09 - GI

Question 1

(megaesophagus)

1. yeah…
2. look out for what (in lungs)?

Answer 1

2. aspiration pneumonia: alveolar pattern in cranioventral lung

Question 2

(esophagus - FBs)

1. use what is FB is non-radiopaque?

Answer 2

1. positive contrast

Question 3

what does left lateral view mean?

Answer 3

left side down

Question 4

(GDV)

1. what view should you use - why?
2. how is fundus displaced?

pylorus?

3. what other organ affected directly due to vascular supply?

Answer 4

1. right lateral view - in GDV the pylorus gets moved to the left and you want gas in it for better visualization
2. ventral and to the right

cranial and to the left

3. spleen (get splenomegaly)

Question 5

(gastric neoplasia)

1. survey rgraphs often normal

Question 6

what is ileus?

Answer 6

disruption of propulsive ability of GI tract

Question 7

what is the best view to assess pylorus and why?

Answer 7

left lateral -> fills it with gas

Question 8

(SI)

1. what will you see with FB obstruction?
2. linear fb?

Answer 8

1. two populations!
2. placation of the bowel

Question 9

(SI)

(mural disease)

1. what are the two most common cancers?
2. most commonly see signs of what?

Answer 9

1. lymphoma and adenocarcinoma
2. mechanical obstruction (like FBs)

Question 10

(SI)

intussusception leads to signs of what?

Answer 10

mechanical obstruction (often don’t see intuss itself)

Question 11

(SI)

1. will see what with enteritis or IBD?

Answer 11

1. nothing or mild generalized distension

Question 12

(mesenteric volvulus)

1. see what?
2. what is it?

Answer 12

1. severe generalized gas distension of bowel
2. complete twisting of a loop of intestine around its mesenteric attachment site

Question 13

(LI)

1. see what with colitis?

Answer 13

1. fluid-filled colon, wall thickening