NBME 18 Spillage of contrast, which is normal (NBME Answers)

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Retired NBME 18 Answers

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35 yo woman with infertility
Spillage of contrast, which is normal 🔍 / 📺 / 🌳 / 📖
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submitted by ∗donttrustmyanswers(74)

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The fallopian tubes should leak contrast because there is a gap between fallopian tubes and ovary. I.e. if there is no spillage, that means there is a blockage = infertility!

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donttrustmyanswers source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4874266/ +

mcdumbass This makes sense... but I don't trust your answers +14

bmd12 😂😂😂 +

step1dreamteam Definition of artifact by radiopedia: "Most artifacts in radiology refer to something seen on an image that are not present in reality but appear due to a quirk of the modality itself". Based on this definition why "spillage of contrast, which is an artifact" is incorrect? +1

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submitted by ∗dorsal_vein(47)

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Spillage of contrast into the peritoneum during a hysterosalpingogram is normal and indicates patency of the fallopian tubes.

-Medical Partership Radiology

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submitted by ∗duckhunter324(2)

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What would a rupture of the fallopian tube look like then? Compared to normal spillage..

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epiglotitties I was wondering the same thing +

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