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Imaging Of The GI System Flashcards

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What is the ABDO X approach to an abdominal x ray?

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ABDO X

  • Air
  • Bowel
  • Dense structures + calcifications
  • Organs + soft tissues
  • external objects, lines + tubes
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How do you differentiate between the small + large bowel on an abdominal x ray?

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small bowel: central | valvulae conniventes | contains air or fluid
large bowel: peripheral | haustral folds | contains air or faeces

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Reasons for requesting abdominal x ray

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  • position of iatrogenic items
  • forgein objects
  • confirm ureteric stone identified on CT
  • specialist cases

US or CT preferred as first line

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Where should you see air in an abdominal x ray?

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  • should only be within the bowel (intramural)
  • not within the perioneal space (extramural) | pneumoperitoneum
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What is pneumoperitoneum?

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Air within the peritoneal cavity
abnormal

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What is Rigler’s sign?

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  • Bowel wall crisply + clearly defined due to gas on both sides
  • Seen in pneumoperitoneum on AXR
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What imaging is best to detect pneumoperitoneum?

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CT

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Features of small bowel on AXR

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  • Central
  • Valvulae conniventes (lines across whole diameter)
  • Contains air or fluid
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Features of large bowel on AXR

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  • peripheral
  • haustral folds
  • contains air or faeces
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What is seen in sigmoid volvulus on AXR?

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  • coffee bean sign
  • large gas filled viscus from pelvis + epigastrium
  • normal positioned caecum
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What is seen in caecal volvulus on AXR?

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  • Reverse C shaped viscus on right side ‘fetal appearance’
  • Normal sigmoid
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What does oedematous bowel wall indicate on AXR?
What sign shows this?

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Inflammatory bowel disease
e.g. crohn’s, ulcerative colitis
Thumb printing

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What is seen in inflammatory bowel disease on AXR?

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  • thumb printing sign: mucosa thickening of haustra due to inflammation + oedema
  • lead pipe colon: loss of haustral markings
  • toxic megacolon: colonic dilation, oedema + pseudopolyps
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What does a coffee bean sign on AXR indicate?

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Sigmoid voluvus

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What does thumb printing sign on AXR indicate?

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Irritable bowel disease
Bowel wall oedema

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What do you look for for A on ADBO X?

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air

  • pneumoperitoneum
  • rigler sign: bowel wall crisply + cleared defined
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What do you look for on B of ABDO X?

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Bowel

  • sigmoid volvulus: coffee bean sign
  • caecal volvulus: fetal
18
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What is achalasia?

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Impaired relaxation of lower oesophageal sphincter

19
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Symptoms of achalasia

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  • weight loss
  • halitosis (bad breath)
20
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What is used to investigate + image achalasia?
What sign is seen?

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  • X ray
  • Barium swallow + fluoroscopy
    .
  • Bird beak structure of distal oesophagus
21
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What are the upper limits for the normal diameter of:
- small bowel
- colon
- caecum

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  • small bowel: 3cm
  • colon: 6cm
  • caecum 9cm

3/6/9 rule

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What is seen on a AXR in small bowel obstruction?

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  • dilatation of small bowel >3cm
  • coiled spring appearance
  • inspect inguinal region for hernias
23
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Causes of pneumoperitoneum

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Bowel perforation
Perforated duodenal ulcer
Recent abdominal surgery

24
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Standard imaging for colon cancer if patient has been diagnosed already

A

CT

25
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Standard diagnostic imaging for colon cancer

A

CT colonogram

26
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Imaging of rectal cancer

A

MRI
for staging + follow up

27
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Imaging for Crohn’s disease

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CT for acute abdomen
MRI for diagnosis + follow up

28
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What does pneumoperitoneum look liked on erect chest X ray?

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Free gas under diaphragm
Space between liver + diaphragm

29
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What is a barium swallow used to test?

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Pharynx
Oesophagus
Proximal stomach

30
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Outline a barium enema

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  • tube is inserted into rectum to visualise large intestines
  • barium administered
  • results are monitored using fluoroscopy
31
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How can you visualise the vasculature associated with the GI system?

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Angiogram

32
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Methods of imaging the GI tract

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X rays
Contrast studies
Ultrasound
CT
MRI
Angiography

33
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How can bowel perforation be determined using imaging?

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Erect CXR
Free gas under diaphragm

34
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Features of toxic mega colon on AXR

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colonic dilation
oedema
pseudopolyps

35
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Pros and cons of abdominal ultrasound

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Cheap
Portable
No radiation
.
User dependant

36
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Pros and cons of abdominal MRI

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Detailed
No radiation
High contrast image
.
Time consuming
Issue with claustrophobia

37
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GI features at T12 in CT scan

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Liver
Stomach
Spleen
IVC
Aorta + coeliac trunk
T12 vertebra
(Kidneys?)

38
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GI features at L1 in CT scan

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Liver
Stomach
Spleen
Pancreas
IVC
Aorta + SMA
Both kidneys
L1 vertebra

39
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GI features at L3 on CT scan

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Liver
Aorta + IMA
IVC
Colon
Small intestines
Psoas major muscles
L3 vertebra

40
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GI features at L4 on CT scan

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Iliac crest
Bifurcation of abdominal aorta

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