Imaging

Question 1

What imaging modality is used to assess the pituitary gland?

Answer 1

• MRI

Question 2

Where is the pituitary found?

Answer 2

• midline
• inferior to hypothalamus
• posterior to sphenoid sinus

Question 3

What is the pituitary gland inferior to?

Answer 3

• hypothalamus
• infundibulum
• optic chiasm

Question 4

Swelling of the pituitary gland may result in what?

Answer 4

• bitemporal visual loss

Question 5

What imaging modality is used to assess the thyroid

Answer 5

• CT

- USS

Question 6

During thyroid surgery what structures may be damages?

Answer 6

• recurrent laryngeal nerve

- parathyroid glands

Question 7

Thyroid mass may cause what to the trachea?

Answer 7

• tracheal deviation

Question 8

Thyroid scintigraphy uptake of >3% may indicated what?

Answer 8

• Grave’s disease

Question 9

What imaging modality is used to assess the adrenal glands?

Answer 9

• CT

- MRI

Question 10

What shape to the adrenal glands appear on CT?

Answer 10

• Y shaped

Question 11

What are potential abscess of the adrenal gland?

Answer 11

• phaeochromocytoma
• adrenal adenoma
• adrenal metastasis

Question 12

Low attenuation mass on the adrenals indicates?

Answer 12

• adrenal adenoma

Question 13

Bone girth is increased by what?

Answer 13

• periosteum

Question 14

Bone length is increased by what?

Answer 14

• cartilage proliferation growth plates

Question 15

Typical sites of osteoporosis?

Answer 15

o Proximal femur
o Sacrum and pubic rami
o Thoracolumbar vertebral bodies
o Distal radius

Question 16

Pagets disease appears as what?

Answer 16

• Enlarged bone
• Increased density
• Coarse trabecular pattern