Radiologic sign
{{Short description|Medical sign from radiology}}
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{{cite journal |last1=Parker |first1=Mark S. |last2=Chasen |first2=Marvin H. |last3=Paul |first3=Narinder |title=Radiologic Signs in Thoracic Imaging: Case-Based Review and Self-Assessment Module |journal=American Journal of Roentgenology |date=1 March 2009 |volume=192 |issue=3_supplement |pages=S34–S48 |doi=10.2214/AJR.07.7081 |url=https://www.ajronline.org/doi/full/10.2214/AJR.07.7081 |access-date=23 April 2019 |issn=0361-803X}} (for example, via an X-ray, CT scan, MRI scan, or sonographic scan).
Examples
{{Further|List of radiologic signs}}
- Double decidual sac sign{{cite web |last1=Gaillard |first1=Frank |title=Double decidual sac sign {{!}} Radiology Reference Article {{!}} Radiopaedia.org |url=https://radiopaedia.org/articles/double-decidual-sac-sign-1?lang=gb |website=Radiopaedia |access-date=9 May 2021}}
- 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