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Focal tenderness over the gallbladder with probe pressure
describes:
a. Murphy sign
b. Strawberry sign
c. Courvoisier sign
d. Hydrops sign

A nonmobile, nonshadowing focus is seen within the
gallbladder lumen. This most likely represents a:
a. Gallstone
b. Gallbladder carcinoma
c. Gallbladder polyp
d. Sludge ball

Intermittent obstruction of the cystic duct by a gallstone
results in:
a. Emphysematous cholecystitis
b. Gangrenous cholecystitis
c. Chronic cholecystitis
d. Acute cholecystitis

A 32-year-old female patient presents to the sonography
department with vague abdominal pain. The sonographic investigation of the
gallbladder reveals a focal area of gallbladder wall thickening that produces
comet tail artifact. These findings are consistent with:
a. Gangrenous cholecystitis
b. Gallbladder perforation
c. Acalculous cholecystitis
d. Adenomyomatosis

Tumefactive sludge can resemble the sonographic appearance
of:
a. Cholelithiasis
b. Gallbladder carcinoma
c. Cholecystitis
d. Adenomyomatosis

All of the following are sources of diffuse gallbladder wall
thickening except:
a. Benign ascites
b. Hepatitis
c. Congestive heart failure
d. Gallbladder polyp

All of the following are sources of diffuse gallbladder wall
thickening except:
a. Malignant ascites
b. AIDS
c. Hepatitis
d. Adenomyomatosis

The diameter of the gallbladder should not exceed:
a. 8 cm b. 5 cm
c. 7 mm d. 3 cm

The outermost layer of the gallbladder wall is the:
a. Fibromuscular layer
b. Mucosal laye
c. Serosal layer
d. Muscularis layer

The direct blood supply to the gallbladder is the:
a. Cholecystic artery
b. Common hepatic artery
c. Main portal vein
d. Cystic artery