Whirl sign: a common misinterpreted radiological entity

Caterina Barberi^{1

2}, Chiara Colaizzi^{3

4}, Jacopo Guerrini⁴, Hayato Kurihara⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20090, Milan, Italy. caterina.barberi@humanitas.it.
² Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. caterina.barberi@humanitas.it.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20090, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.

Case Reports

Caterina Barberi et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;16(6):1703-1705.

doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02571-1. Epub 2021 Jan 1.

Caterina Barberi^{1

2}, Chiara Colaizzi^{3

4}, Jacopo Guerrini⁴, Hayato Kurihara⁴

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20090, Milan, Italy. caterina.barberi@humanitas.it.
² Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. caterina.barberi@humanitas.it.
³ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20090, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, via Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.

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