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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... h urinary free cortisol ... Screening #Workup #table
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Cortical Desmoid ... lesion displays cortical ... Case description ... femur, 1-2 cm proximal ... MR is able to distinguish
Major Segments of the Nephron and their Functions 
 - Glomerulus - Formation of glomerular filtrate
filtrate - Proximal ... - Proximal tubule ... organic acids and bases ... hormone control - Cortical ... Pathophysiology #Tubules #Table
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... should encourage critical ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... variety of other causes ... portal #venousgas #ultrasound
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... obstruction - Able ... of flank or abdominal ... for non-calculus causes ... scan) when an ultrasound
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
= nonspecific (nausea ... , vomiting, abdominal ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... Maternal Support - Critical
Giant AAA on POCUS

Elderly pt with abd/back pain. Stable. Has pulsatile mass on exam spans 12
Stable. ... Article has case ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #abdominal #aneurysm
Greater Saphenous Vein Thrombosis on POCUS
Pt-leg pain/redness/swelling. Proximal TRV image. 
Diagnosis: Greater Saphenous Vein Thrombosis without
Proximal TRV image ... hemodynamically stable ... into the CFV and cause ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound