Abstract Archives of the RSNA, 2014
MSE128
Aunt Minnie’s and Classic Signs in Adult Abdominopelvic Ultrasonography: A Primer for Radiology Residents
Education Exhibits
Presented in 2014
Nanda Venkatanarasimha MRCP, FRCR, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose
Familiarity afforded by recognition of a classic sign or Aunt Minnie on ultrasound allows for a more confident and accurate diagnosis
Identification and understanding the pathophysiologic characteristics associated with these signs can facilitate timely patient management
Systematic review of signs in
Hepatobiliary:
• Starry sky, halo, target, reverse target, short gun, double duct, central dot, double barrel, gamna-gandy bodies
• WES, comet tail, Champagne, Murphy's
Genitourinary:
• Renal sweat, dromedary hump, milk of calcium, mickey-mouse, Jack stone, cobra, ureteric jet
• Filarial dance, onion skin
Peritoneum & bowel
• Cake and Sandwich; pseudokidney
Pelvis
• Picket fence, tip of iceberg, string of pearls, feeding artery, ring of fire, bridging vascular, plug and mesh
Doppler
• Spoke wheel, whirl pool, Ying-yang, String of beads, visible thrill, mosaic
• Reverse ‘M’, Parvus tardus, hepatofugal
Correlative imaging
Summary
http://abstract.rsna.org/uploads/2014/14018677/14018677_e572.pdf
Venkatanarasimha, N,
Aunt Minnie’s and Classic Signs in Adult Abdominopelvic Ultrasonography: A Primer for Radiology Residents. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14018677.html