lymphoma?
- asplenia - reversed aorta/IVC - two fissures in left lung - cardiac anomalies
Bilateral "right sidedness" - 4 features
Does NOT communicate
Biliary cystadenoma relationship to biliary system?
Inicidental small cystic hepatic lesions that doesn't communicate with biliary tree, failure of normal bile duct formation
Biliary hamartomas?
I: partial gastrectomy with gastroduodenoscopy. II: partial gastrectomy with gastrojejunoscopy.
Billroth I versus Billroth II?
From benign to indolent to aggressive
Biologic behavior of IPMN?
Osteomas. Cortical hyperostosis.
Bony abnormalities in patients with adenomatous polyposis syndrome?
Cervical esophogus
Bony esophageal foreign bodies usually where?
Erlenmeyer Flask of distal femurs. AVN of femoral heads. H shaped vertebral bodies from endplate AVN.
Bony findings in Gauchers?
MAI infection - diffuse small bowel thickening - ascites
CD4 count < 50 Dx?
disseminated infection (likely MAI) - often affects liver and spleen - hypodense acute phase, hyperdense (hyperechoic) calcified granulomas after recovery - if large hypodense foci, consider AIDS-related NHL
CD4 count < 50 Dx?
MAI: Nodular thickened nodular jéjunum + diarrhea + LN Acid Fast bacilli Microabscess in liver and spleen pseudo whipple Lungs : pos gallium Other infections in bowel : CMV and cryptosporidium
CD4<50 Dx?
Fatty atrophy or replacement of pancreas with innumerable cysts.
CF effects on pancreas?
Large flat ovoid ulcer
CMV/HIV esophogitis?
Subcutaneous Calcinosis. Raynaud's phenomenon. Esophageal dysfunction. Sclerodactyly. Telangiectasia.
CREST?
Dilated fluid filled bowels with intra luminal flocculations of enteric contrast. Contrast insinuated between the small bowel folds and centrally within the bowel, with a peripheral layer of low attenuation secretions. May also get engorged mesenteric vessels.
CT of celiac?
U shaped distribution of the bowel loop with radially oriented vessles. If there is volvulus you may see the whirl sign of twisting of mesenteric vessels.
CT of closed loop obstruction?
Isoattenuating to muscle but if large may have central necrosis. Strands of tissue radiating to adjacent mesenteric fat, similar to mesenteric carcinoid and sclerosing mesenteritis
CT of desmoid?
Intra-lesional fatty component
CT of fibrovascular polyp?
Higher attenuation ascities (5-20). If advanced you get scalloping of the hepatic margin.
CT of pseudomyxoma peritonei?
Hepatic Adenoma - benign, uncommon neoplasm seen in young women with high estrogen environment, including steatosis and oral contraceptive use. Anabolic steroids, diabetes, and glycogen storage disease are other causes - features often seen include hypervascularity, fat, hemorrhage, and encapsulation - will not take up gadoxetate (eovist) - usually cold on TcSC
CTCE, T2FS, TI in/out, Eovist Dx?
Mucinous colorectal tumors or ovarian serous tumors.
Calcified mets in liver?
Yes, in the acute form of Hep B
Can HCC occur in the acute setting of hepatitis? if so, which type of hepatitis?
NO
Can you vomit after a fundoplication?
Polycystic kidneys
Caroli disease may be associated with what?
Directly to IVC...this is why its spared inearly cirrhosis- gets compensatory hypertrophy. Same thing happens in Budd Chiari when hepatic veins are congested.
Caudate lobe drainage?
Inflammatory lymphocytic infiltrate. Associated with Sjogren and elevated IgG-4 levels
Cause and association of autoimmune pancreatitis?
Chronic gb inflammation- a very rare tumor. Chronic cholecystitis and gallstones are typically present.
Cause of GB carcinoma?
Frequent blood transfusions or defective erythrocytosis.
Cause of Hemosiderosis?
Incomplete rotation of the ventral pancreatic bud
Cause of annular pancreas?
Ingestion of eggs of echinococus granulosus- endemic to mediterranean basin associated with sheep raising.
Cause of hepatic echinococcosis?
Metabolic.
Cause of micronodular cirrhosis?
Failure of fusion of the ventral and dorsal pancreatic buds.
Cause of pancreas divisum?
Congenitial- failure of mesenteric fusion and resultant mesenteric defect. Usually on left. Abnormal rotation of intestine.
Cause of paraduodenal hernias?
Chronic cholecystitis
Cause of porcelain gb?
Mucin producing adenoma or adenocarcinoma of the appendix. May also be due to ovary or colon (Controversial)
Cause of pseudomyxoma peritoneii?
Parasite- Clonorchis sinenis
Cause of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis?
Endoscopy. Seizures. Coughing. Asthma. Childbirth. Severe straining. Blunt trauma.
Causes of Booerrhaave's syndrome?
Acute arterial thrombus, chronic arterial stenosis, low flow states, and venous thrombosis
Causes of colonic ischemia?
Low flow states (shock, major surgery, cardiac abnormality). Atherosclerosis (chronic). Embolism (acute). Venous occlusion (mesenteric venous occlusive disease).
Causes of ischemic bowel?
Heterotopic gastric mucosa. Benign lymphoid hyperplasia. Brunner's gland hyperplasia (large nodules).
Causes of nodular filling defects in duodenal bulb and proximal duodenum?
Infarcted bowel. Ulcers. Acute bowel dilation. Endoscopy. Necrotizing enterocolitis.
Causes of portal venous gas?
Portal hypertension. IVC obstruction. Severe abdominal adhesions.
Causes of rectal varices (not internal hemorrhoids)?
Ulcerative colitis. Crohn disease. Infectious colitis (especially in AIDS). Ischemia. Pseudomembranous colitis.
Causes of toxic megacolon?
Long smooth and narrow. 1-3 months after insult. Longer than peptic strictures
Caustic and NG tube stricture?
- Appendicitis / appendiceal abscess - Cecal / appendiceal carcinoma - Mucocele of the appendix = Lymphoma = Adnexal mass
Cecal mass
- Malabsorption of iron - Skin: dermatitis herpetiformis; lung: idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis - increased risk of lymphoma - biopsy is gold standard diagnosis - "fold reversal" - cavitary lymph nodes (low density)
Celiac Sprue: - causes malabsorption of what - what associated skin and lung problem - increased risk of what cancer - gold standard diagnosis - buzzword appearance - type of lymph nodes
Autoimmune proximal eneteritis caused by T cell mediated immune response triggered by antigens in ingested gluten
Celiac disease?
Small branches of the portal vein and hepatic artery bridging the dilated bile ducts. (Refers to contrast enhanced CT)
Central dot sign?
Thrombosed central vein
Central hyperdense dot in cross section in epiploic appendigitis?
South American Trypanosoma cruzi destroys myenteric plexus of esophagus and colon. Causes myocarditis and cardiac aneurysms.
Chagas disease?
Wheel within a wheel or bull's eye. Concentric hyperechoic and hypoechoic rings surrounding the abscess
Characteristic appearance of splenic abscess on ultrasound?
Arterial enhancement. Wash out on portal venous phase. Slight T2 hyper.
Characteristic imaging feature of HCC?
Apthous ulcers (Discrete ulcers surrounded by mounds of edema) which may become confluent.
Chron esophogitis?
Aw stones/small smooth, gradual, slow enhancement of wall (ca- thick nodular) tunica muscularis is hypo T1, Hyper T2, does not enhance
Chronic Chole
Lead pipe colon, fat in walls.
Chronic appearance of UC?
Cholecystoenteric fistula
Chronic gallbladder perf?
Non inherited disorder (the only one of the polyp syndromes that isnt' AD). Hamartomatous polyps throughout the GI tract.
Chronkhite Canada syndrome?
T1- Bright, T2/STIR- dark, No fat sat and No enhancement. Assoc w fibrosis, atrophy of ant r lobe and medial l lobe
Cirrhosis- regenerative/dysplastic nodules
you know it's the CBD when you see the dot of the R hepatic artery
Classic US Anatomy 2
Fat in the falciform ligament/ligamentum teres (remnant of umbilical vein)
Classic US Anatomy 4
Fish mouth papilla pouring out mucin.
Classic appearance of IPMN on endoscopy?
Mass causing a stricture with a shouldered edge and irregular contour.
Classic appearance of advanced esophageal carcinoma?
Enhancing soft tissue mass with radiating linear bands extending into the mesenteric fat. Calcification is common. Bands are due to an intense desmoplastic reaction secondary to serotonin release, not tumor
Classic appearance of carcnoid affecting the mesentery?
Central stellate calcification.
Classic imaging feature of serous cystadenoma of the pancreas?
Postprandial pain relieved by massaging which reduces the hernia.
Clinical complaint of paraduodenal hernia?
Dramatic- Regurgitation of a fleshy mass.
Clinical presentation of fibrovascular polyp?
Obstruction in boththe efferent and afferent segments of a single bowel loop
Closed loop obstruction?
Splenic fleXure (SMA, IMA junction). Rectosigmoid.
Colon watershed regions?
- Infectious colitis - IBD - Colon cancer = Ischemic colitis
Colonic Wall Thickening
Common duct stone/Obstruction
Common cause of Ascending cholangitis?
Hypercoaguable states such as hematologic disorders, pregancy, OCPs, Malignancy, Infection, Trauma
Common causes of Budd Chiari?
Appendicitis. Diverticulitis. Chron disease, Bowel surgery. Usually E Coli
Common causes of Hepatic abscess.
Adhesions. Hernias. Neoplasms. Intussusception. Volvulus. Foreign bodies. Inflammatory process.
Common causes of small bowel obstruction?
There is no septum between CBD and duct of Wirsung allowing reflux between the two systems.
Common channel syndrome (Pancreaticobiliary maljunction)?
Spectrum of choledochal cyst with the common channel being a very mild form of choledococele.
Common channel syndrome may be in what spectrum?
Esophageal candidiasis (shaggy mucosa). Herpes esophagitis (discrete ulcers). Cytomegalovirus esophagitis (larger ulcers). HIV esophagitis (largest ulcers).
Common esophagitides?
Left posterior lateral wall of distal esophagus just proximal to the gastroesophageal junction.
Common location for Booerhave esophagus perforation?
walls of stomach, duodenum, and Meckel diverticulum.
Common sites of ectopic pancreatic tissue?
Complete infarction, possibly due to wandering spleen with torsion.
Complete nonenhancement of spleen?
T cell lymphoma. Exophytic mass, circumferential bowel wall thickening, or enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes.
Complication of celiac disease in small bowel?
Esophageal ca which has a lag time of 20 years. Candidal infection from stasis.
Complications from achalasia?
Cholangitis. Fibrosis. Portal hypertension. Cholangiocarcinoma.
Complications of Caroli's disease (Type V Choledochal Cyst or communicating cavernous ectasia of the bile ducts)?
Gangrenous cholecystitis. Gallbladder perforation. Emphysematous cholecystitis.
Complications of acute cholecystitis?
- CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA - cirrhosis - cholangitis - intraductal stones
Complications of choledochal cysts (4)
Wedge shaped fibrosis seen in cirrhosis, usually in medial segment of L hepatic lobe or anterior segment of R hepatic lobe
Confluent hepatic fibrosis?
Lymphangiectasia.
Congenital condition that may cause diffuse bowel edema?
Epidermoid cysts.
Congenital splenic cysts which contain an epithelial lining?
Glomerulonephritialport Cortical necrosis
Cortical calc
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Cover gastric carcinoma vs benign gastric ulcer.
Increased risk of thyroid ca (Usually follicular) as well as skin, oral, breast, and uterine.
Cowden syndrome associations?
AD. Multiple hamartomatous syndrome, common in skin and mucous membranes along with GI tract.
Cowden syndrome?
crohns
Crohns vs UC: gallstones
crohns
Crohns vs UC: hepatic abscess
crohns
Crohns vs UC: pancreatitis
UC
Crohns vs UC: primary sclerosing cholangitis
Intrahepatic mass at confluence of central bile ducts with resultant bile duct dilatation and capsular retraction. Tumor fingers may extend into the bile ducts.
Cross sectional imaging of Cholangiocarcinoma?
Cystic intrapancreatic lesion in contiguity with the duct or sidebranch. Any nodular or enhancing component shoud raise concern for malignancy.
Cross sectional of IPMN?
CBD crossing over the main duct to join the duct of Wirsung.
Crossing sign in pancreas divisum?
Hidebound.
Crowding of the valvulae by fibrosis (scleroderma) term?
Antecolic (In front of transverse colon)
Current favored approach for placement of Roux limb?
Neurofibromatosis.
Cutaneous masses and small bowel tumors?
- Pancreatic pseudocyst - Mucinous cystadenoma - Serous cystadenoma = Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm = Solid and papillary epithelial neoplasm
Cystic pancreatic mass
Serous cystadenoma Mucinous cystadenoma Solid and papillary epithelial neoplasm (SPEN) Introduction papillary mucinous neoplasm(IPMN) Large pancreatic endocrine neoplasm with cystic change
Cystic pancreatic neoplasms
- NG tube - Radiation - caustic ingestion
DDX for long esophageal stricture (3)
- low protein - venous congestion - cirrhosis
DDX in small bowel: - Diffuse Thick folds (3)
- whipples - lymphoid hyperplasia (uniform small nodules) - lymphoma - mets (varying size nodules) - intestinal lymphangiectasia
DDX in small bowel: - Diffuse Thick folds with Nodularity (5)
- hemorrhage - adjacent inflammation - ischemia - radiation "HAIR"
DDX in small bowel: - Segmental Thick folds (>3mm) (4)
- crohns - lymphoma - infection - mets "can CLIMb up because it's nodular"
DDX in small bowel: - Segmental Thick folds with Nodularity (4)
- mechanical obstruction - paralytic ileus - scleroderma - sprue
DDX in small bowel: - THIN folds with dilatation (4)
- Achalasia - Chaga's disease - Psuedoachalasia - Scleroderma
DDx for big, dilated esophagus
budd chiari PBC PSC
DDx for massive caudate lobe hypertrophy (3)
- ascites - wall thickening (crohns, lymphoma) - adenopathy - mesenteric tumors
DDx: small bowel loop separation WITHOUT tethering (4)
Mesenchymal tumor (GIST, fibroma,lipoma, neurofibroma), carcinoid, ectopic pancreatic rest
Ddx of submucosal gastric mass
Iron overload
Decreased liver signal on in phase imaging?
Stage T0 (T in situ) - has not grown beyond the inner layer (mucosa) of the colon or rectum Stage T1 - grown through the muscularis mucosa into the submucosa Stage T2 - grown into but not through the muscularis propria Stage T3 - invasion of perirectal fat Stage T4 - involving peritoneal reflection or other organ (beyond mesorectal fascia, e.g. pelvic side wall)
Define T stages in rectal cancer
Pseudopolyp: island of normal or edematous mucosa surrounded by ulcerated or denuded mocusa. Cobblestoning: normal mucosa surrounded by linear ulceration (Crohn's disease). Postinflammatory polyp: regenerating normal mucosa.
Define pseudopolyp, cobblestoning, and post-inflammatory polyp?
- Iron Deposition (hemochromatosis, hemosiderosis) - Amiodarone therapy - Glycogen storage disease = Gold therapy = Thorotrast
Dense Liver
small bowel issue in "patients who have recently lost a lot of weight", think of _____
Describe SMA syndrome
Use fat sat T1 after injection of gadolinium contrast agents with biliary excretion such as Eovist. They cause T1 hyperintense biliary fluid but require 20-45 minute delays to get biliary excretion.
Describe contrast enhanced MRCP.
Last branch of right aortic arch that usually passes behind the esophagus to ascend on the left.
Describe course of aberrant left subclavian artery?
Last branch of left aortic arch that usually passes behind the esophagus to ascend on the right.
Describe course of aberrant right subclavian artery?
Left pulmonary artery arises from right pulmonary artery and courses between the trachea and esophagus.
Describe course of pulmonary sling?
Ventral (Wirsung) only drains a portion of the pancreas while the majority of the pancreatic exocrine gland output is drained through the smaller duct of Santorini into the minor papilla
Describe drainage in pancreas divisum?
Susceptible to biliary infection with Cryptosporidium and CMV which presents with RUQ pain, fever, elevated LFTs
Describe patients with AIDS cholangitis?
Occurs when a primary contraction wave pushes barium caudally but at the mid third of the esophagus it breaks with regression of the bolus proximally
Describe proximal escape in esophagography?
Locally aggressive mass composed of proliferating fibrous tissue
Desmoid tumor of mesentery?
Diagnosed by upper GI as a thickening and small outpouching of a gastric fold. Conservative treatment.
Diagnosis of marginal ulcer? Treatment?
Carcinoid. Desmoid. Sclerosing mesenteritis
Diff Dx of sclerosing mesenteric mass?
Adenopathy below renal hila is unusual in gastric carcinoma but common in lympohma.
Diff between gastric carcinoma and lymphoma?
Focal stricture. Muscular esophageal ring above GE junction (A ring). Esophageal cancer. Esophageal web (rarely circumferential, usually in upper esophogus.
Diff for circumferential esophageal constriction?
Iron overload (most common cause). Medications (Amiodarone, gold, methotrexate). Copper overload (Wilsons). Glycogen excess (glycogen storage also leads to multiple adenomas)
Diff for hyperattenuating liver?
Fatty liver. Hepatic amyloid (seen here).
Diff for hypoattenuating liver?
True cyst may have septations. Post traumatic pseudocyst may have peripheral calcifications.
Difference between post traumatic pseudocyst and true cyst in spleen?
Serous Cystadenoma: - old ladies - pancreatic head - multiple small cysts - central calcifications Mucinous Cystic: - women in 50s - pancreatic body/tail - unilocular lager cysts - peripheral calcifications
Difference between serous cystadenoma and mucinous cystic neoplasm: - patient population - pancreas location - cysts - calcifications
Mesenchymal tumors (GIST, fibroma, lipoma, NF) Carcinoid. Ectopic Pancreatic Rest.
Differential for a submucosal gastric mass?
Metastatic tumor (Usually post treatment). Fibrolamellar HCC (10%). HCC (Uncommon). Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Confluent hepatic fibrosis.
Differential of capsular retraction?
If contain fat, will drop out because intracellular. If contain hemorrhage- T1 bright. Otherwise it can be hard if they don't have fat or blood
Differentiators of adenomas from more serious hepatic masses?
Severe tertiary contractions following 30% of swallows. Corckscrew appearance at -ray.
Diffuse esophageal spasm characteristics?
Menetrier disease. Intestinal lymphangiectasia. Mastocytosis. Radiation enteritis. Progressive systemic sclerosis. Celiac disease. Graft-versus-host disease. Ischemic enteritis.
Diffuse intestinal disease?
Lack of flow within the hepatic veins, thrombus in hepatic veins/IVC, and formation of collaterals
Direct vascular findings of Budd Chiari?
Lipoma. Crohn's disease. Lymphoma. Prolapsing ileal neoplasms.
Diseases that can enlarged the ileocecal valve?
Cowden disease.
Disorder that causes thyroid and breast abnormalities, hyperkeratosis, and harmartomas of the small bowel?
Yersiniosis: lacks lumen narrowing, lacks deep ulceration, short, self-limited course, heals without scarring.
Distinguishing features between Crohn's disease and Yersiniosis?
No, because the cystic duct is obstructed.
Does emphysematous cholecystitis result in air in the biliary system outside of the gallbladder?
SVC osbtruction. Proximal esophogus. Much less common.
Downhill varices?
