RD 2015 Formatted Flashcards
- Ultrasound findings in renal transplant
a. High RI is specific for rejection
b. Reverse end diastolic flow suggestive of renal vein thrombosis
c. Lymphocele collects radiotracers
d. Lymphocele occcus in the first two days post transplant.
e. PSV 1m/s is consistent with renal artery stenosis
b. Reverse end diastolic flow suggestive of renal vein thrombosis
- *LJS - agree. But lymphoceles also collect tracer in lymphoscintigraphy
https: //www.ajronline.org/doi/pdf/10.2214/ajr.178.2.1780405 - *LJS - further review - don’t collect renal tracer, which is what the question is asking. Lymphoceles generally collect tracer during lymphoscintigraphy i.e. administered to to lymphatic system directly. Agree with LW below
- LW: agree with LJS comment, but not on routine Nukes… so would need to check wording with regards to Nuke stem, if if general renal scintography then this is generally considered to be FALSE.
*IVM: sneaky units for e. We normally think about PSV in cm/s.
PSV equal to or greater than 180cm/sec is suggestive renal artery stenosis.
- 25 year old male, visitor to Sydney. Presents with dry cough and fever. Has been unwell for previous several months. CXR shows bilateral perihilar interstitial opacity and a 3 cm thin wall cyst in the right lower lobe. Most likely
a. Staphylococcus
b. Mycoplasma
c. Pneumocystis
d. TB
c. Pneumocystis
- Routine pre CABG CXR. You see an spiculated 2cm mass in the lung. What should you do as per RANZCR guidelines on Communication.
a. Call the referer
b. Leave a message with the cardiology clinic
c. Send an email to cardiology clinic and cc referrer.
a. Call the referer
- Young girl with seizure, CT showed calcific right frontal mass. Cyst with calcified mural nodule. Remodeling of the skull. Most likely
a. Ganglioglioma
b. Oligodendroglioma
c. Astrocytoma
a. Ganglioglioma 35% calcify, commonly cause seizures
- Regarding T99m thyroid scan, true option
a. Low up take in initial phases of subacute thyroiditis
b. Low background uptake in toxic adenoma
c. Decreased up take about TSH induced hyperthyroidism
d. Increased up take in factitious thyroiditis
*LW:
Sub acute thyroiditis, likely referring to Sub acute De Quervain granulomatous thyroiditis, which shows low uptake thyroid scans.
Functioning thryoid adenoma are hot on uptake scan with colder background parenchyma.
Previously:
a. Low up take in initial phases of subacute thyroiditis
Subacute thyroiditis- measle mumps coxackie- hypothyroidism- self limiting- U/S: hypo echoic, hypo vascular, small or large thyroid- Tc 99m : decreased uptake
but you can also have low background uptake in toxic adenoma?? ummm
- Regarding oncology imaging, PET is able to distinguish
a. Hibernoma from high grade liposarcoma
b. Residual disease from post-op change in immediate postop period
c. Metastatic disease from inflammatory disease
d. Benign and malignant phaeochromocytoma
d. Benign and malignant phaeochromocytoma chang et al cancer imaging 2016.
**SCS: this is recommended to assess for synchronous/ Metastatic disease best evaluated on Ga 68 DOTATATE scans (high level of somatostatin receptors), F-18 FDG may also be used.
Definition of malignant Phaeos is metastases. Evidence: [Robbies: “both capsular and vascular invasion, as well as cellular pleiomorphism may be encountered in some benign lesions. Therefore definite diagnosis of malignancy is based on the presence of metastases” ]
Rule of 10% tumour. thus 10%
Malignant.
Random trivia from Robbies: “one traditional 10% rule that has since been modified pertains to familiar cases… as many at 25% harbour a germ line mutation”
Hibernoma: Rare benign fatty tumour. Arise from vestigial Brown Fat. FDG PET avid, thus can’t distinguish from malignant lesion.
- During liver biopsy, the patient became unwell, blood pressure drop to 75/58mmHg, heart rate 58. You should
a. Atropine
b. IM adrenaline
c. IV adrenaline
a. Atropine
also put their feet up (probably vas-vagal)
StatDx:
Hypotension with bradycardia (vasovagal): If unresponsive to fluids and supplemental oxygen: 0.6-1.0 mg atropine IV
- Young woman, 8-10 weeks post LMP. Presents with lower abdominal pain. US shows left adnexal mass with focal increase vascularity. TRACE of free fluid. (no mention of bHCG or intrauterine sac)
a. Unruptured ectopic
b. Ruptured ectopic
c. Corpus luteum
a. Unruptured ectopic
8-10 weeks post LMP so assume pregnant
- AJL - Above is probably the answer ‘they’ are looking for however could also be a ruptured corpus luteum. Both have a ‘ring of fire’ around them, free fluid and cause pain. Need more info to answer this question.
- WJI - ‘tis a bold O+G fellow who calls a vascular adnexal mass in a PUL a corpus luteum. How does he even sit down?
- 36 year old woman undergoing IVF. US showed right sided ovarian mass consists of multiple anechoic cysts. Normal left ovary. Most likely
a. Ovarian hyperstimulation
b. Tubo-ovarian abscess
c. Polycystic ovarian disease
.d. Normal ovarian stimulation.
*AJL - I favour normal ovarian stimulation.
