Pathology
What do 80% of cirrhosis patients tend to develop?
Hepatocellular carcinoma
A distended GB would measure how large and how would you measure it?
in transverse plane - diameter - >4cm
The pancreas serves what two functions?
endocrine and exocrine
Most common renal malignancy
renal cell carcinoma
The head of the pancreas wraps around the duodenum
annular
What is it called when a stone in the cystic duct compresses the CBD?
Mirrizzi Syndrome
Give me 3 sonographic findings of cholecystitis
edemic walls
thickened walls
+Murphy's sign
gallstones
pericholecystic fluid
CBD - posterior
GDA - anterior
a rectangular anechoic area just outside the renal pelvis
area of separate splenic tissue located at the hilum of the spleen
accessory lobe
What is the name of an echogenic foci located within an appendix lumen?
Wall is the sign to distinguish a gallstone in a contracted gallbladder?
WES sign - wall, echo, shadow
Where in the pancreas would show the least amount of symptoms from pathology?
tail
a column of bertin usually indicates the kidney has what?
a duplicated collecting system
renal cortical tissue extending into/across the renal sinus
column of bertin
What is the most common location for varices due to portal hypertension?
esophogeal
When the pyramids of a kidney are hard to distinguish how do we describe that?
loss of corticomedullary differenitation
How long after pancreatitis does a pseudocyst tend to form?
4-6 week after
what makes up the bladder trigone
2 ureters and the urethra
hypertrophic area of renal cortical tissue usually on the lateral aspect of the left kidney
dromedary hump
Candidiasis is what type of process in the liver and what is its typical appearance?
fungal - wheel within a wheel
cholecystokinin (CCK)
The pancreatic tail lies directly medially to what part of what structure?
hilum of the spleen
renal vein lies where in relation to the renal artery at the renal pelvis?
anterior and inferior
an ectopically placed spleen
"wandering" spleen