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Quiz: GI Sonographic Pathology & Obstruction Criteria: When the Wall Falls Down & the Plumbing Stops: Part 1 & 2: 20-966776
Quiz: GI Sonographic Pathology & Obstruction Criteria: When the Wall Falls Down & the Plumbing Stops: Part 1 & 2: 20-966776
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Which of the following disease can produce clinical manifestations of GI disease?
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Gastric foreign body
Pancreatitis
Addison’s disease
Neurological disease
All of the above
What best describes the “Manual sonogram”?
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Aggressive push of the probe into the patient to improve image quality
Pushing the probe directly into the patient
Passive manipulation of organs and interfering structures of the scanning hand to minimize depth between probe and target organ
Passive manipulation of organs and interfering structures of the non -scanning hand to minimize depth between probe and target organ
All of the above
What best describes the 5 layers of the gastrointestinal tract in order outer to lumen?
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Thick echogenic serosa, thin hypopechoic muscularis, thin hyperechoic submucosa, thick hypoechoic mucosa, lumen
Thin echogenic serosa, thick hypopechoic muscularis, thin hyperechoic submucosa, thick hypoechoic mucosa, lumen
Thin echogenic serosa, thin hypoechoic muscularis, thin hyperechoic submucosa, thick hypoechoic mucosa, lumen
Thin echogenic serosa, thin hyperechoic muscularis, thick hyperechoic submucosa, thick hypoechoic mucosa, lumen
Which of the 4 wall layers of the intestinal tract is the surgical holding layer?
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serosa
muscularis
submucosa
mucosa
all of the above
Neoplastic criteria of excessive wall thickening, lack of peristalsis, loss of mural detail is synonymous with neoplasia.
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True
False
Loss of curvilinear detail in the wall of the intestine is synonymous with neoplasia.
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True
False
The loss of curvilinear mural detail is a pattern to focus on during the sonogram of the intestinal tract
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True
False
The loss of curvilinear mural detail found during the sonogram of the intestinal tract will be visible to the surgeon during laparotomy
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True
False
Echogenic surrounding fat associated with the serosal layer of the gastrointestinal tract may indicate transmural pathology or emergent perforation
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True
False
The 4 transition regions (portals) that the sonographer must learn to image readily to assess gastrointestinal obstructive patterns are:
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gastric fundus, duodenum, ileocecal valve, proximal colon
gastroesophageal inlet, pylorus, duodenum, descending colon
gastroesophageal inlet, pylorus, ileocecal valve, proximal colon
gastroesophageal inlet, pylorus, ileocecal valve, descending colon into the pelvic inlet
Gastrointestinal foreign bodies create a wide variety of shadowing or lack of shadowing depending on their physical properties.
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true
false
Linear foreign bodies will cause accordion pleating and plication of bowel and always have significant proximal bowel dilation
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true
false
The appearance of gastrointestinal obstructions can be caused by or complicated by the following:
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Foreign body
Neoplasia
Transmural intestinal disease causing focal dysfunction
Dehydration
All of the above
Bowel infarction can resemble neoplasia and demonstrates lack of mural detail
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true
false
Which sentence is false?
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GI obstructions will have a dilated proximal intestine followed by an empty small intestine.
The small intestine may normally be on occasion found caudal to the urinary bladder with the colon.
It is important to define the appearance of the colon sonographically before deciding if there is an intestinal obstruction.
The following is consistent with GI obstruction
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Dilated stomach and small intestine to ICJ, colonic fluid.
Dilated stomach, dilated proximal small intestine, empty small intestine to the icj.
Dilated colon with dirty shadow obscuring small intestine.
Empty stomach, empty small intestine, full colon with fluid.
Intestinal torsion may cause which of the following
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Peritonitis
Obstructive pattern
Transmural loss of detail
Acute abdominal pain of sudden onset
All of the above
Mural intestinal disease including inflammatory and neoplastic pathology can occur with foreign body obstructions
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true
false
The consistency of a suspected hairball impaction can be ascertained by means of ultrasound properties.
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true
false
Worm burden appears similarly to linear foreign bodies and can create an obstructive pattern.
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true
false
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