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. 2007 Jan;1(1):143-54.

Food signs in radiology

Mehboob Hussain  1 , Saleh Al Damegh
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Food signs in radiology

Mehboob Hussain et al. Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2007 Jan.

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.

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Figures

Fig. (1a).
Fig. (1a).. Millet seed
Fig. (1b).
Fig. (1b).. Pulmonary TB
Fig (1c).
Fig (1c).. Miliary Shadowing in Tuberculosis.
Fig (2a).
Fig (2a).. Honey comb
Fig. (2b).
Fig. (2b).. Pathological specimen of Honeycomb lung
Fig. (2c).
Fig. (2c).. Honeycombing in pneumoconiosis
Fig. (2d).
Fig. (2d).. C T Scan showing Honeycombing
Fig. (3a).
Fig. (3a).. Eggs
Fig. (3b).
Fig. (3b).. Chest PA showing eggshell calcification
Fig. (3c).
Fig. (3c).. Magnified lateral view
Fig. (4a).
Fig. (4a).. Popcorns
Fig. (4b).
Fig. (4b).. Chest PA showing popcorn calcification in Hamartoma
Fig. (5a)
Fig. (5a). MRI coronal plane showing partially herniated liver through the Ruptured Diaphragm resembling Cottage loaf bread
Fig. (5b).
Fig. (5b).. Cottage loaf bread, a traditional bread in U.K
Fig. (6a).
Fig. (6a).. Pepper pot skull in hyperparathyroidism
Fig. (6b).
Fig. (6b).. Pepper pot
Fig. (7a).
Fig. (7a).. Pancake, b. Compressed vertebra c. Reconstructed CT showing vertebral compression d. MRI showing vertebral plana.
Fig. (8a).
Fig. (8a).. Hamburger
Fig. (8b).
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).
Fig. (9a).. X-ray pelvis in Achondroplasia
Fig. (9b).
Fig. (9b).. Champagne glass
Fig. (10a).
Fig. (10a).. X-ray tibia revealing lamellated periosteal reaction on lateral aspect in Ewing’s sarcoma.
Fig. (10b).
Fig. (10b).. Onion skin showing whorls
Fig. (11a).
Fig. (11a).. Colles’ fracture showing dinner fork deformity
Fig. (11b).
Fig. (11b).. Picture of dinner forks
Fig. (12a).
Fig. (12a).. Sausages
Fig. (12b).
Fig. (12b).. Psoriatic hands, resembling sausages
Fig. (12c).
Fig. (12c).. X-rays finger showing soft tissue swelling resembling sausage digit
Fig. (13a).
Fig. (13a).. X-ray both feet showing tapered metatarsal ends in psoriasis
Fig. (13b).
Fig. (13b).. Candy sticks
Fig. (14a).
Fig. (14a).. X-ray left hip showing vertical Striations in femoral neck in Osteopathia Striata
Fig. (14b).
Fig. (14b).. Celery stalk
Fig. (15a).
Fig. (15a).. X-ray both knees showing bilateral rice grain soft tissue calcifications around the knees
Fig. (15b).
Fig. (15b).. Rice grains.
Fig. (16a).
Fig. (16a).. partially eaten apple
Fig. (16.b, c).
Fig. (16.b, c).. Double contrast barium enema showing apple core lesion due to carcinoma of colon
Fig. (17a).
Fig. (17a).. Coffee beans
Fig. (17b).
Fig. (17b).. Plain x-ray abdomen showing-enormously dilated sigmoid colon giving coffee bean appearance.
Fig. (18).
Fig. (18).. CT Scan of lower abdomen showing Omental Infiltrations in two different patients.
Fig. (19a).
Fig. (19a).. Donut
Fig. (19b).
Fig. (19b).. CT Scan pelvis showing Donut sign (arrow) in Inflammatory bowel disease.
Fig. (20a).
Fig. (20a).. Pears
Fig. (20b).
Fig. (20b).. Cystogram showing pear-shaped bladder
Fig. (21a).
Fig. (21a).. CT brain showing Berry aneurysm.
Fig. (21b).
Fig. (21b).. Berries.
Fig. (22a).
Fig. (22a).. Banana
Fig. (22b).
Fig. (22b).. Antenatal US of fetal head showing banana sign in the posterior fossa.
Fig. (23a).
Fig. (23a).. Antenatal US of cranium showing lemon sign
Fig. (23b).
Fig. (23b).. Lemon
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