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_ _ consists of multiple peritoneal ligaments and folds that connect the viscera to each other and the abdominal walls |
Peritoneal cavity |
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Attachments of the peritoneum to the abdominal walls and organs help determine the way abnormal collections if _ within the peritoneal cavity can collect or move |
Fluid |
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The _ _ can adhere to the diseased organs |
Greater omentum |
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Mass is confirmed to be in the _ _ when anterior renal displacement or anterior displacement if the dilated ureters can be documented |
Retroperitoneal cavity |
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Single large and irregular _ space surrounds the superior and lateral aspects if the left lobe of the liver |
Perihepatic |
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The _ divides the retrovesicle space into an anterior vesicouterine recess and a posterior rectouterine sac (pouch of douglas) |
Uterus |
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Fluid in the extraperitoneal prevesical space has a "_" configuration, displacing the bladder posteriorly and compressing it from the sides along it's entire length |
Dumbbell |
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The _ muscles are seen as a biconvex muscle group delineated by the linea alba and linea semilunaris |
Rectus |
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_ line is seen as a discrete linear echogenicity in the deepest layer if the abdominal wall |
Peritoneal |
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_ is the accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity |
Ascites |
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Ascites |
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Ascites |
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Ascites |
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Ascites |
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Ascites |
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Ascites |
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Inflammatory or malignant ascites |
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Inflammatory or malignant ascites |
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Inflammatory or malignant ascites |
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Abdominal fluid collections do not persist _ week after abdominal surgery as a normal part of the healing process |
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Hepatorenal recess |
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_ pathways through which bacteria can enter the liver and cause abscess formation |
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_ is a cavity formed by necrosis within a solid tissue or a circumscribed collection of purulent material |
Abscess |
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Abscess formation and pockets in the abdomen and pelvis |
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_ _ abscess: scattered air reflectors may be the sonographers clue in a gas- or air- filled abscess collection; they have varying echo patterns |
Gas containing |
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Gas containing abscess |
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_ and the resultant abscess formation may be generalized or localized process |
Peritonitis |
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_ foramen usually seals off the lesser sac from inflammatory processes extrinsic to it |
Epiploic |
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Subphrenic abscess |
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_ collections of fluid with in the liver can mimic loculated subphrenic fluid |
Subcapsular |
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_ abscess are extrahepatic loculated collections of bile |
Biloma |
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_ _: abscess that forms within the renal parenchyma |
Renal carbuncle |
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_ abscess: usually the result of a perforated renal abscess that leaks purulent material into the tissue adjacent to the kidney |
Perinephric |
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_ mass is more common than a _ mass |
Cystic ; solid |
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_ cyst is an incomplete regression of a urachus during development |
Urachal |
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_ encapsulated collections of urine |
Urinoma |
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Urinoma |
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_ _ develops from cellular implantation across the peritoneal cavity |
Peritoneal metastases |
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_ exhibits a uniformly thick, hypoechoic, band shaped structure that follows the convexity of the anterior and lateral abdominal wall, creating the omental band |
Lymphoma |
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Peritoneal and omental _ most often occur in middle aged men as the result of exposure to asbestos |
Mesotheliomas |
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_ are collections of fluid that occurs after surgery in the pelvis, retroperitoneum, or recess cavities |
Lymphoceles |
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_ _ _: collections of blood between the bladder and lower uterine segment, resulting from a lower uterine transverse cesarean section and bleeding from the uterine vessels |
Bladder flap hematoma |
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_ _ are found in the prevesicular space and caused by the disruption of the inferior epigastic vessels or their branches during a C section |
Subfascial hematoma |
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_ tumor: is a benign fibrous neoplasm of apeneurotic structures and occurs most commonly in relation to the rectus abdominis and it's sheath |
Desmoid |
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Neoplasm or peritoneal thickening |
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_ _ is a protrusion of a peritoneal lined sac through a defect in the weakened abdominal wall and is most common areas of weakness are the umbilical area and the femoral and inguinal ring |
Abdominal hernia |
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Abdominal hernia |
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_ (interruption of the blood supply) of the bowel can also occur in an incarcerated hernia that is not surgically repaired in a timely manner |
Strangulation |