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Pawnbroker's Sign-bilateral hilar and right paratracheal adenopathy seen in sarcoid resembling 3 hanging balls of old Pawnbroker's Shops
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Pear-shaped Bladder-shape of urinary bladder from extrinsic compression from excess pelvic fat, fluid, blood, urine or adenopathy |
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Popcorn Calcification-flocculent, amorphous calcification in solid masses, frequently indicating smooth muscle calcification, e.g. fibroids |
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Popcorn Calcification-breast-calcification due to hyalinization of fibroadenomas |
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Pencil-in-Cup Sign-psoriatic erosions in which narrowed end of metacarpal or phalanx inserts into expanded end of adjacent bone |
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Pencil Pointing-sharply tapered erosion of distal clavicle usually seen with rheumatoid arthritis |
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Pseudo-Rigler's Sign-apparent visualization of both sides of bowel wall when two dilated loops of bowel abut each other |
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Polka Dot Sign-thickened trabeculae seen on end on CT in vertebral body hemangiomas |
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Pad Sign-bowel-impression on a loop of bowel by extrinsic mass or organ |
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Pancake Kidney-fusion of both the lower and upper poles of the kidneys; AKA disc kidney |
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Pedicle Sign-destruction of the vertebral pedicle, seen more with lytic metastatic disease than multiple myeloma |
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Pancake Vertebra-flattening of a vertebral body (vertebra plana) from a compression fracture as in eosinophilic granuloma |
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Puckered Panniculus Sign-panniculus with central indentation from previous abdominal surgery |
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Putty Kidney-calcified, end-stage kidney resulting from autonephrectomy due to renal tuberculosis |
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Picket Fence Appearance-spiculated contour of small bowel with submucosal infiltration, as in hemorrhage or radiation |
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Picture Framing-thickened cortex of a vertebral body with Paget's disease resembling a picture frame |
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Pneumoarthrogram Sign-AKA vacuum joint-normal appearance of gasses (nitrogen) that come out of solution in a large joint from traction |
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Pseudoumor-AKA Vanishing tumor-fluid in a fissure, usually minor, mostly seen in CHF-vanishes with reversal of failure |
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Phantom Calyx Sign-absence of an expected renal calyx from TB, neoplasm or stricture |
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Puff of Smoke Sign-tangle of small collateral vessels seen at cerebral angiography-in Moyamoya Dz-from central vessel occlusion |
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Pie-in-the-Sky Sign-elevation of the urinary bladder by a large pelvic hematoma also suggests urethral injury |
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Piece of Pie Sign-triangular appearance of lunate in frontal projection of wrist in lunate dislocations |
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Pyloric Tit Sign-outpouching created on lesser curve by distorted muscle in hypertrophic pyloric stenosis |
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Panda Sign-Gallium uptake in the lacrimal, parotid and submandibular glands characteristic of sarcoidosis.
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Pedestal Sign-sign of loosening of prosthetic femoral stem in cementless total hip arthroplasty |
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Ptotic (AKA Fallen) Lung Sign-drooping of the lung on chest x-ray or CT to dependent part of chest described with fracture of the bronchus |
