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GALLBLADDER
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11/16/2008

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NON-SHADOWING, LOW AMPLITUDE ECHOES LOCATED IN THE DEPENDENT PORTION OF THE GB BEST DESCRIBES
Definition
BILIARY SLUDGE
Term
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CHOLESTEROLOSIS
Definition
CHLOSTEROL POLYP
LOCAL DISTURBANCE IN CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM
ACCUMULATION OF TRIGLYCERIDES AND ESTERFIED STEROLS IN THE GALLBLADDER WALL
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CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT HEPATIC DUCTS IS
Definition
KLATSKINS TUMOR
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THE SPIRAL VALVES OF HEISTER ARE LOCATED IN WHICH STRUCTURE:
Definition
CYSTIC DUCT
Term
WHAT IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR WITH PROLONGED FASTING
Definition
BILIARY SLUDGE
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THE DISTAL PORTION OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT TERMINATES IN WHICH STRUCTURE:
Definition
DUODENUM
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INIDCATIONS FOR A BILIARY SONOGRAM INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
Definition
ABDOMINAL PAIN
POST PRANDIAL PAIN
ELEVATIONS OF LIVER FUNCTION TESTS
INTOLERANCE TO FATTY FOODS
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WHICH HORMONE STIMULATES GB CONTRACTION AND THE SECRETION OF PANCREATIC ENZYMES
Definition
CHOLECYSTOKININ
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A DECREASE IN DIAMETER OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT AFTER INGESTION OF A FATTY MEAL IS
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NORMAL
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THICKNESS OF THE GB WALL IN A NORMAL FASTING PATIENT SHOULD NOT EXCEED
Definition
3 MM
Term
DILATATION OF THE INTRAHEPATIC DUCTS WITH NORMAL EXTRAHEPATIC DUCTS IS CHARACTERISTIC OF
Definition
A KLATSKIN TUMOR
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NAME FOUR POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS:
Definition
SEPTICEMIA
LIVER ABCESS
EMPYEMA
PERFORATION OF THE GB
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A SMALL PROTRUSION NEAR THE NECK OF THE GB DESCRIBES
Definition
HARTMANNS POUCH
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IN BILIARY OBSTRUCTION, IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE ANECHOIC TUBULAR STRUCTURES IN THE LEFT LOBE OF THE LIVER IS TERMED
Definition
PARALLEL CHANNELING
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PREDISPOSING FACTORS LINKED TO DEVELOPMENT OF CHOLELITHIASIS INCLUDE
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PREGNANCY
OBESITY
FAIR SKIN
FEMALE GENDER
Term
WHAT ARE DIFFERENETIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CASED OF PNEUMOBILIA:
Definition
STENT
BILIARY CALCULUS
ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION
SURGICAL CLIP
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THE CBD MUS PASS THROUGH WHICH STRUCTURE BEFORE ENTERING THE DUODEMUN?
Definition
AMPULLA OF VATER
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IN THE NORMAL ADULT, WITH THE GB IN PLACE, THE LUMINAL DIAMETER OF THE CHD IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO
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3-4 MM
Term
A PATIENT PRESENTS WITH AN AMPULLA OF VATER OBSTRUCTION, DISTENTION OF THE GB AND PAINLESS JAUNDICE. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH
Definition
COURVOISER'S SIGN
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A BENIGN PROLIFERATION AND THICKENING OF THE MUSCLE AND GLANDULAR LAYER OF THE GALLBLADDER WITH ASSOCIATED COMET TAIL ARTIFACTS IS CALLED:
Definition
ADENOMYOMATOSIS
Term
THE COMMON HEPAIC DUCT IS JOINED BY THE CYSTIC DUCT TO FORM THE
Definition
COMMON BILE DUCT
Term
YOU ARE TRYING TO RULE OUT THE PRESENCE OF CHOLELITHIASIS. A SMALL ECHOGENIC FOCI IS SEEN IN THE POSTERIOR ASPEC OF THE GB FUNDUS. HOW CAN YOU DETERMINE IF THIS FOCI REPRESENTS A POLYP OR GALLSTONE?
Definition
SHADOWING IS NOTT PRESENT WITH POLYPS BUT ALMOST ALWAYS WITH STONES
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING IMAGES IN THE LLD POSITION DURING AN ULTRASOUND OF THE GB?
Definition
EVALUATE THE MOBILITY OF THE STONES
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YOU ARE SCANNING A PATIENT WITH SYMPTOMS OF CHOLELITHIASIS. ALTHOUGH YOU CANNOT CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE GB, YOU DETECT BRIGHT BAND OF ECHOES WIH POSTERIOR SHADOWING IN THE RUQ. HOW CAN YOU DETERMINE IF THIS REPRESENTS A CONTRACTED GB FILLED WITH STONES?
Definition
-CONNECTION OF THE SHADOWING ECHOES O THE MLF CONFIRMS IDENTIFICATION OF THE GB
-THE WES SIGN CONFIRMS IDENTIFICATION OF THE GB
-DIRTY SHADOWING FROM BOWEL GAS CAN BE DIFFERENTIATED FROM CLEAN SHADOWING FROM STONES BY THE PRESENCE OF RINGDOWN ARTIFACTS IN THE BOWEL
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SIGNS OF ACALCULUS CHOLECYSTITIS
Definition
GB WALL THICKENING
MURPHY'S SIGN
PERICHOLECYSTIC FLUID
GB WALL EDEMA
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WHAT IS THE APPEARANCE OF TUMEFACTIVE SLUDGE IN THE GB
Definition
AVASCULAR MASS WITH LOW LEVEL ECHOES
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WHAT IS AN ENLARGED, NON-DISEASED GB DUE TO A MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION OF THE CBD THAT IS ASSOCITATED WITH PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA CALLED?
Definition
COURVOISER GB
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THE MOST REMARKABLE SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN CARCINOMA OF THE GB IS
Definition
MARKEDLY ABNORMAL & THICKENED GB WALL
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_______ ________ MAY BE THE RESULT OF PANCREASTIC JUICES REFLUXING INTO THE BILE DUCT BECAUSE OF AN ANOMALOUS JUNCTINO OF THE PANCREATIC DUCT INTO THE DISTAL CBD, CAUSING DUCT WALL ABNOMALITY, WEAKNESS, AND OUTPOUCHING OF THE DUCTAL WALLS.
Definition
CHOLEDOCHOL CYST
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THE HEPATIC DUC IS SEEN JUST __________ TO THE PORTAL VEIN BEFORE IT DIPS POSTERIORLY TO ENTER THE HEAD OF THE PANCREAS.
Definition
ANTERIOR
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A GB ATTACK MAY CAUSE PAIN TO THE ____ SHOULDER.
Definition
RIGHT
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