DXI ABDOMEN ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH

DXI ABDOMEN (ACTUAL / ) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH

VERIFIED ANSWERS

What are risk factors of AAA - #answers#Smoking, male over 65 yoa

What is the best way of screening for a AAA - #answers#Ultrasound

What is the average growth rate of a AAA - #answers#0.2-0.3 cm/year

What is mass calcification pattern look like - #answers#Can be solid, amorphous, curvilinear, flocculent, speckeled

Dense center, irregular margins

Typically ovoid in shape.

Where is mass like calcification's likely to form? This is d/t - #answers#M/C in mensenteric lymph node d/t previous infection

Popcorn calcific mass that is likely not to metastasizes? - #answers#Fibroid (leiomyoma)

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Which type of calcification involves all 3 germ layers - #answers#Teratoma

Describe concretions (stones) - #answers#Typically solid, small, laminated and located within hollow organ/duct

What is a form of treatment for concretions - #answers#lithotripsy shockwave therapy

T/F Staghorn calcification's are considered concretions - #answers#True, staghorn

What can cause staghorn calcification's - #answers#Due to recurrent infection, renal tract anomalies, spinal cord injuries, neurogenic bladder,

When referring to the gallbladder what are the 4 F's - #answers#-fat -40 -female -fertile

Which type of concretion is more likely to appear on x-ray - #answers#Nephrolithiasis 85%

What forms a triple phosphate in regards to stones - #answers#Magniesium, ammonium and phosphate

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