FINAL Summer 2014 Flashcards
Signs of paranasal sinusitus on upright Water’s or upright coronal CT are:
a) opacification with air fluid level
b) hyperacration
c) mixed opacification and air density
d) Rounded, well defined, soft tissue density
a) opacification with air fluid level
The most common neoplasm to produce paraneoplastic syndrome such as HPT, Cushing’s syndrome or acromegaly and produce mediastinal widening?
a) squamous cell
b) small cell
c) large cell
d) carcinoid
b) Small cell
On this view the right ventricle is non-border forming:
a) PA
b) Lateral
c) LAO
d) RAO
a) PA
Small bowel obstruction (mechanical ileus) produces _________ on the palin film upright radiograph? put air up the butt
a) Multiple water filled loops of bowel
b) Distended gas filed loops/air-fluid levels
c) Distended gas filled loops/no air fluid levels
d) fluid/fluid levels due to fat and fluid separation
b) Distended gas filled loops/air-fluid levels
All of the following are causes of large bowel obstruction (mechanical ileus)? which is most common
a) intussusception, adhesions
b) colon cancer, diverticulitis
c) ovarian mets, vulvulus
d) bowel hernia, distended bladder
b) colon cancer, diverticulitis
Lymphangitic carcinomatosis/pulmonary lymphatic mets, causes reduced - lymph absorption edema is most commonly related to primaries of the stomach, pancreas, prostate and breast and will show all of the following findings except:
a) kerly lines
b) Hilar LAN
c) Reticulonodular pattern
d) 3-5mm nodules
d)3-5mm nodules
Descending order of incidence for aortic aneurysm location is: Most common to least common:
a) aortic arch, thoracic, ascending, abdominal
b) thoracic, ascending, abdominal, arch
c) ascending, arch, thoracic, abdominal
d) abdominal, arch, thoracic, ascending
d) abdominal, arch, thoracic, ascending
Marfans syndrome would cause a ________ aneurysm?
a) Stanford A
b) Stanford B
a) Stanford A
A common posterior mediastinal mass:
a) Bronchogenic cyst
b) IVF schwanoma
c) aortic aneurysm
d) esophageal achalasia
b) IVF schwanoma
SLANT- Spine (tumor, infection), Lymphoma, Aneurysm (descending aorta), Neurogenic turmors (nerve root, schwanoma, sympathetic chain), TB-abcess, potts, cold abcess in psoas.
Healed end stage (not active-not bleeding) secondary/post primary TB usually produxes radographic upper lung
a) air space sonsolidation, cavitation
b) fibrotic nodules, conglomerulate masses
c) nodular densities, multiple calcific nodules
d) fibrosis, cicatrix atalectasis
d) fibrosis, cicatrix atalectasis
Probably the most common potentially life-threatening disorder encountered in patients presenting with back pain:
a) Infectious diskitis
b) Multiple myeloma
c) emphysematous cholecystitis
d) abdominal aortic aneurysm
d) abdominal aortic aneurysm
Which of the following are characteristic findings of acquired valvular heart disease (usually mitral and aortic) which means typically causes valvular stenosis? Pick all correct choices
a) alterations in the caridac size
b) valvular calcifications may be present
c) Alterations in pulmonary vascularity
d) alterations in size and shape of specific cardiac chambers
a) alterations in the caridac size
b) valvular calcifications may be present
c) Alterations in pulmonary vascularity
d) alterations in size and shape of specific cardiac chambers
True of both Hodgkin’s lymphoma? and non Hodgkin’s lymphoma?:
a) Anterior mediastinal mass
b) Pleural effusion
c) Interstitial lung pattern
d) bimodal age distribution
a) Anterior mediastinal mass
Pancoast tumor is a(n) __________ usually:
a) bronchogenic carcinoma
b) carcinosarcoma
c) alveolar cell carcinoma
d) bronchial adenoma
a)bronchogenic carcinoma
