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most commoin cardiac mass
thrombus
how to distinguish thrombus on MR
no enhancement of contrast and adjacent wall poor motion
most common bengin primary tumour cardiac for adults
myxoma
where are myxomas typically found
left atria, inter atrial septum near fossa ovalis.
MRI myxoma volaues
T1 akin to myocardium.
t2 hyperintense
can get calc and hemosiderin deposition
caridac lipomas usually found where?
right atrium
histological difference of LHIS (septal lipoma) vs actual lipoma
lipoma has a capsule on histopathology
which is the tumour of the cardiac valves?V
papillary fibroelastoma
malignant cardiac masses - common type is
sarcoma
features of malignant cardiac tumours
more than one chamber
necrosis
invasion of pericardium and epicardial fat
extension
pericardial effusion
mets
cardiac angiosarcomas typically affect where
right atrium
appearance of angiosarcoma on the MRI
cauliflwoer like
Aortic aneurysm sizes
Ascending >4
descedning >3.5
GCA produces stenoses that are
long and smooth
Infections that can cause aortitis
Staph A
Salmonella
Pneumoccus
Ecoli
2 types of Takayasou
Pre-pulseless (fveres)
Pulseless (ischaemic)
Oesophagus - shaggy borders
infection with haemorrhage
think candida
Short pedicles
reduced interpeduncular distance
champagne glass pelvis
bullet shaped vcertebra
Achonddraplasia
inferior vertebral beaking
Hurlers / Hunters syndromes
Which MRI sequence is useful for haemorrhage
Gradient Echo
What are implications of brain - infarcted core
not salvageable
what are the implications of brain for penumbra
tissue at risk - that could be saved
lentiform nucleus contains
putamen and globus pallidus
MRI - thrombus best seen on
Gradient recall echo
MRI - stroke best seen on
DWI
Subacute stroke - cellular response
cytotoxic
acute stroke - cells become
vasogenic
Post stroke mass effect peaks at
3-4 days
Cortical laimnar necrosis happens due to
lipid laden macrophages
high attenuating sub arachnoid space
ddx
bleed
meningitis
letomeningeal mets
Sub arachnoid on MRI
hyperintense FLAIR
MRI appearnce of superficial siderosis
dark sulci on T2
Perimesencephalic subarachnoid haemorrhage found where
anterior to the brainstem
cingulate gyrus found where
above the corpus callosum
central sulcus seperates
motor (frontal)
sensory (parietal)
if T1 is elongated due to pathology it will be
T1 black
what things are T1 bright
fat
melanin
proteinacious fluid
methamglobin
Contrast
ions
flow voids
What is the pattern of true restricted diffusion
Bright on DWI
dark on ADC
Causes of restriction by category
Neoplasm
Inflammation
Infection
Vascular
Toxins
Metabolic
Congenital
Treatment
seizure
Trauma
VITAMIN C
Vascular
infection
Trauma
Autoimmune
Medications
inflammation
neoplasm
Congenital
SWI is also called
GRE
if bright on SWI what are the ddx
hypertensive microangiopathy
cerebral amyloid angiopathies
vasculopath
haemorrhagic mets
fat emobolism
location of HoCM
asymmetric septum in heartat 15mm ort thickert
Appearance of an endometrioma
thick walled cyst / fluid ;level / cysts
what imaging MRI sequences are needed for macroadenoma
pre and post contrast
most likely brian tumour to haemorrhage is
glioblastoma
How to differentiate ABC from a siomple bone cyst
ABC have a periosteal reactoin
fallen fragment sign of
simple bone cyst
Menetriers get what in stomach
thickening of the rugal folds
which patient groud gets amyloid arthropathy
renal dialysis
demyelinating feature
Long T2 but no mass effects
Virchow robins found where
lower 3rd of the basal ganglia
what are the different types of MS
relapse remitting
primary progressive
progressive
How to discern McDonalds criteria for time
give GAd
acute enhacne non acute don;t
best examination for SUFE
MRI
but can see them on frog leg
Gastric ulcer - malignant features
irregular
nodular
rolled edges
super flat
Hampton’s (Harmless = benign) and Carman (Carcinoma = malignant)
what is in the prostate central zone fro young men vs old
young is mostly the central gland
old men the transitional gets huge and comes in
id have seminal vesicle hypoplasia / cysts
what is assocaited
ipsilateral renal agenesis
ADPKD
Prostate
midline cystic structure is going to be a
Urticle cyst
urticle cysts are ax with
hypospadias
Prostatitis affects which zone
peripheral zone,
low T2 and restriction on DWI
If the prostate cancer is localised in the prostate it will be a Gleeson
T2
peripheral zone is what signal
cancer will therefore be
normal is bright
cancer is dark
Porstate cancer with contrast
early enhancement
PIRADS scoring uses what parameters
T2wi, DWI/ADC, dynamic contrast
MS in the eye mostly affects where
retrobulbar intraorbital
high T2 signal
chronic will atrophy
skene glands are found where
para urethral
bartholin glands are found where
vulva, lubricating fluid
Gartner cysts are found where
under the bladder, anterolateral
list the vagina lymph drainage
deep third - external iliacs
middle third - internal iliacs
superficial third of vagina - inguinal
MS brain atrophy hits the
corpus callosum
what are the features of cardiac amyloid ?
