Breast Sonography ARDMS Actual Exam 2025 With Questions and Correct Answers
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Breast Sonography ARDMS Actual Exam 2025 With Questions and Correct Answers
What modality does the sentinel node procedure Correct Answer Nuclear medicine
Procedure in which blue due is injected in front of tumor or in periareolar region. Agent flows through lymphatic system and create a "hot...
Breast Sonography ARDMS Actual Exam
2025 With Questions and Correct
Answers
What modality does the sentinel node procedure Correct Answer
Nuclear medicine
Procedure in which blue due is injected in front of tumor or in
periareolar region. Agent flows through lymphatic system and
create a "hot spot" in the sentinel node Correct Answer Sentinel
node procedure
Common complication of implant in which the body forms a thin
rim of scar tissue around the implant usually within one week
Correct Answer Fibrous capsule
Occurs when the fibrous capsule gets harder and begins to
tighten progressively around the implant causing the implant to
become too rounded causing asymmetry Correct Answer
Capsular contracture
Capsular contracture is more commonly found with what type of
implant Correct Answer Smooth shelled subglandular implant
Break in the implant shell and fibrous capsule allowing silicone to
seep into tissues of breast along chest wall and axilla Correct
Answer Extracapsular rupture
ABBI stands for Correct Answer Advanced breast biopsy
instrumentation
,Advantages of ABBI Correct Answer Large core specimen,
reduces sampling errors, ability to excise small lesions (up to
2cm)
Disadvantages of ABBI Correct Answer Limited availability,
expensive, requires radiologist and surgeon, increased risk of
bleeding and scarring, removes more normal tissue, stitches,
surgical excision still required with malignancy and unclear
margins
Most common type of invasive carcinoma Correct Answer
Invasive ductal carcinoma (60-70%)
Second most common invasive carcinoma Correct Answer
Invasive lobular carcinoma (8-13%)
Least common invasive carcinoma Correct Answer Papillary
Six types of invasive carcinoman Correct Answer Ductal, lobular,
tubular, medullary, colloid, papillary
Four types of noninvasive carcinoma Correct Answer DCIS,
instacystic papillary, Paget's disease, LCIS
Most common noninvasive carcinoma Correct Answer DCIS
Cause of malignant masses typically being non mobile Correct
Answer Extension across tissue planes
Malignant tumors that grow rapidly and are moveable. Well
Marginated, round or oval, hypoechoic. May be similar to
fibroadenoma Correct Answer Medullary
,Benign tumor with malignant potential. Looks similar
microscopically to giant fibroadenoma Correct Answer Phyllodes
tumor
Name for malignant form of phyllodes tumor Correct Answer
Cystosarcoma phyllodes
Name for benign form of phyllodes tumor Correct Answer Giant
fibroadenoma
Five sites of Mets from primary breast CA Correct Answer Axillary
nodes, bone, lung, brain, liver
In females, most common primary CA site with breast Mets
Correct Answer Melanoma
In males, most common site of primary CA with breast Mets
Correct Answer Prostate
Risk factors for women for breast cancer Correct Answer Post
menopausal, family history, early menarche/late meno, AMA first
pregnancy, nulliparity/infertility, radiation, exogenous estrogen,
postmeno obesity
Which artifact may cause structures to look deeper than they
actually are? Correct Answer Propagation speed error
The optimum operating frequency for a broad-bandwidth
transducer would be : Correct Answer 10 MHz
In breast sonography, what is NOT significantly affected by the
limited field of view when imaging superficial structures? Correct
Answer Temporal resolution
, Which of the following affects the actual intensity of the sound
utilized for imaging? Correct Answer Output power
The dynamic range of a display is the : Correct Answer Number of
gray shades
Using color/power doppler while a patient hums to better dilineate
a mass is called : Correct Answer Fremitus
A standoff pad thicker than 1 cm is not recommended because it
will : Correct Answer Affect the optimal placement of the fixed
elevation plane focus
Which type of transducer does NOT allow the sonographer to
vary the focusing capabilities? Correct Answer Mechanical sector
When taking patient history for a breast sonogram, what
information from a previous mammogram would not be
considered relevant? Correct Answer Name of radiographer
Image of amplitude is affected by : Correct Answer Power, overall
gain, and time gain compensation (TGC)
High-frequency transducers used in breast imaging provide
excellent resolution of breast tissues but limited : Correct Answer
Penetration
When using the 123-ABC method of annotation, "B" would
indicate : Correct Answer Mass is in the mammary zone
In the 123-ABC method of annotation, the number denote the :
Correct Answer Distance from the nipple
Which method of patient positioning is the best for evaluation the
medial aspect of the breast ? Correct Answer Supine
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