RCA Final Study Guide: Week 10 "Calcification Patterns"

Types of Calcification Patterns

Concretion, conduit, solid mass, cystic, psammomatous

Concretions

Hollow viscus, within a solid organ

Xray Concretion

CT Concretion

US Concretion

Conduit

Calcification within the walls of a fluid-filled tube (artery)

Lateral Xray Conduit

AP Xray Conduit

CT Conduit

Xray Solid Mass

CT Solid Mass

Cystic

Calcification of the wall of a mass (cyst, aneurysm)

Xray Cystic

CT Cystic

Psammomatous

Round microscopic calcification collections

Axial CT Psammomatous

Coronal CT Psammomatous

Sagittal CT Psammomatous

CT Adenocarcinoma

CT Adenocarcinoma

Leiomyomas

Xray Appendicolith

CT Appendicolith

Xray Fecolith

CT Fecolith

Undissolved Pills

Retained Barium Contrast

Coronal CT Epiploic Appendagitis

Axial CT Epiploic Appendagitis

Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

Xray Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis

CT Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis

Xray Calcified Mesenteric Lymphadenopathy

CT Calcified Mesenteric Lymphadenopathy

Lateral Xray Atherosclerosis

AP Xray Atherosclerosis

CT Atherosclerosis

Sagittal CT AAA

AP Xray AAA

Lateral Xray AAA

Axial CT AAA

CT Common Iliac Artery Aneurysm

CT Splenic Artery ANeurysm

Xray Splenic Artery Aneurysm

Phelboliths

CT TB

CT Histoplasmosis

CT Echinococcus (Hydatid) Cyst

Xray Echinococcus (Hydatid) Cyst

Hepatic Schistosomiasis

Xray Liver Metastasis

CT Liver Metastasis

Xray Liver Hemangioma

CT Liver Hemangioma

Xray Gallstones

CT Gallstones

Xray Milk of Calcium Bile

CT Milk of Calcium Bile

Xray Porcelain Gallbladder

CT Porcelain Gallbladder

Axial CT Gallbladder Carcinoma

Coronal CT Gallbladder Carcinoma

Xray Gallstone Ileus

CT Gallstone Ileus

Xray Splenic TB

CT Splenic TB

CT Splenic Histoplasmosis

Coronal CT Splenic Hemangioma

Axial CT Splenic Hemangioma

Axial CT Splenic Pseudocyst

Coronal CT Splenic Pseudocyst

Xray Autosplenectomy

CT Autosplenectomy

Xray Chronic Pancreatitis

CT Chronic Pancreatitis

CT Microcystic Adenomas

CT Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

CT Neuroendocrine Tumor

Xray Pancreatic Pseudocyst

CT Pancreatic Pseudocyst

Xray Adrenal Hemorrhage

CT Adrenal Hemorrhage

Xray Adrenal Adenoma

CT Adrenal Adenoma

CT Pheochromocytoma

Xray Adrenal TB

CT Adrenal TB