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Abdomen ultrasound registryreview test (270 terms)
What are leukocytes? - Answer white blood cells
what refers to auto transplantation of the splenic tissue in the peritoneal cavity
when the spleen ruptures or splenectomy? - Answer selenosis
what is the most common congenital pancreatic anomaly? - Answer pancreas
divisum
what is pancreas divisum? - Answer when two embryonic pancreatic buds do not
fuse properly and separate portions of the gland form with separate ductal
systems
what are adrenal rests associated with ? - Answer cushing syndrome and adrenal
hyperplasia
how do adrenal rests appear? - Answer hypoechoic multifocal masses with wheel
spoke vascularity
what is an incidentaloma? - Answer an unexpected mass found during imaging
procedure
,Abdomen ultrasound registry
review test (270 terms)
which polycystic disease is always fatal? - Answer autosomal recessive polycystic
disease (ARPKD).
what is autosomal recessive polycystic disease (ARPKD). - Answer a disease where
the kidney tissue is completely replaced by microscopic cyst that render the
kidneys non-functional in-utero and at birth
ductal walls are considered abnormally thickened if the measure.... - Answer >
2mm
what is prothrombin time (PT) ? - Answer its measured to detect levels of clotting
factors of the blood
what is thrombin? - Answer a clotting agent for the blood
what does increased prothrombin time indicate? - Answer a longer time to form a
clot
,Abdomen ultrasound registry
review test (270 terms)
what does decreased prothrombin time indicate? - Answer a shorter time to form
a clot
what is a seroma? - Answer a pocket of serous fluid that can form anywhere in
the body and is usually related to surgery or trauma
how does an oncocytoma appear on ultrasound? - Answer varied echogenicity
with a central scar related to necrosis
what is the most common malignant tumor found by sonography in pediatric
patients? - Answer nephroblastoma (wilms tumor)
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome puts children at significant risk for developing
what? - Answer nephroblastoma (wilms tumor)
what do alpha-fetoprotein levels increase with? - Answer malignancy and
pregnancy
what is the primary reason a patient might need a renal and pancreas transplant?
- Answer diabetes
, Abdomen ultrasound registry
review test (270 terms)
what happens to the caudate lobe in a cirrhotic liver? - Answer it enlarges as the
right and left lobes shut down
how does an insulinoma effect the the body? - Answer it causes an increase of
insulin in the blood stream leading to hypoglycemia(low blood sugar)
how does an insulinoma cause hypoglycemia? - Answer insulinoma increases
insulin in the blood --> insulin absorbs glucose from the blood--> increased insulin
means more glucose being absorbed--> hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
what is the most common cause of acute renal failure? - Answer acute tubular
necrosis
what is the most common cause of chronic renal failure? - Answer diabetes
what is cirrhosis commonly associated with? - Answer hepatocelluar carcinoma
(HCC)
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