Friday, 6 December 2013

RADIOLOGY MCQ----Drooping lily sign




Drooping lily sign

Q1.Drooping lily sign on IVU is seen in
a.Duplex kidney
b.Hydatid cyst of kidney
c.APKD
d.Multicystic kidney

ANS --1===Drooping lily sign on IVU is seen in Duplex kidney




  • Drooping lily sign is  a urographic sign  of duplicated  renal collecting system
  • It refers to the inferolateral displacement of the opacified lower pole moiety due to an obstructed (and relatively unopacified) upper pole moiety. The similarity to a lily is further strengthened by the small number of calyces the lower pole moiety has 
  • In duplicated collecting system it is classically the upper pole ureter that is obstructed due to a ureterocoele and
  •  the lower pole ureter that refluxes: as described by the Weigert-Meyer law


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