- typically in the pancreatic head - "double duct" sign on imaging - SBFT: "wide duodenal sweep or "frostburg's Inverted 3 sign"
Ductal adenocarcinoma: - where in the pancreas - buzzword sign on imaging - buzzwords on a small bowel follow through (2)
- NEVER cancerous - occurs from "increased peptic acid" - usually solitary (think ZE syndrome when not)
Duodenal ulcer trivia: - are they cancerous? - occurs from _______ - usually solitary or not?
fibrolamellar HCC - Younger patients without cirrhosis - large, Slow growing, heterogeneously enhancing, large, spoke-wheel, lobulated mass with T2 hypointense non-enhancing central scar (calcified) - Calcification and necrosis are common (> 50%) - Nodal metastases (> 50%) and "Satellite" nodules are often present - DDx: FNH => T2 hyperintense and delayed enhancing of central scar (fibrosis)
Dx and primary DDx?
focal nodular hyperplaia - Benign tumor of liver caused by hyperplastic response to localized vascular abnormality - 2nd most common benign liver tumor, usually in young women - T2 Bright, homogeneously enhancing mass on arterial phase CT or MR with delayed enhancement of central scar is diagnostic of FNH - Portal venous phase: Hypodense or isodense to normal liver - Delayed: Mass - Isodense to normal liver, Central scar - Hyperdense or hyperintense (due to fibrous tissue) - Gadoxetate-enhanced MR: Most specific test to diagnose FNH with prolonged enhancement of entire FNH (except scar) on delayed scan
Dx and primary DDx?
(sideroblastic) regenerative nodules - GRE and T2 low signal, T1 isointense to liver - Can't differentiate regen from dysplastic from low grade HCC on imaging
Dx?
Appendicitis: periappendiceal inflame fat. CT ddx: TOA, IBD, mesenteric adenitis
Dx?
Autoimmune Pancreatitis - elevated IgG4 - associated with other autoimmune diseases (Sjögren syndrome, IgG4-associated cholangitis, autoimmune thyroiditis, interstitial nephritis, primary biliary cirrhosis, ulcerative colitis, SLE) - sausage shaped gland with capsule like enhancement around pancreas, NO calcs or ductal dilatation (vs chronic pancreatitis) - may present with obstructive jaundice, diabetes, and abdominal pain, but may be painless and present with steatorrhea
Dx?
Barrets Esophagus: squamous to columnar from chronic reflux- high esophagus wo ho intubation, radiation, caustic etc 10% malig degeneration mucosal pseudodivitericulum (as here) FDG avid metaplasia
Dx?
Biliary Leak ( trauma) - left lateral uptake
Dx?
Candida esophagitis - often presents with oral thrush - longitudinally oriented filling defects (plaques) - indistinguishable from herpes
Dx?
Caustic
Dx?
Cecal Volvulus
Dx?
Colonic obstruction w colonic urticaria (submucosal edema) from ischemia - life threatening
Dx?
Coned Cecum: TB, Lymphoma (here), Chrons, Abscess
Dx?
Crohn: Distorrtion and enlargement of the ICvalve DDx: Infection: TB, Yersinia, Amebiasis Mass: Adeno, Lymphoma, Carcinoid Inflammation: Crohn/IBD
Dx?
DIverticulitis! Diverticulosis, mucosa intact- abscess Of course looks like an apple core lesion
Dx?
Duodenal Hematoma Coiled spring appearance from anything that expands the intramural layer Resolves with time, c/b intusseption US cystic, MR and C T fluid attenuation Ddx: intussception
Dx?
Duodenal polyps with Peutz-Jeuger Syndrome: - AD Hamartomatous polyposis syndrome affecting Jejunum and ileum > duodenum > colon > stomach - Risk for cancer (10%) of stomach, duodenum, colon as well as Extra-GI tract cancers: Pancreas, breast, reproductive organs - DDx: familial adenomatous polyposis, Gardner syndrome, Brunner gland hyperplasia, lymphoid hyperplasia, mets/lymphoma, Juvenile Polyposis, Bannayan-Rile-Ruvalcaba, Cowden, and Crohnkite-Canada - complications: Intussusception, SB obstruction, malignant neoplasms in Bowel > breast > pancreas > reproductive tract
Dx?
Ectopic Pancreatic Rest: ddx: gist, leiomyoma, small malig (adeno, lymphoma, mets etc)
Dx?
Ectopic Pancreatic Rest: Bulls Eye Lesion- ulceration central
Dx?
Esophageal Ca Squamous: tobacco and alcohol Adeno: Barretts Imaging indistinguishable- raised plaques early- mass like later
Dx?
Familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome - Autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by formation of innumerable colonic adenomatous polyps at young age and increased risk for colonic and extracolonic tumors - Innumerable filling defects or ring shadows ± extraintestinal lesions representing adenomatous (± malignant) polyps in colon > stomach > duodenum > small bowel - Extracolonic malignancies associated with FAP include Duodenal ampullary carcinoma (12% lifetime risk), Thyroid cancer, Childhood hepatoblastoma, Gastric carcinoma, CNS tumors (mostly medulloblastoma) - DDx: Peutz-Jeghers (hamartomatous polyposis), Gardner syndrome, Brunner gland hyperplasia, lymphoid hyperplasia, mets/lymphoma, Juvenile Polyposis, Bannayan-Rile-Ruvalcaba, Cowden, and Crohnkite-Canada
Dx?
Focal Adenomyomatosis
Dx?
Focal Adenomyomatosis T1 post con US: echogenic and cystic Hyperplastic Cholesterolosis - strawberry GB
Dx?
Focal Fatty sparing classic location- medial l hepatic lobe
Dx?
Focal/Groove Pancreatitis T2 fluid, cystic changes, thickening of adjacent duodenum , tapering of duct favor vs neoplasm
Dx?
Free Air Riglers Sign
Dx?
GIST - Submucosal tumor of gastrointestinal (GI) tract derived from mesenchymal interstitial cells of Cajal - well-circumscribed, submucosal mass on arterial phase CECT images; - ulceration and necrosis are common, often exophytic and sometimes hemorrhagic, calcifications in 25% - hypermetabolism on PET predictive of response to imatinib (Gleevec)
Dx?
GIST : smooth, lobulated, mesenchymal tumor - KIT, tyrosine kinase- tested for and inhibitor to treat Ddx: Desmoid: mesenteric fibromatosis, soft tissue sarcoma Also- Mets, inflammatory pseudotumor (younger pep- chronic inflammation), lymphoma
Dx?
GVHD (multisys inflammation - separated ribbon like loops - featureless colon - 100 days after BM transplant - DDx : radiation or infection: CMV or crypto
Dx?
GVHD: - competent T cells into immunocompromised pt - Tx w T cell inhibitors and steroids
Dx?
Gastric Ca w Perf Free air and contrast w stomach mass
Dx?
Gastritis (h.pylori, nsaids) - nodular wall thickening
Dx?
Gen Esophagitis- many causes, lots of overlap: Candida esophagitis -Multiple tiny, round lucencies ± ulcers -Usually in immunocompromised patients Viral esophagitis -Superficial ulcers on normal mucosa -Usually in immunocompromised patients -Radiation esophagitis -Granular mucosa, ↓ distensibility/stricture -History of cancer with mediastinal irradiation Caustic esophagitis -Long ulceration and stricture -Diagnosis: History and endoscopic biopsy Drug-induced esophagitis -Acute onset of odynophagia with ulceration and spasm -Stricture is uncommon -Diagnosis made by imaging and classic history
Dx?
HCC within regenerative nodule - "nodule within a nodule" in liver - will have different signal/density within a portion of the lesion with the HCC appearing as hypoattenuating, hypervascular, restricting, T2 bright, and with possible signal loss on fat suppression and OOP
Dx?
HPV esophagitis - squamous papillomatosis
Dx?
Hepatic Adenoma - benign, uncommon neoplasm seen in young women with high estrogen environment, including steatosis and oral contraceptive use. Anabolic steroids, diabetes, and glycogen storage disease are other causes - features often seen include hypervascularity, fat, hemorrhage, and encapsulation - will not take up gadoxetate (eovist) - usually cold on TcSC
Dx?
Hepatic Lac fu HIDA for leak 1- < 1cm 2- 1-3 cm 3- > 3 cm 4- 25-75% one lobe or 3 segments 5- > 75% one lobe or > 3 segments 6_ hep avulsion
Dx?
Hepatic angiosarcoma - often multiple, tend to bleed - Associated with: Thorotrast, radiation, polyvinyl chloride, anabolic steroids, and NF 1
Dx?
Hepatosteatosis
Dx?
Herpes esophagitis - tiny ulcers surrounded by radiolucent halo of mucosal edema - often indistinguishable from candida
Dx?
IPMN SIDE branch > 3 cm bad, small cystic mass in the head with main duct enlargement MAIN duct > 10 mm --> higher risk for cancer -can look like chronic pancreatitis Malignant features = main duct >10mm, diffuse or multifocal, enhancing nodule or solid hypovascular mass
Dx?
Intusception on BE with a lead Point: BE column doesn't advance Lead point not as common in SB intussceptions
Dx?
Klatskin tumor - type of cholangiocarcinoma that occurs at the bifurcation of the right and left hepatic ducts
Dx?
Leukemia with diffuse splenic lymphomatous involvement - Ddx: Lymphoma, Fungal or mycobacterial infection/microabescesses - less likely mets, sarcoid, hemangiomas, lymphangioma - US: hypoechoic, looks like cysts
Dx?
Linittus Plastica - Will not distend w contrast - Ddx: gastric carcinoma, mets (often breast ca), caustic gastric injury, lymphoma, Chronic gastritis, Crohns, Radiation
Dx?
Lymphoid Follicles - DDx: Peutz-Jeghers (hamartomatous polyposis), Gardner syndrome, Brunner gland hyperplasia, lymphoid hyperplasia, mets/lymphoma, Juvenile Polyposis, Bannayan-Rile-Ruvalcaba, Cowden, and Crohnkite-Canada
Dx?
Lymphoma - narrowing wo obstruction
Dx?
Meckles
Dx?
Melanoma mets - melanoma mets are T1 hyper due to melanin (blood products can also be T1 hyper) - most mets are T1 hypo. T2 hyper
Dx?
Mets- Breast cancer
Dx?
Mucinous Cystadenoma - middle-aged women (always) - premalignant - macrocystic lesion in body/tail of pancreas (usually unilocular , thick septations>2cm) - Peripheral calcifications - resect
Dx?
Pancreatic Lac fu ERCP Staging A- fluid, <50% B- >50% body tail C0 > 50 % head
Dx?
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma - hypoenhancing lesion - Trousseau syndrome: migratory thrombophlebitis - smoking is risk factor - double duct sign - if SMA or celiac involvement >180 deg--> nonresectable - elevated CA 19-9 - Peutz-Jeghers, HNPCC, BRCA, ataxia-telangiectasia - widened duodenal sweep, inverted 3 sign - fibrotic inflammatory pseudotumor from CP can look similar
Dx?
Peritoneal Malignant Mesothelioma ddx: primary peritoneal cacinomatosis- serous papillary or peritoneal carcinomatosis Much more extensive than infection
Dx?
Portal Venous Gas; Pneumotosis and PVG from gas producing bacteria wi necrotic bowel
Dx?
Primary Sclerosing cholangitis -inflammation of BOTH intra and extrahepatic ducts which are saccular and small <5mm -"central regenerative hypertrophy" -assoc with UC -increased risk of cholangiocarcinoma, cirrhosis Rx: transplant really the only type of cirrhosis that has dilated intrahepatic bile ducts
Dx?
SMA syndrome - obstruction of 3rd portion of duodenum by SMA
Dx?
Scleroderma
Dx?
Scleroderma -third portion of duodenum often dilates
Dx?
Scleroderma; dilated, high bound jejunum w sacculations a/w pneumoperitoneum, intuseption
Dx?
Sclerosing Cholangitis Aw UC and CBD involvement PBC- aw women and only intrahepatic involvement Acute pyogenic cholangitis- aw obstruction Oriental/Recurrent Pyogenic
Dx?
Sclerosing Mesenteritis - vague clinical s/s - older pt - calcs denser than carcinoid/desmoid
Dx?
Secondary Hemochromatosis - Iron overload disorder in which there is structural and functional impairment of involved organs due to increased iron intake, transfusions, etc. affecting Affects RES: Liver, spleen, nodes - Liver, spleen, and nodes are hyperdense on NECT and markedly hypointense on T2WI or in-phase GRE MR
Dx?
Serous Cystadenoma -old women - grandma -benign but sometimes removed due to associated symptoms -microcystic lesion in head of pancreas (sponge) -central scar and central calcifications -does not communicate with duct vHL
Dx?
Simple Cyst Epidermoid looks the same- less Ca2 Echinococcus or abscess more complex
Dx?
Solid and Pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas (SPEN) - low grade malignancy seen in young women -Well-defined, heterogeneous, large mass (usually in pancreatic tail with a thick, enhancing capsule, Most often solid, but can have variable internal cystic components and intratumoral hemorrhage -Capsule enhances on CECT and T1 C+ MR and appears as rim of low T2 signal intensity
Dx?
Spigelian Hernia- Lateral to the rectus abdominus
Dx?
Todani classification Type 1: fusiform CBD dilation, most common -shown here 2- CBD saccular diverticulum 3- choledochocele at ampulla 4- CBD dilation with extra or intrahepatic dilation 5- intra only/carolis surgical resection - Associated with gallbladder ca and cholangiocarcinoma
Dx?
Toxic Megacolon from UC with pseudopolyposis from edema. UC most common cause of megacolon BE absolute contra
Dx?
Whipple: - Multisystem disease caused by Tropheryma whippelii bacillus - Results in periodic-acid-Schiff positive glycoprotein-laden macrophages infiltrating tissues
Dx?
Wilsons - Autosomal recessive disorder in which copper (Cu) accumulates pathologically in liver and other organs - nonspecific imaging findings (copper has no effect on MR) with imaging directed at identification of nodules and HCC - can cause hyperattenuation on NECT
Dx?
XGC- xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis - rare inflammatory macrophage and lipid
Dx?
Zenckers Diverticulum: Pulsion, posterior Killian Jameison is smaller lateral pulsion below cricopharyngeus
Dx?
annular pancreas - failure of ventral bud to rotate with the duodenum - results in encasement of the duodenum
Dx?
biliary hamartoma or "von Meyenburg complex" - Asymptomatic benign malformations of biliary tract of no clinical concern - hepatic cysts are usually larger in size and less numerous - Multiple, near water density/intensity liver lesions < 15 mm in diameter - Varied enhancement based on cystic and solid components - No communication with biliary tree - US: Small and well-circumscribed lesions, often have echogenic walls with small fluid content (more echogenicity and fewer cystic lesions than anticipated based on CT or MR)
Dx?
celiac sprue - "fold reversal": jejunum like ileum and ileum like jejunum
Dx?
hepatoma= HCC Cirrhotic liver Case from above
Dx?
leiomyomatosis peritoneal disseminata
Dx?
omental infarct - fatty mass with hyperattenuating ring within omentum (often abutting colon) - main DDx: acute epiploic appendagitis - same appearance + central dot sign (thrombosed vein)
Dx?
pancreatic divisum - the main portion of the pancreas is drained by the minor papilla
Dx?
pancreatic laceration
Dx?
small bowel adenocarcinoma - most commonly in duodenum and jejunum - celiac, crohn, and polyposis syndromes have increased risk - focal circumferential wall thickening ± enlarged mesenteric nodes; perivascular invasion ± metastases: Liver, peritoneal surfaces, ovaries - Often presents with intussusception
Dx?
wandering spleen - lax mesentery - associated with bowel malrotation - can cause torsion, infarct - chronic partial torsion --> splenomegaly, gastric varices
Dx?
Cholangiocarcinoma -delayed enhancement -dilated peripheral ducts -capsular retraction -encases NOT invades the veins - seen in older men - risk factors: PSC, cholangitis, clonorchis senesis, HIV, HEP B/C, ETOH and thortrast
Dx? - 4 imaging features - who and risk fators
Esophageal candidiasis - Risk Factors: immunocomprised or motility disorders - Barium: shaggy esophagus with plaque-like lesions - Mimic: glycogen acanthosis
Dx? - Risk factors - barium study - main mimic?
Hepatic adenoma - solitary lesion in a female on OCPs - multiple: glycogen storage disease or liver adenomatosis - most commonly in right hepatic lobe - regress after OCPs stopped - Tx: ---smaller than 5cm watch ---bigger than 5cm, resect
Dx? - classic patient scenario - association when multiple - most common location - treatment
Hemangioma: - favors women (get bigger in pregnancy) - US Findings: hyperechoic with enhanced through transmission and NO doppler flow inside the lesion - CT: "peripheral nodular discontinuous enhancement" - Bx: need to do core biopsy, not FNA - Atypical ones have reverse halo sign
Dx? - favor women or men - US findings - CT buzzword - how to biopsy the lesion
Caroli's Disease: - AR - central dot sign - assoc with polycystic kidneys and medullary sponge kidney - risk of cholangiocarcinoma, cirrhosis, cholangitis, and intraductal stones
Dx? - inheritance - associations - buzzword - complications
Whipple's disease of small bowel - Pathogen: Tropheryma Wipplei - Buzzword: "sand like nodules" - marked swelling of duodenal and jejunal folds - low density (near fat) lymph nodes
Dx? - pathogen - buzzword - fluoro appearance - type of lymph nodes
Sarcoidosis - usually splenomegaly, but can have 1-2 cm hypodense nodules - can rupture - gastric antrum is most common site of sarcoid in GI tract
Dx? - sign of spleen - complication - most common site in GI tract
Eosinophilic esophagitis - Hx: young man with long history of dysphagia (and atopia) - concentric rings on upper GI - "Ringed esophagus" - Tx: steroids
Dx? - typical history? - what does it look like on barium study - buzzword - treatment?
Scleroderma: Esophagus: LES is incompetent --> chronic reflux Lung: NSIP lung changes (ground glass with sub-pleural sparing) Small Bowel: "hide bound" with closely spaced valvulae conniventes
Dx? - underlying esophageal problem? - associated lung problem? - associated small bowel problem?
Achalasia: - absent primary peristalsis of the distal 2/3 of esophagus - lower esophageal sphincter wont relax Barium: dilated esophagus with a "Bird's Beak" Increased risk of Candida and Squamous Cell CA
Dx? - underlying problems (2) - barium study - increased risk for what? (2)
Barretts esophagus - Upper GI: mid/high esophageal stricture with an associated hiatal hernia - "Reticular mucosal pattern" - precursor to adenocarcinoma
Dx? - what does it look like on upper GI? - buzzword?
Osler Weber Rendu (HHT) -autosomal dominant -multiple AVMs liver, lungs--> brain abscess (via shunt) -leads to cirrhosis - shown here with dilated hepatic artery, innumerable small tangles of telangiectatic vessels, and larger vascular masses or pools
Dx? -inheritance pattern -finding
Carcinoid - Well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumor usually originating in digestive tract - "starburst" mesenteric mass with desmoplastic stranding and calcification - tethering of small bowel and encasement/narrowing of vessels can be seen - location = jejunoileal > colorectal > appendiceal > gastric - carcinoid syndrome (flushing, diarrhea, asthma, pain, right heart failure) when mets to liver - MIBG and Octreotide can help
Dx? When does the associated syndrome occur? What other scans could help?
- in the back (posterior) --- "Z" is in the back of the alphabet - Occur at killian dehiscence or triangle (the site of weakness)
Dx? where do they occur (front/lateral/back)? what is the site of weakness called?
Esophageal web - a ring caused by a thin mucosal membrane - most commonly in the cervical esophagus
Dx? where are they most commonly located?
Macronodular liver contour resulting from multiple hepatic metastases, which may mimic cirrhosis.
Dx? No history of hepatitis or ethanol
MRCP doesn't allow for concurrent intervention. Doesn't actively distend biliary ductal system. Worse spatial resolution.
ERCP over MRCP advantages?
Central portal triad and periopheral venous drainage to hepatic veins
Each hepatic segment contains its own:
Apthous ulcers due to lymphoid hyperplasia and lymphedema.
Eariliest histologic changes of Chron?
Expansion of periportal space (hilar fat) from atrophy of the medial L hepatic lobe. (arrow on IVC expanded)
Earliest sign of cirrhoiss?
Very very rare but would be a cystic lesion with internal undulating membrane and daughter cysts.
Echinococcal cyst in spleen?
AFP (75%)
Elevated lab value in HCC?
Hepatic parenchyma surrounding the gallbladder is replaced with periportal fat
Empty gallbladder fossa sign?
Thickened folds in stomach and small bowel in a patient with allergy hx.
