MedicoNotebook

0 Medical one liners 391 - 400

391. Bouquet of flowers appearance = paintbrush appearance - seen in Medullary sponge kidney on IVP.

392.Gallbladder ghost triad - seen sonographically in Biliary atresia

atretic gallbladder length <19 mm,
thin or absent mucosal lining or indistinct wall,
irregular gallbladder contour

393. Triangular cord sign : Sonographic sign showing > 4mm thickness of echogenic anterior wall of the right portal vein (EARPV) in cases of Biliary Atresia.

394. Omental cake can be seen in Metastases (most common) from ovarian, gastric or colon cancer, Tuberculous peritonitis and Lymphoma.

395. Absence of swallow tail sign - Parkinson's disease.

396. Aphthous ulcers are seen in Crohn's disease. They are NEVER seen in Ulcerative colitis.

397. Lobster claw sign: seen in papillary necrosis.

398. Manta ray sign seen in bladder exstrophy.

399. Eye of tiger sign seen in Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome.

400. Uterine choriocarcinoma can occur following molar pregnancy, abortion and even normal pregnancy.

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0 Medical one liners 381 - 390

381. Most common leukaemia in downs syndrome - ALL

382. Leukodystrophy (Dysmyelinating disease) with amino acid metabolism disorder - Canavan disease.

383. Primary extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors - mostly found in - omentum and mesentery.

384. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) = Lou Gehrig's Disease - between the ages of 40 and 70 - affects corticospinal tracts (runs through posterior limb of internal capsule).

385. Weigert-Meyer law : (for complete duplication of renal collecting system and ureters)

Upper renal moiety - Hydronephrosis ; distal end in bladder offten has ureterocele
Lower renal moiety - shows frequent reflux (inserts ectopically - lateral and superior in bladder)

386. Psammoma body associations :

Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Mesothelioma
Papillary renal cell carcinoma
Serous papillary ovarian adenocarcinoma
Endometrial adenocarcinomas (papillary serous carcinoma)
Meningioma

387. Goldblatt kidney - constriction of the renal artery - renal ischemia - release of renin - hypertension.

388. The superior anastomotic vein or Vein of Trolard drains the superficial middle cerebral vein into superior sagittal sinus.

389. The inferior anastomotic vein or Vein of Labbe drains the superficial middle cerebral vein into transverse sinus.

390. Chang’s sign - seen in pulmonary embolism - abrupt change in diameter of pulmonary artery.

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1 Medical one liners 371 - 380

371. Metastases to thyroid gland is rare. Most common metastases to thyroid is from MELANOMA.

372. Most important point of differentiation between extradural hematoma (EDH) and subdural hematoma (SDH) - Is the ability of SDH to cross the suture lines whereas EDH does not cross suture line.
Though EDH is usually biconvex and SDH is usually concavo-convex BUT It is important to remember that even SDH can be biconvex.

373. Most common site of gastrointestinal lymphoma - Stomach.

374. The dripping candle wax sign or flowing candle wax is described in Melorheostosis which demonstrates sclerotic cortical thickening.

375. Oesophageal varices - are Submocosal.
Gastric varices - are Subserosal.

376. Double decidual sac sign helps to distinguish between an early intrauterine pregnancy and a pseudogestational sac.
It is formed by decidua parietalis and decidua capsularis which form two concentric rings around the true gestational sac.

377. Nuchal translucency > 3 mm between 10-14 wks gestation has significant association with chromosomal abonormality.

378. Syndromes ass. with omphalocele

pentalogy of Cantrell
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

379. USG signs of chorionicity

Lamda sign - Dichorionic twins
T sign - Monochorionic twins

380. With increase in kVp (keeping other factors constant), the radiation dose to patient increases.
Radiation dose is directly proportional to square of kVp.

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0 Chorion and Amnion

MCQ 165.

Q. Which of the following is not possible in twin pregnancy ?

a. Dichorionic diamniotic
b. Monochorionic diamniotic
c. Dichorionic monoamniotic
d. Monochorionic monoamniotic

ANSWER:

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