Signs on GI Imaging Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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String sign
A
-String like appearance caused by severe narrowing -Crohn and pyloric stenosis
2
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Snetinel loop
A
Single dilated loop of bowel. 2/2 inflamm.
3
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Volvulus (coffee bean sign)
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Bowel twisting on itself causing obstruction
4
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Thumbprinting
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Large bowel wall thickening due to infix or inflam. processes
5
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String of pearls
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Row of gas bubbles indicative of obstruction
6
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Apple core
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-Constriction of lumen from CA (most often)
7
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Free Sub diaphramatic air
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Perforated peptic ulcer
8
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Stairstep pattern
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-Asynchronous air-fluid levels (increasing heights) in same bowel loop -Indicates bowel obstruction
9
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Cut off sign
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Earcated area of localized colonic dilation and edema. Indicative of acute pancreatitis