Left ventricle
delayed enhancement to the subendocardial layer
granular echngenic myocardium
what is common channel syndrome in the pancreas
reflux between the CBD and duct of Wisreng
Pancreas phase imaging is
late arterial
pre contrast T1 imaging is useful for what
r/v of the parenchymal bulk
T1 post contrast is useful for what in pancreas imaging
unform enhancement
MRI subtraction is useful in pacnreas for
pancreatic necrosis
Appearance of chronic pancreatitis is
atrophied gland
calc
dilated / beaded duct
lipase hypersecretion syndrome get what
sub cut fat necrosis
bone infarcts
eosinophilic
pancreas - bunch of grapes
serous cystadenoma
serous cystadenoma has what appearance
central enhancing scar
grapes
stellate calc
mucinous cystic
pancreas
capsule
some peripheral calc
found in body / tail
elevatedCEA and CA19-9
IPMN can be found where
main duct or side branch
IPMN sizes
> 5mm
IPMN - bad / ,malignant features
cyst > 3cm
mural nodule
dilated MPD 5 - 9 mm
lymphadenopathy
high Ca 19-9
What are the normal measurements of a pylorus
muscle < 3mm x17mm.
transverse less than 13mm
volume less than 1.5mcc
Cholecystitis wall thickening - what size
3mm
if distended will be >4cm
hyperaemic wall
GB adneomyomatosis - what is it
cholestrol in rekitansky-ascoff sinuses
comet tail
bubbly T2 high signal
GB polyp
6 ‘s’
Size - > 1cm
single - single bad
sessile - bad, stalk good
stones - inflammation, bad
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
sixty - age
MRCP acquisiation uses what
high T2wi for fluid.
fast spin echo
contrast can be used - Esocist for T1 brightness
most common neoplasm of the cardiac valves
fibroelastomas
What is wermer syndrome also known as
MEN 1
this of course is autosomal dominant
What is involved in Men 3A
Medullary Thyroid carcinoma
phaeo
ganglioneuromatosis
Men 1 what is inovled
Pituitary adeno
parathyroid adeno
pancreatic islet cell
Osteoid osteoma >2cm is called
osteoblastoma
how does CT blood change over time?
dense for a week then reduces
2 weeks isodense to brain
Anaemia value of what can cause acute bleed to appear as brain isodense
<100
Most child intussecption is located
ileocolic
What is cronkhite - canada syndrome
GI polyps in stomach
hair loss
nail dystrophy
diarrhoea
cystic dilatation
inflamed lamina propria
What is eye of the tiger sign?
low signal intensity of flobus palladus on T2, around a hyperdense area
PANC2
haemachromatosi
caudate atrophy - disease is
huntingdons
MELAs will have what appearance
multiple focal white matter signal changes
posterior parietal
CADASIL will have what appearance
extensive white matter signal changes
Claw of normal renal tissue around mass
Wilms
Wilms, how does it behave arund vessels
Vessels are displaced / vasc invasion
What are the types of endoleak
T1 - outside the graft
T2 - reversal of flow from eg lumbar
T3 - leaking graft defect
T4 - porous graft, nor around anymore
T5 - unknown
The isoenzyme NSE is asosciated with
Small cell lung cancer
What is the difference between modic type 1 and modic tpye 2 and type 3
Modic Type 1 - Low T1, high T2, fibrovascular invasion of tissues. OEDEMA
Modic Type 2 - fatty replcaement of red marrow. (bright T1/T2),
Modic tpye 3 - sclerosis
What is an andersons lesion in spine
disc involve in spondyloarthritis ank spond
Normal atlanto axial distance
<5mm
lateral mass displacement by age
can be 6mm up to 7 years old
what are the grades of ureteric reflux
1 - 5
1 - to distal ureters
2 - up to collecting system
3 - + mild dilatation
4 - Clubbed dilatation of calices
5 - severe tortuous urter
which grades of urteric reflux need surgery
4 and 5
What is the debakley criteria and what are the categories
1 - superior and inferior
2 - superior only
III a - proximal descending
III b - all the way down descending
foraminal impingement will affect which spinal nerve
exiting
neuronal impingment will affect wich spinal nerve
traversing
Diastematomyelia
saggital splitting of the spinal cord and rejoin s
women more than men
diplomelia
splitting of cord and doesn’t rejoin
doliocephaly
dolio means long
Saggital suture closes early
Scaphocephaly
another term for doliocephaly
Brachycephaly
bicoronal suture early fusio n
Anterior plagiocephaly
unicoronal suture fusion
Turricephaly
bilateral lamboid
Posterior plagiocephaly
UNilateral lambdoid
Trigonocephaly
metopic suture of forehead closes
get triangle shape
oxocephaly / turricephaly
sagittal and coronal
differentials for plulsatile portal vein wave form
right heart failure
tricuspid regurg
cirrhosis
fistula
how to classify portal hypertension
pre - sinusoidal
sinusoidal
post sinussoidal
max portal vein diameter
13mm
recanulized paraumbilical vein is diagnostic of
portal hypertension
TIPS surveillance schedule is
1 month, every 3 months for a year and then every 6 - 12 months.
