February 2012 Imaging Case of the Month

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 10:19AM
Rick Robbins, M.D. in Golden's S sign, cervicothoracic sign, dense hilum sign, large cell neuroendrocrine tumor, scimitar sign, silhouette sign

Michael B. Gotway, MD

Associate Editor Imaging

 

Clinical History

A 70-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented with progressive shortness of breath. A chest radiograph (Figure 1A) was obtained. Figure 1B is a frontal chest radiograph obtained 2 years earlier, presented for comparison.

Figure 1A: Frontal chest radiograph. Figure 1B: Frontal chest radiograph obtained 2 years prior to Figure 1A.

What radiological sign is present?

1. The “silhouette sign”
2. “Golden’s S” sign
3. The “dense hilum” sign
4. The “cervicothoracic” sign
5. The “scimitar” sign

Reference as: Gotway MB. February 2012 imaging case of the month. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care 2012;4:33-9. (Click here for a PDF version of the case)

Article originally appeared on Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep (https://www.swjpcc.com/).