Liver Review Flashcards
In a post liver transplant patient, the hepatic artery should demonstrate
1. A sharp systolic downstroke
2. Retrograde flow in early diastole
3. Sharp systolic upstroke
4. A high resistance waveform
- A sharp systolic upstroke
The hepatic artery should demonstrate low resistance waveform with a sharp systolic upstroke and continuous antegrade flow during diastole.
Sonographic findings commonly associated with portal hypertension include which of the following?
1. Hypoechoic liver parenchyma and gastric varices
2. Splenomegaly and hepatofugal flow in the main portal vein
3. Hyperechoic liver parenchyma and hepatopetal flow in the main portal vein
4. Splenomegaly and decreased resistance in the proper hepatic artery
- Portal hypertension is associated with compression or occlusion of the portal veins. Sonographic findings findings may include
- Hepatomegaly,
- Splenomegaly
- Hepatofugal flow in the hepatic artery
- Formation of collaterals
- Increase in diameter of the MPV, SV, and SMV.
Echogenicity of the liver parenchyma is generally hyperechoic. Hypoechoic liver parenchyma is more likely associated with hepatitis.
Gain settings should be placed to demonstrate the normal liver: as
- A medium shade of gray
- Hypoehoic to the spleen
- hyperechoic to the pancreas
- Hyperechoic to the renal sinus
- A medium shade of gray
The liver is hyperechoic to the normal renal cortex. The normal spleen is also iso-hyperechoic to the liver.
A hepatic cavernous hemangioma most commonly appears on U/S as:
- A complex mass
- Hyperechoic mass
- Isoechoic mass
- Hypoechoic mass
- Hyperechoic
Which of the following ligaments separates the left lobe from the caudate lobe of the liver?
- Coronary
- Falciform
- Venosum
- Hepatoduodenal
- Venosum
The most common cause of cirrhosis in the US is:
- Hep B
- Anorexia nervosa
- Alcohol abuse
- Biliary obstruction
c. Alcohol abuse
Which of the follow symptoms is not associated with hepatocellular carcinoma?
- Weight loss
- Abdominal pain
- Unexplained fever
- Elevated serum albumin
- Elevated serum albumin
Clinical findings of a hepatoma may include what things? 8
- Abdominal pain
- Palpable mass
- Weight loss
- Hepatomegaly
- Jaundice
- Unexplained fever
- Elevated AST, ALT, and alkaline phosphates
- Positive AFP (Alpha fetal proteins)
In the US, A hepatic abscess is most likely to develop in which of the following conditions?
- Acute pancreatitis
- Biliary obstruction
- Ascending cholangitis
- Budd- Chiari syndrome
- Ascending cholangitis
Which of the following structures separate the left lobe of the liver from the right lobe?
- LHV and MLF
- MHV and Ligamentum venosum
- MHV and MLF
- LHV and right intersegmental fissure
- MHV and MLF
The right lobe of the liver is divided into anterior and posterior segments by the:
- MPV
- RPV
- RHV
- MHV
- RHV
An accumulation of triglycerides in the hepatocytes is found in which of the following?
- Hepatic steatosis
- Cavernous hemangioma
- Glycogen storage disease
- Focal Nodular hyperplasia
- Hepatic steatosis
Excessive deposition of glycogen is found in glycogen storage disease
Patients with a history of hep B have a predisposing risk factor for developing:
- An adenoma
- Hepatoma
- Focal nodular hyperplasia
- Cavernous hemangioma
- Hepatoma
3 and 4 are vascular malformations not related to hepatitis
Daughter cysts are associated with which of the following pathologies
- Adenoma
- Fungal abscess
- Cystadenoma
- Echinococcal cyst
- Echinococcal cyst
What is a daughter cyst?
Cyst containing smaller cyst.
Which of the following hepatic structures is interlobar in location?
- Hepatic artery
- Portal vein
- Hepatic vein
- Biliary duct
- Hepatic vein
The hepatic veins course between the lobes of the liver. (Interlobar). The others generally course parallel with one another within the lobes of the liver.
The normal blood flow pattern in the main portal vein is described as:
- Phasic
- pulsatile
- Hepatofugal
- Continuous
- Phasic
Continuous flow does not vary with respiration
The hypoechoic area documented in the sonogram most likely represents:
- Nodular fibrosis
- A lymph Node
- Malignant lesion
- Normal liver tissue
- Normal liver tissue
The hepatic pathology demonstrated in this sonogram most likely represents:
- Cirrhosis
- Lymphoma
- Fatty infiltration
- Liver metastasis
Fatty Infiltration
The abnormality demonstrated in this sonograph most likely represents:
- An adenoma
- Hematoma
- Cavernous hemangioma
- FNH
- Cavernous hemangioma
What is the most suspicious descriptor of a cavernous hemangioma?
Hyperechoic mass with smooth wall margins
The finding in this duplex image of the porta hepatis is most commonly associated with which of the following conditions? (This is a MPV)
- Hepatitis
- Portal Hypertension
- Budd- chiari syndrome
- Portal vein thrombosis
B. Portal Hypertension