Most Common's Flashcards
Most common glycogen storage disease
Type 1 / Von Gierke Disease
Most common cause of intrahepatic portal hypertension
Cirrhosis
Most common collateral pathways
Coronary, esophageal, and gastric veins
Simple hepatic cyst: Men or Women?
Women
Peribiliary cysts are most common in what type of patients?
Those with severe liver disease
Most common patients to suffer from chronic granulomatous disease
Children, specifically girls
Most common organism causing opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS
Pneumocystis carinii
Most common complications of biliary tract disease, surgery, or trauma
Abscesses
In what area are echinococcal cysts common in?
Sheep-herding area
Most common benign tumor of the liver
Cavernous hemangioma
Cavernous hemangioma: Men or Women?
Women
Liver cell adenoma: Men or Women?
Women
Second most common benign liver mass?
Focal nodular hyperplasia
Most common primary malignant neoplasm
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma: Men or Women?
Men
Most common form of neoplastic involvement of the liver
Metastatic disease
Reidel lobe: Men or Women?
Women
Most common liver disorder in the western world
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Most common cause of chronic liver disease
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Most common cause of cirrhosis
Alcoholism
Most common sonographically identifiable collateral in portal hypertension
Patent umbilical vein / Recanilization of paraumbilical vein
Most common treatment for portal hypertension
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS)
Most common cause of portal vein compression
Tumors from adjacent organs or lymphadenopathy
Most common location of a cavernous hemangioma
Right lobe of liver
Focal nodular hyperplasia: Men or Women?
Women
Most common organ for metastasis to manifest in the abdomen
Liver
Most common form of liver cancer
Metastatic liver disease
Most common vessels used for Transjugular Intrahepatic Postosystemic Shunt
Right portal vein and right hepatic vein
Most common disease requiring a liver transplant
Hepatitis C
Most common vascular complications of a liver transplant
Hepatic artery thrombosis
Most common benign liver childhood tumor
Infantile Hemangioendothelioma
Most common malignant tumor of childhood
Hepatoblastoma
Most common patient to have a porcelain gallbladder
Older females
Most common disease of the gallbladder
Cholelithiasis
Most common benign neoplasm of the gallbladder
Adenoma
Most common to suffer from gallbladder carcinoma
Women >60 years
Choledochal cysts: Men or Women?
Women
*and children
Most common location for gallstones to collect
Fundus of the gallbladder
Most common variant in the shape of the gallbladder
Phrygian cap or junctional fold
Most common types of polyps
Cholesterol polyps
Most common cause of acute cholecystitis
Gallstone that has become lodged in the cystic duct or neck of the gallbladder
Most common type of patients to have emphysematous cholecystitis
Diabetic patients, specifically men
Gallstones: Men or women?
Women
Most common cause of sludge
Biliary stasis
Most common types of patients to suffer from acalculous cholecystitis
Recently hospitalized patients, those who are immunocompromised, and children
Most common tumor to metastasize to the gallbladder
Malignant melanoma
Most common type of calculi in the US
Cholesterol gallstones
Cholecystitis: Men or Women?
Women
Most common reason for not seeing the gallbladder
Normal physiological contraction caused by not fasting
Most common malignancy cause to obstruct the biliary tree
Pancreatic cancer
Most common tumor sites that can spread to the biliary system
Breast, colon, or melanoma
Most common level for an obstruction to occur
Distal common bile duct
Most common causes of common bile duct obstruction
Choledocholithiasis, chronic pancreatitis, acute pancreatitis, and pancreatic carcinoma
Most common cause of obstructive jaundice
Gallstones located within the common bile duct
Most common cause of cholangitis
Obstructive disease, such as choledocholithiasis
Most common risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Most common manifestation of cholangiocarcinoma
Klatskin tumors
Most common fatal liver disorder in children in the US
Biliary atresia
Most common site for adenocarcinoma of the biliary tree
Common bile duct
Most common congenital variant of pancreatic anatomy
Pancreatic divisum
Second most common congenital anomaly of the pancreas
Annular pancreas
Most common causes of acute pancreatitis
Alcohol abuse and biliary tract disease
Most common site for pancreatic pseudocyst
Lesser sac
Two most common vascular complications with pancreatitis
Thrombosis of the splenic vein and pseudoaneurysm of the splenic artery
Most common primary pancreatic malignancy
Pancreatic Adenocarcimona
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Men or Women
Men
Most common location of pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic head
Most common location of pancreatic cystadenocarcinoma
Body or tail of the pancreas
Most common islet cell tumor
Insulinoma
Most common type of pancreatic transplantation technique
Exocrine enteric drainage
Most common location of an accessory spleen
Splenic hilum
Most common anomaly of the spleen
Splenomegaly
Most common cause of splenomegaly
Portal hypertension
Most common benign tumor of the spleen
Hemangioma
Most common primary malignant tumor of the spleen
Angiosarcoma
Most common malignancy of the spleen
Lymphoma
Most common primary locations of spleen metastasis
Breast, lung, skin (melanoma), and ovary
Most common type of patient to suffer from lymphangiomas?
Children
Most common shape of an AAA
Fusiform
Most common location of an AAA
Infrarenal
Most common cause of aneurysms in the United States?
Atherosclerosis
Most common findings of IVC thrombosis
IVC enlargement, absence of flow, and material noted within the IVC lumen
Most common cause of IVC obstruction that leads to enlargement
Right-sided heart failure
Most common cause of acute abdominal pain resulting in surgery
Apendicitis
Most common age for Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
2-6 weeks old
Most common patient to suffer from Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
First-born white male infants
Most common type of intussusception
Ileocolic Intussusception
Intussusception: Male or Female?
Males
Most common cause of intestinal obstructions in children less than 2 years of age
Intussusception
Most common inflammatory disease of the small intestine
Crohn Disease
Most common cause of papillary necrosis
Analgesic abuse
Choledochal cyst: Male or Female
Female; specifically of asian decent
Most common cause of intrahepatic cholastasis
Hepatitis
Most common cause of acute renal failure
Acute Tubular Necrosis
Most common location for a urinary obstruction caused by a renal calculus
Distal Ureter
Most common type of lesion in VHL disease
Pancreatic cysts
Most common cause for fluid in the perirenal space
Renal abnormalities
Most common cause for fluid collection in the posterior pararenal space
Aortic disease
Most common surgical procedure in patients in males less than 1 year old
Herniorraphy
Most common cause of chronic renal failure
Diabetes
Most common location of a pancreatic allograft
Right iliac fossa
Two most common infections that result in granuloma formation in the spleen
Tuberculosis and Histoplasmosis
Most common cancer to affect the penis
Squamos cell carcinoma
Most common cancer to metastasize to the liver
Gallbladder
Most common cause of small bowel obstruction in adults
Adhesions
Most common cause of small bowel obstruction in infants
Intussusception
Most common cause of an abscess to the spleen
Endocarditis, septicemia, and trauma
Most common type of thyroid cancer
Papillary
Most common indication of a liver transplant in children
Biliary atresia
Most common cause for an abdominal mass in a newborn
MCDKD
Two most common causes associated with a duplicated collecting system
Ureterocele and Vesicoureteral Reflux
Most common location for an amebic abscess
Right dome of the liver
Most common liver malignancy identified on ultrasound
Metastases
Most common cause of tumor invasion into the urinary bladder in females
Uterine Cancer
