S10 L1 X-ray

Question 1

Imaging available for the GI system
- List some available

Answer 1

Question 2

Why request an AXR?

Answer 2

Question 3

Small Bowel:
- What does it look like in an image?

Answer 3

Question 4

Large Bowel:
- What does this look like on an image?

Answer 4

Question 5

Small bowel obstruction

• What is the first line imaging?
• What can this do?
• What does/can a small obstruction look like?

Answer 5

Question 6

Large bowel obstruction

• What is the first line imaging?
• What does/can a small obstruction look like on this imaging?

Answer 6

Question 7

Large bowel obstruction:

• How much can the small bowel, large bowel and cecum expand to?
• Recap: what could an obstruction look like?

Answer 7

Question 8

Sigmoid volvulus:

• What is this?
• What does this look on an image?
• Worry about this?

Answer 8

Coffee bean

Question 9

Toxic Megacolon

• What is this?
• When might it occur?
• Risk of what…?
• What does it look like on an x-ray?

When are x-rays useful?

Answer 9

Useful:
Perforation-Erect CXR

Question 10

Perforaction-Erect CXR

1. When it is very useful? Clue: Done in an sat up position
2. Conditions when this Erect CXR can be useful, clue: think about answer to Q1

• What is pneumoperitoneum?

Answer 10

Question 11

Stones and Calcification:
- Which conditions could lead to stones being formed?

Answer 11

Question 12

Foreign bodies:
- What could these look like on an x-ray?

Answer 12

Question 13

Barium swallow:

• What is this?
• What can it ‘look at’?
• What technique has replaced the barium swallow?
• How is the barium imaged?
• What is barium follow through?

Answer 13

Question 14

Barium enema:

• What is this?
• How is it done?
• What can it ‘look at’?
• What technique has replaced the barium swallow?
• How is the barium imaged?

Answer 14

Question 15

Abdominal Ultrasound:
- Advantages and disadvantages of this

Answer 15

Question 16

CT:
Which organs etc are seen at the following levels:
- T12
- L1
- L3
- L4

Answer 16

Question 17

What does a CT scan of T12 look like?
- Think about which organs should be at this level

Answer 17

Question 18

Label the following image of CT scan at T12

Answer 18

Question 19

What does a CT scan of L1 look like?
- Think about which organs should be at this level

Answer 19

Question 20

What does a CT scan of L3 look like?
- Think about which organs should be at this level

Answer 20

Question 21

Label this CT image at L3 level

Answer 21

Question 22

Compare MRI to CT scan

Answer 22

Question 23

GI Angiography

• What is this?
• What could it be used to see?

Answer 23