Eosinophilic gastritis?
epiploic appendagitis
Epiploic appendagitis vs omental infarct: occurs on the left
omental infarct - larger mass with more oval shape than epiploic appendagitis "ROI" - right omental infarct
Epiploic appendagitis/omental infact: occurs on the right
Rare vascular malignancy causing multiple spherical subcapsular masses that can become confluent. They may have a halo or target appearance
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma?
- Reflux esophagitis - Drug-induced stricture - Esophageal carcinoma = Iatrogenic (nasogastric tube) = Caustic ingestion = Radiation changes
Esophageal Stricture
Benign mucosal lesion with malignant potential, usually arising in a Barret's esophogus. Usually 1.5 cm or greater and resected.
Esophageal adenoma?
Gastric pull-through (esophagogastrectomy). Colonic interposition.
Esophageal bypass surgical techniques?
- irregular contour - abrupt (shouldered) edges Subtypes: - Squamous cell (mid) - Adenocarcinoma (distal)
Esophageal cancer: - buzzwords for barium study (2) - subtypes?
Spectrum from scattered plaque like lesions in mild disease to very shaggy esophogus in severe cases.
Esophageal candidiasis?
- Achalasia - Scleroderma - Esophageal / gastric carcinoma = Esophagitis with stricture = Post Sx changes (vagotomy)
Esophageal dilation
- Proximal esophageal pulsion diverticulum (Zenker, Killian-Jamison) - Distal esophageal pulsion diverticulum (epiphrenic) - Mid-esophageal traction diverticulum = Intramural pseudodiverticulosis
Esophageal diverticulum
Indistinguishable from primary esophageal cancer
Esophageal lymphoma?
- Reflux esophagitis - Candida esophagitis - Superficial spreading carcinoma = Drug induced esophagitis
Esophageal pseudodiverticuli
- Varices - Reflux esophagitis - Varicoid esophageal carcinoma = Lymphoma
Esophageal submucosal masses / thickened folds
- Reflux esophagitis - Viral esophagitis (CMV, HIV, HSV) - Drug induced esophagitis = Caustic ingestion = Esophageal carcinoma
Esophageal ulcers
Thin anterior infolding/indentation of the upper esophogus- usually assymptomatic but can cause dysphagia. Controversial association with anemia (Plummer Vinson) and Carcinoma.
Esophageal web?
80%
Esophogus involved in what percentage of patients with scleroderma?
Sacroilitis, Iritis, Ereythema nodusum, pyoderma gangrenosum
Extra-abdominal manifestations of UC?
Hepatitis. Sclerosing cholangitis. Cholangiocarcinoma. Sacroilitis. Ankylosing spondylitis.
Extracolonic sequelae of ulcerative colitis?
Familial adenomatous polyposis. AD. Innumerable premalignant adenomatous polyps in colon and small bowel.
FAP?
Mesenteric fibromatosis.
FAPS (Gardner's type) effect on the mesentery?
Hypo/Hyper. Variable on diffusion. Central scar Norml hepatocytes w disfunctional bile ducts
FNH
US: spoke wheel on US doppler CT: homogeneous on arterial phase MRI: - Stealth lesion: isointense on T1 and T2 - central scar will have delayed enhancement
FNH appearance: - US - CT - MRI
No
FNH assoc. with OCPs?
Abscess (forms earlier after pancreatitis, days to weeks, high HU 20-50, may contain air).
Factors that distinguish a pancreatic abscess from pseudocyst?
- Fat: drops out on out of phase - Iron: drops out on In phase
Fat vs iron liver: - drop out on out of phase - drop out on in phase
CT: noncontrast study - 40 HU, contrasted study - <100 HU and less than 25 HU than spleen US: brighter than the right kidney MRI: drop out on the out of phase images
Fatty liver on: - CT - US - MRI
diabetes. obesity. elderly. Cystic fibrosis.
Fatty replacement of the pancreas is common in?
Weight loss. Anorexia. Alopecia. Multiple intestinal hamartomas.
Features of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome?
Normal variant. Scleroderma. GER.
Feline esophagus differential?
Normal variant characterized by multiple transverse esophageal folds.
Feline esophogus?
placenta (umbilicus) --> umbilical vein --> L portal vein --> Ductus venosus --> middle/left hepatic vein --> IVC - some flow also goes to the liver (Right sided pathway) and to the IVC via R hepatic vein
Fetal circulation anatomy
Cause esophageal shorteneing, leading to a hiatal hernia
Fibrosis from a peptic stricture can do what?
May clinically present with SBO. Assymetric bowel fibrosis from ulcerations in the mesenteric side of the bowel producing pseudosacculations on the antimesenteric side. Fibrosis can lead to the string sign- a segmental stricture.
Fibrostenotic type of Chron?
Pedunculated mass composed of mesenchymal elements with a significant fatty component.
Fibrovascular polyp?
Reversal of jejunal and ileal fold patterns. Normally jejunal has more folds, but it loses them and the ilum gains them to compensate. Note that they get lots of SB SB Intussusceptions.
Fluoro Imaging of celiac disease?
Thickened nodular folds in the affected regions with luminal narrowing, mucosal ulceration, and separation of bowel loops. Cobblestone appearance as a result of crisscrossing deep ulcerations.
Fluoro findings for Chron disease?
Erosion.
Focal loss of superficial epithelium?
Disorganized liver tissue with no malignant potential
Focal nodular hyperplasia?
Barium. water-soluble contrast should be avoided for it can cause pulmonary edema.
For an esophagram, if aspiration or a tracheo-esophageal fistula is suspected what contrast should be used?
Water-soluble contrast.
For an esophagram, if esophageal rupture is suspected what contrast should be used?
Serosa. Muscularis (thin longitudinal and thick circumferential smooth muscle). Submucosa. Mucosa.
Four layers of small intestine?
Nasopharyngeal reflux. Laryngeal penetration. Tracheal aspiration. Cricopharyngeal achalasia. Cricopharyngeal hypertrophy.
Functional abnormalities of the pharynx in barium swallows?
Variant of FAP. Involves stomach. Most polyps are hyperplastic, but elsewhere in GI tract they are adenomatous.
Fundic gland polyposis syndrome?
Microabscesses, multiple small low densities.
Fungal infections of the spleen, most common finding?
- bone marrow transplant patients - "ribbon bowel" - bowel is featureless, atrophic, and fold thickening
GVHD: - type of patients - buzzword - appearance on imaging
Loss of wall planes, irregular thickening and enhancement - often manifests w invasion into the liver T1 hypo- T2 hyper Malig polypoid lesion w early, persistent enhancement (benign washout)
Gallbladder Ca
- associated with gallstones - 80% have direct invasion of liver and nodes at diagnosis
Gallbladder Cancer
Air in biliary system. Radiopaque stone. Bowel obstruction. All 3 present probably only 30% of the time.
Gallstone ileus triad?
T2 and MRCP - low signal High central protein may give them T1 hyperintensity but in general cholesterol stones T1 hypo and pigmented T1 hyper
Gallstones
Multiple tiny foci of hemosiderin deposition resulting from portal htn. Low signal on all sequences. GRE dark.
Gamna Gandy bodies?
FAP with desmoid tumors, osteomas, papillary thyroid cancer, epidermoid cysts (DOPE Gardner)
Gardner syndrome?
Intestinal adenomatous polyps with osteomas of the skull or long bones. Epidermoid cysts. Fibromatosis.
Gardner syndrome?
Distal stomach. Assoc with small bowel disease. Earliest pathologic change is formation of apthous ulcers
Gastric Chron?
- Hypertrophic gastritis - Gastric carcinoma - Lymphoma = Mets = Menetrier disease
Gastric Fold Thickening
- PUD - Gastric carcinoma - Lymphoma = Mets = Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Gastric Ulcer
Either a mass or a gastric ulcer
Gastric adenocarcinoma can present how?
Small gastric pouch created with a volume of 15-30 cc by excluding the distal stomach from path of food.
Gastric pouch in Roux en Y?
- 5% chance of cancer - occurs from "altered mucosal resistance"
Gastric ulcer trivia: - chance of being cancer (%)? - occurs from ________
Major cause of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. MEN-1 syndrome. 60% Malignant. Ectopic locations outside pancreas.
Gastrinoma facts?
MEN 1
Gastrinoma is associated with what syndrome?
Describes location of gastrinoma. Junction of the cystic duct and CBD, duodenum inferiorly, and neck and body of pancreas medially
Gastrinoma triangle?
Communication between gastric pouch and excluded stomach, can be an early or late complication. May cause recurrent weight gain or inadequate weight loss
Gastrogastric fistula s/p RYGB
Females more common.
Gender for hemangiomas?
Males
Gender in PSC?
Nonenhancing central region from cystic degeneration
Giant hemangioma imaging?
Secrete glucagon. Produce Diabetes Mellitus. 80% Malignant.
Glucagonoma facts?
1- Superficial less than 1 cm. 2- Between 1 and 3. 3- Greater than 3 cm. 4- Greater than 10 cm or destruciton or devascularization of one lobe. 5- Destruction or devascularization of both lobes.
Grades 1-5 liver injury?
1- Less than one cm subcapsular hematoma or laceratation or parenchymal hematoma. 2- Between 1 and 3 cm. 3- Larger than 3 cm. 4A- Active extrav or other vascular injury or shattered spleen. 4B Active intraperitoneal bleeding.
Grades of splenic injury?
Balthazar. A-Normal. B-Focal or diffuse enlargement. C- Mild peripancreatic stranding. D- Single fluid collection. E-Two or more fluid collections
Grading system for acute pancreatitis?
Multiple punctate calcifications. Histoplasmosis. Tuberculosis. Sarcoidosis.
Granulomatous disease of the spleen, major finding and common causes?
Drape like mesentery in the anterior abdomen connecting stomach to anterior aspect of the transverse colon
Greater omentum?
T1-Iso to hypo T2- Iso to mild hyper Early enhancement and washout on delayed and mild enhancement of fibrous capsule on hepatocyte
HCC
100-300 days - image in 3-4.5 months
HCC doubling time:
- occurs in cirrhosis or chronic liver disease - doubles in about 300 days - AFP is elevated - can explode and cause spontaneous hepatic bleeds
HCC: - what conditions does it typically occur in - doubling time - tumor marker - complication of HCC
Prior pnuemocystis jiroveci infection - numerous tiny calcifications in the spleen
HIV positive Dx?
MAI infection - low attenuation lymphadenopathy - retroperitoneal and mesenteric nodes
HIV positive with fever, diarrhea and weight loss for 3 weeks Dx?
Benign- Usually associated with Peutz Jehers, Juvenile polyposis, Cronkhite-Canada syndromes
Hamatromatous polyp?
Doesn't happen. They involute if they are present in cirrhosis.
Hemangiomas in cirrhosis?
T2 bright , may enhance peripherally or homogenously. Uncommon to see the pattern you see in hepatic hemangiomas
Hemangiomas on MRI in spleen?
Primary/Hereditary/AR: Hemochromatosis is increase iron within hepatocytes. Secondary: Iron increase in RES is hemosiderosis.
Hemochromatosis vs Hemosiderosis (aka secondary hemochromatosis)?
Hemochromatosis/hepatocytes. In hemosiderosis the RES (Bone marrow, spleen, Kupfer cells in liver) has a high capacity for iron storage.
Hemosiderosis or Hemochromatosis leads to cirrhosis?
T1-hypointense, T2-hyperintense, modularity can mimic cirrhosis
Hepatic Mets
Mimics cirrhosis- fibrosis, regenerativng nodules, regional enhancement (may mimic HCC), clinical picture
Hepatic Necrosis
Benign hepatic neoplasm containing hepatocytes, scattered Kupffer cells and NO bile ducts.
Hepatic adenoma?
Hydatid cyst
Hepatic echinococcus causes what?
Rarely.
Hepatic failure in ADPKD when liver is involved?
If it is more than 25 HU less than the spleen
Hepatic steatosis on enhanced CT?
Historically if it is more than 10 HU less than spleen, now people are even saying 1 HU
Hepatic steatosis on unehnaced CT?
Mets (mc txed breast Ca), fibrolamellar HCC, epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, confluent hepatic fibrosis, HCC (uncommon)
Hepatic subcapsular retraction
Discrete small ulcerations scattered randomly throughout the esophogus.
Herpes esophogitis?
Moire spleen.
Heterogeneous spleen in early arterial phase?
- doesn't mean anything if an isolated finding DDx: - postprandial state - advanced pt age - diffuse distal microvascular disease (cirrhosis/chronic hepatitis)
High RI in Liver: - what does it mean - DDx (3)
Carcinoid tumors in the stomach- Will regress after gastrinoma is resected
High gastrin levels may cause what?
Fibrosis in the pancreaticoduodenal groove.
Histopathologic hallmark of groove pancraetitis?
Scirrhous infiltrating mass invading through gb wall into liver. May appear as a polypoid mass. Or mural thickening.
How can GB carcinoma present?
length of narrowed esophagus > 2cm
How can you tell if the wrap has slipped?
Retrocolic- with creation of surgical defect through the transverse mesocolon- higher risk of transmesocolic hernia.
How did Roux limb used to be placed?
Backwash ileitis. (May mimic Chron disease)
How do you get small bowel disease in UC?
Exention into liver. But lymph and hem spread are also common.
How does GB carcinoma spread?
Pruritis
How does PBC present?
No thick enhancing wall.
How is biliary cystadenoma differentiated from hepatic abscess or necrotic mets?
Mitotic rate
How to evaluate for malignancy of GIST on histology?
75
Hyperattenuating liver is higher than what?
Imlammatory polyp. Almost always benign.
Hyperplastic gastric polyp?
- Hemangioma - Focal nodular hyperplasia - Hepatocellular carcinoma (+ fibrolamellar variant) = Hepatic adenoma = Hypervascular mets
Hypervascular Liver Mass
Neuroendocrine tumors (pancreatic NET and carcinoid), renal cell, thyroid, sarcoma and melanoma
Hypervascular hepatic mets
Metastatic pancreatic endocrine neoplasm
Hypervascular liver mass with an associated pancreatic mass?
RCC< Carcinoid, thyroid, chorioca, melanoma, neuroendocrine, sarcomas. variable appearance.
Hypervascular liver mets
Neuroendocrine tumors. RCC. Thyroid. Melanoma. Sarcoma.
Hypervascular mets are what?
Colorectal and pancreatic adenoCa
Hypovascular hepatic mets
Colon, also bladder, prostate, pulmonary Generally hypo/hyper w peripheral ring enhancement on arterial
Hypovascular liver mets
Elderly males, grandfather tumor, greatest age and sex variability, benign to aggressive, main duct type has greatest malignant potential, continuity with duct or side branch, nodular or enhancing component raises concern, resected >3cm, mural nodule or >1 cm pancreatic duct dilitation
IPMN
Main duct or a sidebranch. Main duct is worse.
IPMNs can arise from where? Significance?
Still suspect an isoattenuating pancreatic adeno.
If double duct and no mass?
Other causes- listed in book. Some are mets. duodenal GIST. Lymphoma. Cystic panc tumor. Autoimmune or groove pancreatitis. Neuroendocrine tumor.
If pancreatic mass with no ductal dilatation, consider?
-autoimmune pancreatitis - retroperitoneal fibrosis - sclerosing cholangitis - inflammatory pseudotumor - riedel's thyroiditis
IgG4 associations (5)
3 cm, certainly abnormal if > 4 cm.
Ileocecal valve upper limits of normal size?
Posterior displacement of colon with small bowel anterior to colon. SMA and SMV may be displaced and engorged.
Imaging clues to transmesocolic hernia?
Like PSC with multiple strictures and beaded appearance of bile ducts. Papillary stenosis is a distinguishing feature.
Imaging of AIDS cholangitis.
Featureless distal esophogus with signs of active reflux esophagitis (mucosal granlarity and superficial erosions) more proximally
Imaging of Barret esophgus?
Avid enhancement during arterial phase, with quick washout and late enhancement of scar. Portal vneous phase will only show scar.
Imaging of FNH?
Fibrotic central scar which is hypo on T1 and T2. (Note that FNH scar is T2 hyper with late enhancement).
Imaging of Fibrolamellar HCC?
Nonspecific wall thickening and effacement of the normal small bowel fold pattern. Classic finding is the ribbon bowel.
Imaging of GVHD?
Beaded irregular appearance of the common bile duct and intrahepatic bile ducts
Imaging of PSC?
Large mass with heterogeneous solid and cystic areas. Hemorrhage is typical.
Imaging of SPEN?
Umbilicated submucosal nodule, with the umbilication representing a focus of normal epithelium.
Imaging of a pancreatic rest?
- Low signal on T2, variable on T1 but usually iso. - Enhance same as hepatic parenchyma
Imaging of a regenerative nodule?
Hypervascular on arterial phase- lack portal venous drainage. T2 bright bc hyper vascular unless acute blood)
Imaging of adenomas?
Swirling of mesentery, mushroom shape of mesentery, and/or presence of small bowel loops posterior to the SMA.
Imaging of an internal hernia?
Hyperenhancement and thickening of walls of bile ducts often with a stone present. On U/S maysee debris within biliary system.
Imaging of ascending cholangitis?
Large multiloculated cystic mass with sepatations (differentiator from simple cyst).
Imaging of biliary cystadenoma?
Enlarged hepatic veins and IVC with reflux of IV contrast from the R atrium into the IVC and hepatic veins. Enlarged liver with mottled enhancement. Ascites is usually present.
Imaging of cardiac hepatopathy?
- Variable on T1 and low on T2. High grade may be T2 bright. - They enhance same as hepatic parenchyma unless they are high grade. - T1 high signal with drop out on OOP => fat containing HCC
Imaging of dysplastic nodule?
Assymetric wall thickening and intraluminal membranes
Imaging of gangrenous cholecystitis?
Inflammation around head of pancreas but also duodenal stenosis or cystic change of the duodenal wall. Cystic change best seen on MRI.
Imaging of groove pancreatitis?
Best seen as hypovascular lesions on portal venous phase (in contrast to HCC).
Imaging of hepatic mets.
Bowel between the pectineus and obturator muscles
Imaging of obturator hernia?
Focal or diffuse area of nonenhancing pancreatic parenchyma
Imaging of pancreatic necrosis?
Cluster ofr small bowel loops between the pancreas and stomach.
Imaging of paraduodenal hernia?
Well circumscribed fluid density, no peripheral enhancement. May have peripheral calcifications, but no septations.
Imaging of post traumatic pseudocyst?
Mesenteric masses with striations of soft tissue extending into adjacent fat, calcification may be present.
Imaging of sclerosing mesenteritis?
CT-Iso to hypodense mass that enhances heterogeenously. MRI- T2 Iso to hyper with heterogeenous early enhancement and homogenous delayed enhancement.
Imaging of splenic hamartoma?
Solitary or multiple. Multilocular cystic structure with thin septations. May get septal enhancement.
Imaging of splenic lymphangioma?
Pneumobilia. Lamellated bile duct filling defects. Intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct dilatation and strictures.
Imaging triad of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis?
Intermediate T2- 80-100 ms
In MRCP if you want to see biliary ductal system and surrounding tissue?
Hepatocytes (Not Kupffer cells that make up the intrahepatic RES). Pancreas (also T2 dark). Myocardium. Skin. Joints. (Spleen Normal appearance bc RES spared)
In hemochromatosis, where is excess iron stored?
Sometimes can cause splenic rupture.
In hx of pancreatitis, can get intrasplenic pseudocyst, causing what?
Arterial phase- hypoenhancement of mass relative to background pancreas.
In panc adenocarcinoma, what do you see on imaging?
Obstruction at the minor papilla from a Santorinicele. A focal dilatation of the terminal duct of Santorini
In pancreas divisum, what may cause pancreatitis?
Young adults. Asians.
In what patient population does right-sided diverticulitis occur?
Up to 10%
Incidental colonic wall thickening found in what percentage of CT scans?
Achalasia.
Incomplete relaxation of the LES because of neuronal degeneration?
3,4,5, 6 (L to R)
Inferior segments?
Reflux.
Inflammatory polyp associated with what?
