Measurements
The aorta should not exceed 3 what?
CM
Bunny
AN
without
(Anechoic)
Your patient is an 85-year-old woman who has a history of smoking.
Aorta
A bulge in the aorta measuring 5cm
If a kidney measures 11.5cm on the right side, what could the left measure?
9.5-12.5cm
This image shows the ligamentum venosum
Sag LLL Caudate
LIP
fat
(Lipoma)
Your patient is a 45 year old female who complains of postprandial pain and pain radiating to her shoulder. What exam do you order?
Gallbladder
A round, well-circumscribed, anechoic, structure with posterior enhancement.
Cyst
What organ healthily measures 9-13cm?
Spleen
(Kidneys is 9-12cm)
CBD, HA, MPV
TRV RLL, portal triad, mickey mouse
MYO
Muscle
(Myometrium)
Your patient is a fifteen year old male getting over mono and wants to be cleared to return to football. What exam are you ordering?
spleen
A four and a half foot woman with a 16cm liver
Hepatomegaly
How many measurements are placed on a sag kidney and how many measurements are placed on a trv kidney?
Sag-2
Trv-1
This image is sag and shows the CBD, MPV, and IVC as they enter the liver.
Sag RLL porta hep
HEPATO
Liver
Your patient is a 50-year-old woman who has a history of breast cancer with sudden unexplained weight loss and jaundice. What exam do you order?
Panc
Patient will experience flank pain. Ultrasound will show an echogenic focus with posterior shadowing.
Nephrolithiasis
What two organs/body parts should be less than 3mm if they are wnl?
GB wall and CBD
This image shows the RPV dumping down, the gallbladder, and the main lobar fissure
Sag RLL porta hep
EXO
outside
(Example: exophytic)
Your patient is a 67 year old male with a history of alcoholism, a distended belly, jaundice, and hypertension. What exam do you order?
ABD, particular attn to vessels
Echogenic, mobile foci, with posterior shadowing. Often seen with a positive Murphy's sign
Cholelithiasis