ARDMS Abdomen Board Exam Review, Questions & Answers, A+ Guide-5% of thyroid cancers associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia, increased calcitonin -
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a 1 week old male infant presents with a left flank mass. an IVP demonstrates a normal right kidney, but there is no visualization of the left kidney. A sonogram is performed and numerous noncommunicating round cystic structures are demonstrated in the left renal fossa, the largest of which is located laterally. No renal parenchyma is identified. The right kidney is normal. This most probably represents:
severe hydronephrosis, polycystic kidneys, a multicystic kidney, nephroblostoma, unilateral renal agenesis - a multicystic kidney
a 2-year old boy presents with hematuria and a palpable left flank mass. An ultrasound examination is performed, and a solid renal mass is identified. This finding is most characteristic of which of the following choices?
hypernephroma, wilm's tumor, neuroblastoma, infantile polycystic kidney disease, renal infarction - Wilm's tumor
a 35 year old woman presents with a tender neck, and on physical exam an enlarged thyroid is found. An enlarged inhomogeneous thyroid with irregular borders is seen on the sonogram. This is most characteristic of:
a malignant lesion, graves disease, cyst, adenomatous hyperplasia, hashimotos thyroiditis - hashimotos thyroiditis
a 42 year old female presents postcholecystectomy with right-upper quadrant pain, eleveated serum bilirubin (mainly conjugated), and bilirubin in her urine. This is best characteristic of:
hepatitis, stone tumor or stricture causing obstruction of the bile duct, small common duct stone less then 5 mm in diameter, alkaline phophatase will be normal, pancreatic pseudocyst - stone, tumor, or stricture causing obstruction of the bile duct
a 44 year old patient presents with painless jaundice and a palpable right upper quadrant mass. This is most characteristic of:
acute hepatitis, cirrhosis, porcelain gallbladder, courvoisier gallbladder, klatskin tumor - courvoisier gallbladder
a 60-year old man presents with hematuria and nocturnal urination. The ultrasound findings include an enlarged symmetrical homogeneous prostate. This is most characteristic of:
seminal vesicle disease, acute prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia, carcinoma of the prostate, normal prostate - benign prostatic hyperplasia
a common cause of acute pyelonephritis?
hypertension, pyogenic bacteria, renal cell carcinoma, hydronephrosis - pyogenic bacteria
a condition that may affect the adrenal gland:
neonatal hypotension, severe fulminant tuberculosis infection, malignant lung carcinoma, breast carcinoma, all of the above - all of the above
a cystic mass that extends from the renal pelvis to outside the renal capsule is:
a parapelvic cyst, an extrarenal pelvis, a renal artery aneurysm, a grade 2 hydronephrosis, duplex collecting system - an extrarenal pelvis
a fold or septum on the posterior wall between the body and neck is called? - Junctional Fold [Show Less]