Non neoplastic enlarged gastric fold protruding into the lower esophogus. Mucosal in location. Always contiguous with a gastric fold.
Inflammatory polyp?
Radiograph- Air fluid levels, lack of gas in colon
Initial imaging for SBO?
Most common, hypoglycemia, best prognosis, 10% malignant potential
Insulinoma
90% benign. small less than 2 cm. Most difficult to detect on imaging.
Insulinoma facts?
Volvulus.
Internal hernias carry a high risk of what?
Laparoscopic
Internal hernias more common with what approach?
Lined with squamous epithelium. Has a smooth muscle wall.
Internal make up of esophageal duplication cyst?
Chilaiditi sign.
Interposition of the hepatic fleure between the dome of the liver and the right hemidiaphragm?
TI- hypo, T2- hyper, Diffusion restriction, Early enhancment and on delay, no uptake on hepatocyte phase
Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis - Ascending cholangitis - AIDS cholangiopathy = Neoplasm (cholangiocarcinoma, Mets) = Post- transplant arterial ischemia
Intrahepatic biliary ductal strictures
Edematous peripheral liver with sparing of caudate lobe.
Intraprenchymal findings in Budd Chiari?
Can lead to intrasplenic hemorrhage
Intrasplenic pseudocyst?
Invades portal veins, IVC, and bile ducts. Mets usually aren't invasive like this.
Invasive characteristics of HCC?
Decreased signal on all sequences. (Relative to paraspinal muscles as internal control)
Iron overload liver on MRI?
No. Yes.
Is regenerative nodule premalignant? Dysplastic nodule?
Jejunum has larger more feature-full folds and larger villi compared to the ileum.
Jejunum appearance vs ileum?
Anterior protrusion best seen on lateral view. More often bilateral.
KJ diverticulum?
Dilated loops of bowel in the upper abdomen and presence of mesentery between the IVC and the main portal vein.
Key imaging findings for a foramen of winslow hernia?
Area of weakness below attachment of the cricopharyngeus.
Killian Jamison space?
Mirizzi Syndrome cystic duct stone abuts normal size CBD and obstructs BL ducts
Large stone in duct, Dx?
Internal hernia (more common with laparoscopic) or adhesions (Open surgery)
Late presentation of SBO s/p RYGB?
Pancreas divisum
Less common cause of chronic pancreatitis?
Ascending cholangitis
Less common cause of hepatic abscess?
Numerous hypoattenuating 1-3 cm lesions without enhancement.
Less common splenic presentation of sarcoid?
Connects stomach to liver
Lesser omentum?
Limited extension to stomach, duodenum, or CBD (all part of whipple). Limitied venous extension is also resectable.
Limited resection still possible when?
- Gastric carcinoma - Mets - Lymphoma = Crohn disease
Linitis plastica
Liver should be slightly more dense.
Liver to spleen on normal unenhanced CT?
Cervical esophogus
Location for fibrovascular polyp?
Extrinsic or submucosal in the posterior mediastinum. (If submucosal- impossible to diff from leiomyoma on esophagram)
Location of esophageal duplication cyst?
Small bowel or rectum are more likely to be malignant
Locations most common for malignancy of GIST?
CIrrhosis. Cholangiocarcinoma. Recurrent biliary infections.
Long term complications of PSC?
12 - 14 cm
Longitudinal dimension of the spleen should not eceed?
12 - 14 cm.
Longitudinal dimension of the spleen should not exceed?
Means proximal stenosis or distal vascular shunting - less blood in liver (less blood in or more blood out) DDx: - AV or arterioportal fistulas seen in severe cirrhosis -trauma (iatrogenic) -Osler-Weber rendu syndrome
Low RI in Liver: - what does it mean - DDx (3)
VIPoma.
Low attenuation pancreatic mass with dilated loops of bowel?
Usually secondary to systemic disease. Primary involvement of liver is very rare.
Lymphoma of liver
Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer syndrome- AD- polyposis syndrome caused by DNA mismatch repair leading to colon cancer from microsattelite instability on a molecular level.
Lynch syndrome?
Parathyroid adenoma. Pituitary adenoma. Pancreatic islet cell tumors.
MEN 1?
T1 hyperintense if acute and hemorrhagic. Chronic will be T1 hypo and T2 hyper.
MR of splenic infarct?
T1 weighted
MRCP
Extraluminal findings. Non invasive. Can see obstructed ducts.
MRCP advantages vs ERCP?
In hemosiderosis, the spleen, liver and bone marrow will be hypointense on all sequences
MRI of hemosiderosis vs hemochromatosis?
Central hyperintensity on T2 with irregular late enhancing wall. May have perilesional enhancement.
MRI of hepatic abscess?
T1 Hypo. Hypovascular. Ill-defined.
MRI of panc adeno?
In and out of phase imaging
MRI sequence for hepatic steatosis?
Hepatitis B or C
Macronodular cirrhosis cause?
Capsular retraction.
Main characteristic suggesting pseudocirrhosis over cirrhosis?
Adnocarcinoma of head of pancreas
Main diff for groove pancreatitis?
Diffuse esophageal spasm presents with chest pain. Presbyesophagus is asymptomatic.
Main differential feature of diffuse esophageal spasms and presbyesophagus?
Duct of Santorini (Superior)- Drains to minor papilla. Duct of Wirsung- Drains to major papilla.
Main pancreatic duct turns to what two ducts which drain what?
Crohn's disease. Tuberculosis. Yersiniosis.
Major inflammatory processes that affect the terminal ileum?
Strictures. Webs. Diverticula (Zenker [pharygoesophageal]). Lateral pharyngeal pouches. Lateral pharyngeal diverticula.
Major structural abnormalities of the pharynx on barium swallow?
Low malignant potential but is resected.
Malignancy of SPEN and treatment?
It is benign but has malignant potential and thus it is resected.
Malignancy of mucinous cystic neoplasm? Treatment?
Increased risk for cholangiocarcinoma
Malignancy risk in recurrent pyogenic cholangitis?
Bulkier and more irregular than the benign variant
Malignant GIST?
Very rare but possible.
Malignant degen of biliary cystadenoma?
SCC. Adenocarcinoma. Lymphoma. Kaposi sarcoma. Spindle-cell carcinoma. Leiomyosarcoma. Metastases.
Malignant esophageal neoplasms?
Gastric adenocarcinoma. Gastric lymphoma. Kaposi sarcoma.
Malignant gastric neoplasms?
Angiosarcoma: - aggressive and has a poor prognosis - heterogeneous, poorly enhancing mass Lymphoma: - most common malignant tumor of the spleen - hypodense, T1 dark, PET hot - Splenomegaly is most common finding Mets: - breast, lung, melanoma - melanoma is the most common met to the spleen
Malignant masses of the spleen (3) - what are they - which one is the most common - general info - imaging appearance
None
Malignant potential of fibrovascular polyp?
Carcinoid tumors. Adenocarcinoma. Lymphoma. Kaposi sarcoma. Leiomyosarcoma. Metastases.
Malignant small bowel neoplasms?
Hemangiosarcoma. Angiosarcoma (thorotrast 1950s). Kaposi sarcoma. Lymphoma (AIDS and non-AIDS). Leukemia.
Malignant splenic neoplasms?
Shouldered margins- suggesting circumferential luminal narrowing
Malignant stricture?
Abnormal skin pigmentation, alopecia, onychodystrophy (Malformation of the nails)
Manifestations of Chronkhite Canada syndrome?
Late arterial (35 seconds after injection or 9-16 seconds after abdominal aortic enhancement)
Many authors think best timing for hypervascular liver lesion is when?
Jejunal mucosa adjacent to gastrojejunal anastamosis is susceptible to gastric secretions, causing marginal ulcers in up to 3% of patients.
Marginal ulcers s/p RYGB?
3 mm and 5 mm.
Maximal size of pancreatic duct in adults and elderly?
GE junction.
Meat impaction usually occurs where in esophogus?
Ulcer at the level of the aortic arch or distal esophogus- areas of narrowing that may predispose to temporary hold ups in passage.
Medication induced esophogitis?
Protein losing enteropathy- diagnosis of exlcusion. Affects proximal stomach- replacement of parietal cells by hyperplastic epithelial cells, leading to achlorhydria. Controversial association with gastric carcinoma
Menetrier disease?
Smooth round submucosal filling defect
Mesenchymal tumor on barium swallow?
- Mets - Carcinoid tumor - Desmoid tumor / Fibrosing meseneteritis = Reactive lymphadenopathy (TB, MAC, Whipple) = Abdominal mesothelioma
Mesenteric Mass
Those with Gardner syndrome
Mesenteric desmoid can be sporadic but more common in what patients?
Diffuse misty mesentery. Variant of sclerosing mesenteritis but inflammation predominates.
Mesenteric panniculitis?
Melanoma
Mets to GB?
Usually direct invastion from gastric lung or breast. Hematogenous spread is very rare.
Mets to esophogus?
Very rare but consider breast, lung, ovarian, and melanoma. Ovarian and melanoma will be cystic. Only will be calcified if mucinous adenocarcinoma.
Mets to spleen?
Menetrier disease (protein-losing enteropathy).
Middle-aged men, enlargement of gastric rugal folds?
stone in cystic duct compresses common hepatic duct type 1- simple obstruction type 2- cholecystocholedochal fistula diagnose stone at cystic duct prior to surgery
Mirizzi syndrome
Paraesophageal
More prone to strangulation: Paraesophageal or Hiatal?
Carcinoid tumor.
Most common appendiceal tumor?
Literature varies between GIST and lymphoma
Most common benign mesenchymal tumor?
Hemangioma
Most common benign splenic lesion?
Main portal vein divides into R and L and then the R branches into A and P
Most common branching of portal veins?
Long term alcohol abuse.
Most common cause of chronic pancreatitis?
Lipomatous infiltration.
Most common cause of enlarged ileocecal valve?
Bowel process with infectious nidus carried to liver.
Most common cause of hepatic abscess?
Hemochromatosis.
Most common cause of iron overload?
GERD. Note, also seen in Zollinger Ellison, Scleroderma.
Most common cause of peptic esophagitis?
Shistosomiasis.
Most common cause of portal hypertension and varices worldwide (parasite)?
Treated breast cancer.
Most common cause of pseudocirrhoiss?
Pancreas divisum
Most common congenital pancreatic anomoly?
Normal CT scan
Most common finding in viral hepatitis?
Klatskin tumor
Most common form of cholangiocarcinoma?
Terminal ileum thickening
Most common imaging finding for Chron disease?
Paraduodenal hernia.
Most common internal hernia?
- Most common: ileum - esophagus is second most common
Most common location for enteric duplication cysts? second most common?
Antrum (most common area for benign ulcers, too). Fundus ulcers, though uncommon, are more likely to be malignant.
Most common location in stomach for a malignant ulcer?
Insulinoma
Most common pancreatic endocrine tumor?
FSE
Most common sequences for MRCP
Ileocecal.
Most common site for intussusception in colon?
Carcinoid
Most common small bowel tumor?
Lymphoma
Most common splenic malignancy?
Benign mesenchymal tumors
Most common submucosal tumors?
Non Hodgkin lymphoma
Most common tumor involving the mesentery?
Transmesenteric. Due to congenital mesenteric defect likely secondary to prenatal intestinal ischemia.
Most common type of hernia in children?
Transmesocolic hernia- defect in transverse mesocolon. Usually s/p RYGB or biliary enteric anastamosis from liver transplant.
Most common type of transmesenteric hernia?
Females- Pouch of Douglas. Males- Retrovesical space.
Most dependent portion of the peritoneum?
Tumoral angiogenesis from hepatic artery.
Most mets are supplied by what arteries?
Are...thus seen in arterial phase.
Most primary hepatic liver masses are/are not hypervascular?
French for casting. Seen on barium study and refers to cast like appearance of featureless jejunum.
Moulage sign?
Single or a few large cysts, less than 6 cysts that are larger than 2 cm. Pancreatic body and tail.
Mucinous Cystadenoma appearance?
Mother tumor, malignant potential, <6 lesions >2 cm, pancreatic body and tail, capsule, may have peripheral calcifications, tx is resection
Mucinous cystadenoma
Capsule
Mucinous cystic neoplasm has a _______?
Usually fungal
Multifocal small splenic abscesses?
Advanced AIDS- Pneumocystic Jiroveci
Multiple calcified splenic lesions in immunocompromised host?
Von Gierke disease
Multiple hepatic adenomas seen when?
- Hepatic cysts - Mets - Multiple abscesses = Cholangiocarcinoma
Multiple hypodense hepatic lesions
- Mets - Lymphoma/ leukemia - Microabscesses = Granulomatous disease (TB, sarcoid) = Multiple splenic infarcts
Multiple splenic masses
Candidiasis, Mets, lymphoma, biliary hamartoma, Caroli disease
Multiple tiny hypo attenuating hepatic lesions ddx
"accordion sign" with C Diff colitis - barium: thumbprinting, ulceration, and irregularity
Name of sign? Significance?
Fleischner sign or inverted umbrella sign - gaping ileocecal valve with narrowed and ulcerated terminal ileum - associated with ileocecal TB - DDx: Crohns
Name of sign? Significance?
Passavant cushion or pad.
Nasopharyngeal reflux is prevented by the soft palate apposing the posterior pharyngeal wall, known as the?
Vertebral body anomolies
Neurenteric cyst is associated with what?
-insulinoma (MC, B9, small) > gastrinoma (MEN, ca ~50%, zolinger ellison) > non-functional (metastatic, large with calcs) - don't with octreo scan -MEN1, VHL hypervascular MIMIC- Intrapancreatic accessory spleen - follows spleen appearance
Neuroendocrine Pancreatic Tumors
Typhlitis.
Neutropenic colitis (pericecal)?
- Cirrhosis - Treated Mets - Budd-Chiari syndrome = Schistosoma japonicum = Confluent hepatic fibrosis
Nodular Liver Contour
Nodules wo significant fibrosis
Nodular Reenerative Hyperplasia
Neoplasm
Nodular gastric fold thickening?
Enhancing nodule within a dysplastic nodule- Early HCC
Nodule in Nodule appearance?
3rd most common islet cell tumor. Generally malignant. Larger. Necrotic on imaging studies.
Nonfunctioning islet cell tumor facts?
Gallbladder wall thickening or periportal edema
Nonspecific Viral hepatitis findings?
Less than 1.5 cm.
Normal size of duodenal papilla?
Splenic cleft.
Normal splenic finding may mimic a splenic laceration?
Groove Pancreatitis - Form of chronic pancreatitis with soft tissue in pancreaticoduodenal groove - can look like pancreatic cancer - duodenal stenosis, cystic changes common, biliary strictures
Not cancer, Dx?
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Note: Adenomas sometimes have a pseudocapsule which enhances late
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Note: CT and MR Enterography are replacing Fluoro for evaluation of Chron
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Note: Can have congenital budd chiari from a hepatic vein anomoly but its extremely rare.
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Note: Cholangiocarcinoma tends to obstruct bile ducts and cause intrahepatic ductal dilatation, eventually leading to lobar atrophy
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Note: Esophoageal dilatation in scleroderma is apparent before skin changes
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Note: FNH hard to see without contrast.
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Note: Gastric carcinoma may spread locally from the mucosal surface to the serosa in which case 90% of patients will have omental involvement from trans-serosal spread
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Note: Impossible on CT, need angiography to distinguish between splenic AVF and pseudoaneurysm
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Note: Internal hernias are most common cause of SBO after a laparoscopic roux en y
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Note: Liver is second most common solid organ injury due to blunt trauma
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Note: Many authors prefer the describing the primary disease (Thalassemia) with secondary iron overload instead of using secondary hemochromatosis
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Note: Mortality progresses from 0-14 from start to end of Balthazar- A fluid collection is a poor prognostic indicator
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Note: Mortality progresses from 3% to 17% from beginning to end of CT Severity index
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Note: Narrowing of the distal jejunojejunostomy is much more rare and requires surgery
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Note: Other complications of celiac disease: Intussusception, pneumatosis, splenic atrophy, venous embolism, cavitating mesenteric lymph node syndrome- read over these again
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Note: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors may be hyperfunctioning or non-hyperfunctioning.
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Note: Paraduodenal was most common type of internal hernia until the rise in RYGB
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Note: Peptic stricture may be focal or may involve a longer sement of esophogus
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Note: Peritoneal fluid is constantly produced, circulated, and finally resorbed around the diaphragm, where it drains into the thoracic duct
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Note: RYGB leads to weight loss from early satiety and malabsorption due to surgical bypass of the proximal jejunum
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Note: Sarcoid in spleen is indistinguishable from lymphoma
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Note: Sometimes biliary cystadeoma comes back after resection
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Note: Systemic fungal infection can seed the liver and spleen due to portal venous drainage of infected bowel
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Note: The pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors often have cystic change and central necrosis
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Note: With a retrocolic roux limb edema at transverse mesocolon defect can also cause an SBO
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Note: You can get an intrapancreatic spleen
HIDA- Positive in FNH due to presence of bile ducts. (FNH pos on 1/3 Sulfur Colloid)
Nuc med scan to diff between hepatic adenoma and FNH?
FNH is hot (has Kupffer cells). Fibrolamellar HCC is cold (No Kupffer cells).
Nuclear scanning distinction of FNH from fibrolamellar HCC?
Sulfur colloid study- Hot 1/3 of time. (image: T1 scar dark and T2 bright - unlike FL-HCC which has a real scar thats dark on both)
Nucs of FNH?
1-8 Clockwise when looking at coronal
Numbering of Couinaud segments?
High amplitude contractions on manometry in conjuction with chest pain. Normal radiography.
Nutcracker esophogus?
- Budd chiari - Hepatic veno-occlussive disease - Right heart failure (hepatic congestion) - Constrictive pericarditis "Hey, BRC is a nut (nutmeg)"
Nutmeg liver DDx (4)
Doesn't spare caudate lobe.
One difference in imaging between VOD and Budd Chiari?
Fibrolamellar doesn't have a capsule. May have a pseudocapsule.
One more difference between fibrolamellar HCC and normal HCC?
Lymphangioma
One more splenic cystic lesion?
Interstitial cells of Cajal
Origination cells for GIST?
Size
Other predictors of GIST malignancy?
Apthous erosions. Cobblestoning. Inflammatory pseudopolyps. Postinflammatory polyps. Skip lesions. Pseudodiverticula.
Other prestenotic changes of Crohn disease?
Lymphoma- Endometrial implants- blood products (T1 bright T2 dark) Function testing- MRC MnDPDP or gad BOPTA Air- T2 signal voids Bile- T1 bright
Other rare GB stuff
PSC, Colon ca, Cholangiocarcinoma
Other risks of UC?
HCC
PBC has increased risk for what cancer
HIV cholangiopathy, except that has papillary stenosis
PSC appears similar to what?
cholangiocarcinoma
PSC has increased risk for which type of cancer
-done for type 1 diabetes -arterial flow from donor SMA, splenic artery -venous drainage from donor portal vein, recipient SMV -exocrine drainage via bowel TRANSPLANT FAILURE 1) acute rejection --> reversed diastolic flow 2) splenic vein thrombosis --> reversed diastolic flow 3) pancreatitis Chronic rejection --> shrinking pancreas can't measure resistive indices b/c no capsule
Pancreas transplant - reason for transplant - blood supply (arterial/venous/exocrine) - failure (acute and chronic)
Microcystic adenoma.
Pancreatic cystic neoplasm associated with von-Hippel Lindau disease?
Insulinomas. Gastrinomas. VIPomas. Somatostatinomas. Glucagonomas.
Pancreatic endocrine neoplasms?
Adenocarcinoma. Cystic pancreatic neoplasms (microcystic adenoma, mucinous cystic neoplasms). Cystic teratomas.
Pancreatic exocrine neoplasms?
Unenhanced. Late arterial. Portal venous.
Pancreatic mass CT protocol?
Necrosis. Hemorrhage. Infection.
Pancreatic phlegmon (massive enlargement of the pancreas by inflammation tissue) complications?
