Exam 28: Introduction to Abdomen Radiography

Which of the following segments of the bowel generally lacks enough gas to serve any diagnostic purpose for plain film (noncontrasted) radiography?

What is the diagnostic imaging modality of choice to diagnose cervical cancer?

Which of the following clinical diagnoses is most likely to be confirmed with radiographic examination of the abdomen?

Where may the gallbladder refer musculoskeletal pain?

MRI evaluation of the abdomen is not suited for assessing pathology in the __________.

Which of the following structures is intimate to the head of the pancreas?

Radiographs of the 58-year-old male patient with hematuria and history of renal carcinoma show a bulge in the lateral margin of the left kidney. Which of the following diagnostic imaging modalities is usually the first imaging modality recommended in further assessment?

Direct observation of the tissue lining the anterior margins of the colon would best be accomplished with which of the following diagnostic imaging studies?

What is the most useful technique for locating and evaluating ovaries?

Which of the following is the most appropriate diagnostic imaging follow-up in a patient with history of chronic alcoholism, who has pain referred to the lower thoracic spine, and whose radiographs show punctate calcifications traversing the upper lumbar spine on AP radiographs of the abdomen?

Which of the following abdominal structures would not be suitable for diagnostic ultrasonography evaluation?

Where is the spleen located?

Where may the pancreas refer musculoskeletal pain?

The air-filled large bowel is easily recognized on radiographs by the presence of semilunar mucosal folds, also known as __________.

Gas outlining the posterior wall of which of the following structures helps to assist in measuring the presacral space on lateral radiographic examination of the spine?

A patient with chronic history of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory consumption reveals epigastric pain, mostly at night, which is gnawing and burning in sensation. Which of the following diagnostic imaging modalities would be the most appropriate initial diagnostic imaging modality for follow-up of possible peptic ulcer disease?

The most common causes of pneumoperitoneum include all but which of the following?

Lumbopelvic radiographic examination of a 49-year-old female patient with pelvic pain shows amorphous calcification within the region of the uterus, consistent with uterine fibroid. Which of the following diagnostic imaging studies is recommended for initial follow-up?

The diagnostic imaging procedure of choice in a patient with right upper quadrant pain referred to the inferior scapula is __________.

Which of the following organs is best examined with double contrast barium enema?