Chapter 40 liver and spleen Flashcards
1) Which of the following is not a radiographic sign of hepatomegaly in dogs?
a) Liver length more than 5.5 times the length of T11 in mesocephalic dogs.
b) Rounding of the caudoventral liver margins
c) Caudal displacement of the left kidney
d) Caudal displacement of the gastric axis
c
2) True of false, gas within the bile duct in cats can be found as an incidental finding?
a) True
b) False
2) A apparently can be seen and believed to be sphincter of oddi incompetence
3) Which of the following is best described by the following description(CT?): Diffuse enhancement in the hepatic arterial phase, persistent enhancement in the portal venous phase.
a) Hepatocellular carcinoma
b) Metastatic lesions within the liver
c) Benign hepatic adenoma
d) Nodular hyperplastic lesions in the liver
c need to state imaging modality
4) Which of the following is best described by the following description (CT?): heterogenous enhancement in all phases, and hypoattenuating compared to normal liver parenchyma in the portal and delayed phase.
a) Hepatocellular carcinoma
b) Metastatic lesions within the liver
c) Benign hepatic adenoma
d) Nodular hyperplastic lesions in the liver
a
5) What is the ellipsoid formula for calculating gallbladder volume?
a) Length x width x height
b) Length x width x height x 0.24
c) Length x width x height x 3.14
d) Length x width x height x 0.52
d
6) What is the normal approximate gallbladder volume of a cat?
a) 2ml
b) 2.4ml
c) 3ml
d) 3.6ml
b
7) What is the most common diffuse hyperechoic hepatopathy in cats?
a) Steroid hepatopathy
b) Hepatic lipidosis
c) Hepatic fibrosis
d) Hepatic cirrhosis
b
8) What is the most common primary hepatic tumour in a dog?
a) Cholangiocellular carcinoma
b) Neuroendocrine tumour
c) Hepatocellular carcinoma
d) Haemangiosarcoma
c
9) What is the most common primary hepatic tumour in the cat?
a) Biliary cystadenoma
b) Cholangiocarcinoma
c) Haemangiosarcoma
d) Neuroendocrine tumour
9) A but B is the most common malignant neoplasia
10) Using CEUS, how do malignant nodules usually appear in the liver?
a) Isoechoic to surrounding normal liver during peak normal liver perfusion
b) Hypoechoic to surrounding normal liver during peak normal liver perfusion
c) Hyperechoic to surrounding normal liver during peak normal liver perfusion
d) Hypointense to surrounding normal liver during peak normal liver perfusion
b
11) The most common causes for generalized splenomegaly in a cat are…
a) FIP
b) Toxoplasma
c) Lymphosarcoma
d) Mast cell infiltration
c,d
12) The most common causes of splenic lesions in dogs are…
a) Haemangiosarcoma
b) Haematoma
c) Hyperplastic nodules
d) Mast cell infiltration
b,c