Simple to debris (blood, protein)- so enhancing separations, T2 hyper, T1 hypo or hyper (blood, protein) will change over time (fast) Diff dx: Mucinous cyst
Pancreatic pseudocyst
This is the portion of the jejunum that ends up getting hooked up side to side via jejunujenuostomy
Pancreaticobiliary limb?
Necrotizing pancreatitis. Hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Thrombosis (splenic, portal, mesenteric veins). Pseudoaneurysms. Pseudocysts. Ascites. Abscess.
Pancreatitis complications?
Transverse mesocolon.
Paraduodenal hernia is due to a congenital defect in the?
Trousseau's sign (spontaneous venous thrombosis).
Paraneoplastic condition in pancreatic adenocarcinoma?
Phleboliths.
Pathognomonic finding for cavernous hemangiomas of the colon?
Regenerative nodule- Dysplastic nodule- HCC
Pathway to HCC in cirrhosis?
Age 1: pancreaticoblastoma Age 6: adenocarcinoma Age 15: SPEN
Pediatric Pancreatic Malignancy
May lead to venous compression or thrombosis
Perihilar renal inflammation secondary to pancreatitis?
Carcinoma. Polyps. Leiomyoma. (Familial polyposis syndrome and associated Gardner's syndrome)
Perivaterian neoplasms?
Gynecologic neoplasms along with gastric duodenal and colonic malignancies
Peutz Jeghers Associations?
AD. Multiple hamartomatous pedunculated polyps most commonly in small bowel. May cause intussesception?
Peutz Jeghers?
Portal venous.
Phase to evaluate for splenic trauma?
Asymptomatic, large round air collections in colon wall (iatrogenic mucosal injury).
Pneumatosis cystoides coli?
Infectious colitis. Necrotizing colitis. Bowel infarction. Typhlitis. Toxic megacolon.
Pneumatosis intestinalis causes?
Adenomatous.
Polyps in HNPCC
Osteomas. Glioblastomas. Medulloblastomas. Thyroid carcinoma.
Possible extraintestinal neoplasms of FAPS?
Evolution of a splenic hematoma
Post traumatic pseudocyst in spleen is end result of what?
Rare association with polysplenia syndrome
Preduodenal portal vein?
Jaundice and fevers. Southeast Asia
Presentation of recurrent pyogenic cholangitis?
Fever and malaise
Presentation of splenic inflammatory pseudotumor?
Blunting, flattening, distortion, straightening, and thickening of mucosal folds.
Prestenotic phase of Crohn disease, findings?
- anti-mitochondrial antibodies - middle-aged women - risk of HCC - normal extrahepatic ducts early dz has nml ducts - different from PSC Tx is ursodexycholic acid
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Physiologic wave initiated by a swallow
Primary contraction wave?
Deposited in parenchymal cells (incl pancrease, heart, pit, thyroid) from genetic cause.
Primary hemosiderosis
Impaired motility due to replacement of the muscular layers with collagen leading to slow transit and subsequent bacterial overgrowth, dilatation, and pseudoobstruction.
Primary insult to GI tract in scleroderma?
Duodenum and jejunum
Primary sites of involement for celiac diseae?
Very very rare. Solitary hypovascular mass. Can involve beyond the splenic capsule and involve adjacent organs
Primary splenic lymphoma?
Primary, no known source. Secondary, known source (neoplasm, Chagas disease).
Primary versus secondary achalasia?
secondary - Spleen = Secondary
Primary vs secondary hemochromatosis: -- liver + spleen involved
Bad. Except small polypoid lesiosn can undergo curative resection.
Prognosis of GB carcinoma?
Better
Prognosis of calcified mets?
Much better.
Prognosis of fibrolamellar HCC vs other?
Poor.
Prognosis of glucagonoma?
Very good- best of all of the pancreatic endocrine tumors. Only 10% are malignant.
Prognosis of insulinoma?
Muscular atrophy and collagen deposition of distal 2/3 of esophagus resulting in reflux.
Progressive systemic sclerosis' effect on esophagus?
Obstructing ge junction cancer. In normal achalasia there is relaxation of the stricture upon standing, in pseudo this doesn't happen- fixed obstruction doesn't relax with standing.
Pseudoachalasia?
Stricture in the mid/upper esophogus
Pseudodiverticulosis is associated with what?
Multiple tiny outpoachings into the esophageal lumen caused by dilated submucosal glands from chronic esophagitis
Pseudodiverticulosis?
- MAI infection - seen in AIDS patients with CD4<100 - looks just like whipples - Also have splenomegaly and retroperitoneal lymph nodes
Pseudowhipples: - pathogen - in patients with what disease? - fluoro appearance - additional findings within the abdomen
Increased esophageal pressure and comprise nearly all diverticula seen in USA
Pulsion diverticula?
- Choledochal abnormality - Pancreatic pseudocyst - GI duplication cyst / diverticulum = Ovarian cystic lesion = Mesenteric cyst
RUQ cystic mass in a child
50 Gy.
Radiation required to cause a radiation stricture?
Long smooth and narrow like caustic and NG strictures but they spare the GE junction.
Radiation strictures?
Antimesenteric sacculations and a hidebound bowel to due to thin straight bowel fods stacked together
Radiographic findings in scleroderma?
Thickening and nodularity of duodenum and proximal small bowel folds. No hypersecretion like in celiac disease.
Radiography of Whipple disease?
Colitis cystica profunda.
Rare condition with mucinous cysts in colon wall?
venoocclusive disease or hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome - Hepatic venous outflow obstruction due to occlusion of terminal hepatic venules and sinusoids - seen with Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) or less often Graft vs. host disease (GVHD) - Acute onset of painful hepatomegaly, jaundice, ascites within 3 weeks following hematopoietic or stem cell transplantation - nonspecific imaging findings including Hepatosplenomegaly; ascites, Periportal and gallbladder wall edema, Hepatofugal flow on Doppler; ↑ resistive index (> 0.75), Abnormal portal vein waveforms, Small caliber hepatic veins
Recent bone marrow transplant, Dx?
Reflux --> Thick folds and thicker folds More reflux --> Strictures and Barretts More reflux --> Cancer (adeno)
Reflux esophagitis progression to cancer?
Gallstone ilieus- Pneumobilia. Small bowel obstruction. Ectopic gallstone in small bowel.
Rigler's triad?
Immunocompromised (HIV, transplant) motility disorders (achalasia, scleroderma)
Risk factors for candidiasis (2)
Choledocal cysts. PSC. FAP. Clonorchis sisensis infection. Thorium dioxide (Alpha emitter not in use anymore)
Risk factors for development of cholangiocarcinoma?
Alcohol. Smoking. Chronic pancreatitis.
Risk factors for pancreatic adneocarcimona?
Increased risk of cancer up to 20 years after insult.
Risk in caustic stricture?
Hemorrhage
Risk of adenoma?
Especially high morbidity and mortality if its incarcerated.
Risk of obturator hernia?
Transmural ischemia if food bolus is impacted for more than 24 hours. (Treat with removal)
Risk with meat impaction at GE junction?
Increased risk for infection and severe morbidity
Risk with pancreatic necrosis?
Transect jejunum 15-30 cm distal to ligament of Treitz, bringing it up and anastamosing with gastric pouch via a narrow gastrojujenostomy stoma
Roux limb?
- 2% of population - 2 types of mucosa (gastric/pancreatic) - 2 feet from ileocecal valve - 2 inches long - symptoms before 2 yrs old
Rule of 2's for Meckels (5)
Obturator internus hernia
SB dilatationDx?
Usually due to edema or hematoma at the gastrojejunostomy or jejunujenostomy.
SBO s/p RYGB?
Daughter tumor, heterogenous solid and cystic areas, hemorrhagic, capsule, usually resected due to low malignant potential
SPEN
Distal small bowel. Nodular thickened folds on fluoroscopy
Salmonella in small bowel?
Mesenteric lymphoma. Mesenteric fat and vessels are engulfed on two sides by bulky lymphomatous masses.
Sandwich sign?
Focal narrowing of the B (Mucosal) ring of the distal esophogus causing intermittent dysphagia.
Schatski ring?
Pathologic B-ring that can result in dysphagia (inflamed B-ring from reflux).
Schatzki ring?
Rare inherited disorder characterized by diffuse fatty replacement of the pancreas, resultant pancreatic exocrine insufficiency, neutropenia and bone dysplasia.
Schwachman Diamond?
Carcinoid met, desmoid tumor, sclerosing mesenteritis
Sclerosing mesenteric mass
Rare inflammatory condition leading to fatty necrosis and fibrosis of the mesenteric root.
Sclerosing mesenteritis?
Protrusion of bowel through the abdominal wall. Usually inguinal through the groin.
Second most common cause of SBO? (Note that first is adhesions)
Schwachman-Diamond syndrome
Second most common cause of pancreatic atrophy?
Gastrinoma
Second most common pancreatic endocrine tumor?
Physiologic wave initiated by a food bolus.
Secondary contraction wave?
Hypertrophied cricopharyngeus.
Secondary finding of a Zenker diverticulum?
From transfusions etc. Iron deposited in RES (spleen , bone marrow, liver)
Seconday Hemosiderosis
Best seen on T2 and early post con T1 (Will stand out against avidly enhancing spleen)
Seeing sarcoid nodules on MRI?
Grandmother tumor, Hypervascular, >6 lesions <2 cm, benign, classic stellar central calcifications
Serous cystadenoma
- Old ladies - pancreatic head "GRANDMA Serous is the HEAD of the household"
Serous cystadenoma - patient population - where in pancreas
Benign. Grandmother tumor- Elderly women
Serous cystadenoma of the pancreas?
Toxic megacolon
Severe complication of UC?
Angular notch.
Sharp angulation in the lesser curvature that demarcates the junction of the body and antrum?
Autosplenectomy, small, densely calcified splenic remnant.
Sicke cell disease's eventual effect on spleen?
LEFT
Side of paraduodenal hernia?
Rams Horn Crohn pseudo-billroth 1
Sign? Classic Dx? mimic of?
wall echo shadow sign of the gallbladder full of stones - clean shadowing Porcelain GB - variable shadow - risk of CA Emphysematous cholecystitis - dirty shadowing
Sign? DDx?
Engorged mesenteric vessles, ascites surrounding the bowel (increased capillary permeability), Wall thickening, lack of bowel wall enhancement (Vasoconstriction or underperfusion). Pneumatosis.
Signs of ischemia in SBO?
Greater than 10 cm (With central necrosis)
Size of malignant GIST?
Perioral mucocutaneous blue/brown pigmented spots on the lips and gums
Skin manifestations of Peutz Jehers?
Chrons
Skip lesions?
- Small bowel obstruction - Adynamic ileus - Celiac sprue = Scleroderma
Small bowel dilation
Celiac: Jejunum decreased folds, ileum increased folds. Scleroderma: Increased folds throughout. 5 folds per inch is normal.
Small bowel folds in Celiac disease and Scleroderma?
Whipple disease.
Small bowel infection of middle aged men with malabsorption, fever, weight loss, chronic uveitis, endocardiits, arthralgia, lymphadenpathy, and skin pigmentation?
Yersiniosis at terminal ileum.
Small bowel infection that can mimick appendicitis clinically and Crohn disease radiographically?
Supplies jejunum and ileum. Oriented obliquely from the ligament of Treitz in LUQ to ileocecal junction in the RLQ
Small bowel mesentery?
- Crohn disease - Lymphoma - Small bowel hemorrhage = Mets = Amyloidosis = Whipple disease
Small bowel wall thickening
- Pancreatic adenocarcinoma - Islet cell tumor - Solid and papillary epithelial neoplasm = Lymphoma = Mets
Solid Pancreatic Mass
- Hepatic cyst - Solitary mets - Abscess = Peripheral cholangiocarcinoma = Bilary cystadenoma = Hepatic laceration
Solitary hypodense, hypovascular liver mass
Rare. Cause diarrhea.
Somatostatinoma facts?
Varices- But no change on peristalsis.
Sometimes esophageal carcinoma has a varicoid appearance, mimicking what?
Caudate to R lobe size ratio greater than 0.65.
Specific sign in cirrhosis with regard to caudate lobe?
Circular band of muscle encircling the ampulla of Vater
Sphincter of Oddi?
Spigelian: lower quadrant through semilunar line. Richter's: only one wall of bowel involved. Littre's: Meckel's diverticulum hernia.
Spigelian, Richter's, and Littre's hernias?
Well circumscribed area of increased attenuation, doesn't increase on delayed imaging like active bleeding.
Splenic AVM?
Women (medial dysplasia) rupture risk at pregnancy. Men (atherosclerosis).
Splenic artery aneurysm demographics?.
Elevated CA 19-9, CA125, CEA despite being completely benign.
Splenic epithelial cyst may have what?
Tuberous sclerosis
Splenic hamartoma association?
Kasabach Meritt (Aneima, thrombocytopenia, Consumptive coagulopathy). Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber (Cutaneous hemangiomas, varicose veins, extremity hypertrophy). Note that these are usually associated with phleboliths
Splenic hemangiomas associated with what?
Can be subcapsular (Most common) or intraparenchymal (Irregular shape)
Splenic hematomas?
Wedge shaped peripheral nonehnacement. Heterogeneous mass like appearance can also be seen.
Splenic infarct appearance?
Rare focal collection of immune cells and asscoiated inflammatory exudate, of unclear etiology
Splenic inflammatory pseudotumor?
Can only be seen on a contrast study where it appears as a linear or branching area of decreased attenuation.
Splenic laceration?
Splenomegaly is most common. Multiple splenic nodules in 1/3 of Gaucher patients.
Splenic manifestations of Gauchers?
Splenomegaly...often associated with lymphadenopathy or hepatomegaly
Splenic presentation of sarcoidosis?
Injury to intima and media, only contained by adventitia. High chance of rupture without treatment.
Splenic pseudoaneurysm?
- occurs in pancreatitis - causes isolated gastric varices
Splenic vein thrombosis - when can it occur? - what can it cause?
Narrowing of the gastrojejunostomy stoma may occur in 10% of patients leading to dilatation of the pouch and distal esophogus.
Stomal stenosis?
Gaucher's disease. Amyloidosis. Hemochromatosis. Niemann-Pick disease.
Storage disease associated with splenomegaly?
Atresia (jejunum, ileum > duodenum). Jejunoileal stenosis. Enteric duplication cyst. Malrotation. Meckel diverticula. Diverticula. Small bowel obstruction. Small bowel hernias. Adhesions. Adynamic ileus.
Structural abnormalities of the small intestine?
Upper GI with water soluble contrast
Study of choice if post operative leak is suspected?
Pericholecystic abscess
Subacute gb perf?
Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses of gallbladder
Submucosal glands in esophogus analagous to what?
Segmental continous thickening of affected colon in a vascular distribution with rectal sparing.
Suggestive CT findings of ischemic colitis?
2,4,8,7 (L to R)
Superior segments?
Two prior episodes. Fistula.
Surgical indications for diverticulitis?
Heller myotomy- Incision of the lower esophageal muscle fibers
Surgical treatment of achalasia?
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome.
Syndrome of generalized angiomatosis?
False! - although OCPs may promote their growth
T/F: FNH are related to use of birth control pills.
FALSE!
T/F: FNH is related to OCP use
True
T/F: Patient's with AD polycystic kidney disease will also have cysts in the liver
True
T/F: lower rectal cancer have the highest recurrence rate
Primary Hemachromatosis - AR disorder seen in whites affecting parenchymal cells of liver, pancreas (diabetes), and heart (dilated cardiomyopathy), and skin (bronzing) - Liver that is hyperdense on NECT and markedly hypointense on T2WI or in-phase GRE MR
T1 in phase, Dx?
Hepatic Adenoma - benign, uncommon neoplasm seen in young women with high estrogen environment, including steatosis and oral contraceptive use. Anabolic steroids, diabetes, and glycogen storage disease are other causes - features often seen include hypervascularity, fat, hemorrhage, and encapsulation - will not take up gadoxetate (eovist) - usually cold on TcSC
T1 in, T1 in, T2, CE-MRI, CE-CT Dx?
Primary Hemachromatosis - AR disorder seen in whites affecting parenchymal cells of liver, pancreas (diabetes), and heart (dilated cardiomyopathy), and skin (bronzing) - Liver that is hyperdense on NECT and markedly hypointense on T2WI or in-phase GRE MR
T2, Dx?
Secondary Hemochromatosis - Iron overload disorder in which there is structural and functional impairment of involved organs due to increased iron intake, transfusions, etc. affecting Affects RES: Liver, spleen, nodes - Liver, spleen, and nodes are hyperdense on NECT and markedly hypointense on T2WI or in-phase GRE MR
T2, Dx?
Globus.
Term for sensation of a lump in the throat?
- IBD - Infection (bacterial, TB) - Lymphoma = Ischemia = Mets
Terminal ileal wall thickening
Nonpropulsive contraction that does not result in esophageal clearing. Usually in elderly. Not normal but not necissarily clinically significant.
Tertiary contraction wave?
Nonpropulsive contractions of muscularis propria seen as indentations at the margins of the esophagus which occur locally or over large segments.
Tertiary contraction waves?
Are not
The majority of liver mets are/are not hypervascular?
Carcinoid tumor secreting serotonin.
The substance secreted by this tumor causes an intense desmoplastic response, producing mesentery fibrosis, with tethering and kinging of small bowel?
Inflammatory gastritis
Thickened gastric folds?
Glucagonoma.
Third most common pancreatic endocrine tumor?
A- Muscular. B- Mucosal. C- Diaphrgmatic impressoin.
Three anatomic rings of the distal esophogus?
Most common is surgical defect in mesentery of the transverse colon associated with a retrocolic roux limb. Then Petersons space- between mesentery of the roux limb and the transverse mesocolon. Then the mesenteric dfect created by the jejunojejunostomy.
Three locations for RYGB associated hernias?
Small bowel mesentery. Transverse mesocolon. Sigmoid mesentery.
Three true mesenteries?
Killian's dehisence.
Through what does a Zenker's diverticulum protrude?
4-6 weeks
Timeline for evolution of pseudocyst?
Acute radiation esophogitis 1-4 wks after exposure. Strictures 4-8 months later.
Timeline of radiation induced esophageal injury?
Causes: - UC - C. diff - entamoeba histolytica Buzzword: "loss of haustra" Avoid barium enema because of the risk of rupture
Toxic Megacolon: - causes (3) - buzzword - what imaging study should you avoid
Traction of adjacent structures, typically from tuberculous mediastinal adenopathy. Very rare
Traction diverticula?
Broad category of herniation through defects in any of the three true meseneteries (Small bowel mesentery, transverse mesocolon, sigmoid mesentery)
Transmesenteric hernia?
Mesentery to transverse colon- connect posterior transverse colon to posterior abdominal wall
Transverse mesocolon?
Colectomy
Treatment for FAP?
Partial hepatectomy. Orthotopic liver transplant. Percutaneous ablation. Transcatheter embolization.
Treatment for HCC?
ursodexycholic acid
Treatment for PBC
Emergent cholecystectomy or cholecystostomy
Treatment for gangrenous cholecystitis?
Antibiotics for bacterial overgrowth and prokinetic drugs such as erythromycin or octreotide for bowel motility
Treatment for scleroderma of small bowel?
Endoscopic dilatation.
Treatment for stomal stenosis?
Conservative, resolves as edema and hematoma resolve
Treatment of SBO s/p RYGB?
Cricopharyngeal myotomy and diverticulopexy or diverticulectomy
Treatment of Zenker diverticulum?
Usually resected due to high hemorrhage risk
Treatment of adenoma?
Abx and fluid resuscitation- Endoscopic biliary intervention may be necessary if conservative management fails.
Treatment of ascending cholangitis?
Steroids.
Treatment of autoimmunce pancreatitis?
Emergent cholecystectomy or cholecystostomy. If not a good surgical candidate can be conservative
Treatment of emphysematous cholecystitis?
Anti inflammatories
Treatment of epiploic appendigitis?
Phlebotomy.
Treatment of hemochromatosis?
Iron chelators
Treatment of hemosiderosis?
Surgical and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy lavage.
Treatment of pseudomyxoma peritonei?
Perc drainage in addition to abx
Treatment of splenic abscess?
