ARDMS Abdomen Outline Exam Questions And Answers 2024, Exams of Advanced Education

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Ventral Hernia - Correct Answer-a bulge of tissues through an opening of weakness within your abdominal wall muscles. It can occur at any location on your abdominal wall. Many are called incisional hernias because they form at the healed site of past surgical incisions. Inferior epigastric artery= key landmark Inguinal Hernia - Correct Answer-A groin (inguinal) hernia occurs when part of the intestine bulges through a weak spot in the abdominal wall at the inguinal canal. The inguinal canal is a passageway through the abdominal wall near the groin. Inguinal hernias are up to 10 times more common in men than in women. Incisional Hernia - Correct Answer-a protrusion of tissue that forms at the site of a healing surgical scar. This type of hernia accounts for 15-20 percent of all abdominal hernias.

Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy - Correct Answer-overgrowth of prostate tissue pushes against the urethra and the bladder, blocking the flow of urine Arteriovenous fistula - Correct Answer-communication between an artery and a vein Renal artery stenosis - Correct Answer-The renal resistive index is a nonspecific prognostic marker in vascular diseases that affect the kidney. High resistive indices (>0.8) in native kidneys are associated with renal dysfunction and adverse cardiovascular events TIPS - Correct Answer-transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, The in-stent velocities are typically higher than in a native portal vein normal TIPS velocity: 90-190 cm/sec, normal portal vein velocity before entering the TIPS: ~30 cm/sec phasic waveform

the portal vein branches normally reverse their flow into the shunt Postsurgical breast abnormalities - Correct Answer-Dense scar tissue forms, can be mistaken for breast cancer, scarring causes increased reflection and reduced penetration of the ultrasound beam Hyperechoic Mets - Correct Answer-related to GI tract primary Hypoechoic Mets w hypervascularity - Correct Answer-renal cell carcinoma Hypoechoic Mets - Correct Answer-related to lymphoma Cystic lesion Mets - Correct Answer-sarcoma Bulls eye mets - Correct Answer-lung primary Mets lesions - Correct Answer-low resistance flow

UTI usually starts - Correct Answer-in the bladder and ascends to the kidneys ERCP can lead to air in - Correct Answer-the biliary tree micronodular cirrhosis (<1cm) - Correct Answer-alcohol consumption macronodular cirrhosis (1-5cm) - Correct Answer-chronic viral hepatitis Heterozygous sickle cell anemia - Correct Answer- splenomegaly intrahepatic cholestatis - Correct Answer-liver disease extrahepatic cholestasis - Correct Answer-obstruction chronic renal failure - Correct Answer-decrease in size, increase in echogenicity

neuroblastoma - Correct Answer-will not distort the renal contour or disrupt the capsule nephroblastoma - Correct Answer-will distort the renal contour and disrupt the capsule allograft - Correct Answer-transplanted organ transudate ascites - Correct Answer-CHF, liver and kidney disease exudate ascites - Correct Answer-malignancy pancreas divisum - Correct Answer-embryonic failure of fusion of the pancreas tissues Kaposi's sarcoma - Correct Answer-most common liver malignancy seen with AIDS patients