Gastrointestinal Flashcards
gastric peristalsis occurs at what rate in normal dogs?
a) 1-2 per second
b) 6-8/ minute
c) 4-5/min
d) 2-3/ min
C
in dogs, the mucosal layer of the duodenum represents what percentage of the overall wall thickness f this segment?
a) 40%
b) 54%
c) 63%
d) 75%
C
in cats, the muscular layer of the jejunum represents what percentage proportion of the overall wall thickness of this segment?
a) 5%
b) 13%
c) 19%
d) 28%
B
which wall layers are particularly prominent in a cats ileum?
a) mucosa and submucosa
b) mucosa and serosa
c) submucosa and serosa
d) submucosa and muscularis
D
normal or abnormal ingesta in the stomach of a cat?
abnormal, hairball
a) roundworm
b) feeding tube
c) plastic foreign body
A no shadowing which is often, but not always seen with plastic.
a) gastric oedema
b) uremic gastropathy
c) gastrinoma
d) heterobilharzia
B
The ultrasonographic
features are a moderately thickened gastric
wall with prominent rugal folds and a hyperechoic
line at the mucosal–luminal interface secondary to
mineralization of the mucosa
which disease is not associated with this imaging feature?
a) PLE
b) lymphangectasia
c) histiocytic sarcoma
d) acute enteritis
D. is rare with histiocytes sarcoma though
5yo ME crossbreed, presented for pollakiuria
a) giardia
b) heterobilharzia
c) granulomatous disease
d) adenocarcinoma
B
acute haemorrhagic enterocolitis can cause which of the following?
a) thin walls, particularly the mucosal layer, intestinal atony, diffuse mild dilation of the intestines
b) thick walls, particularly the submucosa
c) hypertrophy of the mucosa with increased echogenicity. hypermotility
d) thin walls, particularly the submucosal layer, intestinal atony, diffuse mild dilation of the intestines
A
which is true about the feline caecum?
a) the full thickness of the cecal wall should not exceed 2mm
b) the follicular layer at the cull de sac of the cecum should measure no more than 2mm
c) the follicular layer at the entrance to the cecum should measure no more than 1 mm
d) the follicular layer at the entrance to the cecum should measure no more than 2 mm
D
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what’s your diagnosis?
gastrointestinal pneumotosis
which is least likely?
a) parasitic disease
b) congenital disease
c) neoplastic disease
d) foreign body reaction
c.
cestodiasis
dx duplication cyst, gossypiboma, subserosal seroma
dstal enhancement as fluid filled.
which of the following is false in differentiating gastrointestinal lymphoma and adenocarcinoma?
a) generally carcinoma lesions are shorter
b) carcinoma is more commonly associated with mechanical obstruction than lymphoma
c) carcinoma are rarely associated with lymphadenomegaly, whereas in lymphoma they are always enlarged
d) pseudolayering is a common feature of carcinoma
c. carcinoma also seen with lymphadenomegaly, but usually regional.
which of the following is not a common feature of GI leiomyomas?
a) exophytic
b) often large
c) concentric, involving the whole circumference of the wall
d) cause mechanical obstruction
D, not usually.
true or false, gastric polyps are usually hyperechoic compared to malignant gastric lesions?
true.
how can you try to differentiate GI neoplasia from feline eosinophilic sclerosing fibroplasia?
a) FGESF lesions are larger
b) FGEESF lesions are multiple but neoplasia is always single
c) FGESF is associated with patchy lesional hyperechoic areas more frequently than neoplasia
d) with FGESF there is no loss of wall layering and the mass is usually eccentric
C
which of the following is more typical for bowel infarction?
a) thickened walls, bowel dilation, after a while the layers become indistinct
b) thin wall wit no wall layers visible, bowel dilation and hypomotility
c) thick wall, bowel dilation, wall layers remain visible.
A. the adjacent fat will be hyperechoic, mesenteric vessels should be assessed for doppler flow
image of a canine pylorus: what breed is this more likely to be?
a) labradoodle
b) great dane
c) JRT
d) Shih tzu
D
congenital pyloric stenosis is most reported in which breed?
a) shih tzu
b) french bulldog
c) maltese
d) springer spaniel
B
Congenital pyloric stenosis mostly reported in
brachycephalic dogs results in concentric hypertrophy
of the circular smooth muscle layer. Gastric hyperplastic
polyp associated with obstruction can be seen in
French Bulldog puppies and in adults.