Charcot Triad- Abdominal pain. Fever. Jaundice
Triad of ascending cholangitis?
Requires clinical symptoms of dysphagia.
True Schatski ring?
In addition to polyps also get CNS tumors like gliomas and medulloblastomas
Turcot syndrome?
Medulloblastoma. Glioblastoma multiforme. Family polyposis.
Turcot syndrome?
Diabetes. Progressive systemic sclerosis.
Two common causes of gastroparesis?
Organoaxial. Mesenteroaxial.
Two types of gastric volvulus?
Extrahepatic dilatation of the CBD.
Type I Choledochal cyst?
Extrahepatic saccular dilatation.
Type II Choledochal cyst?
Dilatation of intraduodenal bile duct
Type III Choledochal cyst?
Multiple dilated segments.
Type IV Choledochal cyst?
Carolis disease. Saccular dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts- may be segmental or diffuse.
Type V Choledochal cyst?
R sided colitis in immunocompromised patients. Treat with broad spectrum antibiotics and antifungals
Typhlitis?
Diffuse sausage shaped enlargement of the entire pancreas. Can be focal though mimicking a pancreatic mass.
Typical imaging of autoimmune pancreatitis?
Appears cystic but has internal flow
U/S of splenic lymphoma?
Splenic microhemorrhages- Hypointense on GRE (often w Ca2++ - sideroblastic, sarcoid, granumolas in ddx)
US of spleen, Dx?
rectum - with a retrograde progresion
Ulcerative colitis (UC) involves the _______ 95% of the time; - what is the progression of UC
Vascular encasement (SMA). Direct invasion of adjacent organs. Liver metastasis. Adenopathy. Ascites (peritoneal spread).
Unresectable pancreatic cancer factors?
Encasement (>180 circ) of SMA. Mets. Extensive venous invasion.
Unresectable pancreatic tumors?
Varicoid carcinoma of the esophagus.
Unusual variant of esophageal carcinoma that spreads submucosally producing thickened folds?
80
Up to ____ percent of carcinoids spread to the mesentery?
Distal esophogus. Portal HTN.
Uphill varices?
Usually seen as focal circumferential constriction near the GE junction, almost always associated with a hiatal hernia. Usually if symptomatic it won't allow passage of a 12 mm tablet.
Upper GI of Schatski ring?
Malignant gastric ulcer - located within lumen - nodular/irregular edges
Upper GI study: Carmen meniscus sign = ________
Cricopharyngeus muscle. C5-C6. Demarcation between pharynx superiorly and the cervical esophogus.
Upper esophageal sphincter?
Upstream: blood that has NOT yet passed through stenosis Downstream: blood that has passed area of stenosis
Upstream vs downstream in stenosis: definitions
Well circumscribed heterogeneously enhancing mass.
Usual appearance of splenic inflammatory pseudotumor?
Vertebral. Anal atresia. Cardiac. Tracheoesaphageal fistula/esophageal atresia. Renal agenesis/dysplasia. Limb.
VACTERL congenital anomaly mnemonic?
Secrete vasoactive intestinal peptide. WDHA (Watery Diarrhea, Hypokalemia, Achlorhydria). Variable malignancy.
VIPoma facts?
Varices change in size and shape with peristalsis. However, if thrombosed, they may mimic a tumor
Varices vs mass?
Arterial bleeding- Erosion into splenic artery. Pseudoaneurysm- Splenic artery. Venous thrombosis- Splenic vein leading to PVH
Vascular complications of pancreatitis?
Destruction of post sinusoidal venules with patent hepatic veins.
Veno-occlusive disease is what?
Less severe form of achalasia with repetitive nonpropulsive contractions.
Vigorous achalasia?
Mesenteric vein thrombosis
Weird complication of diverticulitis that i hadn't before learned?
Hereditary nonpolyposis syndrome (Lynch syndrome) "They're lynching EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE!!!"
What Polyposis Syndrome: - DNA mismatch repair - cancer everywhere in everything
Turcots Syndrome "Turcots sounds like turban -- worn on the head, so get brain tumors (gliomas and medulloblastomas)
What Polyposis Syndrome: - FAP - Gliomas - Medulloblastomas
gardner syndrome "Desmoids sprouting up everywhere like a Gardener"
What Polyposis Syndrome: - FAP (hyperplastic Stomach, Adenomatous bowl polyps) - desmoid tumors - osteomas - Papillary thyroid carcinoma
50% present as children. 50% present as adults.
What age groups are symptomatic in annulary pancreas?
Specialized mesenteries which attach to the stomach- DO NOT connect to posterior abdominal wall
What are greater and lesser omentums?
Killian-Jamieson diverticula.
What are lateral diverticula of the pharyngoesophageal junction termed?
VIPoma and Somatostatinoma- Poor prognosis
What are other pancreatic endocrine tumors and what is their prognosis?
- squaring of the folds - skip lesions - proud loops - cobblestoning - pseudopolyps - filiform - pseudodiverticula - string sign
What are some buzzwords for crohns disease? (8)
Mucinous cystic neoplasm and SPEN
What are the only pancreatic tumors with a capsule?
Axial torsion. Bascule (folding of cecum on right colon without significant twisting).
What are the two categories of cecal volvulus?
Diffuse bowel wall thickening and ascites are less common.
What are uncommon findings in celiac which is unique?
Surgeon may misidentify common duct as cystic duct- may cause inadvertant common duct ligation
What bad thing can happen with low insertion of the cystic duct?
E coli. CMV. C Difficile
What bugs typically cause pancolitis?
Pancreatitis. Peptic Ulcer Disease. Duodenal Obstruction.
What can annular pancreas in an adult cause?
Secondary candidiasis or aspiration pneumonia.
What can scleroderma of the esophogus lead to?
Breast
What cancer mets are often isoattenuating on the portal venous phase?
Increased intraluminal pressure, leading to gb wall ischemia.
What causes gangrenous cholecystitis?
Transmural inflamation with destruction of ganglion cells (myenteric plexus).
What causes the colonic dilation in toxic megacolon?
Rapid weight loss. Immobilization. Wearing a body cast. Decreased peristalsis. Drugs.
What conditions can lead to superior mesenteric artery syndrome?
Crohn's disease. Certain infections. Radiation therapy. Ischemia.
What conditions may cause focal strictures of the small bowel?
Most types of colitis. Laxative abuse. Scleroderma.
What conditions may result in loss of haustral folds?
Posteriorly.
What direction does a Zenker protrude?
Scleroderma. Crohn's disease. Ischemia.
What disorders cause wide-mouth diverticula (pseudosacculations) in the colon?
Network of blood vessels and lymphatics, sandwiched between the peritoneal layers.
What do the mesenteries consist of?
Gastric acid resulting in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
What does gastrinoma secreate and cause?
Lack of peristalsis in distal 2/3 due to smooth muscle atrophy and fibrosis.
What does scleroderma do to the esophogus?
It doesn't cause duct dilatation or tail atrophy.
What does serous cystadeoma not cause, which is unlike pancreatic adeno?
Zigzagging transition zone between squamous epithilium to columnar.
What does the Z-line represent?
Steroids.
What drug is associated with pneumatosis of the bowel?
Obesity. Steroids.
What else can cause fatty atrophy of pancreas?
Chronic esophagitis and scarring- leading to a smoothly tapered stricture above the GE junction.
What happens after chronic reflux?
Bowel can herniate through a mesenteric defect named Landzert's fossa, which is behind the ascending (4th duodenum)
What happens in Left paraduodenal hernia?
Pigment stone formation, biliary stasis, and cholangitis.
What happens in recurrent pyogenic cholangitis?
Evaluate for presence of aortic atheroscloertic diseaes or a L atrial thrombus.
What if arterial thromboembolic disease is suspected?
Look for atherosclerosis of the mesenteric vessels.
What if chronic arterial stenosis is suspected?
Yersinia, Salmonella, TB.
What infectious etiologies typically affect the R colon?
Caroli disease plus hepatic fibrosis
What is Caroli syndrome?
Infection with Tropheryma whippelii, manifesting in GI tract as malabrosption and abdominal pain. May cause arthralgias and skin pigmentation.
What is Whipple disease?
- gastric fundus wrapped around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place Indications: - Hiatal Hernia - Reflux
What is a Nissen fundoplication? Indications (2)?
Barium trapped in a pharyngeal contraction wave
What is a pseudo-Zenker diverticulum?
Iron rich regenerative or dysplastic nodule. Hypo on T1 and T2*. Hyper on CT. Rarely if ever malignant
What is a siderotic nodule?
Heterotopic pancreas in the gastric submucosa. Its susceptible to same pancreatic diseases.
What is an ectopic pancreatic rest?
This can happen anywhere below the diaphragm and should always be considered in diff for a cystic structure in patient with hx of pancreatitis.
What is an extrapancreatic pseudocyst?
Hepatic congestion from heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, or R sided valvular disease, ultimately leading to cirrhosis.
What is cardiac hepatopathy?
Choledochal cysts do communicate with the biliary tree
What is different between choledocal cysts and biliary hamartomas?
Focal pancreatitis between head of pancreas, duodenum, and common bile duct.
What is groove pancreatitis?
Excess iron is unable to be stored in the RES, so the spleen and bone marrow aren't affected.
What is hemochromatosis?
Calcifications in the distribution of the pancreatic duct
What is pathognomonic for chronic pancreacitis?
Hyperplastic NOT premalignant polyps
What is present in stomach in FAP?
Inflammation and destruction of smaller bile ducts compared to PSC.
What is primary biliary cirrhosis?
Hemosiderosis leads to it. RES can't handle any more iron. Hepatocytes then store the iron.
What is secondary hemochromatosis and what leads to it?
T2 hyperintense ductules and venules- Delayed enhancement.
What is the central scar really in FNH?
Distal ileum.
What is the most common location of Burkitt's lymphoma in North America?
Hypervascular- Very unique among cystic pancreatic tumors
What is unique about serous cystadenoma of the pancreas?
Heavy T2 weighting
What kind of sequences primarily image the biliary tree?
Hemangioma, peripheral to central enhancement over time.
What liver lesion exhibitis cetripetal opacification?
Fibrolamellar HCC. Hepatoblastoma. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Metastases.
What liver malignancies may calcify?
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
What makes up 80-90% of all pancretic tumors?
Spindle cell tumors (GISTs, leiomyoma, leiomyosarcoma, leiomyoblastoma). Neurofibromas. Lymphomas.
What neoplasms of the stomach grow exophytically?
Most commonly it is transverse colon
What part of bowel can be involved in pancreatitis?
Tropheryma Wipplei
What pathogen causes whipples
10-20%
What percentage of HCCs are hypoenhancing?
75% of PSC patients have UC. Only 4-5% of UC patients have PSC.
What percentage of PSC patients have UC? Vice versa?
Peutz-Jeghers
What polyposis syndrome: - Hamartomas - Mucocutaneous pigmentation - Small and large bowel CA - Pancreatic cancer - GYN cancer
Cowden's syndrome "COWden's gets breast cancer, where milk comes from"
What polyposis syndrome: - hamartomas - BREAST CA - thyroid cancer - Lhermitte-dulcose (posterior fossa, noncancerous brain tumor)
Cronkite-Canada Syndrome
What polyposis syndrome: - hamartomas - stomach, small bowel, colon, ectodermal stuff (skin, hair, nails)
Juvenile Polyposis
What polyposis syndrome: - hamartomas in kids
Rectum- Dual blood suplly, superior rectal artery along with middle/inferior rectal arteries.
What portion of colon is almost never affected by ischemia?
Scleroderma. SLE. Dermatomyositis. Asthma. COPD. CF.
What pulmonary and collagen vascular diseases can cause pneumatosis of the bowel?
Portal vein.
What separates superior segments from inferior segments?
48-72 hours after onset of symptoms.
What timeline is best for eval of panc necrosis?
Mucocele. Mucinous cystadenoma. Myoglobulosis.
What tumors of the appendix can product pseudomyxoma peritonei?
- elevates - moves anteriorly
What two anatomic things happen to the larynx when you swallow?
type 2
What type of choledochal cyst? - diverticulum of CBD
type 1
What type of choledochoal cyst? - Focal dilatation of the CBD
3
What type of choledochoal cyst? choledochocele
4
What type of choledochoal cyst? intra and extrahepatic dilation
Diabetes.
What underlying condition do patients with emphysematous cholecystitis most likely have?
Vitamin B12 from bacterial overgrowth.
What vitamin deficiency may occur with small bowel diverticula?
In suspected enterovesical fistula, urine is collected, spun, and radiographed for dectection of barium.
What's the Bourne test?
Fistula tract connects two mucosal lined structures. Sinus tract ends blindly or in a cavity without normal mucosa.
What's the difference between a fistula and a sinus tract?
Hypervascular so in the late arterial phase.
When are pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors best seen?
Multiple and more commonly located in the duodenum than the pancreas
When associated with MEN-1, describe gastrinomas?
Surgery for consumptive thrombocytopenia (not enough spleen was resected because didn't get splenule). May be mistaken for a lymph node or mass if in an unusual location. Intrapancreatic splenule may be mistaken for a hypervascular pancreatic mass.
When can splenules be clinically significant?
Early due to symptoms of hypoglycemia.
When do insulinomas present?
Within 2 years of gastric bypass.
When do internal hernias usually present?
Only important if the patient is a right hepatic lobe liver doner as they will need to be anastamosed separately in the patient.
When is an aberrant right posterior duct significant?
20-25 seconds
When is arterial phase?
With corticosteroid enemas
When is it possible for rectum to appear normal with involvement of more prox small bowel in UC?
70 seconds
When is portal venous phase of enhancement?
10 days after surgery
When is postoperative leak normally diagnosed?
Desmoid.
When mesenteric fibromatosis occurs in a round shape this is called?
8mmHg
When portal venous pressure exceeds hepatic venous pressure by ___ = portal venous HTN
When larger than 3 cm, mural nodule, or associated dilation of the pancreatic duct to greater than 10 mm
When should an IPMN be resected?
Usually just above GE junction
Where are peptic ulcers?
Distal esophogus, gastric pouch, or blind ending jejunal limb. Rare from the distal jejunojenostomy.
Where do leaks normally arise from?
Posterior abdominal wall.
Where do mesenteries connect?
Mid esophogus above the metaplastic transition. Higher than peptic ulcer because adenamotous tissue is acid resistant.
Where does a barret esophogus stricture usually happen?
Terminal ileum, mimicking chron
Where to yersinia and tb happen in small bowel?
Transverse colon (most non-dependent).
Which colon segment is most commonly involved in toxic megacolon?.
Non-hyperfunctioning. They don't present with the endocrine symptoms so they get bigger.
Which type of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are larger at diagnosis?
Describes clinical symptoms of insulinoma. Hypoglycemia, clinical symtoms of hypoglycemia with resolution after admin of glucose
Whipple Triad
Low attenuation lyhmph nodes similar to cavitating mesenteric lymph node syndrome.
Whipple diseae and lymph nodes?
Insulinoma => hypoglycemia, clinical sxs of hypoglycemia, alleviation of sxs with administration of glucose
Whipple triad
Young women
Who gets FNH?
Middle aged women
Who gets PBC?
Kids
Who gets diagnosed with splenic lymphangioma?
Older males. Grandfather tumor. (These tumors have the greatest age and sex variability of all the cystic pancreatic neoplasms)
Who gets intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm?
Middle aged women- Mother tumor.
Who gets mucinous cystic neoplasm?
Older women- pelvic floor laxity
Who gets obturator hernia?
Young women and children- Daughter tumor.
Who gets solid and papillary epithelial neoplasm (SPEN)?
Immunocompromised patients
Who gets splenic bacterial abscesses?
MIddle aged women
Who typically gets biliary cysteadenoma?
Elderly diabetic.
Who typically gets emphysematous cholecystitis?
Young men who are heavy drinkers
Who usually gets groove pancreatitis?
There is an increased risk of cholangiocarcinoma, may be as high as 25%
Why are choledocal cysts resected?
Hypoalbuminemia and resultant edema.
Why does GB wall get thick in cirrhosis?
Splenectomy increases risk for sepsis dramatically
Why leave spleen in after splenic trauma?
Older- Emboli. Younger- Thrombosis (Patients with hematologic disease)
Why to older and younger patients get splenic infarcts?
AR
Wilson disease genetic pattern?
Hyperattenuating on CT with multiple nodules, eventually leading to hepatomegaly and cirrhosis
Wilson disease in liver?
xanthomalike foam cells- focal or diffuse inflammation- nodular - c/b fistula or abscess, a/w bile excretion from Rokitansky. presents as acute chole. in elderly female
Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis
ZE features elevated gastrin and a paradoxical increase in gastric after secretin administration
ZE paradoxical effect?
Esophageal diverticulum caused by failure of the cricopharyngeus muscle to relax, leading to elevated hypopharyngeal pressure
Zenker diverticulum?
phyrigian cap
___ = GB folds on itself
axial (sliding)
____ = hiatal hernia that has GE junction above the diaphragm
paraesophageal (rolling)
____ = hiatal hernia that has GE junction below the diaphragm
chronic dialysis patients
____ patients may get severely thickened duodenal folds which can mimic the appearance of pancreatitis on barium
Budd Chiari Syndrome
_____ = "pregnant woman" (or person in hypercoagulable state) with hepatic vein thrombosis
Portal Hypertensive Colopathy - worse on the right
_____ = edematous bowel (mimics colitis) caused by increased resistance in the liver to the portal circulation which results in colonic venous stasis
traction diverticulum - triangular shape - mid esophagus - empties when esophagus is collapsed - true diverticulum
_____ = esophageal diverticulum occur from scarring (granulomatous disease or TB)
Krukenberg Tumor - stomach and colon cancer most common
_____ = metastatic spread to the ovary - most common causes (2)
Ogilvie Syndrome
_____ = occurs after serious medical conditions and in nursing home patients
Fibrolamellar HCC - "central scar"
_____ = subtype of HCC in younger patients without cirrhosis and normal AFP --- what is the buzzword
Schatzki - "Shatz-B" - Ring
______ = a narrowed (and symptomatic) B ring
Kaposi Sarcoma
______ = biliary duct dilation with hypoechoic periportal infiltration in a patient with AIDS
Passive Congestion: - refluxed contrast into hepatic veins - increased portal venous pulsatility - nutmeg liver
______ = caused by stasis of blood within the liver due to compromise of hepatic drainage --- 3 imaging findings of this condition?
Cystic Fibrosis
______ = condition where ispissated secretions causes obstruction of the proximal pancreatic duct
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
______ = form of Budd chiari that occurs from occlusion of the small hepatic venules
Toxic megacolon
______ = gaseous dilation of the transverse colon on upright films and right and left colon on supine films
Internal hernia
______ = herniation of viscera, through the peritoneum or mesentery
Cholangiocarcinoma
______ = infiltrative hepatic mass with enhancing soft tissue on delayed phases and "capsular retraction"
esophageal varices
______ = linear (often serpentine), esophageal filling defects causing a scalloped contour
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
______ = middle aged woman with "normal extrahepatic ducts" and "antimitochondrial antibodies"
Papilloma
______ = most common benign mucosal lesion of the esophagus
mucinous cystadenoma
______ = most common mucinous tumor of the appendix
Meckel's diverticulum
______ = persistent piece of the omphalomesenteric duct
Gossypiboma - abscess mimic
______ = retained cotton product or surgical sponge that can elicit an inflammatory response
Gamma Gandy Bodies (Siderotic Nodules) - associated with portal HTN - Gradient is the most sensitive sequence
______ = small foci of hemorrhage in the splenic parenchyma - associated with what condition? - most sensitive sequence for looking at these?
epiphrenic - considered pulsion types
_______ = diverticulum occur above the diaphragm, usually on the right
Choledocal cyst
_______ = imaging of dilated biliary ducts and a history of repeated cholangitis
Linitis plastica
_______ = leather bottle stomach
Chagas Disease
_______ = looks identical to achalasia, found in the jungle, and caused by a parasite that's by transmitted by a fly that paralyzes the esophagus
Splenosis - use sulfur colloid scan (or heat treated RBC) to tell the difference
_______ occurs post trauma where a smashed spleen implants and then recruits blood supply - how to tell that it is spleen and not omental mets or something?
Cricopharyngeus - around C5/C6
________ = border between the pharynx and cervical esophagus
Celiac sprue
________ = small bowel malabsorption of gluten
Pseudoachalasia
_________ = appearance of achalasia, but secondary to a cancer at the GE junction
duct of luschka
accessory cystic duct =
- Splenomegaly - retroperitoneal lymph nodes
additional findings in pseudowhipples (2)
pancreatoduodenectomy and duodenojejunal anastomosis (pylorus spared)
alternative to whipple procedure
lane hamilton syndrome
another name for idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
cecal bascule
anterior folding of the cecum w/o twisting = ________
PBC
antimitochondrial antibodies associated with
NO! - because the organ lacks a capsule
are using resistive indices helpful in pancreatic transplants? why?
- glycogen storage disease (von Gierke) - liver adenomatosis
association with multiple hepatic adenomas (2)
- klippel-trenanay-weber - blue rubber bleb
associations of rectal cavernous hemangioma
- abnormalities of intestinal rotation - sets up spleen for torsion/infarction
associations of wandering spleen (2)
- PCKD - medullary sponge kidney
associations with Caroli's disease (2)
- bacterial overgrowth - malabsorption
associations with jejunal diverticulosis (2)
70 second (portal venous phase) - to be able to tell if the spleen has a laceration
at what timing is a trauma scan CT done?
Primary biliary cirrhosis
autoimmune disease resulting in destruction of small and medium INTRAhepatic bile ducts (not extrahepatic)
Chronic Pancreatitis has both!! - autoimmune has no ductal dilation and no calcifications
autoimmune pancreatitis vs chronic pancreatitis: - which one has ductal dilation - which one has ductal calcifications
Klebsiella
bacterial cause for single hepatic abscess
colonic TB
barium study: "coned shaped cecum" that involves the TI = _______
entamoeba histolytica
barium study: "coned shaped cecum" that spares the TI = ______
- polysplenia - interrupted IVC with azygos continuation - one fissure in right lung - biliary atresia associated with dorsal pancreatic agenesis
bilateral "left sidedness" - 4 features
Zollinger Ellison Syndrome - increased gastric acid output and ulcer formation
buzzword "jejunal ulcer" = _____
"comet tail artifact"
buzzword appearance for adenomyomatosis of GB
colon ovary pancreas "COP caught the calcs"
calcified mets to liver
yes, the well differentiated ones will retain OATP function
can HCC ever look bright on delayed Eovist?
yes - because it comes out with the whipple procedure anyway
can you have surgical resection with pancreatic cancer involvement of GDA?
Chordoma Extra-adrenla pheo GIST "Carney's Eat Garbage" - carnival dudes
carney's triad
Budd Chiari
cause of absent hepatic vein flow
PSC
cause of cirrhosis which results in dilated intrahepatic bile ducts
- Jamaica (alkaloid bush tea) - Radiation - Chemo
causes for hepatic veno-occlusive disease (3)
- right sided CHF - tricuspid regurgitation - cirrhosis w/ vascular AP shunting
causes of PV pulsatility (3)
- thrombosis - tumor invasion - stagnant flow (terrible portal HTN)
causes of absent flow in portal vein (3)
- passive congestion (CHF, portal HTN, splenic vein thrombosis) - lymphoma - leukemia - gauchers
causes of big spleen (4)
- cirrhosis - hepatic venous outflow obstruction
causes of decreased hepatic vein pulsatility (2)
- adjacent inflammatory process (pancreatitis/cholecystitis) - fistula formation with Crohns - Chronic dialysis patients
causes of duodenal inflammatory disease (3)
- tricuspid regurgitation - right sided CHF - increase RA pressure
causes of increased hepatic vein pulsatility (2)
portal HTN
causes of reversed flow in PV (1)
- sickle cell - Post radiation - post thorotrast - malabsorption syndrome (UC > Crohns)
causes of small spleen (4)
celiac sprue
cavitary lymph nodes with low density
Iron --> leads to iron deficiency anemia
celiac sprue causes malabsorption of _______
1- fusiform dilation of the CBD 2- diverticulum 3- choledochocele (at ampulla) 4- BOTH intra and extra hepatic 5- Caroli disease - only intra hepatic
choledocal cyst types (5)
cholesterolosis - not hypertrophied wall and diverticula like in adenomyomatosis
cholesterol and triglyceride deposition in the lamina propria of the GB =
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
cirrhotic liver pattern is "central regenerative hypertophy" = ______
Salmonella --- "Salmonella, Splenic abscess" -- especially in sickle cell or trauma
classic bug for splenic abscess
"crossing the pylorus" "no obstruction"
classic description of gastric lymphoma
increased risk of pancreatitis
clinical relevance of pancreatic divisum
healed peptic ulcer of the duodenal bulb
clover leaf sign
squamous carcinoma - think HPV
colonic cancer that occasionally arises in the anus
eosinophilic esophagitis
concentric rings on esophagram "ringed esophagus" = ______
- VHL - PKD - CF
conditions associated with simple pancreatic cysts (3)
extrahepatic malignancy advanced cardiac disease advanced pulmonary disease active substance abuse *portal HTN is NOT a true contraindication
contraindications to liver transplant (4) - what is NOT a true contraindication
UC
crohns vs UC: increased risk for cancer
superficial colitis cystica
cystic dilatation of the mucous glands throughout entire colon that are small
...
cystic neuroendocrine
Colonic CMV
deep ulcerations in immunosuppressed patients in colon
1 - initial normal waveform 2 - no diastolic flow 3 - dampening sytolic flow, tardus parvus, RI <0.5 4 - loss of hepatic waveform
describe waveforms for syndrome of impending thrombosis after liver transplant - 4 stages
hyadatid cyst - Well defined hypoattenuating mass on CT with a charactersitic floating membrane or daughter cyst - May have peripheral calcification.
diagnosis?
HCC: - older people with cirrhosis - rarely calcifies and high AFP Fibrolamellar HCC: - young people without cirrhosis - sometimes calcifies with normal AFP
difference between HCC and Fibrolamellar HCC: - age population - cirrhosis - calcifies? - AFP level
Ephiphrenic on right Para-esophageal on left
difference between epiphrenic and paraesophageal hernia?
Extracellular: - stay outside the cell and are blood flow dependent (like CT contrast) - cause T1 shortening Hepatocyte specific: - taken up by normal hepatocytes and excreted into the bile - use when proving an FNH, bile leaks, for picking new lesions after baseline
difference between hepatocyte specific vs extracellular gadolinium agents? uses of both?
Dysplastic nodule is T1 bright while regenerative nodule is T1 dark - both do not enhance
difference between regenerative and dysplastic hepatic nodule
Organoaxial: - greater curvature flips over the lesser curvature - antrum stays in the same place Mesenteroaxial: - twisting over the mesentery - antrum moves up
difference in anatomy between organoaxial and mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus
late findings of chronic pancreatitis
dilatation and beading of the pancreatic duct with calcifications =
moulage sign (seen in celiacs) - looks like a tube with wax poured in it
dilated bowel with effaced folds is what sign?
primary sclerosing cholangitis
dilated intrahepatic bile ducts is very rare in all forms of cirrhosis EXCEPT _______
esophageal pseudodiverticulosis
dilated submucosal glands with multiple small outpouchings = _______
Intestinal lymphangiectasia
dilation of the intestinal and serosal lymphatic channels = _______
primary sclerosing cholangitis (mainly INTRAhepatic ducts)
disease causing progressive inflammation leading to multifocal strictures of intra and extrahepatic bile ducts
NO
do GIST tumors get lymph node enlargement typically?
NO!
do UC patients get large LNs
No! they get "squeezed out" - lesions in a cirrhotic liver should be treated with more suspicion
do cirrhotic livers have normal incidental masses
NO (but esopahgeal webs do increase risk for cancer)
do duodenal webs increase risk for adenocarcinoma
cervical esophagus
do killian jamieson diverticulums occur in the hypopharynx or cervical esophagus
Yes! - because they are pre-malignant
do mucinous cystic neoplasms need to be removed? why?
hypopharynx - above the cricopharyngeus
do zenkers occur in the hypopharynx or cervical esophagus
No - UC is continuous
does UC have skip lesions?
NO (only gastric ulcers) - if you see multiple duodenal ulcers, think Zollinger Ellison syndrome
does aspirin therapy also cause duodenal ulcers
gastric fundus "MEN are superior (on top) so MENetrier's disease involves the TOP (fundus) of the stomach"
does menetrier's disease involve the gastric fundus or antrum?
yes!
does portal hypertensive colopathy get better after hepatic transplant
NO!
does serous cystadenoma of pancreas communicate w/ pancreatic duct
they usually do NOT obstruct, even with massive circumfrential involvement
does small bowel lymphoma commonly cause obstruction?
- main hepatic veins and IVC patent - Portal waveforms will be abnormal (pulsatile)
doppler findings of hepatic veno-occlusive disease
ductal obstruction (T2), cystic changes (necrosis), delayed enhancement of tumor and affected upstream pancreas
ductal adenocarcinoma
- loss of T1 signal (pancreas is normally the brightest T1 structure in the body) - delayed enhancement - dilated side branches
early signs of chronic pancreatitis (3)
pancreatic adenocarcinoma
enlarged gallbladder with painless jaundice, highly suspicious for _______
Lymphoma Normal spleen- hypo to liver on CT, Iso to slightly hyper on US
enlarged spleen, Dx?
- medial to femoral vein - posterior to inguinal ligament - (usually on the right)
femoral hernias are (medial/lateral) to femoral vein and (anterior/posterior) to inguinal ligament
FNH - FL HCC is T2 Dark
fibrolamellar HCC vs FNH: which one is T2 Bright
FNH - fibrolamellar HCC scar does NOT enhance
fibrolamellar HCC vs FNH: both have central scars, but which one has enhancement of the scar?
FL HCC
fibrolamellar HCC vs FNH: calcifies sometimes
FL HCC
fibrolamellar HCC vs FNH: gallium avid
"A" - atrial contraction
first part of triphasic waveform of hepatic veins
Gastric Carcinoma! - outlet obstruction - focal mass - distal stomach - invade beyond serosa
gastric carcinoma vs gastric lymphoma: - more likely to cause outlet obstruction - more likely to be a focal mass - more likely to be in distal stomach - more likely to extend beyond the serosa
mesenteroaxial - stomach twists along short axis - displacement of antrum above the GE junction - can lead to ischemia and obstruction
gastric volvlus in kids
organoaxial - rotation of the stomach along its long axis - antrum rotates anterosuperiorly - fundus rotates posteroinferiorly
gastric volvlus in old laides w/ paraesophageal hernias
portal HTN is most common cause pre - portal vein thrombosis intra - cirrhosis post - right sided heart failure, tricuspid regurgitation, budd-chiari
groups of causes of slow flow in the portal vein (<15cm/s)? - specific causes ?
T1-Hypo, T2- hyper, +C- interuptted peripheral nodular enhancement
hepatic hemangioma
renal melanoma carcinoid choriocarcinoma thyroid islet cell (*hypervascular tumors)
hepatic hyperechoic mets on US (6)
colon lung pancreas
hepatic hypoechoic mets on US
First waveforms are normal D deeper than S: - tricupsid regurgitation (mild to moderate) - B and C on image Fused A, S, and V waveforms with large retrograde D pulse - severe tricuspid regurgitation - D on image
hepatic vein triphasic waveform diagnosis: - D wave is deeper than S
right heart failure - "s" closer to "r" on alphabet, so it is deeper
hepatic vein triphasic waveform diagnosis: - S wave deeper than D
Littre hernia
hernia containing a meckel diverticulum
richter hernia
hernia containing one wall bowel and DO NOT obstruct
Amyand hernia
hernia with appendix in it
barretts
high stricture + associated HH
fatty liver
hot liver on xenon
- asymptomatic (incidental) - big enough, they present as an infant with breathing problems/dysphagia
how can esophageal duplication cysts present? (2)
must biopsy the central scar! - if not, results will show normal hepatocytes
how do you biopsy an FNH
V1 - V2 / V1 - V1 is peak (systolic) - V2 is lower (diastolic)
how do you calculate the resistive index
kids: duodenal obstruction adults: pancreatitis
how does annular pancreas typically present: - in kids? - in adults?
eats up the right sided heart valves (tricuspid and pulmonic valves) causing regurgitation
how does carcinoid affect the heart
- regenerative nodule: T2 dark - HCC: T2 bright regenerative nodule degenerates to HCC
how does regenerative nodule look on T2? HCC?
steroids
how is eosinophilic esophagitis treated?
total mesorectal excision
how is rectal cancer treated?
3-4 weeks
how soon after pancreatitis starts does infection begin to occur?
Budd Chiari - Hepatic venous outflow obstruction - can be thrombotic or non-thrombotic
hypercoagulable, Dx?
menetrier's diease
idiopathic gastropathy w/ rugal thickening
water soluble contrast - safe in the belly
if you are worried about a leak, what do you use for the exam?
-rapid systolic upstroke -0.5 to 0.7 RI -hepatic artery <200 cm/sec
in NORMAL liver transplant US: -describe the systolic upstroke -normal RI -normal hepatic artery velocity?
between the stomach and pancreas, to the left of the liagment of treitz
in left paraduoenal hernia, describe the location of the "sac of bowel"
hepatic artery
in patients with hepatofugal (away from liver) flow in the main portal vein, the shunted blood comes from the _________
Cirrhosis Chronic Liver Disease - Hep B/C - hemochromatosis - alpha 1 antitrypsin
in what settings does HCC typically occur? (2)
celiac sprue regional enteritis
increased risk of small bowel adeno with which two conditions?
bowel wall lymphoma
increased risk of which cancer with celiac sprue
viral hepatitis
infection buzzword: "starry sky" liver
- giardia - strongyloides
infections that like duodenum and proximal small bowel (2)
- TB - Yersinia
infections that like the TI (2)
retroperitoneal bleed
injury to "bare area" of liver results in intra or retro - peritoneal bleed
5 - aka carolis
intrahepatic dilation only
NO! - RI can be low/normal/high in cirrhosis
is RI useful in cirrhosis or predicting how severe it is?
can be primary (MALT) or secondary to systemic lymphoma
is gastric lymphoma primary or secondary
pancreas is a retroperitoneal structure
is the pancrease intraperitoneal or retroperitoneal
splenic vein thrombus - can be from pancreatic cancer or pancreatitis
isolated gastric varices, think about ______________
Chronic Budd Chiari - Caudate hypertrophy and atrophy of peripheral liver with prominent regenerative nodules - can get large caudate collateral vessels - can develop large multiacinar regenerative nodules called focal nodular regenerative hyperplasia which have a halo sign (shown here) or just avid homogenous enhancement persisting into venous phase
jaundice and portal HTN, Dx?
Chronic Budd Chiari - Caudate hypertrophy and atrophy of peripheral liver with prominent regenerative nodules - can get large caudate collateral vessels (shown here) - can develop large multiacinar regenerative nodules called focal nodular regenerative hyperplasia which have a halo sign or just avid homogenous enhancement persisting into venous phase
jaundice and portal HTN, Dx?
shwachman-diamond syndrome
kid w/ diarhrea, short stature (metaphyseal chondroplasia) and eczema
CMV and HIV
large flat esophageal ulcer DDx (2)
BREAST or lung mets
linitis plastica can be mets from which cancers
granulomas and adhesions
long term sequela of barium peritonitis (2)
whipples
low density (near fat) enlarged LNs
hemochromatosis
low signal on in phase and higher signal on out of phase of liver - opposite of fatty liver
Wirsung
major pancreatic duct is called
Hepatic Adenoma - benign, uncommon neoplasm seen in young women with high estrogen environment, including steatosis and oral contraceptive use. Anabolic steroids, diabetes, and glycogen storage disease are other causes - features often seen include hypervascularity, fat, hemorrhage, and encapsulation - will not take up gadoxetate (eovist) - usually cold on TcSC
male w glycogen storage disease Dx?
true diverticulum (congenital)
meckel's diverticulum- true or false diverticulum
Trousseau's syndrome - seen with pancreatic adenocarcinoma
migratory thoombophlebitis also called what? seen with what?
santorini (S - superior, S- smaller aka minor)
minor pancreatic duct =
hemangioma
most common benign liver neoplasm = _______
Hemangioma - contrast uptake and delayed washout
most common benign neoplasm in the spleen - imaging characteristic?
Adenoma
most common benign tumor of the colon and rectum = ________
right posterior segmental branch emptying into the left hepatic duct
most common biliary variant of the liver = ________
EtOH cirrhosis
most common cause of hepatic portal hypertension in the USA
Schistosomiasis
most common cause of hepatic portal hypertension worldwide
posttraumatic "pseduocysts" - no epithelial lining - occur from infarction, infection, hemorrhage, extension from pancreatic pseudocyst
most common cystic lesion in the spleen - occur secondary to what? (4)
stomach
most common extranodal site for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
posterior fundus of stomach - look for the normal adrenal gland
most common location for a gastric diverticulum
Right hepatic lobe
most common location for hepatic adenoma
retrovesical space - flow of ascites dictates the location of implants
most common location for peritoneal carcinomatosis
closed loop obstruction (often with strangulation)
most common manifestation of internal hernia
GIST
most common mesenchymal tumor of the GI tract
pancreatic lipomatosis - most common cause in kids: CF - most common cause in adults: burger king (cushing, chronic steroid, HLD)
most common pathologic condition involving the pancreas = _______ - causes in kids/adults
slipped nissen - telescoping of GE junction through the wrap
most common reason for recurrent reflux
H. pylori
most common risk factor for gastric carcinoma
gastrinoma - 2nd most common overall
most common type of islet cell tumor associated with MEN syndrome
Insulinoma
most common type of neuroendocrine tumor in pancreas
replaced right hepatic - arising from the SMA
most common vascular variant to liver = _______
ascaris induced pancreatits
most commonly implicated parasite in pancreatitis
short esphagus
most comon reason for slipped nissen
pancreatic ca
most crucial complication of chronic pancreatitis
IPMN - intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
mucin producing neoplasm arising from duct epithelium in pancreas
few larger cysts degree of wall thickening, nodularity
mucinous nonneoplastic cysts mucinous ctadenoma mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
McKittrick-Wheelock syndrome
mucous diarrhea --> severe fluid and electrolyte depletion Dx?
Herpes - Herpes has a Halo
multiple and small ulcers with halo of edema
glycogen acanthosis - mimic of candidiasis
multiple esophageal nodules in asymptomatic old person
E. Coli
multiple hepatic abscesses
tropic pancreatitis
multiple large calculi within a dilated pancreatic duct in a young patient =
serous cystadenoma
multiple small cysts around a calcified central scar in the pancreatic head = ____
littoral cell angioma
multiple small hypoattenating foci on late portal phase and hemosiderin on spleen MRI + clinical hypersplenism
- lymphoma - met (melanoma)
multiple target signs in small bowel (2)
peliosis - usually liver - can explode spontaneously
mutliple blood filled cyst like spaces in a solid organ = ____? - what organ does it typically affect - complication?
diverticulosis with circular muscle hypertrophy. cogwheel narrowing of the sigmoid lumen. hypertrophy of the colonic circular muscle layer and shortening of the longitudinal layer (TAENIA) cause irregular narrowing of the colonic lumen.
myochosis
Rokitansy-Aschoff sinuses
name of the mucosal diverticula that get filled in adenomyomatosis
von-hippel lindau MEN-1
neuroendocrine tumor associations
MRCP or ERCP
next step if suspected pancreatic ductal injury
colonic ileus or Ogalvie syndrome - marked diffuse dilation of the large bowel without a discrete transition point - associated with adynamic ileus and abdominal distention - Descending colon is often less distended than more proximal colon
no obstrucing lesion, Dx?
pancreas > liver > spleen - pancreas and liver are T1 bright - spleen is T2 bright
normal MRI signal characteristics: T1 bright in descending order
like a big watery lymph node - T2 bright - T1 dark - bright on diffusion
normal appearance of spleen: - T1 - T2 - diffusion
flow: towards the liver (antegrade/hepatopedal) velocity: 20-40 cm/s
normal flow and velocity in the portal vein
wandering spleen
normal spleen that wanders off and is in an unexpected location = ______
Mirizzi syndrome
obstruction of common heaptic duct due to impacted cystic duct stone =
A S D
order of letters of triphasic wavform
MIBG Octreotide
other scans to help assist with diagnosis of carcinoid
- donor SMA (supplies head) - donor splenic artery (supplies body/tail)
pancreas transplant gets arterial inflow from which vessels (2)
the bowel - older transplant, via the bladder
pancreas transplant has exocrine drainage via what?
