APIK Journal of Internal Medicine (Jan 2022)
To not lose the loss of silhouette sign
Abstract
The silhouette sign is a commonly used radiological terminology, useful in diagnosis. The term is a misnomer and the loss of silhouette sign is what is to be mentioned. Whenever there is a loss of silhouette sign in a chest radiograph the differential diagnosis of consolidation, pleural effusion, collapse. etc., needs to be considered.
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