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Quiz: Sonographic Approach to the Liver
Quiz: Sonographic Approach to the Liver: 20-839854
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When clear ascites is present and the hepatic veins and vena cava are dilated, which is the most likely condition?
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Normal
Abdominal neoplasia
Passive congestion
Hepatic disease
When clear ascites is present and the hepatic veins and vena cava are dilated, which pathology is likely to be the cause?
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Pericardial effusion
Caval thrombus
Right sided heart failure
All of the above
When clear ascites is present and the hepatic veins and vena cava are contracted, which is the most true statement of the cause of the ascites?
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The pathology is in the thorax
The pathology is in the liver
Volume overload
The pathology is in NOT the thorax
When the liver is small and irregular evidencing diffuse disease and clear ascites is present with a portal vein velocity < 18 cm/sec and albumin of 2.0 g/dl, what is the most likely cause of ascites?
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PLN
PLE
Portal hypertension
Peritontis
When the liver is evidencing diffuse disease and clear ascites is present with a portal vein velocity of 22 cm/sec, subnormal BUN, negative proteinuria, no GI disease, albumin of 1.4 g/dl, what could be the cause of ascites?
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Liver failure
Pancreatitis
Carcinomatosis
PLN
Which of the following would best describe a liver that is uniformly enlarged, smooth parenchyma, has a gradually elevating alkaline phosphatase and minor excessive GB sludge?
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Lymphoma
Hepatitis
Carcinoma
Vacuolar hepatopathy
On the image of the portal hilus in long axis position, the portal vein is in which position relative to the common bile duct?
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Not seen
Above
Below
Superimposed
Focal expansion of a nodule that deviates the hepatic capsule while losing the parenchymal infrastructure within the nodule is most consistent with:
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Benign pathology
Nodular hyperplasia
Aggressive pathology or sample or surgically remove
Neoplasia
Which diagnostic option can be used to assess if a gallbladder muccele is surgical or not?
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Assess for positive Murphy sign when imaging the GB
GB motility study
Empirical treatment with recheck in 1 month as long as the patient is monitored and stable
All of the above
Increased portal markings and areas of capsular retraction are most consistent with:
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Normal liver
Neoplasia
Chronic hepatitis
Suppurative hepatitis
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