Most Common

Question 1

Anatomic variant of the liver most commonly seen in women

Answer 1

Riedel lobe

Question 2

Most common liver disorder in the western world, and the most common cause of chronic liver disease

Answer 2

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Question 3

The two most common forms of hepatitis

Answer 3

A and B

Question 4

Most common cause of cirrhosis

Answer 4

Alcoholism

Question 5

Most common cause of portal hypertension

Answer 5

Cirrhosis

Question 6

One of the most common sonographically identifiable collaterals in portal hypertension

Answer 6

Recanalization of the paraumbilical vein (also called patent paraumbilical vein)

Question 7

A common invasive interventional treatment for portal hypertension

Answer 7

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS)

Question 8

Most common cause of portal vein compression, which leads to portal vein obstruction

Answer 8

Tumors from adjacent organs or lymphadenopathy

Question 9

A hydatid cyst is most commonly developed from what parasite

Answer 9

Echinococcus granulosus

Question 10

Most common benign liver tumor

Answer 10

Cavernous hemangioma

Question 11

Most common location of a cavernous hemangioma

Answer 11

Within the right lobe of the liver

Question 12

The second most common benign liver tumor

Answer 12

Focal nodular hyperplasia

Question 13

Most common primary form of liver cancer

Answer 13

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Question 14

Most common form of liver cancer

Answer 14

Hepatic metastasis

Question 15

The two most common vessels used for a TIPS shunt

Answer 15

Right portal vein and right hepatic vein

Question 16

Most common disease requiring a liver transplant

Answer 16

Hepatitis C

Question 17

Most common vascular complication of a liver transplant

Answer 17

Hepatic artery thrombosis

Question 18

Most common benign liver childhood tumor

Answer 18

Infantile hemangioma

Question 19

Most common malignant tumor of childhood

Answer 19

Hepatoblastoma

Question 20

Most common location for gallstones to collect

Answer 20

The fundus of the gallbladder

Question 21

Most common variant of the gallbladder

Answer 21

Phrygian cap

Question 22

Most commonly seen in female patients (gallbladder)

Answer 22

Cholelithiasis

Five F’s - fat, female, fertile, flatulent, fair, and forty

Question 23

Most common types of polyps

Answer 23

Cholesterol

Question 24

Most common cause of acute cholecystitis

Answer 24

A gallstone that has become lodged in the cystic duct or neck of the gallbladder

Question 25

Most commonly found in children, recent hospitalized patients, or those who are immunocompromised

Answer 25

Acalculous cholecystitis

Question 26

Most common cancer of the biliary tract, even though it is rare

Answer 26

Gallbladder carcinoma

Question 27

Most common metastatic disease of the gallbladder

Answer 27

Malignant melanoma

Question 28

Most common level for an obstruction to occur in the biliary tract

Answer 28

The distal common bile duct

In most instances, the extrahepatic ducts will dilate first

Question 29

Most common causes of common bile duct obstruction

Answer 29

Choledocholithiasis, chronic pancreatitis, acute pancreatitis, and pancreatic carcinoma

Question 30

Most common cause of obstructive jaundice

Answer 30

Gallstones located within the common bile duct

Question 31

Most common cause of cholangitis

Answer 31

Often some type of obstructive disease, as in the case of choledocholithiasis

Question 32

Most common risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma

Answer 32

Primary sclerosing cholangitis

While recurrent biliary infections and stone disease also increase the risk

Question 33

Most common manifestation of cholangiocarcinoma

Answer 33

Klatskin tumor

Question 34

Most common type of choledochal cyst

Answer 34

Cystic dilatation of the common bile duct

Question 35

Most common cause of jaundice in the pediatric patient

Answer 35

Biliary atresia