Radiologic sign explained

A radiologic sign is an objective indication of some medical fact (that is, a medical sign) that is detected by a physician during radiologic examination with medical imaging^[1] (for example, via an X-ray, CT scan, MRI scan, or sonographic scan).

Examples

• Double decidual sac sign^[2]
• Face of the giant panda sign
• Football sign
• Golden S sign
• Hampton's hump
• Hilum overlay sign
• Kerley lines
• Mickey Mouse sign
• Omental cake
• Peribronchial cuffing
• Pneumatosis intestinalis
• Rigler's sign
• Westermark sign

See also

• List of radiologic signs

Notes and References

1. Parker . Mark S. . Chasen . Marvin H. . Paul . Narinder . Radiologic Signs in Thoracic Imaging: Case-Based Review and Self-Assessment Module . American Journal of Roentgenology . 1 March 2009 . 192 . 3_supplement . S34–S48 . 10.2214/AJR.07.7081 . 23 April 2019 . 0361-803X.
2. Web site: Gaillard . Frank . Double decidual sac sign Radiology Reference Article Radiopaedia.org . Radiopaedia . 9 May 2021.