- donor portal vein - receipient SMV
pancreas transplant has venous drainage from what vessels (2)
budd chiari
rapid onset ascites might make you think about _____
Solid Pseudopapillary Tumor of the Pancreas
rare, low grade malignant tumor in young black or asian females in the pancreatic tail
ligamentum venosum (where the replaced right hepatic artery runs)
remnant of ductus venosus
Patients less than 40 yo. Sickle cell trait > disease. Poor prognosis, < 4 months. hypovascular. more often in males (2:1). May extend from the medulla to the cortex and perinephric space in advanced cases.
renal medullary carcinoma
adenomyomatosis
results from hyperplasia of the wall with formation of intramural mucosal diverticula which become filled with cholesterol crystals in the GB =
barretts
retiuclar mucosal pattern in the esophagus =
strangulation - they do NOT obstruct
richter hernias are at increased risk for obstruction or strangulation?
right
right or left sided heterotaxy: apslenia
left
right or left sided heterotaxy: azygous continuation of the IVC
left
right or left sided heterotaxy: biliary atresia
right
right or left sided heterotaxy: cardiac malformations
left
right or left sided heterotaxy: polpysplenia
right
right or left sided heterotaxy: reversed aorta/IVC
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis (most common) - recurrent pyogenic cholangitis - clonorchis sensesis (liver fluke) - HIV - Hep B/C - EtOH - thorotrast
risk factors for cholangiocarcinoma (7) - most common in western countries
Colitis infection: cdiff, also CMV, Salmonella, Campylobacter CDiff- stop other abc- give vanco or metro Ischemia and UC Radiation, lymphoma, typhlitis (TB, Yersenia, Amebosis)
s/p infection, Dx?
Focal Nodular Hyperplasia (FNH)
second most common benign liver neoplasm
Epidermoid cyst ("true" cyst) - grow slowly - can cause symptoms if they are big enough
second most common cystic lesion in the spleen
lipoma
second most common tumor in the colon = _____
kasabach merritt
sequestion of platelets from giant cavernous hemangioma =
cluster of small cysts (T2 hyper) w central low T2 (calcified scar). T1 enhanced septations on delay- fibrous. oligocystic variant- looks like mucinous bengn older
serous cystadenoma
VHL
serous cystadenoma is associated with what disease
candidiasis
shaggy esophagus with discrete plaque-like lesions on barium
crohns disease involvement of the gastric antrum
significance of rams horn deformity?
- GIST - primary adenocarcinoma - lymphoma - ectopic pancreatic rest - met (melanoma)
single target sign in small bowel (5)
carcinoid
small bowel loop separation WITH tethering (1)
Non-hodgkin
small bowel lymphoma is usually hodgkins or non-hodgkins?
cancer - probably mets (i.e. melanoma)
small bowel with nodules of larger or varying sizes (1)
lymphoid hyperplasia
small bowel with uniform (2-4mm) nodules (1)
T2 bright solid, cystic degen/necrosis
solid pseudopapillary tumors
Hepatic adenoma
solitary hepatic lesion seen in a female on OCPs = ______
hepatic adenoma
solitary hepatic lesion seen in a male on anabolic steroids =______
- Meckel's diverticulitis (mimic appendicitis) - GI Bleed (use Tc petechnetate scan) - lead point for intussusception - cause obstruction
some complications of Meckels (4)
Occur in: - trauma - pancreatitis - higher incidence in women of child bearing age who have had two or more pregnancies (more likely to rupture)
splenic artery pseudoaneurysm - in what two main settings can they occur? - in what population are they more common and higher risk
z line - endoscopy only finding
squamocolumnar junction corresponds to which line
Gardner's syndrome
syndrome associated with increased risk of periamupllary carcinoma
- HNPCC - BRCA mutation - ataxia- telangiectasia - peutz-jeghers
syndrome associations with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (4)
esophageal spasm - "nutcracker esophagus" requires manometric findings (>180 mmHg)
tertiary contractions with pain = _______
visceral peritoneum
the liver is covered by _______
low resistance - so blood flow wont stop during diastole
things that need blood all the time have (high/low) resistance waveforms
Hydatid or Echniococcal cysts - caused by Echinococcus granulosus paraside - hydatid cyst: spherical mother cyst that contains smaller daughter cysts - "water lily" sign
third most common cystic lesion in the spleen (most common worldwide) - caused by? - characteristic finding on imaging
Feline esophagus
transient, fine transverse folds which course the esophagus = ______
Bacterial cholangitis - can cause hepatic abscess
triad of "jaundice, fever, and right upper quadrant pain"
- splenomegaly - RA - neutropenia "SANTA wears FELT"
triad of feltys syndrome
CA 19-9
tumor marker for pancreatic adenocarcinoma?
- Risk factor for esophageal and hypophyarngeal carcinoma - Plummer Vinson Syndrome: --- Fe deficiency anemia, dysphagia, thyroid issues, "spoon shaped nails"
two associations of esophageal webs
- acute rejection (#1 cause) - splenic vein thrombosis
two causes for pancreatic graft failure - what is the number one cause?
- barium peritonitis - barium intravasation
two main complications of barium
- EtOH - gallstones
two most common causes of chronic pancreatitis
ligamentum teres (round ligament)
umbilical vein runs in the ______
biliary cystadenoma
uncommon benign cystic neoplasm of the liver in middle aged women that can cause pain or jaundice = ______
mucinous cystic neoplasm "MUCINOUS is the MOTHER"
unilocular cystic lesion in the pancreatic body/tail with peripheral calcifications , with cysts >2cm = ______
Benign gastric ulcer - behind the expected lumen - sharp contour - lesser curvature of stomach
upper GI study: Hampton's Line
esophageal duplication cyst
water density cyst in the posterior mediastinum = ______
low cystic duct insertion
what anatomy increases risk of Mirizzi syndrome?
separation of the loops caused by infiltration of the mesentery, increase in mesenteric fat and enlarged LNs
what are "proud loops"
- delayed enhancement - peripheral biliary dilation - capsular retraction
what are 3 key findings of cholangiocarcinoma
1. defect of transverse mesolcolon 2. mesenteric defect at the enteroenterostomy 3. behind the roux limb mesentery placed in retrocolic or antecolic position***
what are 3 potential sites for internal hernias after roux en y gastric bypass
- vit deficiencies - tropical sprue - terminal leukemia - uremia - thyroid toxicosis - mercury poisoning
what are associations of superficial colitis cystica (6)
- not a true polyp: enlarged papillary fronds filled w/ lipid filled macrophages
what are cholesterol polpys of GB
- uphill varices - bottom half of esophagus
what are esophageal varices caused by portal HTN called? where do they occur?
Cholesterol (75%) - pigmented (25%)
what are most gallstones made of
islands of hyperplastic mucosa
what are pseduopolpys in crohns
- ERCP - Medications (valproic acid) - Trauma (kids) - Pancreatic cancer - Infectious
what are some additional causes of acute pancreatitis (5)
cholecystis AIDS PSC hepatitis Heart Failure Cirrhosis
what are some causes of gallbadder wall thickening (6)
- chronic inflammation - multiple transfusions
what are some causes of secondary hemochromatosis (2)
- fistula formation - abscess - gallstones - fatty liver - sacroiliitis
what are some complications of crohn's disease (5)
- sigmoid - cecal - cecal bascule
what are the 3 types of colonic volvulus
- Insulinoma - Gastrinoma - Non-functional
what are the 3 types of neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors
- IVC - portal vein - CBD - Hepatic artery
what are the 4 connections in liver transplantation
- downhill varices - top half of esophagus
what are the esophageal varices caused by SVC obstruction called? where do they occur?
No necrosis: < 4 weeks: acute peripancreatic fluid collection > 4 weeks - pseudocyst Necrosis: < 4 weeks - acute necrotic collection > 4 weeks - walled off necrosis
what are the fluid collections in pancreatitis called (and timing)
- Fibrosis (decreased T1 and T2) - Fatty replacement (increased T1)
what are the two main changes seen within the pancreas in patients with CF
- gallstones - EtOH
what are the two most common etiologies of acute pancreatitis
- increased risk for diabetes (most of your beta cells are in the tail) - associated with polysplenia
what are the two things you need to know about dorsal pancreatic agenesis
- Carcinoma (95%) - Lymphoma
what are the two types of gastric cancer?
- Celiac - Crohns - AIDS - SLE
what conditions have higher risk for small bowel lymphoma (4)
hot
what do FNH look like on sulfur colloid
tapering of the gastric antrum which causes the stomach to look like a ram's horn
what does "ram's horn deformity" refer to
discontinuous involvement of the bowel
what does "skip lesions" mean
irregular appearance to bowel wall caused by longitudinal and transverse ulcers separated by areas of edema
what does cobblestoning mean in crohn's
tardus - slowed systolic upstroke parvus - decreased systolic velocity
what does tardus parvus mean - each word
atrophy
what happens to spleen in celiacs
ends up in systemic circulation and kills via PE ~ 50% of time
what happens with barium intravasation
Cryptosporidium
what infection classically causes AIDS cholangiopathy
post-inflammatory polpys - long and worm like
what is "filiform" in crohns
early manifestation from obstructive lymphedema - Crohn's buzzword
what is "squaring of the folds" in crohns disease mean
Pulmonary artery aneurysms
what is a "classic" complication of Behcets
Hiatal hernia that is fixed/non-reducible and greater than 5 cm
what is a "short esophagus"
0.5-0.7
what is a normal RI in the liver
can perforate ---> psudomyxoma peritonei
what is a possible complication of mucinous cystadenoma
swollen left supraclavicular node
what is a virchow node
- uncommon complication of post billroth 2 - obstruction of the afferent limb (adhesions, intestinal hernia) --> build up of biliary, pancreatic, and intestinal secretions
what is afferent loop syndrome after billroth 2 surgery
esophageal stricture - seen in 90% of cases
what is an association with pseudodiverticulosis
Ogilvie Syndrome
what is another name for colonic pseudo-obstruction
- serotonin syndrome: flushing and diarrhea - when met to liver
what is carcinoid syndrome? when do you develop carcinoid syndrome?
portal hypertensive gastropathy - thickened gastric wall
what is cause of upper GI bleed in patients with Portal HTN but no varices?
- a bunch of serpiginous vessels in the porta hepatis which may reconstitute the right and left portal veins - caused by portal vein thrombus
what is cavernous transformation of the liver? what causes it?
non-rotated small bowel with normally rotated large bowel
what is classic setting for right sided paraduodenal hernais
problems swallowing secondary to compression from an aberrant right subclavian artery
what is dysphagia lusoria
chronic reflux esophagitis
what is esophageal pseudodiverticulosis caused by? (1)
seen in sigmoid volvulus - all 3 dense lines converge towards site of obstruction
what is frimann dahl's sign
increased risk for gallbladder ca (5x higher risk)
what is importance of Mirizzi syndrome
markedly enlarged pancreas with fatty replacement
what is lipomatous pseudohypertrophy of the pancreas
idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis = lane hamilton syndrome
what is lung association with celiac sprue
emergently drained - it can rupture into the pericardium
what is management of amebic abscess in the left lobe? why?
omental surface can get implanted by cancer and become thick - "posterior displacement of the bowel from the anterior abdominal wall"
what is omental seeding/caking
Fe deficiency anemia dysphagia thyroid issues spoon shaped nails
what is plummer vinson syndrome
chronic constipation in a nursing home patient - "sigmOLD volvulus" in an old person
what is predisposing factor for sigmoid volvulus?
- gelatinous ascites - Causes: ruptured mucocele (usually appendix), intraperitoneal spread of a mucinous neoplasm
what is pseudomyxoma peritonei? what causes it?
- direct connection to the IVC through its own hepatic veins - supplied by branches of both the right and left portal veins
what is special about the blood supply of the caudate lobe (segment 1) of the liver (2)
superior - grynfeltt-lesshaft inferior - petit
what is superior lumbar hernia called? inferior?
marked narrowing of the terminal ileum - from a combination of edema, spasm, and fibrosis
what is the "string-sign" in crohns
- scarring from peptic ulcers - granulomatous disease (crohns, sarcoid, TB, syphilis) - scirrhous carcinoma
what is the DDx for ram's horn deformity of the stomach (3)
stenosis (more commonly than thrombosis)
what is the MC cause for parvus tardus waveform in liver transplant
narrowing of the TI
what is the Stierlin sign of TB of bowel
"onion sign" - layering within cystic mass
what is the buzzword finding for mucinous cystadenoma on ultrasound
stage 3 - adventitia Stage 4 - invasion into adjacent structures
what is the difference between stage 3 vs stage 4 esophageal cancer
similar to hemangioma - progressive fill in the solid portions
what is the enhancement pattern of solid pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas
biopsy
what is the gold standard for diagnosing celiac sprue
SMA and celiac axis involvement - if involved, will make the cancer unresectable
what is the key to staging of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
fistula formation - to anything: other piece of bowel, bladder, uterus, vagina
what is the main long term complication of diverticulitis
pancreatic divisum - the main portion of the pancreas is drained by the minor papilla
what is the most common anatomic variant in the human pancreas? - what is the variant anatomy?
inflammatory psuedocyst - from acute or chronic pancreatitis
what is the most common cystic lesion in the pancreas?
benign stricture - post traumatic from surgery or biliary intervention
what is the most common etiology for jaundice
complete fatty replacement of the pancreas
what is the most common imaging finding in adult CF
stomach
what is the most common location for sarcoid in the GI tract
melanoma
what is the most common met to small bowel
distal appendix - second is terminal ileum
what is the most common primary location for carcinoid
hepatic angiosarcoma
what is the most common primary sarcoma of the liver
histoplasmosis (with multiple round calcifications) - splenic TB can have similar appearance - Brucellosis (solitary large calc)
what is the most common radiologically detected splenic infection - some other infections (2)
spleen
what is the most common solid organ injured in trauma
type 1
what is the most common type of choledochal cyst
paraduodenal hernia - most commonly left
what is the most common type of internal hernia
OATP bile uptake transporter - takes in Eovist - decrease in number with hepatocarcinogenesis
what is the transporter than moves biliary contrast agents into cells
collis gastroplasty - AKA lengthening of a fundoplication
what is the treatment of a short esophagus
AFP will be elevated
what is the tumor marker for HCC
6mm - originally described by ultrasound
what is the typical measurement still used for appendicitis
give IV fluids to reduce risk fo hypovolemic shock
what is treatment for barium peritonitis
splenomegaly
what is typically the only sign of the spleen in sarcoidosis
patients after bone marrow transplant
what kind of patients get GVHD
ilecocecal region
what part of bowel does Behcets MC affect
MAI infection
what pathogen causes pseudowhipples
younger person - associated with "long mesentery
what patient population gets cecal volvulus
increased intraabdominal pressure - ascites, COPD - usually asymptomatic
what predisposes to obturator hernias
Balthazar score - outcome depends on the degree of pancreatic necrosis
what score is used to determine prognosis in pancreatitis? - what main finding do the outcome depend on
<60 degrees
what should doppler angle be
Dermatitis Herpetiformis
what skin problem do celiac sprue patients get
adenocarcinoma - if squamous, think HPV (STD)
what subtype of cancer is rectal cancer typically
hepatic artery - hepatic artery is king in the transplanted liver
what supplies hepatic ducts after liver transplant
NF-1
what systemic disease is the association with GIST
Treated breast cancer mets - can cause contour changes that look like cirrhosis
what treated cancer can cause Pseudo Cirrhosis?
villous adenoma
what type of adenoma carries highest risk for becoming cancer
adenocarcinoma in the gastric remnant
what type of cancer risk exists in patients with old school peptic ulcer surgeries
hamartomas
what types of polpys do they get in juvenile polpys?
IMV and left colic artery
what vessels does left paraduodenal hernia contain
> 1cm - most likely not cholesterol (adenoma/papilloma)
when are GB polpys removed
primary peritoneal mesothelioma - occurs 30-40 years after initial asbestosis exposure
when asbestos involves the peritoneal surface, it is called ____
Stage T3 - they will need chemo/rads prior to surgery
when can rectal cancer not be immediately surgically excised?
when > 5cm - can bleed and rarely turn into cancer
when do you resect hepatic adenomas
2-3cm
when do you treat splenic artery aneurysm
- elderly patients - patients with h. pylori
when does areae gastricae enlarge (2)
first 6 weeks
when does splenic vein thrombosis in pancreatic transplant occur
3-10 days after transplant
when does thrombosis occur in liver transplant
profunda colitis cystica
when the cystic dilation of the mucous glands is large within the pelvic colon and rectum, called ____
Anterior and Lateral
where do Killian-Jamieson diverticula occur (front/side/back)?
cervical esophagus, near cricopharyngeus
where do esophageal webs occur
behind SMA, below the transverse segment of the duodenum at the "fossa of waldeyer"
where do right sided paraduodenal hernias occur
Semilunar line - through the transversus abdominus aponeurosis - close to level of arcuate line
where do spigelian hernias occur
genitals and mouth
where do ulcers of behcets typically occur
- actual buzzword is "Jejunal Ulcer" - duodenal bulb is most common location
where does Zollinger-Ellison favor
Mid esophagus
where does a traction diverticulum occur in the esophagus (superior/mid/distal)
duodenum
where does adenocarcinoma most commonly occur in small bowel
antrum
where does crohns favor in the stomach
antrum
where does h. pylori favor in the stomach
"crosses the pylorus"
where does lymphoma favor in the stomach
- Aortic arch level - distal esophagus
where does medication induced esophagitis usually occur (2)
fundus
where does menetrier's favor in stomach
duodenum and proximal jejunum
where does whipples affect
- the duodenjujunal junction --- aka fossa of landzert
where is exact location of left paraduodenal hernias
- porta hepatis (bare area) - gallbladder fossa
where is the liver not covered by visceral peritoneum (2)
right hepatic lobe (segments 5-8)
which lobe of the liver is commonly transplanted in adults?
D: infection in necrosis
which of the following is the most "salient"? a. hemorrhage in the pancreas b. necrosis in the pancreas c. fluid collection d. infection in necrosis
Billroth 1
which surgery?
Billroth II
which surgery?
peutz-jeghers cowdens cronkite-canada juvenile polpys
which syndromes get hamartomas (4)
gardner turcots
which two syndromes get FAP
Traction - pulsion diverticula will not empty because they contain no muscle in their walls
which type of diverticulum will empty? Traction or Pulsion?
Paraesophageal
which types of HH (axial/paraesophageal) has a higher rate of incarceration?
Pseudowhipples - CD4 < 100
whipples appearance in an AIDS patient
women of child bearing age - NOT associated with prior asbestos exposure
who gets cystic peritoneal mesothelioma
old ladies
who gets femoral and obturator hernias
CF patients - wall thickening of the proximal colon as a complication of enzyme replacement therapy
who gets fibrosing colonospathy? and what is it?
- thorotrast exposure - NF - hemochromatosis - arsenic use - radiation - polyvinyl chloride exposure
who gets hepatic angiosarcomas (6)
AIDS cholangiopathy
who gets papillary stenosis
- women on OCPs - men on anabolic steroids - *AIDS - *renal transplant pts - Hodgkin lymphoma
who gets peliosis (5) (multiple randomly distributed blood-filled cavities throughout the liver. The size of the cavities usually ranges between a few mm to 3 cm in diameter)
- typically done for severe type 1 diabetes - usually with a renal transplant
why is pancreatic transplant typically performed? with what other organ?
eosinophilic esophagitis
young man with long history of dysphagia and atopia