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Imaging of the Abdominal Viscera Flashcards

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Abdominal radiography has a lower ———- and ———- than CT but still retains a useful role in diagnosis

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Sensitivity and specificity

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Abdominal radiography (AXR) features:

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  • patient supine
  • exposure taken on expiration
  • should include diaphragm, pubic symphysis, lateral flank lines
  • sof tissue structures and bony detail should be well demonstrated
    0 no overlying artefacts eg clothing, zips
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Valid reasons for referral for abdominal radiography (AXR) (8):

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  • clinical suspicion of obstruction
  • acute exacerbation of IBD
  • palpable mass (specific circumstances)
  • constipation (elderly)
  • acute and chronic pancreatitis (specific circumstances)
  • sharp/poisonous body eg battery
  • blunt or stab injury
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For abdominal pain only what imaging mode is appropriate?

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  • AXR not usually indicated
  • US, erect CXR, CT KUB, CT abdomen
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Inappropriate requests for abdominal radiography (AXR) (5):

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  • abdominal pain only
  • Right or left iliac fossa pain
  • Right upper quadrant pain
  • Epigastric pain
  • Altered bowel habits
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Normal appearances of abdominal radiography (AXR)?

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Large bowel and rectum = normal
Contains faeces and air giving a mottled appearance

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Why refer to abdominal CT (5)?

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  • to assess tumour staging
  • to determine disease eg cirrhosis
  • to determine site and causes of obstruction
  • to identify perforation - free air
  • trauma
  • for biopsy or other interventional procedure
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What is shown?

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  • abdominal axial CT
  • distended colon
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Axial CT abdomen

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What modality?

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CT colonoscopy

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CT colonoscopy (5):

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  • known as CTC or virtual colonoscopy
  • can replace barium enemas for patients whom colonoscopy has failed
  • assess for strictures/ Carcinoma of the colon
  • minimally invasive low dose of radiations
  • comparable accuracy to optical colonoscopy
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CT colonoscopy can be viewed as a virtual colonoscopy by

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Images obtained in all planes can be reconstructed to 3D

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CT colonoscopy requirements:

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  • bowel must be empty; high dose laxative
  • distended with gas via rectal tube
  • IV contrast given to demonstrate tumours
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Who can refer for MRI abdomen?

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  • not usually from primary care; outpatient/inpatient most common
  • liver, gynaecological, prostate, MRI bowel most common
  • patients must be able to lie still and be MRI safe
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MRI of the bowl: generally called?

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MR Enterography

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MR enterography:
- commonly used to
- comparison to barium Studies
- assess for (4)

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  • commonly used to evaluate the extent of Crohn’s disease
  • more sensitive and specific than barium studies
  • assess for thickening of bowel wall, fistulae, abscesses, inflammatory changes
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MR Enterography requires

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  • patients to starve for 4-6 hours
  • drink 1.5L contrast to distend the bowel to evaluate the bowel wall
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Which modality shown below?

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Axial MRI abdomen
MR Enterography

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Which modality shown below?

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MR Enterography

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MRCP stands for

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Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

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MRCP (5):

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  • non invasive
  • to assess biliary tree, pancreatic ducts; stones, strictures tumours
  • replaces ERCP for some patients
  • data obtained and reformatted to create 3D images
  • breath hold technique used
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Which imaging modality shown below?
What does the white arrows show?

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Abdominal ultrasound

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  • good first line test for solid viscera
  • referral reasons should be specific and appropriate; jaundice, suspected gallbladder disease, mass
  • all abdominal organs scanned in both transverse and longitudinal planes
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What pathology? AXR

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Small bowel obstruction

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What pathology? AXR

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Large bowel obstruction
Distended over gem

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Perforation: what do the arrows show? What sign?

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If abdominal perforation, exr may be appropriate & is seen by

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A thin crescent of air under right hemidliaphragm, which is a normal finding in post operative period

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What pathology shown below?

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  • Abdominal perforation
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What pathology shown below?

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Yellow-raunde=kidneystones
Red= larger = edge of liver over kidney = gallstones

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Abdominal aortic aneurysm

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  • more than 5 1/2cm
  • risk of rupture increases with size
  • result in massive haemorrhage
  • surgical repair
  • sometimes an incidental finding
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What imaging modality? What pathology?

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Abdominal radiography (AXR)
Abdominal aortic aneurysm

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What imaging modality? What pathology?

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Abdominal axial CT
Abdominal aortic aneurysm

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What imaging modality? What pathology?

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Coronal volume CT with contrast
Abdominal aortic aneurysm

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