If it was hyperstimulation then they would need to say enlarged, free fluid etc. TOA doesn’t have this appearance (simple cysts). PCOS is bilateral AND the question say undergoing IVF rather than pre-IVF. It’s a bit of a weird question though, especially with only one ovary doing anything…
*LW: unsure of this….
If assume undergoing IVF, means recieving IVF ovulatory drugs, this would be a bilateral appearance, which doesn’t make sense if left ovary normal.
Ovarian hyperstimulation and PCOS are also bilateral processes.
Options are thus;
- Normal ovarian stimulation, in absence of full blown IVF drugs (unlikely the other ovary didn’t respond at all to drugs). Maybe in pre IVF work up this may be a possibility (i’m now stretching the imagination of the question)
- Tubo ovarian abscess: although it appears as a mass, multiple anechoic cysts is not classic…..
Previous answer:
d. Normal ovarian stimulation.
- 36 year old woman undergoing IVF. US showed right sided ovarian mass consists of multiple anechoic cysts. Normal left ovary. Most likely
a. Ovarian hyperstimulation bilateral, ascites, pleural effusion.
b. Tubo-ovarian abscess assume if for IVF that have had the swabs/Rx for PID so unlikely.
c. Polycystic ovarian disease. Bilateral.
d. Normal ovarian stimulation.
- Young men with destructive sacral mass. Rings and arc calcification. Most likely
a. Chondrosarcoma
b. Chordoma
c. GCT
a. Chondrosarcoma
- Presents with fever and pain. Heterogeneous mass in the retroperitoneum, ranges from -60HU to 60HU. Envelops the kidney and adrenal glands.
a. Liposarcoma
b. Ruptured xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
c. Angiomyolipoma
a. Liposarcoma
*ESG weakly favour ruptured XGP due to fever
MM - Agree with Ed
- Beta decay, which is correct
a. Too many electrons in the outer ring
b. Too many protons
c. Too many neutrons
d. Emits xray
e. Emits gamma ray
c. Too many neutrons beta minus
b. Too many protons beta plus note:
Alpha decay
- the process in which an alpha particle (containing two neutrons and two protons) is ejected from the nucleus.
- An alpha particle is identical to the nucleus of a helium atom.
RD226 -> Rn 222 + helium
Beta decay
- type of radio-active decay
- depends on how many protons and neutrons
If too many neutrons (beta minus decay)
- neutron -> protons + B - (electron)
If too many protons (beta positive decay)- protons -> neutrons + B+ (positron)
- Women with breast lesion, findings on combined imaging with mammography and US consistent with Category 4 SUSPICIOUS. Biopsy result comes back as ‘fibroglandular tissue’, no malignancy found. What is the most appropriate next step
a. MDT discussion
b. Re-biopsy
c. Reassure patient
d. Repeat mamm and US in 6 months
a. MDT discussion then rebiopsy probably
*AJL - agree with above. Though it’s tricky as the classic line is ‘needs repeat biopsy.’
In reality these go for discussion in MDT (or results are given in MDT) for radiology-pathology correlation and then go for surgical excision. I can’t find anything which specifically says rebiopsy before MDT discussion. (Let me know if you have found something else or think something else.)
Paper from 2016 lays it out: For Radiologically suspicious but pathologically benign lesions it says ‘The findings are discussed with referring physician and pathologist, a repeat biopsy in form of open surgical biopsy should be done.’
(https://www.alliedacademies.org/articles/concordant-versus-discordant-ultrasound-guided-breast-biopsy-results-how-they-effect-patient-management.pdf)
- What is not a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with RCC?
a. Limbic encephalitis
b. Feminization
c. Neutrophilia
d. Hypercalcemia
e. Liver dysfunction
c. Neutrophilia
Around 25% of RCC patients will develop a paraneoplastic syndrome
19-21:- hypercalcemia (20%)
- hypertension (20%)
- polycythemia: from erythropoietin secretion (~5%)
- Stauffer syndrome: hepatic dysfunction not related to metastases
- feminisation
- limbic encephalitis
- Diabetes insipidus, what is not a cause
a. TB meningitis
b. Trauma to skull
c. Desmopressin toxicity
d. Suprasellar tumor
c. Desmopressin toxicity
Desmoresspin = ADH - used in treating DI and nocturnal diuresis
- Herniation of the brain, most likely
a. Uncinate herniation can result in pontine haemorrhage
b. Uncinate haemorrhage can result in 4th CN compression
c. Something about cingulate gyrus in parasaggital herniation
a. Uncinate herniation can result in pontine haemorrhage
- Regarding radial scar, most accurate
a. Looks like normal parenchyma on DCE-MR unless there is associated malignancy
b. Looks like normal parenchyma on US unless there is a associated malignancy
c. Architectural distorion with central density
d. Artchitectural distortion
e. Focal assymetry
d. Artchitectural distortion
- Mammographic appearance of plasma cell mastitis
a. Curvilinear calcification
b. Dense linear calcification
c. Amorphous calcification
b. Dense linear calcification
- The rate limiting factor in FSE imaging with T3 MRI scanner
a. TR
b. TE
c. TI
d. SAR
d. SAR I think
Specific absorption rate
Increased tissue heating secondary to multiple 180°-pulses may limit FSE use in infants and small children.
note improve MRI SNR by
note improve SNR by
- increased FOV
- increased voxel
- increase slice thickness
- increase magnetic field strength
- decrease matrix size