Metaphorical Signs in Computed Tomography of Chest and Abdomen

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Saber-Sheath Trachea....Pages 1-1
Eggshell Calcification and Rim Enhancement....Pages 3-3
Split Pleura Sign....Pages 5-5
Consolidation....Pages 7-7
Ground-Glass Opacity and Black Bronchus Sign....Pages 9-9
Bat Wing, Butterfly, or Angel Wing Sign....Pages 11-11
Crazy-Paving Sign....Pages 13-13
Honeycombing....Pages 15-15
Vanishing Lung....Pages 17-17
Mosaic Perfusion or Mosaic Lung Sign....Pages 19-19
Air Trapping....Pages 21-21
Swiss Cheese Appearance....Pages 23-23
Feeding Vessel Sign or Fruits on the Branch Sign....Pages 25-25
Snowstorm Sign and Cannonball Metastases....Pages 27-27
Air Bronchograms and Pseudocavitations....Pages 29-29
Halo Sign....Pages 31-31
Corona Radiata or Corona Maligna and Pleural Tail Sign....Pages 33-33
Positive Bronchus Sign....Pages 35-35
Umbilical Retraction Sign or Rigler Incisura....Pages 37-37
Popcorn Sign and Bull’s Eye Calcifications....Pages 39-39
Target Calcification Sign....Pages 41-41
Satellite Foci and Galaxy Sign....Pages 43-43
Rounded Atelectasis, Comet-Tail Sign, and Crow’s Foot Sign....Pages 45-45
Tree-in-Bud Sign....Pages 47-47
Air Crescent Sign....Pages 49-49
Signet Ring Sign, Tram-Tracking Sign, String of Pearls, and Cluster of Grapes....Pages 51-51
Finger-in-Glove or Hand-in-Glove Sign....Pages 53-53
Atoll or Reversed Halo Sign....Pages 55-55
Parachute Sign....Pages 57-57
Atelectasis Discoidea, Atelectasis Lamellosa, or Platelike Atelectasis....Pages 59-59
Mesa, Tafelberg, or Table Mountain Sign....Pages 61-61
Pleural Mouse, Fibrin Body, Fibrin Ball, and Thoracolith....Pages 63-63
Draped Aorta Sign....Pages 65-65
Sentinel Clot Sign....Pages 67-67
Intimal Flap and Beak Sign....Pages 69-69
Cobweb Sign and Mercedes-Benz Sign....Pages 71-71
Hyperdense Crescent Sign and Beret Sign....Pages 73-73
Web Sign and White (Calcified) Pulmonary Arteries....Pages 75-75
Marble Liver Sign or Fatty Liver (Foie Gras)....Pages 77-77
Geographic Liver....Pages 79-79
Boxing Glove Sign....Pages 81-81
Confluent Fibrosis....Pages 83-83
Bull’s Eye Sign....Pages 85-85
Lacelike Fibrosis and Salt and Pepper Sign....Pages 87-87
White Liver Sign....Pages 89-89
Periportal Halo....Pages 91-91
Ripples in the Water Sign or Target Sign....Pages 93-93
Cluster of Grapes Sign....Pages 95-95
Water Lily Sign or Snake Sign....Pages 97-97
Bright Dot Sign and Iris or Eye Diaphragm Sign....Pages 99-99
Stellate Scar Sign or Spoke-Wheel Pattern....Pages 101-101
Funeral Frame Sign, Rim Enhancement, and Target-Like Appearance....Pages 103-103
Double Duct Sign....Pages 105-105
Central Dot Sign....Pages 107-107
Mercedes-Benz Sign....Pages 109-109
Porcelain or Incrusted Gallbladder Sign....Pages 111-111
Annular Pancreas....Pages 113-113
Lake Chain Sign or String of Beads Sign and Pancreas with Sausage-Like Form and Hypodense Halo....Pages 115-115
Honeycomb or Spongelike Mass and Spoke-Wheel Sign....Pages 117-117
Fetal Lobulation or Lobation and Column of Bertin Hypertrophy....Pages 119-119
Horseshoe Kidney....Pages 121-121
White Pyramids Sign....Pages 123-123
Claw Sign or Beak Sign....Pages 125-125
Faceless Kidney Sign....Pages 127-127
Swiss Cheese Sign....Pages 129-129
Stellate Scar Sign or Starlike Scar Sign and Spoke-Wheel Pattern....Pages 131-131
Fan Sign, Wedge-Shaped or Striated Enhancement, and Patchy Nephrogram....Pages 133-133
Medullary Sponge Kidney and Paintbrush Appearance....Pages 135-135
Putty Kidney Sign....Pages 137-137
Cortical Rim Sign and Reversed Rim Sign....Pages 139-139
String of Beads Sign or String of Pearls Sign....Pages 141-141
Soft Tissue Rim Sign and Comet Sign....Pages 143-143
Whirlpool, Whirl, Swirl, and Whirling Sign....Pages 145-145
Comb Sign....Pages 147-147
Stratified Attenuation, Double Halo Sign, and Target Sign....Pages 149-149
Target Sign, Sausage-Shaped Mass, and Reniform or Kidney-Shaped Bowel....Pages 151-151
Fat Halo Sign....Pages 153-153
Accordion Sign....Pages 155-155
Rim Enhancement or Target Sign....Pages 157-157
Soap Bubble Appearance and Small Bowel Feces Sign....Pages 159-159
Ring Sign....Pages 161-161
Omental Cake Sign....Pages 163-163
Sandwich Sign....Pages 165-165
Misty Mesentery Sign and Fat Halo Sign....Pages 167-167
Dirty Fat Sign....Pages 169-169
Hematocrit Sign....Pages 171-171
Back Matter....Pages 173-176