DXI ABDOMEN (ACTUAL 2025/2026) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What are risk factors of AAA - #answers#Smoking, male over
65 yoa
What is the best way of screening for a AAA -
#answers#Ultrasound
What is the average growth rate of a AAA - #answers#0.2-0.3
cm/year
What is mass calcification pattern look like - #answers#Can
be solid, amorphous, curvilinear, flocculent, speckeled
Dense center, irregular margins
Typically ovoid in shape.
Where is mass like calcification's likely to form? This is d/t -
#answers#M/C in mensenteric lymph node d/t previous
infection
Popcorn calcific mass that is likely not to metastasizes? -
#answers#Fibroid (leiomyoma)
, Which type of calcification involves all 3 germ layers -
#answers#Teratoma
Describe concretions (stones) - #answers#Typically solid,
small, laminated and located within hollow organ/duct
What is a form of treatment for concretions -
#answers#lithotripsy shockwave therapy
T/F Staghorn calcification's are considered concretions -
#answers#True, staghorn
What can cause staghorn calcification's - #answers#Due to
recurrent infection, renal tract anomalies, spinal cord injuries,
neurogenic bladder,
When referring to the gallbladder what are the 4 F's -
#answers#-fat
-40
-female
-fertile
Which type of concretion is more likely to appear on x-ray -
#answers#Nephrolithiasis 85%
What forms a triple phosphate in regards to stones -
#answers#Magniesium, ammonium and phosphate
VERIFIED ANSWERS
What are risk factors of AAA - #answers#Smoking, male over
65 yoa
What is the best way of screening for a AAA -
#answers#Ultrasound
What is the average growth rate of a AAA - #answers#0.2-0.3
cm/year
What is mass calcification pattern look like - #answers#Can
be solid, amorphous, curvilinear, flocculent, speckeled
Dense center, irregular margins
Typically ovoid in shape.
Where is mass like calcification's likely to form? This is d/t -
#answers#M/C in mensenteric lymph node d/t previous
infection
Popcorn calcific mass that is likely not to metastasizes? -
#answers#Fibroid (leiomyoma)
, Which type of calcification involves all 3 germ layers -
#answers#Teratoma
Describe concretions (stones) - #answers#Typically solid,
small, laminated and located within hollow organ/duct
What is a form of treatment for concretions -
#answers#lithotripsy shockwave therapy
T/F Staghorn calcification's are considered concretions -
#answers#True, staghorn
What can cause staghorn calcification's - #answers#Due to
recurrent infection, renal tract anomalies, spinal cord injuries,
neurogenic bladder,
When referring to the gallbladder what are the 4 F's -
#answers#-fat
-40
-female
-fertile
Which type of concretion is more likely to appear on x-ray -
#answers#Nephrolithiasis 85%
What forms a triple phosphate in regards to stones -
#answers#Magniesium, ammonium and phosphate
