An outpatient with a history of back pain and hypertension presents to the
ultrasound department for an abdominal aortic ultrasound. Sonographically,
you visualize a 6 cm infrarenal aortic aneurysm with an echogenic liner
structure noted gently swaying in the aortic lumen. What is the most likely
diagnosis?
A. aortic rupture
B. chronic aortic aneurysm
C. aortic dissection
D. aortic rupture ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C
What vessel travels posterior to the superior mesenteric artery and anterior
to the abdominal aorta?
A. left renal vein
B. left renal artery
C. right renal vein
D. splenic vein ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A
Which of the following would most likely have a high resistance flow
pattern?
A. celiac artery
B. common iliac artery
C. splenic artery
D. right renal artery ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------B
What vessel travels anterior to the left renal artery?
A. left renal vein
,B. hepatic artery
C. right renal vein
D. superior mesenteric vein ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A
From the list below, which vessel would be the shortest in length?
A. right renal vein
B. right renal artery
C. left renal vein
D. left renal artery ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A
Enlargement of the IVC, with subsequent enlargement of the hepatic veins,
is seen in cases of:
A. Budd-Chiari syndrome
B. Marfan syndrome
C. left-sided heart failure
D. right-sided heart failure ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D
Which of the following would have a pulsatile, triphasic blood flow pattern?
A. renal veins
B. hepatic veins
C. gonadal veins
D. common iliac veins ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------B
The diameter of the IVC should never exceed:
A. 1.5 cm
B. 2.5 cm
C. 3.5 cm
D. 8 mm ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------B
Which of the following statements about the IVC is not true?
,A. the diameter of the IVC is variable
B. respiration can affect the size of the IVC
C. the IVC is located left of the abdominal aorta
D. the IVC is considered retroperitoneal in location ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------C
Which of the following statements about the abdominal aorta is not true?
A. most aneurysms located within the abdominal aorta are false aneurysms
B. the abdominal aorta is located just left of the midline
C. the most common location of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is infrarenal
D. the abdominal aorta is considered to be retroperitoneal in location --------
-CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A
Clinical findings of retroperitoneal fibrosis include which of the following?
A. hematuria
B. migraine medication use
C. diabetes mellitus
D. diarrhea ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------B
The "sandwich" sign denotes:
A. pyloric stenosis
B. intussusception
C. retroperitoneal fibrosis
D. abdominal lymphadenopathy ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D
Abnormal lymph nodes typically measure more than:
A. 10 mm
B. 7 mm
C. 8 mm
D. 1 mm ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A
, Fluid located around the lungs is termed:
A. ascites
B. pleural effusion
C. lung consolidation
D. pericardial effusion ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------B
What is the most common location of a retroperitoneal hematoma in
hemophiliac patients?
A. rectum
B. anterior abdominal wall
C. psoas muscle
D. rectus abdominal muscle ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------C
The replacement of normal air-filled alveoli with fluid, inflammation, blood,
or neoplastic cells is referred to as:
A. pneumothorax
B. cystic adenomatoid malformation
C. pulmonary sequestration
D. lung consolidation ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------D
Free air within the chest outside of the lungs is referred to as:
A. pneumothorax
B. cystic adenomatoid malformation
C. pulmonary sequestration
D. lung consolidation ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------A
A separate mass of non-functioning lung tissue with its own blood supply
describes:
A. pneumothorax
B. cystic adenomatoid malformation
C. pulmonary sequestration
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