Ardms Abdomen Board Review Latest Update

Ardms Abdomen Board Review Latest Update

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5% of thyroid cancers associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia, increased

calcitonin - CORRECT ANSWER: medullary carcinoma

a 1 week old male infant presents with a left flank mass. an IVP demonstrates a normal right kidney, but there is no visualization of the left kidney. A sonogram is performed and numerous noncommunicating round cystic structures are demonstrated in the left renal fossa, the largest of which is located laterally. No renal parenchyma is identified. The

right kidney is normal. This most probably represents:

severe hydronephrosis, polycystic kidneys, a multicystic kidney, nephroblostoma,

unilateral renal agenesis - CORRECT ANSWER: a multicystic kidney

a 2-year old boy presents with hematuria and a palpable left flank mass. An ultrasound examination is performed, and a solid renal mass is identified. This finding is most characteristic of which of the following choices?hypernephroma, wilm's tumor, neuroblastoma, infantile polycystic kidney disease, renal

infarction - CORRECT ANSWER: Wilm's tumor

a 35 year old woman presents with a tender neck, and on physical exam an enlarged thyroid is found. An enlarged inhomogeneous thyroid with irregular borders is seen on

the sonogram. This is most characteristic of:

a malignant lesion, graves disease, cyst, adenomatous hyperplasia, hashimotos

thyroiditis - CORRECT ANSWER: hashimotos thyroiditis

a 42 year old female presents postcholecystectomy with right-upper quadrant pain, eleveated serum bilirubin (mainly conjugated), and bilirubin in her urine. This is best

characteristic of:

hepatitis, stone tumor or stricture causing obstruction of the bile duct, small common duct stone less then 5 mm in diameter, alkaline phophatase will be normal, pancreatic pseudocyst - CORRECT ANSWER: stone, tumor, or stricture causing obstruction of the bile duct 1 / 3

a 44 year old patient presents with painless jaundice and a palpable right upper

quadrant mass. This is most characteristic of:

acute hepatitis, cirrhosis, porcelain gallbladder, courvoisier gallbladder, klatskin tumor -

CORRECT ANSWER: courvoisier gallbladder

a 60-year old man presents with hematuria and nocturnal urination. The ultrasound findings include an enlarged symmetrical homogeneous prostate. This is most

characteristic of:

seminal vesicle disease, acute prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, carcinoma of

the prostate, normal prostate - CORRECT ANSWER: benign prostatic hyperplasia

a common cause of acute pyelonephritis?hypertension, pyogenic bacteria, renal cell carcinoma, hydronephrosis - CORRECT

ANSWER: pyogenic bacteria

a condition that may affect the adrenal gland:

neonatal hypotension, severe fulminant tuberculosis infection, malignant lung carcinoma, breast carcinoma, all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER: all of the above

a cystic mass that extends from the renal pelvis to outside the renal capsule is: a parapelvic cyst, an extrarenal pelvis, a renal artery aneurysm, a grade 2

hydronephrosis, duplex collecting system - CORRECT ANSWER: an extrarenal pelvis

a fold or septum on the posterior wall between the body and neck is called? -

CORRECT ANSWER: Junctional Fold

a hyperplastic change in the gallbladder wall is known as..? - CORRECT ANSWER:

adenomyomatosis

a jaundiced male child with a hemolytic disorder may be found to have a(n): 2 / 3

increase in direct bilirubin, increase in indirect bilirubin, increase in alphafetoprotein,

increase in prothrombin time, normal liver function tests - CORRECT ANSWER:

increase in indirect bilirubin

a liver measurement greater than ____ - ____ cm is considered hepatomegaly -

CORRECT ANSWER: 15-20

a malignant solid renal mass can be all of the following except:

renal cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma of the kidney, oncocytoma, transitional cell

carcinoma - CORRECT ANSWER: oncocytoma

a patient in the late stages of sickle cell anemia will have a spleen that is:

enlarged and lobulated, enlarged and echogenic, small and hypoechoic, small and

echogenic - CORRECT ANSWER: small and echogenic

a patient presents with ampulla of Vater obstruction, distension of the gallbladder, and painless jaundice. this is associated with which of the following choices?hydropic gallbladder, choledochal cyst, courvoisers sign, hartmann's pouch, kehrs sign -

CORRECT ANSWER: courvoisiers sign

a prominent uncinate process will displace the ________ ________ artery and vein

_______ to the pancreas - CORRECT ANSWER: superior mesenteric, anterior

a resistive index (RI) greater than 0.70 in a kidney is consistent with early:

obstructive jaundice, obstructive hydronephrosis, renal cell carcinoma, benign renal

cyst, polycystic renal disease - CORRECT ANSWER: obstructive hydronephrosis

a retroperitoneal abscess may be found in all of the following except:

rectus abdominus muscle, psoas muscle, iliacus muscle, quadratus lumborum muscle -

CORRECT ANSWER: rectus abdominus muscle

a shotgun sign is seen when... - CORRECT ANSWER: bile ducts are dilated

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