Tuesday 4 November 2014

RADIOLOGY MCQ --AIPGMEE AND FRCR--MELTING SIGN

WESTEMARK SIGN -----focal oligemia distal to emboli .


HUPMTON 'S Hump---pleural based consolidation in a form of  a truncated cone with pleural base .

MELTING SIGN------The MELTING SIGN describes the resolution ofpulmonary haemmorrhage following pulmonary embolism When there is pulmonar heamorrhage  without infarction following PE, the typical wedge-shaped, pleural-based opacification HUMPTON 'S HUMP  resolves within a week while preserving its typical shape. It is named due to its resemblance with a melting ice cube .

KNUCKLE SIGN -----distal abrupt tapering of an occluded vessel 

FLEISCHER LINES ----fibrotic linear shadow from pleural invagination at the base of the collapse resulting in pseudofissure 

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