Preparation for Abdomen ARDMS Exam
??? - correct answerwhat forms the ampulla of vater?
< 2 % - correct answerWHAT IS THE FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE % WITH
PANCREATIC CARCINOMA?
>3mm - correct answerGallstones will produce a shadow when what size?
12 CM SAG, 8 CM TRANS, 4 CM THICKNESS - correct answerNORMAL SPLEEN
MEASUREMENTS? SAG, TRANS AND THICKNESS?
12 X 7X 3 - correct answerNORMAL SPLEEN MEASUREMENTS
12.5 to 15 centimeters in length, head is 2 to 3.5 centimeters and body and tail is 2 to 3
centimeters. - correct answerwhat are the normal measurements of the pancreas?
15-20% - correct answerWhat percent of people have duplicated renal arteries?
1cm - correct answerlymph nodes > than _____ considered to be abnormal
2 to 8 millimeters - correct answerwhat is normal scrotal wall thickness?
2 X 4 X 3 - correct answerNORMAL PROSTATE MEASUREMENTS?
2.5 - correct answerThe IVC is considered dilated when its dimensions exceeds how
many cm's?
2.5 to 4.0 centimeters - correct answerwhat is normal diameter of the gallbladder?
200cm/sec - correct answerA significant renal artery stenosis would be considered in a
renal transplant pt when the peak systolic velocity exceeds?
2MM OR LESS - correct answerNORMAL PANCREATIC DUCT MEASUREMENT?
3 by 2 by 2 centimeters - correct answerwhat are the normal teste measurements?
3 mm - correct answerThe normal distended GB should not exceed?
40 - correct answerIn older men prostate considered enlarged if weighs more than how
many grams?
4mm - correct answerNormal average size of the common hepatic duct of a pt under the
age of 40 would be?
,5 - correct answerhow many layers are seen with good imaging of the gut?
5 mm or less - correct answerThe renal cortex is considered abnormal if measures what
mm?
5 mm's - correct answerthe undistended wall should not exceed how many mm's
5 SEGMENTAL ARTERIES - correct answerAT THE HILUM MAIN RENAL ARTERIES
DIVIDE INTO?
50% - correct answerThe one year mortality rate for a 6 cm abdominal aortic aneurysm
is about?
6 mm - correct answerNormal appendix has a target appearance and should not
measure more than_________mm in diameter.
6mm - correct answernormal appendix has a target appearance and should not
measure more than---------------mm in diameter?
7 to 10 centimeters in length - correct answerwhat is normal length of the gallbladder?
9-12 cm - correct answerWhat does the normal adult kidney measure?
9-15 centimeters - correct answerwhat are the normal liver measurements?
a calcified circle in the left upper quadrant - correct answerwhat is a splenic artery
aneurysm seen as?
a predominant increase in direct billirubin - correct answerhemolytic disorders may
result in an increase in what?
abd aorta - correct answerwhat structure do we image to identify retroperitoneal
fibrosis?
abdominal aorta - correct answertesticular artery is a branch of?
ABDOMINAL TRAUMA - correct answerIN CHILDREN WHAT IS THE MOST
COMMON REASON FOR PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST?
Abnormal LFT'S, increased total billirubin and alkaline phosphatase. - correct
answerLab values associated with Metastatic Lesions?
Abnormal LFT"S and increased AFP - correct answerHepatoblastoma, usually found
during infancy or childhood, lab values?
, abscess due to poorly defined border is the key, if it was a cyst, it would have well
defined borders - correct answerpatient with a high fever and right upper quadrant pain
has a large hemogenous mass with low level echoes and poorly defined borders in right
lobe with increased through transmission, what is it?
Acalculous Cholecystitis - correct answerPt presents with RUQ pain, nausea, and
vomiting, positive murphys sign, enlarged thick walled GB containing echoes that did
not layer or shadow, Pericholecystic fluid was also demonstrated, most likely diagnosis
would be?
acid phosphatase - correct answerwhat lab value is associated with prostate cancer?
acute adult respiratory distress syndrome and acute tubular necrosis - correct
answerwhat two things will often be associated with pancreatitis?
acute tubular necrosis - correct answermost common cause of acute renal failure?
adenocarcinoma - correct answermost common malignant tumor of the gi tract?
adenoma's - correct answerthe halo sign is defined as a sonolucent rim surrounding a
thyroid mass, commonly seen in?
Adenomas - correct answerThe halo sign is defined as a sonolucent rim surrounding a
thyroid mass, is is commonly seen in what?
ADENOMATOID - correct answerWHAT IS MOST COMMON EXTRATESTICULAR
TUMOR?
Adenomyomatosis - correct answerSmall echogenic mass like areas with internal cysts
are seen in the fundus of the GB that produces a comet tail artifact, what is this?
Adenomyomatosis, just remember A for Aschoff buddy. - correct answerRokitansky
Aschoff sinuses are associated with what conditon?
adhesions - correct answerwhat is most common cause of intestinal obstruction?
adrenal glands - correct answerwhat retroperitoneal structure is a common site for
metastasis from lungs?
adrenal hemmorrhage - correct answerwhat is the most common neonatal adrenal
mass?
Adrenal Hemmorrhage - correct answerwhat is the most common neonatal adrenal
mass?
