CMI 353 EXAM 1 Questions and Correct Answers |
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Commonly referred as fibroids, are common benign neoplasms of the
uterus Ans: What is a Leiomyoma?
Anechoic, thin walls, simple cysts have a thing called posterior wall
enhancement Ans: What are characteristics to identify simple cyst?
No distal shadowing, they have thin-edge shadows Ans: Does simple cyst
produce distal shadowing (do they have shadows)?
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- Submucosal (within the endometrium)
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- Intramural (within the myometrium)
- Subserosal (serosal surface of the uterus)
- Submucosal and subserosal are pedunculated on a stalk Ans: What are
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the types of fibroids?
Shaggy, irregular endometrium with gas increasing over time Ans: What
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does endometritis look like on ultrasound?
- Known as the Pouch of Douglas, it is a potential space and pelvic
abscesses and hematomas can occur in this
- Some free fluid is normal, especially in young females
- It is located between the vagina and rectum Ans: What is the posterior
cul-de-sac?
- Is where the ovary lies in and on the lateral pelvic wall
- Also known as Waldeyer fossa
- The ovary is attached anteriorly to the posterior surface of the broad
ligament by the mesovarium Ans: What is ovarian fossa?
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- The right ovarian vein drains into the inferior vena cava
- The left ovarian vein drains into the left renal vein Ans: What does the
right and left ovarian vein drain into?
- Patient should have an empty bladder
- Transducer is prepped with condom prior to insertion
- Can help examine obese patients
- Better evaluation of retroflexed or retroverted uterus
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- Better detail and characterization of pelvic masses
- Improved assessment of endometrium
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- Higher frequency transducer but field of view is less than
trasnabdominal Ans: Characteristics of Transvaginal pelvic ultrasound
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- Procedure must be done with a full bladder (helps to visualize the
uterus easier)
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- 5-3.5 MHz curvilinear transducer
- Image the uterus in 2 planes, the ovaries in 2 planes, and the adnexa in
1 plane Ans: Characteristics of Transabdominal pelvic ultrasound
- Procedure that assesses the endometrium and submucosal fibroids
- Involves the instillation of sterile saline solution or sterile gel into the
vaginal cavity Ans: Characteristics of Sonohystogram
2.5-5 cm Ans: What is the average size of a premenopausal ovary?
2-3 cm Ans: What is the average size of a postmenopausal ovary?
- Nabothian (Inclusion) cysts
- Cervical Polyps Ans: What simple cysts occur in the cervix?