Food signs in radiology

Abstract

Certain diseases show classic radiological signs that resemble various types of food items like fruits, meat, vegetables, eggs, bakery, grocery and confectionary items. In this article various food signs are discussed and correlated with the various food items in a pictorial way. The objective of this pictorial essay is to provide the information and learn the characteristic radiological signs resembling various food items. These food signs are easy to recognize and allows a confident diagnosis on the basis of imaging findings alone or can narrow down the differential diagnosis.

Keywords: diagnosis; food signs; radiological signs.

Fig. (1a).. Millet seed

Fig. (1b).. Pulmonary TB

Fig (1c).. Miliary Shadowing in Tuberculosis.

Fig (2a).. Honey comb

Fig. (2b).. Pathological specimen of Honeycomb lung

Fig. (2c).. Honeycombing in pneumoconiosis

Fig. (2d).. C T Scan showing Honeycombing

Fig. (3a).. Eggs

Fig. (3b).. Chest PA showing eggshell calcification

Fig. (3c).. Magnified lateral view

Fig. (4a).. Popcorns

Fig. (4b).. Chest PA showing popcorn calcification in Hamartoma

Fig. (5a). MRI coronal plane showing partially herniated liver through the Ruptured Diaphragm resembling Cottage loaf bread

Fig. (5b).. Cottage loaf bread, a traditional bread in U.K

Fig. (6a).. Pepper pot skull in hyperparathyroidism

Fig. (6b).. Pepper pot

Fig. (7a).. Pancake, b. Compressed vertebra c. Reconstructed CT showing vertebral compression d. MRI showing vertebral plana.

Fig. (8a).. Hamburger

Fig. (8b).. Axial CT Scan of a vertebra revealing presence of hamburger sign on right side and loss of hamburger sign on left side indicating flexion-distraction injury.

Fig. (9a).. X-ray pelvis in Achondroplasia

Fig. (9b).. Champagne glass

Fig. (10a).. X-ray tibia revealing lamellated periosteal reaction on lateral aspect in Ewing’s sarcoma.

Fig. (10b).. Onion skin showing whorls

Fig. (11a).. Colles’ fracture showing dinner fork deformity

Fig. (11b).. Picture of dinner forks

Fig. (12a).. Sausages

Fig. (12b).. Psoriatic hands, resembling sausages

Fig. (12c).. X-rays finger showing soft tissue swelling resembling sausage digit

Fig. (13a).. X-ray both feet showing tapered metatarsal ends in psoriasis

Fig. (13b).. Candy sticks

Fig. (14a).. X-ray left hip showing vertical Striations in femoral neck in Osteopathia Striata

Fig. (14b).. Celery stalk

Fig. (15a).. X-ray both knees showing bilateral rice grain soft tissue calcifications around the knees

Fig. (15b).. Rice grains.

Fig. (16a).. partially eaten apple

Fig. (16.b, c).. Double contrast barium enema showing apple core lesion due to carcinoma of colon

Fig. (17a).. Coffee beans

Fig. (17b).. Plain x-ray abdomen showing-enormously dilated sigmoid colon giving coffee bean appearance.

Fig. (18).. CT Scan of lower abdomen showing Omental Infiltrations in two different patients.

Fig. (19a).. Donut

Fig. (19b).. CT Scan pelvis showing Donut sign (arrow) in Inflammatory bowel disease.

Fig. (20a).. Pears

Fig. (20b).. Cystogram showing pear-shaped bladder

Fig. (21a).. CT brain showing Berry aneurysm.

Fig. (21b).. Berries.

Fig. (22a).. Banana

Fig. (22b).. Antenatal US of fetal head showing banana sign in the posterior fossa.

Fig. (23a).. Antenatal US of cranium showing lemon sign

Fig. (23b).. Lemon