Describe the sonographic appearance of a dissecting aneurysm
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seen as septation dividing the aorta into a true lumen and a false lumen
,Give example of prehepatic, intrahepatic, and posthepatic portal hypertension
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Prehepatic portal hypertension- Portal vein thrombosis
Intrahepatic PHTN- Cirrhosis; schistosomiasis
Posthepatic PHTN- Budd-Chiari syndrome
What is a cold nodule?
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Indicates an area of hypofunctioning
Describe the sonographic appearance of medullary sponge kidney
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Deposits of calcium within the medullary pyramids. Thus they appear as
equally spaced hyperechoic medullary pyramids
Describe Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA)
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, Produced exclusively by prostatic acinar cells, and rises in relationship to the
amount of benign and/or malignant tissue
Name the 4 zones of the prostate
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Peripheral zone
Transition zone
Central zone
Fibromuscular stroma
Describe the sonographic appearance of a ureterocele:
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Round, cystic structures that project into the bladder lumen at the
ureterovesical junction
What are the sonographic findings of portal vein thrombosis?
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, Intraluminal thrombus
Increased vein diameter
Cavernous transformations
Which vessels are considered to be intersegmental within the liver?
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Hepatic veins
What is another term for Glisson's capsule?
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Visceral peritoneum
The head of the pancreas is ____________ to the 2nd portion of the duodenum
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medial
Name the 5 sonographic criteria that define acute cholecystitis:
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seen as septation dividing the aorta into a true lumen and a false lumen
,Give example of prehepatic, intrahepatic, and posthepatic portal hypertension
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Prehepatic portal hypertension- Portal vein thrombosis
Intrahepatic PHTN- Cirrhosis; schistosomiasis
Posthepatic PHTN- Budd-Chiari syndrome
What is a cold nodule?
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Indicates an area of hypofunctioning
Describe the sonographic appearance of medullary sponge kidney
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Deposits of calcium within the medullary pyramids. Thus they appear as
equally spaced hyperechoic medullary pyramids
Describe Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA)
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, Produced exclusively by prostatic acinar cells, and rises in relationship to the
amount of benign and/or malignant tissue
Name the 4 zones of the prostate
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Peripheral zone
Transition zone
Central zone
Fibromuscular stroma
Describe the sonographic appearance of a ureterocele:
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Round, cystic structures that project into the bladder lumen at the
ureterovesical junction
What are the sonographic findings of portal vein thrombosis?
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, Intraluminal thrombus
Increased vein diameter
Cavernous transformations
Which vessels are considered to be intersegmental within the liver?
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Hepatic veins
What is another term for Glisson's capsule?
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Visceral peritoneum
The head of the pancreas is ____________ to the 2nd portion of the duodenum
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medial
Name the 5 sonographic criteria that define acute cholecystitis:
