Titlebook: Metaphorical Signs in Computed Tomography of Chest and Abdomen; Andrey Yudin Book 2023Latest edition The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The

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Split Pleura Sign,infectious pleural effusions and lung abscesses. This sign is also described in malignant effusions, mesothelioma, and after talc pleurodesis. The sign results from fibrin coating of both the parietal and visceral surfaces of the pleura with resulting in growth of capillaries and fibroblasts forming

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Consolidation, Bulging Fissure Sign or Lobar Consolidation and Air Bronchograms Sign or Open Bronchsolidations may be divided into diffuse and focal, perihilar and peripheral, round, linear, and patchy. These features are important in differential diagnosis which is based on the nature of the substance that is replacing alveolar air: blood (hemorrhage), pus (exudates, pneumonia), water (transudat

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Bat Wing, Butterfly or Angel Wing Sign,rfly or angel wing sign (↑), may be seen sometimes and attributed to rapid accumulation of edema fluid, that is, the rapid development of pulmonary edema. Similar pulmonary opacities can be found in patients with septic shock, inhalation injuries, alveolar proteinosis, pulmonary hemorrhage, sarcoido

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Intralobular Gradient Resembling Traditional Chinese Landscape Paintings of Karst Mountain Tops,dary lobules are quickly filled with transudate due to dysfunction of the alveolar–capillary barrier. Through the intralobular communications formed by pores of Cohn and canals of Lambert, this fluid easily moves inside the secondary lobule, obeying the force of gravity and forming a gravitational e

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Crazy-Paving Sign or Paving Stone Sign,. This name refers to the appearance of irregularly shaped paving tiles in medieval Italian patios. It is a nonspecific finding that can be seen in a number of conditions both acute and chronic, but classically described in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis [1]. Common causes of this sign are almost id

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Honeycomb Lung,ground of densely scarred lung tissue. Clustered cystic air spaces (0.3–1.0 cm in diameter) or scattered cysts are usually (but not always) visible near the pleural surfaces in several contiguous layers (↑). In most cases, visualization of the “honeycombing” indicates extensive pulmonary fibrosis wi

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Moth-Eaten Cloth Sign,ar walls, and without obvious fibrosis. Computed tomography can show small areas of lung destruction and can reveal mild emphysema, which manifests itself as small focal areas of air density against a background of the secondary lobules parenchyma (↑). These areas are usually round or oval in shape

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Vanishing Lung and Double-Wall Sign,nknown etiology used to describe lungs that seem to disappear on X-rays (↑). It is a progressive condition characterized by the presence of giant emphysematous bullae in one or both lungs which commonly arise in the upper lobes and in the subpleural location. Bullae occupy at least one-third of the

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Mosaic Perfusion or Mosaic Lung Sign,rfusion. The term mosaic reflects patchy and uneven distribution of abnormalities (.). This sign is usually seen in patients with small airways diseases (cystic fibrosis, bronchiolitis obliterans, and chronic obstructive lung disease) and pulmonary vascular disease (mosaic oligemia in chronic pulmon