Radiology Practice

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Module 11 — Abdominal Radiographs & Acute Abdomen

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Question 01 • Single best answer

Which structures should be reviewed on an abdominal radiograph besides bowel gas?

A. Soft tissues, calcifications, bones and included lung bases B. Only the largest bowel loop C. Only the image label D. Only the pelvis

Question 02 • Single best answer

Does a normal abdominal radiograph exclude appendicitis?

A. No B. Yes, if all bowel gas is normal C. Yes, if taken supine D. Only in adults

Question 03 • Single best answer

Which fold pattern commonly suggests small bowel?

A. Haustra never crossing the lumen as the only possibility B. No folds in any small bowel C. A complete cortical bone ring D. Folds extending across the lumen

Question 04 • Single best answer

What can CT add in suspected bowel obstruction?

A. Guaranteed bowel viability from any image B. Only a count of ribs C. The transition, cause and possible complications D. Elimination of the need for clinical review

Question 05 • Single best answer

Subdiaphragmatic free gas in an appropriate acute setting suggests what?

A. A definite urinary stone B. Uncomplicated constipation in every case C. Hollow-viscus perforation among relevant causes D. A normal finding in every adult

Question 06 • Single best answer

Does absence of free gas on a radiograph exclude perforation?

A. Yes, without exception B. Yes, if pain is severe C. Only if the patient has fever D. No

Question 07 • Single best answer

How should recent abdominal surgery influence interpretation of free gas?

A. Timing and clinical condition must be considered B. All postoperative gas proves a leak C. All postoperative gas is harmless D. It prevents any interpretation

Question 08 • Single best answer

What does bowel wall thickening establish by itself?

A. A single definite infecting organism B. A nonspecific imaging finding C. Guaranteed malignancy D. Guaranteed normal perfusion

Question 09 • Single best answer

Why communicate suspected ischemic obstruction promptly?

A. The finding is always incidental B. Only elective follow-up is needed C. The written report cannot contain it D. Delay can affect bowel viability and patient safety

Question 10 • Single best answer

What should happen when abdominal signs worsen after an initially reassuring scan?

A. Automatic reliance on the earlier report forever B. Clinical reassessment with review of imaging and evolving disease C. Removal of monitoring D. Reassurance without examination