??? - correct answerwhat forms the ampulla of vater?
< 2 % - correct answerWHAT IS THE FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE % WITH
PANCREATIC CARCINOMA?
>3mm - correct answerGallstones will produce a shadow when what size?
12 CM SAG, 8 CM TRANS, 4 CM THICKNESS - correct answerNORMAL SPLEEN
MEASUREMENTS? SAG, TRANS AND THICKNESS?
12 X 7X 3 - correct answerNORMAL SPLEEN MEASUREMENTS
12.5 to 15 centimeters in length, head is 2 to 3.5 centimeters and body and tail is 2 to 3
centimeters. - correct answerwhat are the normal measurements of the pancreas?
15-20% - correct answerWhat percent of people have duplicated renal arteries?
1cm - correct answerlymph nodes > than _____ considered to be abnormal
2 to 8 millimeters - correct answerwhat is normal scrotal wall thickness?
2 X 4 X 3 - correct answerNORMAL PROSTATE MEASUREMENTS?
2.5 - correct answerThe IVC is considered dilated when its dimensions exceeds how
many cm's?
2.5 to 4.0 centimeters - correct answerwhat is normal diameter of the gallbladder?
200cm/sec - correct answerA significant renal artery stenosis would be considered in a
renal transplant pt when the peak systolic velocity exceeds?
2MM OR LESS - correct answerNORMAL PANCREATIC DUCT MEASUREMENT?
3 by 2 by 2 centimeters - correct answerwhat are the normal teste measurements?
3 mm - correct answerThe normal distended GB should not exceed?
40 - correct answerIn older men prostate considered enlarged if weighs more than how
many grams?
4mm - correct answerNormal average size of the common hepatic duct of a pt under the
age of 40 would be?
,5 - correct answerhow many layers are seen with good imaging of the gut?
5 mm or less - correct answerThe renal cortex is considered abnormal if measures what
mm?
5 mm's - correct answerthe undistended wall should not exceed how many mm's
5 SEGMENTAL ARTERIES - correct answerAT THE HILUM MAIN RENAL ARTERIES
DIVIDE INTO?
50% - correct answerThe one year mortality rate for a 6 cm abdominal aortic aneurysm
is about?
6 mm - correct answerNormal appendix has a target appearance and should not
measure more than_________mm in diameter.
6mm - correct answernormal appendix has a target appearance and should not
measure more than---------------mm in diameter?
7 to 10 centimeters in length - correct answerwhat is normal length of the gallbladder?
9-12 cm - correct answerWhat does the normal adult kidney measure?
9-15 centimeters - correct answerwhat are the normal liver measurements?
a calcified circle in the left upper quadrant - correct answerwhat is a splenic artery
aneurysm seen as?
a predominant increase in direct billirubin - correct answerhemolytic disorders may
result in an increase in what?
abd aorta - correct answerwhat structure do we image to identify retroperitoneal
fibrosis?
abdominal aorta - correct answertesticular artery is a branch of?
ABDOMINAL TRAUMA - correct answerIN CHILDREN WHAT IS THE MOST
COMMON REASON FOR PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST?
Abnormal LFT'S, increased total billirubin and alkaline phosphatase. - correct
answerLab values associated with Metastatic Lesions?
Abnormal LFT"S and increased AFP - correct answerHepatoblastoma, usually found
during infancy or childhood, lab values?
, abscess due to poorly defined border is the key, if it was a cyst, it would have well
defined borders - correct answerpatient with a high fever and right upper quadrant pain
has a large hemogenous mass with low level echoes and poorly defined borders in right
lobe with increased through transmission, what is it?
Acalculous Cholecystitis - correct answerPt presents with RUQ pain, nausea, and
vomiting, positive murphys sign, enlarged thick walled GB containing echoes that did
not layer or shadow, Pericholecystic fluid was also demonstrated, most likely diagnosis
would be?
acid phosphatase - correct answerwhat lab value is associated with prostate cancer?
acute adult respiratory distress syndrome and acute tubular necrosis - correct
answerwhat two things will often be associated with pancreatitis?
acute tubular necrosis - correct answermost common cause of acute renal failure?
adenocarcinoma - correct answermost common malignant tumor of the gi tract?
adenoma's - correct answerthe halo sign is defined as a sonolucent rim surrounding a
thyroid mass, commonly seen in?
Adenomas - correct answerThe halo sign is defined as a sonolucent rim surrounding a
thyroid mass, is is commonly seen in what?
ADENOMATOID - correct answerWHAT IS MOST COMMON EXTRATESTICULAR
TUMOR?
Adenomyomatosis - correct answerSmall echogenic mass like areas with internal cysts
are seen in the fundus of the GB that produces a comet tail artifact, what is this?
Adenomyomatosis, just remember A for Aschoff buddy. - correct answerRokitansky
Aschoff sinuses are associated with what conditon?
adhesions - correct answerwhat is most common cause of intestinal obstruction?
adrenal glands - correct answerwhat retroperitoneal structure is a common site for
metastasis from lungs?
adrenal hemmorrhage - correct answerwhat is the most common neonatal adrenal
mass?
Adrenal Hemmorrhage - correct answerwhat is the most common neonatal adrenal
mass?
