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| The pancreas is both a digestive ____ and a homonal ____ gland. |
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| Failure of the pancreas to furnish sufficient insulin leads to ____ |
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| both amylase and lipase rise at the same rate, but the elevation in _______concentration pesist for a longer period in pancratitis. |
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| _______ controls the blood sugar level in the body. |
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| specific enzymes of pancreas that may become altered in pancreatic diseases |
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| when pancreas becomes damaged and malfunctions as a result of increased secretion and blockage of ducts. |
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| acute attack of pancreatitis is commonly related to |
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| patient with pancreatitis typically presents with moderate to severe tenderness in the ______ and radiates to the _____. |
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| lobulations, congested vessels |
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| when swelling occurs, the gland is hyperechoic to anechoic and is less echogenic than the live because of the increased prominence of _____ and _____. |
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| inflammatory process that spreads along fascial pathways, causing localized areas of diffuse inflammatory edema of soft tissue |
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| pancreatic duct, chronic pancreatitis |
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| the _______ becomes obstructed with a buildup of protein plugs with resultant calcification along duct resulting in |
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| most common location of a pseudocyst is in the ______ anterior to pancreas and posterior to stomach. |
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| a pseudocyst develops when ______ escape from the gland and break down tissue to form a sterile abscess somewhere in the abdomen. |
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| most common primary neoplasm of pancreas |
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| most frequent parapancreatic neoplasm |
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| weight loss, N/V, painless jaundice, changes is stools, |
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| gastrointestinal hormones |
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| 10-40 oz of water thru straw in upright position |
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| U/S upper gastointestinal tract technique |
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| the gastric _____ can be seen as a target shape in the midline |
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| movable, intrluminal masses of congealed ingested materials that are seen on upper GI radiographs. |
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| an outgrowth of tissue from the wall. |
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| most common tumor of stomach |
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| results of luminal obstruction and inflammation, leading to ishemia of the vermiform |
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| normal appendix can occasionally be visualized with gradual_____on sonography |
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| apperance of acute appendicits in transverse plane |
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| filters blood and produce urine |
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| the measurement of kidney's ability to concentrate urine |
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| specific gravidity is____ in cases of renal failure, glomeular nephritis, and pyelonephritis. |
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| occurs with acute hemorrhagic processes secondary to disease or blunt trauma |
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| area from renal sinus to outer renal surface |
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| generally is echo producing |
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| cortical bulge that occurs on lateral border of kidney, typically left side |
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| triangular, echogenic area in upper pole of renal parenchyma |
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| fusion of kidney during fetal development, usually in lower pole |
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| smooth thin well-defined border, round/oval, anechoic |
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| most common benign renal tumor |
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| uncommon benign renal tumor found in cortex mostly of fat cells |
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| well-defined echogenic mass found mostly in females |
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| corticomedullary junction |
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| U/S findings including one or more fluid spaces that corresponds to distribution of renal pyramids |
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| enlarged kidney with highly echogenic renal sinus, intrarenal is preserved with uniform loss of renal tissue |
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| most common medical renal disease that produces acute renal failure |
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| loss of renal function as a result of disease, most commonly parenchyma disease |
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| dilated pyelocalyceal system appears as seperation of renal sinus echoes by fluid fill area conforming to infundibula, calyces, and renal pelvis |
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| best way to visualize ureteral jets |
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| pus within obstructed renal system |
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| calcium deposits located in medulla and infrequently in renal cortex |
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| partial or complete occlusion of renal artery |
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| intrinsic or extrinsic, often due to arteriosclerosis, >150-190 cm/s with RI .70 upper limits of normal |
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| major problem with renal tranplantation occurs within first 2 weeks |
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| determine renal size, calyceal pattern, extra renal fluid, after transplantation |
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| within hours of transplantation caused by vasulitis leading to thrombosis, usually loss of graft |
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| within days to months of transplantation |
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| antibodies, immune complexes, cell-mediated responses |
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| occurs months after transplantation, gradual onset |
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| early sign of obstruction with satisfactory renal volumes |
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| RAS with distal turbulence |
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| greater sensitivity to detect blood flow, not angle dependent |
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| extreme pain followed by cramping of obstructed side, possible N/V, very echogenic foci with posterior acoustic shadowing |
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| herniation of all layers of bladder wall, posterior angle of trigone |
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| herniation of only the two inner layers through the muschle layer |
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| secondary to another condition that causes statis of urine in the bladder |
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| majority of bladder tumors in adults |
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