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Battle of the BrainsPulmonary and Cardiovascular Review
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• Air Crescent Sign – sickle-shaped lucency partly surrounding a mass in a pulmonary cavity on chest x-ray & CT; classically, aspergillomas
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• Air Brochogram Sign-black-branching air-filled bronchi visible because of surrounding airspace disease, such as in pneumonia
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• Angel Wing Appearance- AKA Bat Wing-patteron of pulmonary edema which involves perihilar regions and spares cortex of lung
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• Aortic Nipple- bump caused by left superior intercostal vein as it wraps around outer edge of aorta
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• Black Pleural Line- paradoxical appearance of pleura in pulmonary microlithiasis because of innumerable dense calcifications in adjacent lung
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• Bulging Fissure Sign- bulging of usually minor fissure from heavy exudative pneumonia like Klebsiella
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• Coin Lesion- a solitary pulmonary nodule generally considered less than 3 cm in size most often a granuloma or hamartoma
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• Cervicothoracic Sign- a mass extends above clavicles on frontal chest radiograph should be in posterior chest
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• Comet Tail Sign- lung-focal area of collapsed lung adjacent to pleural thickening with distortion of blood vessels in rounded atelectasis
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• Continuous Diaphragm Sign- visualization of entire surface of diaphragm from pneumomediastinum
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• Crazy Paving Sign- fine reticular pattern superimposed on areas of ground-glass opacity on HRCT, first described with alveolar proteinosis
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• Crescent Sign- appearance of a sliver of air usually best seen beneath the right hemidiaphragm in pneumoperitoneum
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• Cannonball Metastases- large, hematogenously spread metastatic lesions in the lungs of varying sizes most often from colon, breast, renal, thyroid primaries
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• Cottage Loaf Sign- constricted appearance of liver herniated through a right-sided diaphragmatic rupture looks like English cottage loaf
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• Cupola Sign- arcuate lucency superimposed on lower thoracic spine on a supine abdomen representing free air under the central diaphragmatic tendon
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• Double Density Sign- overlapping of an enlarged left atrium and the normal right atrium on a frontal chest radiograph
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• Dense Hilum Sign- appearance of hilum which is neither enlarged nor calcified implying superimposed lung density
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• Deep Sulcus Sign- inferiorly depressed costophrenic angle from pneumothorax seen on supine radiograph of chest
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• Double Bronchial Wall Sign- air outlining the trachea and proximal bronchi in pneumomediastinum
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• Eggshell Calcification lung- peripheral calcification of thoracic lymph nodes, most often seen in silicosis but also sarcoid or post-XRT
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• Fat Pad Sign- pericardium-pericardium produced by separation of rtrosternal fat from epicardial fat by a line >2 mm, seen on lateral chest radiograph
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• Figure 3 Sign- in coarctation of the aorta, the dilated LSCA, indentation of coarct and post-stenotic aortic dilatation form “3”
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• Flat Waist Sign- flattened appearance to left side of cardiac contour due to rotation of heart in LLL atelectasis
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• Golden’s S Sign- S shape caused by edge of elevated minor fissure and hilar mass in RUL atelectasis
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• Gloved Finger Sign- finger-like projections from hilum from bronchial mucoid impaction in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis or asthma
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• Hampton’s Hump- wedge-shaped density at periphery of lung described as a sign of pulmonary infarction
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• Honeycombing- clustered, thick-walled cystic spaces representing dilated and thickened bronchial walls; seen in bronchiectasis
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• Holly Leaf Appearance- the geographic shape formed by the dense perimeter of a calcified pleural plaque seen en face, esp with asbestos exposure
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• Hilum Overlay Sign- differentiates large pulmonary artery from hilar mass on CXR; mass superimposes on vessels
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• Hilum Convergence Sign- differentiates large pulmonary artery from hilar mass on CXR; vessels converge on PA but go past hilar mass
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• Incomplete Rim Sign- a partly sharply marginated, partly indistinct mass from its projection into an air-filled structure or atmosphere
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• Incomplete Fissure sign- concave edge produced by pleural fluid abutting an incomplete major fissure, usually on right side
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• Juxtaphrenic Peak- tent-like projection of the medial hemidiaphragm seen with upper and sometimes middle lobe atelectasis
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• Knuckle Sign- dilated pulmonary artery with abrupt tapering seen in occlusive disease like pulmonary embolism
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• Luftsichel Sign- sickle-shaped, over expanded superior segment of LLL interposed between aortic arch and atelectatic LUL
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• Pawnbroker’s Sign- bilateral hilar and right paratracheal adenopathy seen in sarcoid resembling 3 hanging balls of old Pawnbroker’s shops
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• Popcorn Calcification- flocculent, amorphous calcification in solid masses, frequently indicating smooth muscle calcifications, e.g fibroids
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• Pseudotumor- AKA vanishing tumor- fluid in a fissure, usually minor, mostly seen in CHF- vanishes with reversal of failure
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• Rolled Edge Sign- the dense perimeter of a calcified pleural plaque seen en face, esp with asbestos exposure
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• Reverse Pulmonary Edema- peripheral airspace disease with sparing of central lung esp in pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia
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• Ring-Around-the-Artery Sign- air surrounding right pulmonary artery on lateral chest from pneumomediastinum
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• Spine Sign- paradoxically increasing density of lower spine seen on lateral CXR indicative of a lower lobe process such as pneumonia
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• Scimitar Sign- anomalous draining pulmonary vein along right heart border that usually empties into IVC; shaped like Turkish sword
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• Snowstorm Appearance- innumerable small pulmonary nodules frequently associated with metastatic carcinoma from thyroid
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• Silhouette Sign- the process whereby two substances of the same density which touch each other blur the edges between them
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• Shmoo Sign- appearance of prominent, rounded left ventricle and dilated aorta likened to the Shmoo in L’il Abner comic
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• Signet Ring Sign- pulmonary-dilated bronchus is larger than accompanying pulmonary artery, seen on chest CT in bronchiectasis
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• Split Pleura Sign- on CT, contrast enhanced visceral and parietal pleura divide around a less-dense empyema
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• Saber Sheath Trachea- marked coronal narrowing and sagittal widening of intrathoracic trachea, esp in COPD
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• Tree-in-bud Pattern- bronchiole filled fluid resembling a branching tree with buds; seen in airway disease; common in endobronchial spread of infection, TB
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• Thymic Sail Sign- normal appearance of thymus gland as it contacts minor fissure; spinnaker sail sign is abnormal
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• Target Calcification- bulls-eye calcification in center of pulmonary histoplasmoma
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• Tram Tracking- tube-like parallel lines representing thickened bronchial walls usually seen with bronchiectasis
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• Tubular Artery Sign- air outlining the ascending aorta, aortic arch and major branches of aorta in pneumomediastinum
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• Westermark’s Sign- focal or regional pulmonary oligemia seen occasionally distal to occlusive thromboembolic disease in the lung
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• Water Bottle Heart- globular shape of heart from a large pericardial effusion
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ENDGoodluck Guys And I Will Pray For You Especially To
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