Football sign

Football sign

The football sign refers to a large oval radiolucency in the shape of an American football, which is seen on supine abdominal X-ray films. [cite journal | author=Rampton JW | title=The football sign | journal=Radiology | year=2004 | pages=81–2 | volume=231 | issue=1 | pmid=14990817. [http://radiology.rsnajnls.org/cgi/content/full/231/1/81 Full text] | doi=10.1148/radiol.2311011290] The football sign is most frequently seen in infants with spontaneous or iatrogenic gastric perforation causing pneumoperitoneum.

ee also

*Rigler's sign

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