Aortic coarctation? classic radiographic finding:
a) bilateral rib notching
b) unilateral rib notching
c) Rt ventricle enlargent
d) compression of the trachea
a) bilateral rib notching
Upright abdominal or lumbar spine plain film would not be helpful in the evaluation of
a) free peritoneal air
b) acute pancreatitis
c) abnormal calcifications
d) gas and fluid patterns
b) acute pancreatitis
The presence of pulmonary hematogenous mets:
a) Indicates slow primary growth
b) May have no signs and symptoms at discovery
c) Indicates the primary lesion is a carcinoma
d) indicates the primary lesion is a adenoma
b) May have no signs and symptoms at discovery
A patient with multiple small cavitating pulmonary nodules without air fluid levels ,nasopharygeal mass with diffuculty nose breathing and renal disease is likly suffering from:
a) Carters syndrome
b) Wegeners disorder
c) Erasmus syndrome
d) Langerhans histocytosis/eosinophilic granuloma
b) Wegeners disorder
WHere in the body are air fluid levels normal? Pick 2
a) maxiallry sinus
b) proximal large bowel
c) Lung
d) Gastric fundus
b) proximal large bowl
d) Gastric fundus
A patient with an acute abdomen showing distended loops of small bowel 5dm in diameter has a(an) ________ small bowel pattern
a) Normal
b) abnormal
b) abnormal
Which of the following causes pulmonary edema related to pulmonary venous hypertension Pick all that apply
a) Mitral stenosis
b) pulmonary fibrosis
c) Congestive heart failure
d) ammonia gas inhalation
c) congestive heart failure
Periostitis - diffuse synovitis and digital clubbing may be a clinical indication of:
a) atelectasis
b) previous pulmonary infarction
c) Pleuritis
d) Pulmonary neoplasm
d) pulmonary neoplasm
Westermarks sign and hamptons hump are radiographic features of:
a) pneumothorax
b) myocardial infarction
c) pulmonary embolism/infarction
d) pneumococcal pneumonia
c) pulmonary embolism/infarction
The pancoast syndrome consist of:
a) localized emphysema, epical pulmonary mass, rib pain
b) arm pain, cervical spine pain, hilar pulmonary mass, horners syndrome
c) Bloody sputum, apical pulmonary mass, arm pain, vertebral destruction
d) Oculoosympathetic interference, arm pain, neck pain, apical pulmonary mass
d) Oculoosympathetic interference, arm pain, neck pain, apical pulmonary mass
The end stage findings of empyema (infections, massive pleural effusion) may result in:
a) Plerual plaque calcification
b) herniation of ipsilateral lung tissue
c) Tracheal deviation to contralateral side
d) Expanded rib cage on ipsilateral side
a) Plerual plaque calcification
Eisenmenger physiology results in:
a) Cardiac arrest
b) Great exercise for the right ventricle
c) Left atrial enlargement
d) Increased pulmonary gaseous transmission
a) Cardiac arrest
Chiropractic clinicians should be aware that many intrinsic organ diseases refer pain. Abdominal visceral disease may refer pain to the musculoskeletal system. Kidneys and ureters may refer pain to the _________ (where patients with kidneys stones
a) lumbar spine, pelvis
b) groin, flank
c) lower thoracic spine
d) sacral region
b) groin, flank
Costophrenic angle blunting may indicate pleural scar, low flat diaphragm or
a) free pleural effusion
b) atelectasis of a lower lobe
c) Basal sub-segmental infiltrate
d) subpulmonic pleural effusion
a) free pleural effusion
Next to lymph nodes and ectopic thyroid, this might be a third common cause for middle mediastinal masses.
a) trachea
b) esophagus
c) aorta
d) azygos vein enlargement
b) esophagus
Best cardiac examination for chamber wall thickness and volume?
a) echocardography
b) Retrograde aortography
c) coronary arteriography
d) Thallium scan
a) echocardiography