Whirlpool sign

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The Whirlpool sign also known as the Whirl sign [1] is related to mesentery when the bowel rotates around the mesentery causing a swirling appearance of the mesentery around the mesenteric vessels. [2]

It can also be related to ovaries when twisting of the vascular pedicle of the ovaries takes place. [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Huang, Yu Min; Wu, Chin Chia Jimmy (13 August 2012). "Whirl sign in small bowel volvulus". Case Reports. 2012: bcr2012006688. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006688 . ISSN   1757-790X. PMC   4543747 . PMID   22891028. S2CID   15119908.
  2. ↑ Epelman, Monica (1 September 2006). "The Whirlpool Sign" . Radiology. 240 (3): 910–911. doi:10.1148/radiol.2403040370. ISSN   0033-8419. PMID   16926336 . Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Vijayaraghavan, S. Boopathy (December 2004). "Sonographic whirlpool sign in ovarian torsion". Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 23 (12): 1643–1649, quiz 1650–1651. doi:10.7863/jum.2004.23.12.1643. ISSN   0278-4297. PMID   15557307. S2CID   5778860 . Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Valsky, D. V.; Cohen, S. M.; Hamani, Y.; Lipschuetz, M.; Yagel, S.; Esh-Broder, E. (August 2009). "Whirlpool sign in the diagnosis of adnexal torsion with atypical clinical presentation" . Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 34 (2): 239–242. doi:10.1002/uog.7310. PMID   19644943. S2CID   38278005 . Retrieved 11 May 2022.
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