WHOLE ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND Flashcards
Ultrasonography ALSO KNOWN AS
DIAGNOSTIC SONOGRAPHY
Ultrasound professional responsible for PERFORMING and RECORDING an ultrasound studies for physician interpretation.
SONOGRAPHER
Physician responsible for PROVIDING the final , legal interpretive REPORT of ultrasound findings.
SONOLOGIST
Organ that sits across the back of the abdomen, behind the stomach
PANCREAS
Most difficult organ to image because of the overlying gases in the duodenal loop
PANCREAS
Pancreas is divided in how many parts?
5
a. Head b. Uncinate process c. Neck d. Body e. Tail
the pancreas appears ______ echodense or hyperechoic relative to the normal appearance of the liver.
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INDICATIONS FOR PANCREATIC SONOGRAPHY
- To measure size of the head, body and tail
- To detect pancreatic masses
- To detect inflammatory processes
What is the used of Japanese technique?
For patients with obstinate gases
Pancreas is generally enlarged.
Hazy, hypoechoic organ structure
ACUTE PANCREATITIS
Indications of CHRONIC PANCREATITIS
- FOCAL NECROSIS
- SEGMENTAL OR DIFFUSE FIBROSIS
- CALCIFICATION OR STONES
- IRREGULAR HYPERECHOIC STRUCTURE
- IRREGULAR BORDERS
Occurs in older patients, especially elderly diabetics
PANCREATIC LIPOMATOSIS
PANCREATIC MASSES
- CYSTIC TUMORS
- CYSTADENOCARCINOMA
- ADENOCARCINOMA
UNILOCULAR CYST (CYSTS WITHOUT SEPTATION OR A SOLID COMPONENT)
PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST
MICROCYSTIC LESIONS (COLLECTION OF MICROCYSTS.
CYSTADENOMA
MOST COMMON SITE FOR PANCREATIC CANCER IS THE
PANCREATIC HEAD
The largest artery in the abdominal cavity.
ABDOMINAL AORTA
FOCAL DILATATION IN THE ARTERY, WITH AT LEAST A 50% INCREASE OF ITS NORMAL
ANDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
ABDOMINAL AORTA WITH THE PRESENCE OF WALL
ATHEROMATOUS ABDOMINAL AORTA
Largest solid organ of the body which is located at the right upper abdominal quadrant and often extends beyond the midline of the body to the left side.
LIVER
An area between your liver and your right kidney
MORISON’S POUCH
It’s also called the hepatorenal recess or right subhepatic space
MORISONS POUCH
Separates the liver into the right lobe and left lobe.
FALCIFORM LIGAMENT
separates caudate lobe from left lobe.
LIGAMENTUM VENOSUM
divides the left part of the liver into medial and lateral sections.
LIGAMENTUM TERES
MOST COMMON BENIGN TUMOR OF THE LIVER.
HEMANGIOMA
MOST COMMON MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE LIVER.
HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