what will flow in the portal veins be like post TIPS
retrograde in the veins distal to the tips as will come back to find the TIPS entry point.
TIPS indi cations
acute variceal bleed or recurrent
refractory ascites
hepatic hydrothorax - refractory
portal hypertensive gastropathy
hepatorenal syndrome
lower GI varices
bad compression of portal veins
moderate buddchiari of moderate level disease
TIPS
absolute contraindications
severe chronic liver disease - wont cope with new nutrient delivery
severe encephalopathy - can worsen
severe right heart failure - will worsen
uncontrolled sepsis
TACE indications
unresectable HCC - palliative or bridge to tx
hepatic mets
intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
TACE - absolute contraindications
extensive tumour in liver
extra hepatic disease burden
enephalopathy
allergy to contrast
post embolisation syndrome lasts
3 days
Uterine fobroid embolization blood flow is assesed on
3D contrast enhanced MRA
how will endometritis appear on MRI
uterine enlargement
T1 bright intracavitatory haematoma
gas assocaited with endometritis.
Aortic aneurysm - measurements that need to be given are
proximal landing zone
aneurysm sac
distal landing zone
vascular access
Diameters
- size at the inferior renal artery
- aortic neck 15mm distal to renal artery
- bifurcation
- largest sac size
- sizxe of iliac arteries
unfavourable aneurysm CT findings
length >32mm
diameter <7
angulation >60
sac
- residual lumen <18mm
- distal aorta diameter <20mm
- extension, involvement of common iliac arteries
iliofemoral vessels
- common iliac artery diameter >25mm
- landing zone length <10mm
- external iliac artery diameter <6mm
malignant breast calc patterns
pleomorphic
clustered
linear/ductal distribution
benign breast calcificaitons
coarse popcorn
eggshell
tramline
broken needle
lead pipe
puncate stellate
how can you distinguish between metastatic and osteoporotic compression fractures
DWI - adc will be different
convex posterior margin for mets
signal abnormal in pedicsl - mets
main finding of pyklnodysostosis
cortical thickening with narrowed medullary cavity
shortstature
frontal bossing
hypoplasia nails
wormian bones
stubby hands
obtuse mandible
bad clavicles
how does radio frequency abblation work
cell death at 49 degrees
immediate death 60, chars at 105.
denatures proteins
tip should be at the deep margin of the tumour
what is the heat sink phenomenona
reduced tissue temperatures due to blood vessels carrying heat away
explains weird margins and poor ouitcome in large tissues
how to reduce heat sink effect
reduce blood flow to the tumour in some way.
balloon occlusion
embolise
pringle maneouvre
calcaenous - ant eaters nose
calcaneonaviluclar coalition
C spine in foot on lateral
talocalcaneal coalitions
does melanoma have drop mets
NO
what tumours do have drop mets
medulooblastoma
PNET
Ependyomoma
Pineocytoma
deaf
blue eyes
bad teeth
osteogensis imperfefta
causes of pneumotosis
primary
secondary
- obstruction
- COPD / Asthma
- iswchaemic bowel/ infarct
- corhns / UC
- nec enterocolitis
- steroids / chemo
- collagen vascular disease like scleroderma
- SLE . Dermatomyositis
unilateral delayed nephrogram differential
acute ureteral obstruction
renal artery stenosis
renal vein thrombosis
acute pyelonephritis
bilateral peristent nephrogram
low bp
ATN
contrast nephropathy
acute urate nephropathy
proetinuria
bilateral obstructive uropathy
unilateral striated nephrogram
acute urinary obstruction
acute pyelo
renal infarct
renal vein thrombosis
renal contusion
acute radiation therapy
bilateral striated nephrograms
acute urinary obstruction
acute pyelo
ATN
low bp
ARPKD