Radiology test 1 Part 1

Question 1

Pt. Has night sweats, weight loss, gurgling sounds on auscultation, lymphopathy at mediastinum

Accepted Answer

Mycobacterium TB

Question 2

Kid has Drooling, lethargic, upper airway wheeze, dyspnea, no vaccines, soft tissue swelling:

Accepted Answer

Epiglotitis

Question 3

Patient has HIV, reticular opacities

Accepted Answer

Pneumocystis carinii (jirovecii) = PCP

Question 4

Pt. is functional , low fever, dry cough, 20-40 yrs, infiltrate in lower lobe beginning @ hila

Accepted Answer

Atypical pneumonia: mycoplasma (walking pneumonia)

Question 5

Diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Croup

Question 6

small opacities, splattering everywhere. Hint see pic!

Accepted Answer

Miliary TB, DDX: fungal infections, Silicosis (know this)

Question 7

Diagnosis & DDX? (Consolidation & can see bronchial tree branches) fever, productive cough

Accepted Answer

Strep pneumonia; w/pneumocyst DDX: bronchitis

Question 8

Which CXR view should you order with a PA view?

Accepted Answer

Lateral

Question 9

Pt. CXR shows cavitation & miliary pattern

Accepted Answer

Mycobacterium TB secondary w/ miliary pattern

Question 10

By convention, What side of chest is placed on lateral view?

Accepted Answer

Left

Question 11

Pt. Traveled overseas on ship, weight loss, night sweats, cavitation at apex

Accepted Answer

Mycobacterium TB

Question 12

Which CXR view can cause cardiac MAGNIFICATION & has many potential tech problems? Hint see pic

Accepted Answer

AP view

Question 13

Fun fact Q: why do patients w/ strep pneumonia throw up?

Accepted Answer

Stimulation of vagus nerve

Question 14

Diagnosis? SHAKING chills, rusting sputum, people who had flu, lung consolidation, hypoxia

Accepted Answer

Pneumococcal pneumonia (strep pneumonia)

Question 15

For Croup you will hear stridor (obstructive) is this mostly viral or bacterial?

Accepted Answer

Viral; no antibiotic will likely help

Question 16

What is diagnosis, shape, & CXR view you will see it on? Think (drooling, emergency)

Accepted Answer

Epiglotitis, thumb print on lateral view

Question 17

Same Pt. as before: notice a SMOKER; would u give him a zpack or cephalosporin (ex:ceftriaxone)

Accepted Answer

Cephalosporin

Question 18

What is the diagnosis? And DDx?

Accepted Answer

Croup: DDX is epiglotitis

Question 19

lung consolidation from 2nd hand SMOKE, fever, diagnosis & treatment is?

Accepted Answer

Child with strep pneumonia: cephalosporin

Question 20

21 yr old college kid, dry cough, able to walk. On CXR, you see streaking & fanning diffusion

Accepted Answer

Mycoplasma pnemonia (walking pneumonia)

Question 21

Which CXR view does xray enter posterior &exits anteriorly & minimizes cardiac magnification?

Accepted Answer

PA-Posterioranterior view

Question 22

Diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Strep pneumonia (pneumococcal pnemonia)

Question 23

Looks like Strep pneumoniae but Pt. Has history of alcohol abuse; CXR has bulging of fissure

Accepted Answer

Klebsiella pneumonia

Radiology test 1 Part 1

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Radiology test 1 Part 1

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