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| If there is a line on a skull xray that is more than 3 mm in width and is wider at the center and narrower at the ends, what are you most likely looking at? |
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| What type of imaging study would you use to pick up more subtle fractures? |
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| What color does blood show up as on a CT? |
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| How does old bleeding show up as on a CT? |
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| How will MS plaque show up as on a CT? |
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| What will be the main symptom of a patient with a hypertensive stroke? |
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MRI
**Cannot use iodine with the CT scan! |
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| What type of imaging should you order for an 85 y/o pt with a single kidney and diabetes with a skull fracture? |
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White
*anything fluid will be white
*infarcts are white |
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| What color will blood be on a T2 MRI scan? |
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| What color will blood be on a T1 MRI scan? |
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| What is the imaging test of choice for MS? |
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| In a T1 MRI scan with Gadolinium, what color will the ventricles show up as? |
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| Which type of MRI scan is Gadolinium used on? |
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| Cerebellar masses tend to be what? |
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Both!
*it is periventricular |
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| Which side of the brain does MS usually occur in? |
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MRI
*better for chronic symptoms |
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| What type of imaging scan should be ordered for a pt with suspected brain infarctions? |
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CT
*MRI's cannot be done with metal implants |
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| What type of imaging scan should be ordered for a pt with MS and atrial fibrillation who also has an implanted pacemaker? |
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CT scan
*think Subarachnoid hemorrhage |
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| What type of imaging scan should be used for a pt that has come into the emergency room with a severe headache? |
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| What type of scan should be done to determine between a tumor and an abscess? |
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| On what type of scan will a tumor appear bright, a bleed will appear dim, and infarcts will not show up? |
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| What type of scan would be used to look for extra-cranial metastatic disease? |
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Multiple Myeloma
* and sometimes prostate cancer |
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| What can be determined from an xray if punched out, bony, lytic lesions appear? |
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| What type of imaging scan should be used to light up the spinal cord to determine which nerve branch may be involved? |
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| What type of imaging scan would be necessary to determine the cause in a pt who has multiple levels of degenerative diseases? |
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| What type of scan is the gold standard for spine imaging? |
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| signs of posterior column problems: loss of proprioception, positive babinski, clonus |
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| What types of signs would a pt exhibit if they had cervical stenosis? |
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| What type of arthritis usually involves C1 with synovial thickening? |
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