Korean J Radiol.  2010 Apr;11(2):251-252. 10.3348/kjr.2010.11.2.251.

The Reversed Halo Sign: Another Atypical Manifestation of Sarcoidosis

• Marchiori
• Zanetti G
• Mano CM
• Hochhegger B
• Irion KL

• KMID: 1783205
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2010.11.2.251

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Adult
Cough/etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspepsia/etiology
Female
Humans
Lung/radiography/surgery
Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary/complications/*radiography/surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Sarcoidosis showing reversed halo sign in 44-year-old woman. A. High-resolution CT scan demonstrates bilateral localized round and oval areas containing central ground-glass opacities surrounded by crescent or ring-shaped areas of consolidation. Also noted are small nodules scattered throughout both lungs. B. Photomicrograph of histopathological specimen shows scattered, well demarcated, non-necrotizing granulomas (Hematoxylin & Eosin staining; 40× magnification).

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